Me every year: “I could be a blogger.” A few weeks later: “Or not.”
2015 wasn’t the lucky exception. But hey, no shame in creeping back to this blog after about ten months of silence, right? Because I actually do want to look at my reading statistics of 2015 and those are always fun, aren’t they? I don’t want to deprive the internet of my shiny colour blocks. Continue reading
Haven’t done one of these in a while although I actually quite like them. It’s Friday and this means: time for reading! In my case, I am swarmed with books for university, although I probably feel like that because I’m having difficulty concentrating at the moment x__x Continue reading
Well this is new and exciting! We are part of a treasure hunt today and if you apply your sleuthing skills carefully, you might win a book and goodies in the end. We present to you clue 15 today and wish you good luck! Hopefully you have as much fun as we have with this *jumps around excitedly* Continue reading
Winnie Goes Wild!. by Laura Owen
Lena’s rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Published: March 2013
Copy: Library
In Winnie Goes Wild! Winnie the Witch (who unlike Hermione is not the brightest witch of her age) tries to be a detective, does everything different for a day, wants to drink hot chocolate on a cold freezing day where the moths have eaten all her woollies, and goes lost in the jungle on her way to her sister Wendy’s exotic party. And as always she is accompanied everywhere by her black cat Wilbur.
When I was young my parents enforced a solid witch-disapproving policy that apparently still bears fruit in me today. Continue reading
Image from Harlequin.
Pawn
Lena’s rating: 5 of 5 stars
Published: October 2013
Copy: Bought
“YOU CAN BE A VII IF YOU GIVE EVERYTHING.
For Kitty Doe, it seems like an easy choice. She can either spend her life as a III in misery, looked down upon by the higher ranks and forced to leave the people she loves, or she can become a VII and join the most powerful family in the country.
If she says yes, Kitty will be Masked—surgically transformed into Lila Hart, the Prime Minister’s niece, who died under mysterious circumstances. Continue reading
I’m a bit late but I have too many books by Asian authors on my TBR (surprise, Asian Studies graduate) to not participate in this month of the Continent Read-a-thon. I had a ton of fun in our first month so I am looking forward to the rest of the year! Continue reading
There I am again, half dead from term papering but finally alive enough to blog. I hope I don’t have to take a term paper induced hiatus ever again, but who am I kidding – my next deadline is 15 May *sobs* But anyway, I am proud to announce that I managed to read four books off of my March TBR, although it was looking like I might deviate completely since I picked up something entirely different on 01 March *epic fail* But I’m kind of proud that I somewhat stuck to my TBR after all. Continue reading
It has been awfully quiet on the blog this month. No, my blogger is not already hibernating again (although that would be a reasonable assumption considering past experiences), but she is DUN DUNNNN term papering *cue the Imperial March* Continue reading
Or: Lena Fangirls About A Dead White Man
Sorry this is late =__=” Choosing the month with all the term paper deadlines for extensive blogging projects might not have been the best idea. So SORRY! SPORADIC BLOGGING AHEAD IN MARCH! I will still try to get out as many posts as I can manage (although I should probably focus on my papers). Anyway, let me tell you about this dead white guy. Continue reading
Image from Entangled Publishing.
Anomaly
Lena’s rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: November 2014
Copy: Bought
“Reality is only an illusion.
Except for those who can control it…
Worst. Birthday. Ever.
My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening… Continue reading
Study in Ink 