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  • Summer Reading Follow Up, Part 2

    March 15, 2023

    Last summer, I set myself a goal of reading three chunky books. I wanted to take on A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 2666 by Roberto Bolaño and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy for a total of 3,625 pages.  I didn’t make it. I didn’t even get close.  I finished War and Peace in […]

  • 24 Hour Reading Challenge

    March 7, 2023

    I barely survived the weekend. No, it wasn’t a climate change-induced mega-storm or angry Dutch Twitter trolls. It was a self-inflicted trauma. I made the impromptu decision to do a 24-Hour Reading Challenge.  I was lounging comfortably on the couch, watching some random YouTube videos when I came across this vlog by Haley Pham describing […]

  • The Death of Cooking Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

    February 2, 2023

    A YouTuber I watch occasionally lamented in a recent video that “No one cares about the art of cooking anymore.”  She went on to describe how cooking is a dying art and implies that the lack of home food preparation is a sign of society’s downfall.  It’s not terribly notable that someone in their early […]

  • Bullet Journal

    January 19, 2023

    I know this place is mostly a bookblog but the Venn Diagram of book people and stationary people is basically a circle and I am smack in the middle.  So, of course I am the user of a bullet journal.  What else I am supposed to do with all these adorable stationary supplies I am […]

  • Underchoice

    January 14, 2023

    It’s no secret that I am an American Book Center stan. It’s certainly my favorite bookstore in the Netherlands (the Den Haag location of course) and I spend entirely too much money there.  But each visit is a time investment. The science fiction section is large and well-stocked, so I want to see every title. […]