When I open the first page of a book, the promise of it being lifechanging lingers in between the pages. So does the smell of a library or a small book store (my favorite!) enchant me. To me it smells like the promise of a hundred worlds at your finger tips, a hundred genius minds […]
I used to be a huge bookworm, back in the day in my early teens, when schoolwork was done in less than an hour, school generally ended earlier and there was no such thing as Netflix. Well, hence I had a lot more time on my hands. I would sit in my hammock chair, which […]
Are thinking about reading Mindy Kalings new book called “Why not me?”. Need help choosing whether to read or not? I got you covered with a very detailed review! Come take a read!
After I posted the poem Never say Never from the book I´m writing, your responses were amazing. You wanted to know more. Let me thank you for that. It was so motivating and inspiring. Thank you. So I kept on writing on my book. I´ve gotten pretty far and it´s always amazing when I write, I just […]
I recently read Sheltering Rain by Jojo Moyes. It´s the second book I´ve read from her, the first one was “A letter from your lover” which is beyond romantic and catching. This book however is different. In Hong-Kong, 1953, Joy meets her future husband Edward on a coronation party for Queen Elisabeth. After only a day […]
I am finally getting around to doing this award. It´s been way to long. Sorry for the delay. So a while back I was nominated for the spirit animal blogger award by incahootswithmuddyboots. Thank you so so much! This means a lot to me and is such an honor, especially from you. Thank you! She […]
A few nights back I was sketching in my journal and my hands were writing “the definition of me time”. I´d been thinking about that for a long time. What exactly is me-time? It´s different for everyone, alright, but what is it for me and what does it mean for me. This is what I wrote […]
Last time I talked about cookbooks as presents, this time I´ll talk about what to get the writer in your life, if you didn´t already guess that from the title;-) Anyways…I consider myself as a writer and actually anyone who enjoys writing and does it in their free time is considered a writer in my […]
A book that opened my eyes or really moved me, that is the task for today. I didn´t have to think very long about that. The book´s name is “The life list” from Lori Nelson Spielman. The book is about a 34-year-old, Brett, who´s mother dies, to whom she had a very close relationship. Her two […]
On our way to Volterra, from the place near San Gimignano where we were staying, we drove a very curvy way and to our amazement the countryside started changing from the beautiful vineyards to a rather rough landscape. Up on the hill we arrived and were so lucky, because we got a parking lot. So […]