Went to France, visited a bookstore, asked for recommendations on French authors. Left with arms full of pockets, most of them with a big touch of fun. Loved this one - grumpy old man slowly defrosts to smartass neighbour girl. Near the end things got a bit cheesy but enough surprising turns to keep going!

This is not the best book to read when you‘re on the road for a two week holiday. So many things I want to implement and work with! On the other hand: two weeks bring the opportunity to really think things through and make some lasting changes when home...

Getting back in the Litsy-groove with #friyayintro @jesshowbooks

1. Packing. Lots of it. Oh, and probably figure out taxes too.
2. Peak season at school, but managed to slip in two good books. (I did read a lot but most of it was papers to grade lol)
3. Summer. Abundance of light does great things for my general mood. And it feels less *** to get woken up just before dawn by daughter.
4. Not much of a concert goer. Randy Newman I would say.

Do things only exist if they have a name?

About one third in, I think this book is full of ponder-worthy lines. Apparently, someone shares that opinion, as there are plenty of pencil marks everywhere. And now I can‘t help but ask myself: would these parts also stand out to me if someone hadn‘t visually taken the lead?

#librarybooks #pencilparadise

Summer holiday is about to start and I decided to reanimate this totally neglected safe haven for bookishness. Dusk, open windows and summer bedding - the perfect setting to tackle all the summer reading I‘m planning! #gettinginshape #summerreading

Ninety minutes just for me... buying a book instead of a magazine and installing myself in a tapas bar. #byeworld #metime

When you aren‘t allowed bookish escapes anymore, take a stroll outside #brokennights #holidaysalmostover

My nightstand might or might not feel like I‘m overdoing it... #tbr #fantasyforbedtime

My parents took the kids for a walk. 30 minutes of quiet at last! #autumnholiday

Becausewhat else could you do, being awake in the middle of the night thanks to an already early bird who doesn‘t do daylight savings hour. #damnyouwinterhour

Ugh, having a terrible cold. In bed with me! Luckily, I‘m in good company. #cold

Meal prepping with the #wsirn podcast on and can't wait to dive into a new book. Even before his prize, I was curious to read something by #ishiguro. And well... this cover appealed to me. Seems like a book that might make me cry though...

Settling down for a whole different kind of storytelling! #cirquedusoleil #totem

1. Robin Hobb
2. Taking the bike to get to work.
3. Hell no! I can't even handle the tension in a good detective!
4. A shark I guess. Double chance of being actually dead instead of endless suffering.
5. If you're talking about the weather, which I assume, we fell from a lovely 21C to a chilly 13 with rain. Yikes!

#friyayintro @jess.how

Bedtime surprise for my son. He knows the first book by heart and discovered there was a second one on the audiobook. He's so proud to own them both now! #gruffalo #raisingreaders

I don't know who was the first to say: read something about a subject every month and you'll be a specialist very soon as nobody sticks to reading the latest on his subject. Well, I know this is not the community where that kind of statements would be tue, but point taken. I'm planning on adding more non fiction about religion to my reading list. Bought this and finished the first chapter. A lit to ponder (and a slightly uncomfortable read for me)

At a pace of 3 sleepy-headed pages per night, this is gonna take a while... #butiwanttoread #brokennights #mustkeepreading

Finally a #modernmrsdarcy bookclub read that had been translated. Definitely a good idea to start reading already though, because lately the nights with my children have been horrible...

I do love the book and the author. But in this case, the philosophical style weighs too heavily on the narration, especially in the end. I've always admired Schmitt for the way he turns the most difficult subjects into stories that make your heart ache and smile at the same time. I miss that here. It reminds me too much of #paulocoelho , a bit too new age for me. (While in this case I can relate to many ideas on religion stated here).

The things I don't like about this book: I finished it. Things I do like: two more parts to come (but approximately 800 km away from mee). Fantasy at its best: great characters, original magic powers, much to be found out still. #canwegohomenow #summerreading

We-time with my eldest is also a bit of me-time at the playground!

Got this box as a birthday present from my brother - fully pregnant and totally unable to stay awake for more than ten minutes, I have been waiting to read this. I love it because it's so different from all the fantasy I've read so far.

After all that fantasy I was in the mood for dome historical fiction. Monastic life had always intrigued me a little and in a certain way the structure of it attracts me.

Hmmm, only one week of easter holiday left AND major cleaning to do. #choices #libraryismyideaofheaven

"Mallow smiled!"

Now that I have read this, I've been trying to smile with an exclamation mark all the time and my husband is starting to look a little worried... ?

114 pages, so many characters... and men only!

Some escapist reading in the midst of laundry to fold, papers to sort and kitchen to clean. I'm really intrigued by this classic! #1001books

When your children both manage to fall sound asleep in the seven minutes of the drive home from daycare, and the book you're reading is inside.that.house! (And if I take the key, radio stops and both will be awake...)

Nothing says summer (even if it's only spring) like the sound of the ice cream man!

Took me a while to get into it. A lot of intrigue, different storylines, a huge mental fight. But I'm curious to read the next part, which is a good sign!

Don't you think it's so much harder to focus on a book when the setting is so different? It's hard to match springtime with the snow and dark atmosphere of what I'm reading... #readerproblems #seasons

Best start of Easter holiday... children asleep, enough books to cover my reading hunger and enough time to go to the library to increase chances of book indigestia. Yay!

To avoid missing even half a minute of the day, she compensated the change of clock by waking upe one hour earlier... 🐣👶😵😴😴😴

Buh. Maybe it's just too old for me. I like the setting, but find the characters mostly annoying. And the intrigue... would fit in a high school context - the drama, the tears, the feeling better, the bffs! #1001books

Almost at the end, just discovered they consider an 1816 work "new". Gna.

I like books, but if the night was short a magazine eases me into the day... what's your favorite? #yawn #magazine #welldorestaurantsagainwhenidontfallincomaaftertheapperizers #whydontkidsneedsleep

Not a bad setting. Not a bad setting at all. #firstdaysofspring #unexpectedafternoonoffreedom

Only four chapters in, and while I've read so much great things about this book, its main character is annoying the *** out of me! Might be part of the experience though. #1001books #emma #annoyingcharacters

A classic that has been on my TBR list for way too long!

I loooooved the first part, but this one was a bit less for me. Mainly because of a diary that takes over most of the story. Nevertheless: here's the reason I didn't get anything done last week!

I love my job, but that endless stream of correction work, when all you want to do is get lost in a good book... #teacherproblems

A library visit can't be complete if there aren't dinosaurs involved, can it? #raisingreaders #dinosauraddict

Prepping library visit and being disappointed they have so little #1001books I miss the library in my old town!

Hmmmm, not a bad read but I didn't like the end and I might be too much of a romantic to really appreciate this story and style... the problem is you want to identify with the characters but then again... it's almost impossible to like them!

When the only possible me-time of the day starts at 5am, you get up and read!

Dear naomi novik, this is an order. Go to your room and write a book. Repeat. Sincerely, me.

Finally managed to go to bed fairly early, picking up a book I forgot to bring back to the library. Curious if it will catch my attention long enough to finish it before Monday (when I plan to bring it back)

Hmmm, I should have caught some sleep while I could, but then again... #sleepisoverrated

Damn you, sore throat and fever but hello, you dear sweet fantasy novel that will help me escape to happyland!

Accusation disguised as a confession. Very witty style to tell a raw story. Nothing romantic here, cruelty as the only way to climb up. #1001books #india #worldliterature