Sunday 30 August 2020

Sunday Post #119

                                           


The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer (image above belongs to @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer). It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. 
I am also linking The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where bloggers discuss what they are reading and other bookish topics.



Life

Next week I start teaching again. Schools are fully opened and now I will go from not seeing that many people to seeing a hundred or more each day. Still unsure how I really feel about that, especially since the numbers are not that great at the moment.

My birthday was on Tuesday, it's the first time in forever I didn't receive any books at all. Also have yet to celebrate it with friends. But I guess that has been the case for a lot of people.

The font I used to use on this blog has disappeared for some reason and I hate it. Not sure which one to use now, so I'm trying this one out. Let me know if you like or dislike it.

I made some candles again this summer, not all of them turned out the way I wished but I have some ideas for new ones in the future.


Blog and books


I haven't really read that much nor blogged this week. 


Movies and TV Shows


I'm still watching and enjoying Gran Hotel and this week I also started the last season of Lucifer. I hope to finish the latter soon. 

What did you read or watch recently?

As always please leave some recommendations on what I should read or watch next! 

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Sunday 23 August 2020

Sunday Post #118

                                          


The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer (image above belongs to @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer). It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. 
I am also linking The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where bloggers discuss what they are reading and other bookish topics.



Life

This summer I discovered a favourite new recipe: pizza wraps. It's delicious and rather easy to make. I also found out making this dish can relax me. I almost never cook so this was a fun discovery.

Do you have a new favourite recipe?


Blog and books


I finally finished reading The Great Gatsby and I truly enjoyed this beloved story. Fitzgerald's writing style is stunning yet very accessible. I often read chapters of the book while listening to Jack White's Love is Blindness. I thought it was a perfect combination.


Movies and TV Shows



I finished La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) and also watched quite a lot of films this week. Austenland and Death at the Funeral were two films I had already seen before. Fantastic Beasts 2, InterstellarMary Queen of Scots and The Hate U Give I hadn't seen before. I enjoyed all of them but The Hate U Give and Interstellar were my favourites.

What did you read or watch recently?

As always please leave some recommendations on what I should read or watch next! 

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Saturday 22 August 2020

Stacking the Shelves: July 2020 Book Haul

 


Stacking the Shelves is a meme co-hosted by Reading Reality and Tynga's Reviews (the image above belongs to these blogs too). Each week bloggers share the books they got.

These are the books I got in July. You will notice a certain genre pops up a lot.

1. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino



2. Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami


3. At Night, I Become a Monster by Yoru Sumino

I really like this cover!

4. The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya


5. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa


5. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead



6. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi


7. El porvenir de mi pasado by Mario Benedetti


This one is in Spanish, I would like to read more in that language (but haven't really done so, so far).

8. The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa


9. If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha


10. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo



Which books did you recently get? Have you read any of the books mentioned above or are you planning to? Leave your thoughts down below!


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Monday 17 August 2020

Sunday Post #117

                                         


The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer (image above belongs to @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer). It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. 
I am also linking The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where bloggers discuss what they are reading and other bookish topics.



Life

This summer I discovered I really enjoy walking. When the worst part of the heatwave this week was over, I decided to go walk in a nature reserve (called the Blankaart). We walked 10 km (by mistake though) but I had fun.

Did you discover something new you now like?








Blog and books


I didn't read that much this week, but I did finally share my June stacking the shelves post!

Movies and TV Shows


I started watching the final season of Las Chicas del Cable, still need to watch half of it.

What did you read or watch recently?

As always please leave some recommendations on what I should read or watch next! 

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Saturday 15 August 2020

Stacking the Shelves: June 2020 Book Haul


Stacking the Shelves is a meme co-hosted by Reading Reality and Tynga's Reviews (the image above belongs to these blogs too). Each week bloggers share the books they got.

Super late (as always) but here is my June book haul!

1. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata



I LOVED this book, can't recommend it enough! 

2. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo


I read this one in July, find out more about this book and my thoughts in my wrap up!

3. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston


This cover wasn't the one I ordered but I actually really like it.

4. Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez


5. Dominicana by Angie Cruz


I'm very excited to read this one!

6. Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami



This was a gorgeous story, you can find more info in my July wrap up.

7. The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami


8. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge


9. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo



10. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


Loved this one!



Which books did you recently get? Have you read any of the books mentioned above or are you planning to? Leave your thoughts down below!


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Monday 10 August 2020

July 2020 Wrap Up

I discovered a lot of great books in July. I'm happy to say my reading slump is over!

