DECEMBER 2016

December has been an incredibly busy month and made it almost impossible for me to read. In the beginning of the month I finished 'Naamloos' a Dutch fiction book which I really enjoyed. The other two books I finished this month were 'Reached' by Ally Condie, and 'My True Love Gave to Me' edited by Stephanie Perkins. Unfortunately I didn't like either of these books. Reviews will be up soon!

I am really looking forward to a new year full of reading. I am really excited to start reading in 2017, with all my reading goals being set. 

December has been a fun month full of festivities and happy things! 2016 overall has been a year I utterly enjoyed and I can't wait to find out what 2017 has to offer. I wish you all a very happy new year! Thanks for your support!

NOVEMBER 2016

November was a good reading month, luckily, since I didn't read anything in October. I was in quite the reading slump for a while but I finally got out of it in November. I am very satisfied with what I have read and I'm really excited to continue this in December. What also excites me is the fact that I can almost set 2017 reading goals and share them with you! 2017 is going to be such a good reading year! But for now; here is what I read in November 2016.

AUGUST 2016

Hello everyone,

First of all, I want to apologize for my inactivity the last week. August has been a busy month, and although I had a lot of my posts scheduled I failed the last week of August to keep this blog updated. Since school and internship is starting again this week, I will get back into the normal rhythm of life, and will be posting a lot more every week!

Books I read:
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 4/5
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi 4/5
Lola and the Boy Next Door 4/5
Crossed by Ally Condie 4/5
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton 4/5

As you might have seen, my blogposts have lacked of photo's. I don't know what is happening, but my camera won't be on for longer than 6 seconds, even though the battery is in the adapter the whole day. I will soon be going to the store, so they can fix it, but I don't know how soon I can use my camera again. Therefore I want to apologize in advantage when there are no picture in a post (yet), because I will upload them, but sometimes later than the post is actually uploaded. Thanks for your understanding. 

JULY 2016

Hiiya!

July has gone by so quickly! As of the first of August I finally have a break from school as well from work. The last couple of weeks I worked a lot of hours at my job. I am really looking forward to August. I am going to Crete, will be doing loads of fun things with friends, it's my birthday month and there is a big music festival I will be visiting at the end of the month.

Here's what I have been up to in July reading-wise:

Books I read:
More Than This by Patrick Ness 5/5
The Unmoving Sky by K.L. Hallam 3/5 (e-book)
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 4/5
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3/5
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 3/5
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng 5/5
Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes 4/5
Life of Pi by Yann Martel 2/5
Er ist wieder da by Timur Vermes 3/5 (lent)
Vector by Simon de Waal 4/5
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Lelsye Walton 4/5

Favourite book of the month:
My favourite books of the month are 'More Than This' and 'Everything I Never Told You'. I really can't pick a favourite from these two. They were both amazing and unique in their own way. I would definitely recommend them!

Least favourite book of the month:
My least favourite book to read this month is without a doubt 'Life of Pi'. It took me so long to pick this up and when I finally did, it was as disappointing as I thought it would be. It just wasn't put away for me.

What have you been up to this past month? 

JUNE 2016

Hello everyone!

First of all, I want to thank you again for reading my blog. It makes writing for it such a bigger joy. June wasn't a really good reading month for me. I had such a busy month because we had our finals week and I had to do a lot for my internship. Those are the reasons that I only read 3 books this month. Luckily I am (almost) done now, and beside work the only thing I will be doing this weekend is reading.

BOOKS I READ

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton 5/5

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs 5/5

Matched by Ally Condie 3/5

CURRENTLY READING

Progress: 120/480

I really don't know what is happening in this book so far, but I am enjoying it a lot. 

THIS MONTHS PURCHASES

Since I recently booked a holiday with my boyfriend to Crete (yay) I am not allowing myself to buy any books. But three days ago, I failed. I accidentally went on the Book Depository and ordered this paperback version of 'Everything I Never Told You' by Celeste Ng. It has been on my wish list for such a long time so I think it is fair enough that I bought it. 

Thanks for reading, speak to you soon :) -x-

MAY 2016

Hiiya everyone!

I'm really glad to be back on my blog and I am happy to see that my previous posts have been well received. I decided that I want do a post like this monthly, where I will tell whatever is on my mind, and of course talk about the books I read in that particular month.

May has been quite the good month. May for me started with the second week of the 'May vacation' (a Dutch vacation). In the second week I started school again which has been going great as well. I also had a fun slumber party this month with a few friends and my boyfriend, where we watched the Eurovision Song Contest #TeamDouwe. I am currently quite stressing out over school and internship because at the end of June we need to be done with everything. Luckily I can get super relaxed and destressed by reading books and that's exactly what I did in May. I read a grande total of twelve books!

BOOKS I READ

A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre - 2/5

Under A Silent Moon by Elizabeth Haynes- 2/5

Indiase Sprookjes by Various Authors -  4/5

Day of Tears by Julius Lester - 5/5

Soy Sauce for Beginners - 3/5

Eat My Heart Out by Zoe Pilger- 1/5

Sex Lives of Siamese Twins - Irvine Welsh- 3/5

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - 5/5

Love Rosie by Cecilia Ahern- 4/5

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom - 2/5

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue 3/5

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them by Newt Scamander/J.K. Rowling - 4/5

CURRENTLY READING

Progress: 66/352

I am actually buddy reading this book with my online-friend Mirte, which is pretty cool!

FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE MONTH

 

I really can't decide which book I loved more. They are both very different from each other, one is a historical recreation and one is adult contemporary fiction. I loved them both!

LEAST FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE MONTH

I absolutely hated this book. I found the characters annoying and weird and I just didn't like the book. I'm glad I received this for free because I wouldn't want to spend my money on it. 

And that's all for May. I hope you enjoyed May! Please feel free to let me know what you read through May and any recommendations! Talk to you soon :)