Just a few hours from now, one of my favourite readathons begins. The 24in48 hour readathon is quite a challenge. As the name suggests, the goal is to complete 24 hours of reading within a 48 hour period. Readers are encouraged to use a timer to record their reading time and to participate on the…
Category: monthly reads
Summer in Greece TBR
I arrived in Athens a week ago and I am proud to say that this time I only brought six books with me. Okay, it turned out it was seven. Plus my kindle. The weather requires reading under the cool protection of the air conditioner, preferably with a cold drink next to me. These are…
January Wrap Up
Hello everyone! It’s been a while.. I haven’t been blogging much lately and the main reason for that is that I’m having a kind of “reading crisis”. I will try to explain it in this month’s wrap up that follows. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb My reading year started off beautifully. I returned to the Realm…
January Reads (2018)
Happy New Year everyone! May 2018 be a fantastic reading for all. As per usual, the 1st of January starts with many expectations and plans for myself, especially book plans. I am determined to go into the new year strong and read all 83 book on my excel TBR. I am excited, I am motivated…
November reads (2017)
Hello book people! Today, I am posting a long overdue update of what I read in October, what I am currently reading and which books I want to finish by the end of November. This past October I finished four books, even though I was planning on reading much more than that. Due to circumstances…
Project: Horror October 2017
Hello everyone! October has arrived and that means, Halloween is approaching. Back in Greece, Halloween is not celebrated or given any attention really. When I came to live in the Netherlands I was very excited for a few things that we don’t have in Athens where I am from. Snow for once, but also decent…
Project Man Booker 2017
Hello everyone! It’s been a while.. I’m currently almost at the end of my vacation time in Greece and going through my second readathon of the week. And, although I’ve been away from many things like university and my dogs, I haven’t stopped reading books. A major literary award, the Man Booker Prize of 2017,…
My BookTube-A-Thon 2017 TBR
It is time, once again, for my most anticipated readathon of the year: The BookTube-A-Thon! Our lovely host, Ariel Bissett, has announced the 7 challenges of this summer’s BookTube-A-Thon and, thankfully, this year I have a chance at all of them. My BookTube-A-Thon run will take place in Greece this year and one potential problem…
July Reads (2017)
As the days grow increasingly rainier here in Groningen, I am getting more and more eager to spend July in hot and sunny Athens. No matter how eager I am to get out of the humidity of the Netherlands straight under the protective cold of my childhood’s bedroom a/c, the Athenian heatwaves are not a…
June reads
Looking back on my reading progress over 2017 so far I came to realise that May has been one of the more productive months of the year. First of all, I decided on a Master thesis topic and have started working on it: Animal Assisted Interventions for Parkinson’s Disease. I even started jogging with my…
My Bookshelf Dialogues 