I started reading Japanese fiction, and it's now one of my favourite genres. 


1. Fullmetal Alchemist volumes 21-27 by Hiromu Arakawa

This manga series got me through the lockdown :) I'm happy I finished the series and I got to return it to my friend's brother.


2. Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami


This was a short novella about a boy who likes Ms Ice Sandwich (a woman who sells sandwiches in a convenience store). It's a quick but interesting read. I especially liked the ending. 4 stars!


3. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (Manga) #1-2) by Yoru Sumino


This was a surprising manga about two high school students, one of them has a pancreatic disease and is dying. I still need to watch the film but hope to do so soon! Have you read or watched I Want to Eat Your Pancreas? 4 stars!


4. Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami


This was such a beautiful story about Tsukiko, a woman in her 30s who meets her former high school teacher in a bar. They both seem lonely and start to sit next to each other every time they visit the bar. 5 stars! I highly recommend this one, I loved the writing style and want to read more by this author soon!


5. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 


Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya and is asked to become a ghost bride to the son of a wealthy family. Soon after she starts to get haunted by said dead son. This book explores different views of the afterworld which was very interesting. There were supernatural elements in this book (ghosts of course) but there was also an interesting mystery and some romance. I truly enjoyed this book, there is a Netflix adaptations as well but I still need to watch it.    4 stars!


6. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


I finally read We Should All Be Feminists and I really liked it. It’s such a short essay but I found so many important quotes. I definitely recommend it! 5 stars!


7. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami


I read Men Without Women in May and really enjoyed it. It sparked my interest in reading more Murakami this year. Norwegian Wood is an incredible read, both sad, beautiful and comforting at the same time. Trigger warning: suicide.

I highly recommend Norwegian Wood, it's one of my favourite books this year. 5 stars!

8. Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa


Sweet Bean Paste, another Japanese novel, is the perfect comfort read to me.

As the title suggests, sweet bean paste is an important part of the story. I've never tasted it but the descriptions are amazing. It's almost like I have eaten it as well.

The book tells us how the lives of Sentaro, a former criminal now selling dorayaki (sort of like a pancake filled with sweet bean paste), an old woman with crooked fingers and a young girl intertwine.

5 stars! And yes, there is also a film. I still need to watch that one as well.


9. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde


A classic I should have read before but I thoroughly enjoyed it now. Wilde's writing style is fantastic. It's now one of my favourite classics.

And, you know what, I actually have seen the film adaptation of this one! :)


As you can tell, I found a lot of new favourites in July. Do you have any recent favourites?

Have you read any of these books or are you planning to? Leave your thoughts and recommendations down below!

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Sunday Post #116

                                        


The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer (image above belongs to @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer). It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. 
I am also linking The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where bloggers discuss what they are reading and other bookish topics.



Life

My holiday in De Haan (an idyllic town with a beach) is over, I enjoyed my time there, especially being able to walk a lot. I got home yesterday morning, we're in the middle of a heatwave so there were lots of people going to the beaches this weekend and I wanted to avoid the crowds and the fights.


I'm a terrible cook but today I felt like making some muffins. I found an oatmeal and raspberry recipe and quite liked the result.


Blog and books


I'm in the mood to read classics at the moment. After finishing The Picture of Dorian Gray last week, I also read 1984 by George Orwell, now another favourite of mine!

I'm currently reading The Great Gatsby, while listening to the soundtrack of the film. It's another classic I should have read long before this but I'm happy to read it now.

Do you have classics you want to read soon?

Movies and TV Shows


I didn't watch anything this week, opting to go walking in the evening instead.

What did you read or watch recently?

As always please leave some recommendations on what I should read or watch next! 

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Sunday 2 August 2020

Sunday Post #115


The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted here @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer (image above belongs to @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer). It’s a chance to share news ~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. 
I am also linking The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where bloggers discuss what they are reading and other bookish topics.

Life

I'm on holiday at the seaside this week, it feels good to get away from home for a bit. The weather is hot and will only get hotter. I like sunny days but 30°C is way too much for me.

Blog and books




This week I read The Picture of Dorian Gray for the first time and I loved it! Sweat Bean Paste was a wonderful read as well. Yesterday I started reading 1984 and it's really good and thought-provoking so far.

Movies and TV Shows


Again, I only watched a couple of Gran Hotel and Brooklyn Nine-Nine episodes this week.

What did you read or watch recently?

As always please leave some recommendations on what I should read or watch next! 

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