Read in November

Hi everyone,

ah November. The month where Stockholm got a whole total of 12 hours sunshine in the whole month. I'm so glad it's (soon to be) December and there's snow on the ground now too!

This month in terms of reading can be summarized as starting out well, then I slumped and then I got super sick for a week where I didn't read anything. I did manage to finish my reading goal, both my monthly one and my annual reading goal on Goodreads too!

Okay so here's my monthly reading recap.

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# of books read: 6

-  Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1) by Bill Konigsberg
- Openly, Honestly (Openly Straight #1.5) by Bill Konigsberg
- Honestly Ben (Openly Straight #2) by Bill Konigsberg
- Heartstopper Voulume #2 by Alice Oseman
- The Near Witch (The Near Witch #1) by V.E. Schwab
- The Ash-Born Boy (The Near Witch #1.5) by V.E. Schwab.
- And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness

Best book of the month: The Near Witch, which was the perfect mix of creepy and fairytale-y. It was a very engaging story and I liked the way it was written; it was also my first V.E. Schwab I've ever read and I can't wait to read more of her books.

Worst book of the month: The Ash-Born Boy which is a short prequel to The Near Witch. I didn't find it very interesting and it didn't add much to the story. 

Bookish update on a Sunday: November 17

Hey y'all,


are you, like me, sick of my blog being absolutely barren? Well, I sure hope so! Because starting today, I'll start doing a weekly check-in here, where I'll talk about the week in terms of how much/what I've read and also about random bookish things that happen to cross my mind. If I did Youtube videos, this kind of blog post could be considered a vlog, does that even make sense?

I felt like I wanted to start interacting with you guys more, in a less "serious" way if you know what I mean. And hence, I came up with this idea. Continue reading below if you're interested in finding out what I've been doing, book-wise, this year!

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Yesterday I was in town (town being central Stockholm if you're curious) and I had fika with a friend. We went to the lovely Mr Cake, which, if you're ever visiting Stockholm, you HAVE to try. Also, I really want to come back here some other day to read when I'm alone because it's pretty cozy and I feel like it would make a nice place to read at.

Anyways, after me and my friend said goodbye to each other, I decided to pay a visit to the Stockholm city library. Aka the biggest library in Stockholm. It is, too, well worth a visit if you're ever going to Stockholm mainly because of its awesome architechture. I went there because I had finished some books so I decided to give them back to the library. I took a walk around the young adult section (which is super well stocked!) and found three reads that I brought with me home.

• Pulp, by Robin Talley. While I know of her, I've never read any books by this author before. I admit I hadn't heard of this book before either but I decided to check this out because 1) I know what a pulp novel is and 2) I know Robin Talley is known to write sapphic characters/stories so I figured why not.
• Like A Love Story by Abdi Nazemian is one of my most anticipated reads of 2019 and I nearly jumped when I saw it. It's an own voices story which tells the tale of ACT UP in New York City during the height of the AIDS epidemic (I mean, it *is* a YA fiction but I know I made it sound like it's non-fiction) and yeah, naturally I was very excited for this.
• I found The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson, which I talked about a few entries back. I didn't get around to reading it last time around so I checked it out again. Hopefully I'll actually read it this time!

I am currently reading The Near Witch which is my first ever V.E. Schwab! I admit it, I am totally sold on her stories and her writing already. I've heard that The Near Witch is sort of different from her other books but hopefully I'll like them all the same.

And this is pretty much what's happened to me this week in terms of books and reading. I'll check back in next week!

Until then, stay awesome and don't let that reading slump bite xx

TBR in November

This month, judging by how well October went, I'm looking to *not* swamp myself with reading. My reading goal is going to be boring and only contain of four books - all four of which are books I "should" have read last month, by the way - because I don't want to stress myself out over the fact that I'm *not* reading.

Anyways, here we go.

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This is honestly just a repeat of last month. 

Read in October

Hi everyone,

so today's November 1st. And here's my reading wrap up for October. All in all, October hasn't been that great for me on several different levels, I've struggled a bit mental heatlh wise, I've been slumping aaaand I simply haven't been in the mood for reading. Which is okay, isn't it? I've honestly neglected reading pretty bad, but I'm trying to convince myself that's okay (which it is!). Anyways, I'm feeling sort of in a blah mood so I'm just going to post this and then go to bed.

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# of books read: 4

-  Sjöhästar by Niklas Mesaros
- And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
- Väntar tills natten kommer by Christoffer Holst
- When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore 

Best book of the month: I honestly didn't like any of the books I read this month all that mcuh (which probably helped contribute to my general reading slump...). I think if I have to pick one, I think I would have to go with Väntar tills natten kommer because of its slightly creepy horror-ness.

Worst book of the month: When The Moon Was Ours. My god, was I bored? It's objectively a very good book but despite the fact that I *should* have loved it, I definitely did not.