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simonevanheijst October 28, 2019

Books I Want to Read Before the Year Ends

Hello book friends! This post is going to be all about the books I want to read before the year is over. I’m not going to lie, aside from the new releases coming in November and December, I also really want to tackle some of the books that have been on my shelves for ages. The Older Ones Rage by Cora Carmack – Not sure why I haven’t started this book yet, since I was so excited about it when it came out earlier this year. I literally got it on the release date… Archenemies by Marissa Meyer – I…

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simonevanheijst October 27, 2019

The History of Halloween

If you didn’t know by now, I have a massive obsession with Halloween. It’s my absolute favorite holiday, and I’m always so sad that it’s only one day. I saw this historical idea over on Books Nest, and since the history of Halloween is really fascinating, I decided to make a blogpost about it! Early History The history of Halloween is said to have started with the ancient Gaelic festival Samhain, which is a festival that celebrates the end of harvest season and the beginning of winter. It was mostly celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. This…

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simonevanheijst October 26, 2019

The Halloween Book Tag

Aside from my own tag, spooky scary skeletons, I haven’t actually done a tag in a while, so it’s high time I did one again! I found the Halloween book tag over on pretty purple polka dots, and it looked super fun! CARVING PUMPKINS: What book would you carve up and light on fire? I can’t really think of any book I ever read that I disliked so bad that I wanted to set it on fire. However, I hated the mandatory readings for my Dutch class in high school. We had to read historical literature and it was overall a…

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simonevanheijst October 25, 2019

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo: a review

I’ve been battling with myself whether I felt like writing a review for Ninth House or not. Normally I only write reviews for new books, or ARCs, but I really want to write more about what I actually read. Reviews are fun to do after all! So let’s dive into what I thought of Ninth House. I think Ninth House was one of the most anticipated novels of the year for a lot of us. It is Leigh’s first adult novel, but a lot of us know her best for her Grishaverse books. As a side note, I loved Wonder…

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simonevanheijst October 24, 2019

Throwback Thursday: Road trip USA 2002

For this blog post, we’re going back in time a little far… 17 years to be exact. That’s when my family and I went on a road trip in the South Western USA to conclude our time living in Arizona! We saw a lot of cool things, so I decided to make a post about it! Arizona Obviously since I was seven years old at the time, I don’t remember this road trip as if it was yesterday. I will also 100% recount things in the wrong order, but the most important part is that y’all know where we went,…

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