Wrap Up: August

Hi everyone

August has come and gone way too quick. We went on a week's holiday with the children, both my daughters had their birthdays (they are now 8 and 4) and my husband and I celebrated 11 years of marriage. We had a lot going on this summer. :)

Now it's back to school here in Belgium and thus back to the routine and after-school activities. The weather here feels like it's fall already but that's Belgium like we're used to.

Here's what I read last month:

- T. J. Klune: Under the Whispering Door

- Tommy Orange: Wandering Stars

- Neil Gaiman: Coraline 

- Glen Cook: The Black Company 

- Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep 

- Katherine Addison: The Tomb of Dragons

- Brandon Sanderson: Tress of the Emerald Sea

- Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long Utopia 

How was your month? What did you read? Anything you liked?

Happy reading!
Helena 

 

Wrap Up: July 2025

Hi everyone

July was a great reading month! We were on holiday for two weeks (and the first week of August) soI read a lot in the evenings because there are less chores to do when you're not at home. :) With two daughters and lots of fun activities it's hard to find the time and quiet to read during the day but once they're in bed and we're done with the cleaning up, it's time to read! Although I did read quite a lot during the day too, whenever they were nicely playing together. 

Here's what I read in July:

- Brian McClellan: Promise of Blood

- Yuval Noah Harari: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

- Ilona Andrews: Magic Burns

- Peter Brown: The Wild Robot Protects

- Christian White: The Nowhere Child

- Terry Pratchett: Carpe Jugulum 

- David Dalglish: A Dance of Mirrors 

- Marie Brennan: The Waking of Angantyr 

- Margaret Atwood: Surfacing 

How was your month?
Do you read more or less when on holiday?

Happy reading!
Helena 

Wrap Up: June 2025

Hi everyone

June has flown by. Summer vacation has started for the children, my husband and I are still working but in a couple of weeks we'll be going on holiday and we're all looking forward to that.

Here's the list with links to the books I read in June.

- Rachel Joyce: Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North

- Yoko Ogawa: Revenge 

- Stephen Aryan: Of Gods and Men

- Jonathan French: The True Bastards

- Trudi Canavan: Thief's Magic

- Martha Wells: Witch King 

Did you read anything you'd like to recommend?

Happy reading!
Helena 

 

Wrap Up: May 2025

Hi everyone

May was a great reading month. Because I didn't really enjoy Parker-Chan's He Who Drowned the World; I read four children's book at the same time and I really enjoyed this combination.

Here's what I read: 

- Terry Practhett & Stephen Baxter: The Long Mars

- Jim Butcher: Furies of Calderon 

- The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

- Harriet Muncaster: Isabella Maan gaat naar de kermis

- Harriet Muncaster: Mirabelle heeft een slechte dag

- Paul van Loon: Birthday Surprise

- Paul van Loon: Full Moon

- Shelley Parker-Chan: He Who Drowned the World

- Emma Newman: Before Mars

How was you month?

Happy reading!
Helena

 

Wrap Up: April 2025

Hi everyone

April was great, we had a lot of sun in between the typical, Belgian grey days. And I read a lot too!

Here's what I read:

-  Dennis E. Taylor: Earthside

- Terry Pratchett: The Last Continent 

- Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

- Stephen King: The Dark Half 

- Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane 

- Bessel van der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score

- Richard Matheson: A Stir of Echoes

- Peter Brown: The Wild Robot Escapes

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: March 2025

 Hi everyone

I read more than expected last month!
Here's the list of the books I read in March 2025.

- Tasha Suri: Empire of Sand

- Philippa Perry: The Book You Want Everyone You Love To Read

- David Dalglish: A Dance of Blades

- Darren Hardy: The Compound Effect

- Julie Leong: The Teller of Small Fortunes

- Joe Abercrombie: The Trouble With Peace

How was your month? Did you read anything good?

Happy reading!
Helena 

Wrap Up: February 2025

 Hi everyone

February is finally over. Just like January, I feel like these months are double the actual days. March holds the promise of at least some sun and the beginning of springflowers. Autumn and Winter in Belgium are cold, grey and very rainy.
It 'made' me spent most evenings (after my daughters were asleep) on the couch with tea and a book.

