Hoohoo, friends of the blade! I love doing best ofs but apparently I never do them on my blog and instead only write them down for myself in my reading journal. After posting on in 2017 and 2020, it’s time for the blog return of the bookish best of for 2021. But first, let’s look […]
favourite books of 2021 that made me (almost) wail on the floor
By kat @ bookish blades on 06/01/2022Hoohoo, lovelies! I don’t know about you but I get very attached to books very easily. Not even necessarily the characters but sometimes the writing or world building or just generally the book as a whole. My heart does not discriminate there. Since I read some truly amazing books this past year, I wanted to […]
Hoohoo, lovelies! 2021 has ended. 2022 doesn’t feel much different, does it? The last year was weird. Everything happened so fast and all at once while at the same time it felt like nothing was happening at all. There were some big changes in my life though. After 7 years of studying I graduated with […]
Miss Veronica und das Wunder der Pinguine | Hazel Prior | Rezension
By kat @ bookish blades on 02/01/2022Anmerkung: Ich habe dieses Buch vom Verlag erhalten, im Austausch für meine ehrliche Meinung. Um was geht’s? Die 86-jährige Veronica McCreedy lebt entfremdet von ihrer Familie in einem großen Anwesen an der schottischen Küste. In letzter Zeit fragt sich die rüstige alte Dame oft, was sie noch mit ihrem Leben – und ihrem Vermögen – […]
15+ contemporaries with characters that are famous
By kat @ bookish blades on 14/12/2021Hoohoo, lovelies. It’s time for another one of my favourite things. Yes, I’m talking about lists again. And this time it’s contemporary books with famous characters. These are only the ones I’ve already read. Have you? Which did you like best? I love reading about fictional famous people. It always gives a certain… dramatic flair […]
Das kleine Chalet in der Schweiz von Julie Caplin | Rezension
By kat @ bookish blades on 13/12/2021Es ist Dezember und damit stehen Weihnachten und (hoffentlich auch) Schnee vor der Tür. Und jeden Tag sehe ich bei uns im Buchladen “Das kleine Chalet in der Schweiz” auf dem weihnachtlichen Wohlfühltisch und dann hat es mich irgendwann nachts total überkommen: Die Weihnachtsstimmung und der Wunsch literarisch in die Schweiz zu fahren. *Anmerkung: Ich […]
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