What I’m reading in February 2020

Hello and welcome to my third WWW Wednesday! For those who are not familiar with WWW Wednesday, it is a post hosted by Sam@Taking on a World of Words, consisting of 3 questions about the past, current and future reads. So if you want to find out what I read in February, keen on reading 🙂 … Continue reading What I’m reading in February 2020

What I’m reading in January 2020

Hello and welcome to my second WWW Wednesday! For those who are not familiar with WWW Wednesday, it is a post hosted by Sam@Taking on a World of Words, consisting of 3 questions about the past, current and future reads. 1| What are you currently reading? At the moment I am reading "The Secret History" by Donna … Continue reading What I’m reading in January 2020

What I’m reading in October 2019

Hello and welcome to my first WWW Wednesday! Since in the past couple of weeks I did not have the time and energy to post regularly, I wanted at least to quickly share with you what I'm reading 🙂 For those who are not familiar with WWW Wednesday, it is a post hosted by Sam@Taking on … Continue reading What I’m reading in October 2019

Bookish workplace benefit – borrow books for free and have them delivered at the office

Today brings awesome news! The company I work for starts offering the coolest bookish benefit: access to Bookster, the first modern public library in Romania ❤ There are 5 main reasons that fuel my excitement: Borrowing books is easy peasy, you just pick what to read using an online platform Books are brought to the … Continue reading Bookish workplace benefit – borrow books for free and have them delivered at the office

Let’s talk about rating books: yay or nay?

Hello and welcome to another bookish discussion! Today's topic is assigning ratings to books: yay or nay? When I started blogging, I noticed that most book bloggers gave quantitative ratings to books - 3/5 stars, 5/10 coffees, you name it. Even though from the beginning I decided to not rate books (just following my instinct), … Continue reading Let’s talk about rating books: yay or nay?

Learning to be a better reader: How to Read a Novel (online course) #week4

Uhuu, I’ve completed week 4 of the online course How to Read a Novel from The University of Edinburgh. If you’re interested in reading how I experienced the other 3 weeks, you can check out my posts about week 1, week 2, and week 3. The main theme of the second week was geographical setting. Here are some … Continue reading Learning to be a better reader: How to Read a Novel (online course) #week4

Let’s talk about reading challenges: yay or nay?

Hello and welcome to a bookish discussion about reading challenges! During the last few days I gave some thought to the idea of taking up a reading challenge, and I want to share with you the pros and cons I came across. To begin with, I think there are 2 main types of reading challenges: simple challenges, … Continue reading Let’s talk about reading challenges: yay or nay?

Learning to be a better reader: How to Read a Novel (online course) #week3

Week 3 of the online course How to Read a Novel is complete! If you're interested in reading how I experienced the first half of the course, you can read about week 1 and week 2. The main theme of the third week was dialogue and what it reveals about characters. Here are the most interesting ideas … Continue reading Learning to be a better reader: How to Read a Novel (online course) #week3

Bookish World Record broken in Romania!

Hello and Happy International Book Day! On this special occasion I bring exciting news from Romania: ✨The Guinness World Record for the largest chain of people reading was broken! ✨ The previous record for the largest chain of people reading was 3.071 people (in India) ... and yesterday there were a total of 3.320 participants! The event took … Continue reading Bookish World Record broken in Romania!