Here's what I read in February:

- Greg Pizzoli: Worstje en zijn vrienden

- Robin Hobb: Dragon Keeper

- Sam Harris: The End of Faith

- Sarah Andersen: Adulthood Is a Myth

- Fonda Lee: Jade City 

- Ilona Andrews: Magic Bites 

What did you read?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: January 2025

 Hi everyone

January was a loooong month. Cold, dark and depressing. Perfect time for evenings filled with books and cups of tea.

Here's what I read last month:

- Benedict Jacka: An Inheritance of Magic 

- Eowyn Ivey: To the Bright Edge of the World 

- Fredrik Backman: A Man Called Ove 

- Grant Snider: I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf 

- Rebecca Thorne: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea 

- Jonathan French: The Grey Bastards 

- N. K. Jemisin: Emergency Skin 

Is there anything you'd like to recommend me? What did you read in January?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: 2024

Hi everyone

Happy new year!

Just like I did before I took a long break from blogging, I wanted to write one single post with a complete list of all the books I read in the past year.

I read a total of 92 books in 2024, not counting the books I didn’t finish.

 

Series I started reading:

- Joe Abercrombie: The Age of Madness

- Travis Baldree: Legends & Lattes

- Peter Brown: The Wild Robot

- Jim Butcher: The Cinder Spires 

- Miles Cameron: Arcana Imperii

- Becky Chambers: Monk and Robot

- David Dalglish: Shadowdance

- David Gemmell: Drenai Saga

- Emma Newman: Planetfall

- Shelley Parker-Chan: The Radiant Emperor

- Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long Earth

- Dennis E. Taylor: Quantum Earth

 

Series I continued reading:

- Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London

- Terry Pratchett: Discworld

 

Series I finished reading:

- Stephen Aryan: Age of Dread

- Neil Gaiman: American Gods

- Cameron Johnston: Age of Tyranny 

- Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby

- Ed Mcdonald: Raven's Mark

Series I started and finished reading:

- Joe Haldeman: The Forever War

- Brian McClellan: Gods of Blood and Power

Series I quit reading:

- Katherine Arden: The Winternight Trilogy

- R. J. Barker: The Tide Child

- Marie Brennan: Doppelganger

- Aliette de Bodard: Obsidian and Blood 

- Madeleine L'Engle: Time Quintet 

- N. K. Jemisin: Dreamblood

- Lois Lowry: The Giver

- Devin Madson: The Reborn Empire

- Richard K. Morgan: Takeshi Kovacs

- Thomas Olde Heuvelt: Robert Grim 

- Rebecca Roanhorse: Between Earth and Sky 

- Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan: The Black Iron Legacy

- Brian Staveley: Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne

- Martha Wells: The Books of the Raksura

Here are all the books I read with a link to the review (if I finished them since restarting the blog).

- Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary

- Brian McClellan: Sins of Empire

- Dan Harris: 10% Happier

- Neil Gaiman: Anansi Boys

- Terry Pratchett: Feet of Clay

- Ira Levin: The Stepford Wives

- Stephen King: On Writing

- Brian Staveley:The Emperor's Blades

- Richard Matheson: The Shrinking Man

- Pascal Mercier: Night Train to Lisbon

- Jim Butcher: Warriorborn 

- Jim Butcher: The Olympian Affair

- Dennis E. Taylor: A Change of Plans

- Brian McClellan: The Mad Lancers

- Emma Newman: Before, After, Alone

- Aliette de Bodard: Servant of the Underworld

- Thomas Olde Heuvelt: Hex

- Marie Brennan: Dancing the Warrior

- Marie Brennan: Warrior

- Hugh Howey: Beacon 23

- Rachel Joyce: The Music Shop

- Stephen Aryan: Magebane

- Eowyn Ivey: The Snow Child

- Philippa Perry: The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

- Julian Barnes: The Lemon Table

- Cameron Johnston: God of Broken Things

- Joe Hill: 20th Century Ghosts

- James Clear: Atomic Habits

- Martha Wells: The Cloud Roads

- Matt Haig: The Comfort Book

- R. J. Barker: The Bone Ships

- Lois Lowry: The Giver

- Iain Reid: I'm Thinking of Ending Things

- Madeleine L'Engle: A Wrinkle in Time

- Miles Cameron: Artifact Space

- Chris Voss: Never Split the Difference

- Michel Faber: The Fahrenheit Twins and Other Stories

- Brian McClellan: Wrath of Empire

- William Goldman: The Princess Bride

- Rebecca Roanhorse: Black Sun

- Andy Griffiths: Waanzinnige Boomhutverhalen

- Ira Levin: Sliver

- Ed McDonald: Crowfall

- Terry Pratchett: Hogfather

- Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time

- Joe Haldeman: Peace and War

- Nathan Filer: The Shockof the Fall

- Joe Abercrombie: A Little Hatred

- Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales

- Katherine Arden: The Bear and the Nightingale

- Tommy Orange: There There

- Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long Earth

- Pete Walker: Complete PTSD

- Travis Baldree: Legends & Lattes

- Matthew Harffy: Wolf of Wessex

- David Gemmell: Knight of Dark Renown

- Emma Newman: Planetfall

- Jonas Heyerick & Sep Vanmarcke: SEP!

- Ben Aaronovitch: Winter's Gifts

- David Dalglish: A Dance of Cloaks

- Dennis E. Taylor: Outland

- Samit Basu: The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport 

- Stephen King: Pet Sematary

- Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens

- Lucy Holland: Sistersong 

- N. K. Jemisin: The Killing Moon 

- Richard K. Morgan: Altered Carbon 

- Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark

- Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures

- Gretchen Rubin: Better Than Before

- Alice Hoffman: The Museum of Extraordinary Things

- Travis Baldree: Bookshops & Bonedust

- Devin Madson: We Ride the Storm

- Christian White: The Wife and the Widow

- Shelley Parker-Chan: She Who Became the Sun

- Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long War

- Ira Levin: Son of Rosemary

- Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow

- Brian McClellan: Blood of Empire

- Muriel Barbery: A Single Rose

- Emma Newman: After Atlas

- Peter Brown: The Wild Robot

- Lucy Jones: Matrescence 

- Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan: The Gutter Prayer

- Mike Bockhoven: Fantasticland 

- Marie Brennan: Driftwood 

- Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built

- Terry Pratchett: Jingo 

 

Quite a few of these books aren't included in the pictures because I don't own them anymore or I read them on my e-reader. Still, I love these pictures.

How was your year reading-wise? Anything you'd like to recommend me?

I wish you all a very happy and relaxing reading-year.

Happy reading
Helena 

Wrap Up: December 2024

Hi everyone

December, the last month of the year. The last chance to finish the books you really, really wanted to read this year and the series you wanted to finish.

Here's a list of the books I read.

- Brian McClellan: Blood of Empire

- Muriel Barbery: A Single Rose

- Emma Newman: After Atlas

- Peter Brown: The Wild Robot

- Lucy Jones: Matrescence 

- Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan: The Gutter Prayer

- Mike Bockhoven: Fantasticland 

- Marie Brennan: Driftwood 

- Becky Chambers: A Psalm for the Wild-Built

- Terry Pratchett: Jingo 

What did you read last month?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: November 2024

 Hi everyone

Another month has gone by. November is one of my least favorite months because it gets cold, wet and dark here in Belgium.
The upside is, perfect weather for cozy reading!

Here's the list of books I read with a link to their review:

- Shelley Parker-Chan: She Who Became the Sun

- Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long War

- Ira Levin: Son of Rosemary

- Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow

What books did you read last month?

Happy reading!
Helena

 

Wrap Up: October 2024

 Hi everyone

Last month, October 2024 I read and finished 6 books.

Here's a list in chronological order with a link to the review I wrote about each book:

- Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures

- Gretchen Rubin: Better Than Before

- Alice Hoffman: The Museum of Extraordinary Things

- Travis Baldree: Bookshops & Bonedust

- Devin Madson: We Ride the Storm

- Christian White: The Wife and the Widow

 

And sadly there's one book I could not finish:

- R. F. Kuang: Babel

 

What did you read this month? Anything you want to recommend?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: September 2024

 Hi everyone

Another month has flown by! Autumn is really here in Belgium; rain, cold, wind. Perfect weather for reading.

