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simonevanheijst October 19, 2021

Tag Time – The Cozy Autumn Book Tag

Hello book friends! I decided I wanted to do an autumnal book tag this Blogtober. So I went to my good friend Google for some inspiration! I found the Cozy Autumn Book Tag on Lair of Books, but it was originally created by booktuber The Book Belle. If you decide to tag yourself, be sure to link back to the original creator! Here are the questions and my answers: cozy autumn What book always reminds you of autumn? An Enchantment of Ravens is the first book to come to mind. Which makes sense, because it’s literally about a fae prince…

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simonevanheijst October 15, 2021

My Favorite Books With Extraterrestrial Life

Happy Friday book friends! Today’s post comes with great timing, because I want to talk about ETs and I’m currently rereading a sci-fi series full of ETs. I was planning to read spooky books only this month, but… that didn’t work out. I love books that have extraterrestrial life. The possibilities are endless, and it’s so fun to see authors go all out in coming up with interesting ETs for their stories. In this post I’ll discuss six books: some with the scary type of ET, and some with the nice type of ET. Do let me know what your…

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simonevanheijst October 14, 2021

Vampires in Literature and Books I Enjoyed

Hello book friends! Do you enjoy books that feature vampires? I think they’re one of the most classic literary monster, and really enjoy a good vampire book every now and then. So I decided to dedicate a special post to vampires! This post will focus mostly on the creatures that dominated European folklore. But know there are many other countries and regions that have vampiric creatures, too! Blood-drinking monsters actually already “existed” in ancient Mesopotamia, although they obviously weren’t called vampires back then. Mostly, they were referred to as demons, but historians seem to think that these ancient beliefs could’ve…

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simonevanheijst October 13, 2021

Popular Books I Haven’t Read

Happy Wednesday book friends! Today is my last day of work for this week, and I’m looking forward to sleeping in. Even though I already do that on the weekends, too… Oh well, I’ll have more reading time as well! Maybe I can pick up one of the books I’m gonna mention in this post… I’m normally very good at reading books that are popular. I’ve read all the Grisha books, I’ve read ACTOAR and Throne of Glass, and also the Selection and the Shatter Me series, to name as few. But there are a few books out there that…

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simonevanheijst October 12, 2021

Five Reasons Why Fall is Great

Happy Tuesday book friends! I’m happy, because this week I don’t have to work a lot. I’m have two birthday parties, too, so that’s going to be fun! Less fun is that it’s going to rain bunches too this week… Of course that comes with the season. And yet, there are many reasons why I think fall is great! To be honest, I don’t know if fall is my favorite season. The cozy vibes are great, but I also immensely enjoy summer and winter. Although last summer was horrible weather-wise, so maybe summer is not my fav anymore. Anyway, here…

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