Because of a post on one of my favourite book characters, I realised that I haven’t updated or done a book characters from romances in like ever, I have never done it.
So, here we are… I’ll try to keep it short… even when we know that it is not my forte. π
Last year (2024) I decided to hop on a journey of bookstores of Seoul, and Arc n’ Book was one of those that I visited. Why didn’t I visit more of these in 2023 on my first visit to the country is beyond me, but probably something to do with being awed by everything. πΈ
Did you know that there is a Jane Austen Challenge going on by canterburyclassics? (This is not promoted).
There is! And I decided to go into it, starting with Jane Austen in January, true be told I didn’t finish it in Jan, but I’ll plan on continuing until the end throughout February since the challenge is month by month through 2025, and I am not really planning on doing needlework, this time. π
As Ms. Austen is to turn 250 this year! β That’s how they decided that this should be the perfect way to celebrate.
These are the expected month-by-month challenges:
You can still join, of course. What do you think? If I find other book challenges like so, I’ll definitely consider them, it looked like so much, and perhaps I’ll finally read all of Jane Austen’s books, because Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey sit on my shelf since forever. πΈ
That’s the latest from my end. I’ll update on my new view of Pride and Prejudice once I’m done. π
Whatβs the thing youβre most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?
I like amusing parks, I have gone on Rollercoasters rides in the past, but then I grew up and the part of me that didn’t know how to say no before, started to and then I said I didn’t want to, and here we are.
It is not a fear perse to go on a gigantic Roller-coaster and more the fact that I don’t feel like it. π’
What would it take me to do it? Why does it have to be like that?
Well, around a million dollars should do the trick, I would stand in line patiently and nerve-wrackingly hear it going around and then jump on it. π
Have you been keeping up with the k… the podcast, sorry, bad joke.
Have you been listening and following the podcast? Season 2 is almost done, only 2 episodes to go, and of course I left two of my favourite of the last couple of years for last, and they were both stories that I had not known about until they crossed my path.
But Episode 16, dedicated to NANA is now available, and you can listen to it on YouTube and also watch a few cool scenes from the anime.
The year is almost at an end, it might for some of you already, depending on where you are in the world. For me it is still Dec, 31st.
I was checking all the book reviews on the blog and was surprised by what I had picked up this year, mostly, “old” books but that were in my TBR since forever and I decided to read as many as I could.
Luckily, there was a dragon book in there, so the year of the Dragon was represented in my reading. For the year of the Snake (my year!) I shall see what books are out there that fit the criteria, there should be some interesting ones.
I have various passions so it’s not a short answer of one thing like: writer, which I am.
I am creative by reading and imagining. Drawing at times. Designing my books covers. Creating digital content for the blog here, for social media, whether it is posts or reels. Or recordings for the podcast or vLogs about travelling and books.
I love taking photos, too, not professionally but creatively. πβ€οΈ
Writing is perhaps the biggest part of that creativity, I have been writing for over twenty years, wow. That’s a lot looking back on it. Writing books, short stories, blog posts, and reviews, I havenβt tried scriptwriting, but I have thought about how it would be.
So that’s how I’m creative in life. π€π
And this is me promoting my craft: My Books. (A new book will be released on Dec, 31st and you can pre-order it).