Here's the list of the books I finished in September:

- Stephen King: Pet Sematary

- Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens

- Lucy Holland: Sistersong 

- N. K. Jemisin: The Killing Moon 

- Richard K. Morgan: Altered Carbon 

- Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark

How was your reading month?
Anything you'd like to recommend?

Happy reading in October!
Helena 

My Favorite Books of 2016

Hi everyone

Last year, I got asked about my favorite books of 2015 so I wanted to come up with a list of my most loved books in 2016 too.
I made it easier on myself by adding star ratings to my reviews and that’s why I made two lists for you.

Here are my all 5-star books I read in 2016.

• Terry Pratchett: The Shepherd’s Crown
• Terry Pratchett: Snuff
• Terry Pratchett: I Shall Wear Midnight
• Miles Cameron: The Red Knight
• Michel Faber: The Book of Strange New Things
• Richard Yates: The Easter Parade
• Richard Yates: Disturbing the Peace
• Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
• Charles Dickens: Dombey and Son
• Rachel Joyce: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
• Amos Oz: Between Friends
• Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon
• Emma Donoghue: Room
• Jim Butcher: White Night
• Jim Butcher: Small Favour
• Stephen King: The Long Walk
• Stephen King: The Stand
• Stephen King: The Shining
• Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
• John Wyndham: The Day of the Triffids
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of thePhoenix
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

And here is my top 10 of 2016 (without the rereads) in alphabetical order.

• Miles Cameron: The Red Knight
• Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
• Charles Dickens: Dombey and Son
• Emma Donoghue: Room
• Michel Faber: The Book of Strange New Things
• Stephen King: The Stand
• Amos Oz: Between Friends
• Terry Pratchett: I Shall Wear Midnight
• Richard Yates: The Easter Parade
• Richard Yates: Disturbing the Peace

What were your favorite books of 2016?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: 2016

Hi everyone

Happy New Year!
I hope 2017 will bring you as much or even more reading pleasure as 2016 did.

Here is the list (with links to the reviews) of all the books I read in 2016.
I had a lot of fun taking the pictures at the end of this post and it was the perfect time to give my shelves a good, thorough clean too. Great way to end the year! Rearranging books and then spending a lovely evening with friends.

In the end, I read a total of 50.433 pages in 126 books last year.
That’s exactly 400 pages per book and 138 pages per day.
I think I can safely say I surpassed my own expectations and I crushed my 2015 Wrap Up.

Here’s some information about the series I read in 2016.

I started reading:

• Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant series
• Miles Cameron’s Traitor Son Cycle
• Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers
• Justin Cronin’s The Passage
• Toby Frost’s The Chronicles of Isambard Smith
• Frank Herbert’s Dune Chronicles
• Karen Miller’s Godspeaker Trilogy
• Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles
• Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach

I continued reading:

• Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files
• Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time
• Terry Pratchett’s and Stephen Baxter’s The Long Earth

I finished:

• Isaac Asimov’s Foundation
• Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch
• Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

I started and finished:

• Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law
• Kameron Hurley’s Bel Dame Apocrypha
• J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter

I’m still waiting on the next one to come out:

• Patrick Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicles

I won’t continue reading:

• David Gemmell’s Jon Shannow
• Mark Lawrence’s The Broken Empire
• George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire
• Kat Richardson’s Greywalker

Here are the books I read in 2016 in the order I read them. If you click on the title of the book you will automatically open the review.

