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simonevanheijst October 20, 2019

My bucket list of fictional worlds I want to visit

I think my absolute favorite part about books is the world building. Some authors are just such geniuses at it! I love it when the descriptions take me straight into another world, and it seems like I’ve known it forever. So, to celebrate some amazing fictional worlds, I decided to make a bucket list of the fictional worlds I’d like to visit! Drink butter beer in Hogsmeade! I mean, duh. Attend the Starfall festivities in Velarys and I wouldn’t say no to dancing with a certain high lord either. Visit the world of Throne of Glass and check out the…

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simonevanheijst October 19, 2019

My Bookish Pet Peeves

Every human on earth probably has a bunch of pet peeves, but we book readers can be extra particular about how we treat our books. I have a couple of bookish pet peeves as well, so naturally I decided to make a blog post about it! When the publisher suddenly changes the covers mid series Why why WHY must they do this?! This pet peeve probably make me the angriest of all of them. It’s especially heartbreaking when the new covers aren’t even prettier than the old ones. I just really want all my books to match, please. They changed…

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simonevanheijst October 18, 2019

Nightmare Before TBR Readathon Updates

This is the first time ever that I’ve participated in a readathon, and I thought I’d give y’all a little update on how that’s going! In this post, I’ll talk about the books I’ve read, and which ones are still on my TBR, and hopefully, make a prediction on whether I can even finish eight books this month.. The prompts again: What was on my TBR: Nightmare Before Christmas– Evil to good: Archenemies Beetlejuice– Read a book with a haunted place/person: Tunnel of Bones 9– Read a dystopian book: Golden Son Edward Scissorhands– Read a book with an isolated/lonely character:…

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simonevanheijst October 17, 2019

Theme Thursday: the best battle scenes in books

It’s been a good while since I did a Theme Thursday post, so I thought it was high time! This time I chose to list what are in my opinion, the best battle scenes in books that I’ve read. Some of these books I’ve read a long time ago, so the details are a little hazy, but I will do my best. But do be warned! This post will contain spoilers for: Red Rising, Golden Son, Kingdom of Ash, and Crooked Kingdom. Red Rising – the taking of Olympus I read Red Rising over the summer and immediately loved it.…

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simonevanheijst October 16, 2019

How To Throw a Killer Halloween Party

It’s that time of the year again where I’m planning my Halloween party and costume like crazy. I love throwing Halloween parties, because costume parties are just a lot of fun, and I love to see how creative people get with their costumes. I’ve been doing this since about 2012, and no matter who shows up and what the setting is, it’s always been a blast! So how does one organize a killer Halloween party? First I’d like to put a little disclaimer out there. I’m definitely no Halloween party expert. But I mean, if that is an existing job,…

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