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Summer Reading Follow Up, Part 2
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 […]
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24 Hour Reading Challenge
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 […]
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The Death of Cooking Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
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 […]
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Bullet Journal
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 […]
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Underchoice
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. […]