For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates […]
Read MoreWe’re over halfway through 2021, so it’s time to look at the reading I did in the first six months of the year! In this video, I go into the good and the bad of the year so far, and I also talk about the books I plan on reading in the second half of […]
Read MoreIn June, I managed to read 11 books, which is the largest amount of books I’ve ever read in one month! And even better: I enjoyed or loved all of them. There was one book I decided to put aside unfinished, though… Here are my reviews!
Read MoreOver the past couple of months, I bought some more books and I figured I’d show them to you in a new video! I’ve already read quite a few of these, which I’m pretty proud of. Have you read any of these books?
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Summer is upon us! That means it’s time for light, fresh and fruity bakes and those are generally my favourites. Over the years, I’ve posted quite a few wonderfully fruity recipes, which you can find in my recipe index. However, I thought it would be nice to highlight a few of those older recipes in […]
Read MoreIt’s been a few months since I last participated in a readathon, but in July I’m back in readathon business! I’m doing the Path or Pantheon readathon, for which all of the prompts are based on gods and goddesses from five different mythologies: Greek, Egyptian, Yoruba, Norse and Japanese. I’ve chosen six books that I’m […]
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Who doesn’t love a good crumble? It’s such an easy yet delicious dessert, and it’s a perfect way to use up a lot of different fruits. Last year during lockdown, I started making crumbles for two, since I wasn’t exactly sharing it with anyone but my boyfriend. I made a blueberry crumble and a peach […]
Read MoreI don’t know why I decided to make this video, because I had to make some really tough decisions for it! I answer the question which books I would keep if I’d have to downsize my collection to fifteen books andonly be able to read those fifteen books for the rest of my life…
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I’ve got a great recipe for you today! I baked this cake more or less on a whim, because we had a lot of strawberries and flat peaches lying around and I figured it’d be good to bake something with them before they started to perish. The result: a wonderfully fresh, summery cake with strawberries, […]
Read MoreSpoiling a book for someone else is a huge no-go in the bookish community, but everyone has different ideas on what actually constitutes a spoiler. How many details is too many? In this video, I answer a bunch of questions for the Spoiler Tag, and in doing so tell you about my thoughts on spoilers! […]
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