Category: English posts
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On feeling “late in life” & doing you rather than finishing the typical “Things to do in your 20s” bucket list”.
Sometimes, I just feel like it is important to set quick reminders here. I tend to share very practical tips, but today, I only and simply want to remind you one little tiny thing: you do not have to do what you do not want to do. Okay, that is written, I may stop here.…
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May Wrap up + FULL REVIEWS!♡ Comics, Contemporary fiction & Middle Grades (& NORMAL PEOPLE!!)
Here I am, on the last day of the beautiful month of May, creating my wrap up for you. To be honest, between a tumultuous personal life, the end of my wonderful internship in the library and the start of my new job at the tourist information center, this month did not let me much…
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I launched a blogging Instagram account (& my thoughts on social media)!
Good evening everyone and welcome back to the blog. Tonight, I would simply like to share with you a small news that sounds big to me: I launched an Instagram account for the blog! I am fully aware that usually, it is the other around: people love Instagram and then, they decide to create a…
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[ARC] Behind The Red Door ♡ Louise Claire Johnson
It took me a little while (around three weeks) to finish this book as I was going though hard times. Nonetheless, I think it was precisely the best time to pick it up as it gave me the life advice I needed the most. Where do I start? Maybe with the core topic: Elizabeth Arden.…
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Convenience Store Woman ♡ Sayaka Murata
I do not even know where to start; it had been years since I had last been ready to cry for a book. Wow! For those of you who have never heard of the plot, let me give a very short summary: our main character is working part-time in a convenience store and does not…
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How To Read More While Saving Money
I do not know about you but as an avid reader, one of my biggest struggles is to find books for relatively cheap. I know that I can’t be the only one to spend way too much money on books and thus today, I have decided to share with you the ways I do save…
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Day in the life: intern at the (public) library
Which book lover has never dreamt of working at their local library? But what is it really like? How much work is it? Let me take you with me in a “typical” (do such things exist?) day in my life at the library!
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April Wrap up + FULL REVIEWS!♡ Picture books, French lit & Middle Grades.
I can now officially say that when you work full-time at a library, then you read more books. Obviously (and contrary to popular belief), you do not read at work, but you read a lot after work because you have seen all the pretty books you may potentially borrow and take home. Well, that is…
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Scribd vs. Audible: What Audiobooks Platform Is Best for you?
According to several studies, audiobooks have exploded in 2020. Libraries being closed (not all of them, fortunately enough!) and book stores not being that healthier, ebooks and audiobooks have met a bunch of new users. Today, I do not want to talk about ebooks but solely about audiobooks as I think it is even a…
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If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
It had been a while since I had read such a great book, sincerely. There are so many things I love about this book that creating a concise review is an astonishingly hard task for me. First, you must know that this book takes place in a prestigious university focusing on art. The group of…
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