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simonevanheijst January 24, 2020

Fae Friday: changelings and unexpected books

I’m back! This time I’m participating in something new… #FaeFriday! This new weekly tag was created by Kristy/Caffeinated Fae after #FridayFavorites was discontinued. Check out her blog for all the rules and prompts! Today’s prompt is Changelings. Faeries would often exchange their own child for a human one. So the question is, which book wasn’t at all what you thought it would be? Have you ever read a book that involved changelings? The first series about changelings that I read was the Trylle series, by Amanda Hocking. I read this a super long time ago, and I haven’t even heard…

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simonevanheijst January 17, 2020

My Five Star Predictions for 2020

Better late than never! Here are my five star predictions for 2020 releases that I will hopefully actually read this year… If you want to read which books were on my most anticipated list for 2020, you can find it here! Now, let’s test my psychic abilities and make some five star predictions! Chain of Gold – Cassandra Clare I feel like Clare’s books always get better the more she writes of them. I enjoyed the Mortal Instruments, but I absolutely loved the Infernal Devices and the Dark Artifices. Hopefully Chain of Gold will be the five star read I…

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simonevanheijst January 14, 2020

Bookish discoveries I made in 2019

Here is something new. I’m finally participating in Top 10 Tuesday! It is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, and you can find the list with prompts here. Today’s prompt is obviously bookish discoveries. I had to think really hard, but I think I’ll be able to come up with a good list! I’m terrible at ranking these things though, so this top 10 Tuesday is not going to be in any particular order. The Bookly App Starting off with something that’s not a book. I’ve had multiple apps with which I could keep track of books I own, but…

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simonevanheijst January 12, 2020

All of My Bookish Candles

I love me some bookish merchandise. I have a small collection of a little bit of everything now, but my favorite type of merch is definitely candles! Here’s a list of the ones I have, listed by fandom. If you’ve read this post, you know that I love candles that smell fresh and like the outdoors the most. Most of the bookish candles I own smell exactly like that as well! Throne of Glass and a Court of Thorns and Roses Starfall by a Courts of CandlesThis beautiful glittered candle has notes of moonlight, sea breeze, and wine. The result…

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simonevanheijst January 11, 2020

A Decade of Reading – From 2010 to 2019

I never really thought about how my reading has changed over the past decade until I saw someone to the end of year book tag. It was originally a YouTube tag, and you can find the original here! While I’m not going to do the tag, I do want to take this time to reflect on what I read during the past 10 years. Beginning of the decade: 2010 – 2013 This early in the decade I didn’t have a Goodreads yet, and I wasn’t a big reader yet, either. There are zero records of what I read during these…

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