• David Mitchell: Cloud Atlas
• Stephen King: Salem’s Lot
• John Wyndham: The Day of the Triffids
• Robert Jordan: The Fires of Heaven
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
• Herman de Coninck: De Gedichten
• William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fair
• Terry Pratchett: Unseen Academicals
• John Wyndham: The Chrysalids
• Jim Butcher: Death Masks
• Kameron Hurley: God’s War
• Allie Brosh: Hyperbole and a Half
• Emma Donoghue: Room
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Evelyn Waugh: Decline and Fall
• Seth Dickinson: The Traitor Baru Cormorant
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Arthur Miller: The Crucible
• Michel Faber: The Book of Strange New Things
• Philip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
• Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White
• E. M. Forster: Howards End
• Neil Gaiman: How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
• Isaac Asimov: Foundation and Empire
• Robert Jordan: Lord of Chaos
• Jim Butcher: Blood Rites
• Stefan Hertmans: Oorlog en Terpentijn
• Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon & Around the Moon
• Shirley Jackson: The Haunting of Hill House
• Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
• Richard Yates: Disturbing the Peace
• Stephen King: The Shining
• Isaac Asimov: Second Foundation
• Joe Abercrombie: The Blade Itself
• Terry Pratchett: I Shall Wear Midnight
• Hella S. Haasse: Maanlicht
• Chris Beckett: Dark Eden
• Isaac Asimov: Foundation’s Edge
• Amos Oz: Between Friends
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Ann Leckie: Ancillary Mercy
• Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent
• Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
• Neil Gaiman: Trigger Warning
• Stephen King: The Long Walk
• John Wyndham: Chocky
• Miles Cameron: The Red Knight
• Jules Verne: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Ira Levin: Rosemary’s Baby
• Isaac Asimov: Foundation and Earth
• Jim Butcher: Dead Beat
• Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London
• Joe Abercrombie: Before They are Hanged
• Terry Pratchett: Snuff
• George Eliot: Silas Marner
• Kat Richardson: Greywalker
• Robert Jordan: The Path of Daggers
• Joe Abercrombie: Last Argument of Kings
• Charles Dickens: David Copperfield
• William Shakespeare: Richard III
• Ben Aaronovitch: Moon over Soho
• Terry Pratchett: Raising Steam
• Terry Pratchett: Mrs. Bradshaw’s Handbook
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Jim Butcher: Proven Guilty
• Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
• Stephen King: The Stand
• Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim
• Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
• Ben Aaronovitch: Whispers Under Ground
• Mark Lawrence: Prince of Thorns
• Robert Jordan: Winter’s Heart
• Rachel Joyce: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Frank Herbert: Dune
• Jane Austen: Lady Susan
• H. G. Wells: The Sea Raiders
• Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon
• Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven
• David Gemmell: Wolf in Shadow
• Richard Yates: The Easter Parade
• Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
• Margaret Atwood: Stone Matress
• Kameron Hurley: Infidel
• David Gemmell: The Last Guardian
• Andy Riley: Great Lies to Tell Small Kids
• Karen Miller: Empress
• Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead
• Kameron Hurley: Rapture
• George Eliot: The Lifted Veil
• Ken Liu: The Clockwork Soldier
• Andy Riley: D.I.Y. Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions
• Justin Cronin: The Passage
• Ira Levin: Sliver
• Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation
• Terry Pratchett: The Shepherd's Crown
• John Steinbeck: Cannery Row
• Jim Butcher: White Night
• Robert Jordan: Crossroads of Twilight
• Aliette de Bodard: Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
• E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread
• Dawn French: A Tiny Bit Marvellous
• Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long Utopia
• William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra
• Aldous Huxley: The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
• Toby Frost: Space Captain Smith
• William Peter Blatty: The Exorcist
• Thomas de Quincey: Confessions of an English Opium Eater
• Anne Rice: The Vampire Lestat
• Virginia Woolf: Orlando
• Charles Dickens: To Be Read at Dusk
• Charles Dickens: Dombey and Son
• Toby Frost: God Emperor of Didcot
• Andy Riley: The Book of Bunny Suicides
• Karen Miller: The Riven Kingdom
• The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
• Matthew Kressel: The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye
• Justin Cronin: The Twelve
• Jim Butcher: Small Favour
• Terry Pratchett: Dodger
• Terry Pratchett: Dodger’s Guide to London
• Sebastian Faulks: A Week in December
• Arthur C. Clarke: A Fall of Moondust
• Neil Gaiman: Fragile Things
• Randall Munroe: XKCD volume 0

Happy reading in 2017!
Helena

Wrap Up: December 2016

Hi everyone

Time for another Wrap Up!
December has gone by so incredibly fast I can’t believe it. And January will be even worse with both my husband’s and my birthday.
Enough with the chatter, here are the books I read last month.

I read a total of 3921 pages. That’s 381 pages per book or 160 pages per day.
But I did cheat a bit there. The poetry book was read over the last 6 months.

• Toby Frost: God Emperor of Didcot
• Andy Riley: The Book of Bunny Suicides
• Karen Miller: The Riven Kingdom
• The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
• Matthew Kressel: The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye
• Justin Cronin: The Twelve
• Jim Butcher: Small Favour
• Terry Pratchett: Dodger
• Terry Pratchett: Dodger’s Guide to London
• Sebastian Faulks: A Week in December
• Arthur C. Clarke: A Fall of Moondust
• Neil Gaiman: Fragile Things
• Randall Munroe: XKCD volume 0

How was your reading last month? Anything you’d like to recommend?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: November 2016

Hi everyone

It’s time for my monthly Wrap Up again! Time flies and I can’t believe we’re nearing the end of the year.
I had a great reading month page-wise but I did read quite a few books I didn’t particularly enjoy.
In November, I read 4590 pages. That’s 153 pages per day and 328 per book.

Here’s what I read.

• Robert Jordan: Crossroads of Twilight
• Aliette de Bodard: Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight
• E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread
• Dawn French: A Tiny Bit Marvellous
• Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter: The Long Utopia
• William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra
• Aldous Huxley: The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
• Toby Frost: Space Captain Smith
• William Peter Blatty: The Exorcist
• Thomas de Quincey: Confessions of an English Opium Eater
• Anne Rice: The Vampire Lestat
• Virginia Woolf: Orlando
• Charles Dickens: To Be Read at Dusk
• Charles Dickens: Dombey and Son

You can read the reviews by clicking on the title of the book you want to know more about.
How was your reading? Anything you’d want to recommend?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: October 2016

Hi everyone

October was a great month. I read a lot of books and I’ve no idea how I managed that with my awfully busy schedule in October.
Actually I do, I'm a very bad sleeper and this month was worse than usual.
Aside from that, I’m very happy with another milestone; my blog reached 30.000 views! I still can’t quite believe it. Thank you so much!

I read 14 books for a total of 4883 pages. That’s 349 pages per book and 157 every day.

Here’s what I read in October.

• David Gemmell: The Last Guardian
• Andy Riley: Great Lies to Tell Small Kids
• Karen Miller: Empress
• Ayn Rand: The Fountainhead
• Kameron Hurley: Rapture
• George Eliot: The Lifted Veil
• Ken Liu: The Clockwork Soldier
• Andy Riley: D.I.Y. Dentistry and Other Alarming Inventions
• Justin Cronin: The Passage
• Ira Levin: Sliver
• Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation
• Terry Pratchett: The Shepherd's Crown
• John Steinbeck: Cannery Row
• Jim Butcher: White Night

And this is the book I didn’t finish.

• David Gemmell: Bloodstone

How was your reading month?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: September 2016

Hi

I had a brilliant reading month and I can’t believe I read so much.
We’ve been having good weather in Belgium and it was so nice to sit outside with a book and enjoy the last few days of sunshine and warm weather.

I read 5187 pages in September, that’s 173 pages per day and 346 pages per book.

Here are the books I read with links to their reviews.

• Ben Aaronovitch: Whispers Under Ground
• Mark Lawrence: Prince of Thorns
• Robert Jordan: Winter’s Heart
• Rachel Joyce: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Frank Herbert: Dune
• Jane Austen: Lady Susan
• H. G. Wells: The Sea Raiders
• Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernon
• Emily St. John Mandel: Station Eleven
• David Gemmell: Wolf in Shadow
• Richard Yates: The Easter Parade
• Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
• Margaret Atwood: Stone Matress
• Kameron Hurley: Infidel

How was your month? Did you enjoy the books you read?

Happy reading!
Helena

Wrap Up: August 2016

Hi everyone

Back on track with reading!
August was a great month. I read 4470 pages in August. That’s 497 pages per book and 144 pages every day.

Here’s what I read last month.

• Ben Aaronovitch: Moon over Soho
• Terry Pratchett: Raising Steam
• Terry Pratchett: Mrs. Bradshaw’s Handbook
• J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Jim Butcher: Proven Guilty
• Joe Haldeman: The Forever War
• Stephen King: The Stand
• Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim
• Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Happy reading!
Helena