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    Review Secret Project #2: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

    In March 2022, author Brandon Sanderson announced that he had secretly written five additional books. He decided to offer four of those Secret Projects in a non-traditional way, namely through self-publishing funded by the most successful Kickstarter campaign ever. Since Brandon Sanderson is one of my favourite fantasy authors, I decided to also support this campaign and get my hands…

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    Reading journal March 2023

    Although March was a drizzly and cold month this year, with few actual spring-like days, I still wanted to do something cheerful and full of flowers for my reading journal. Just like in February, I used elements from a calendar of last year. Eventually I only used one cut-out from the calendar, namely the patterned paper with pink/orange flowers. This…

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    Read in March 2023

    For March, I initially had big reading plans. I wanted to continue or even finish a number of series I’m in the middle of and I had more or less committed myself to starting a new series as a buddy read. However, I quickly had to admit that I bit off more than I could chew. The series I wanted…

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    Fairyloot Adult #9: A Dowry of Blood

    Originally, Fairyloot’s focus was on Young-Adult Fantasy books, but that changed in 2022 with the launch of their Adult Fantasy Book-Only subscription. As a subscriber to their regular YA subscription, I was given priority to sign up for this new service, and as a book and fantasy enthusiast, I couldn’t resist. I think this book is the earliest I’ve ever…

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    Reading journal February 2023

    My reading journal for February got an accidental Beauty and the Beast theme. I started with a picture I had printed a long time ago of a lady in a beautiful red dress and a beautifully written font of “Februari” combined with a red-grey pattern, which I cut out of a calendar of last year. Those two elements together immediately…

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    Read in Februari 2023

    Although February is the shortest month of the year and there were a number of days I didn’t read at all, I still managed to read almost as much as what I read in January. In total I read 9 books in February, amounting to 3476 pages. The average February book comes to 386 pages/book. In terms of the feel…

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    Fairyloot Adult #8: Poster Girl

    Originally, Fairyloot’s focus was on Young-Adult Fantasy books, but that changed in 2022 with the launch of their Adult Fantasy Book-Only subscription. As a subscriber to their regular YA subscription, I was given priority to sign up for this new service, and as a book and fantasy enthusiast, I couldn’t resist. At the beginning of November I received the book…

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    Magical Readathon Year 2: Spring Equinox TBR (April)

    Yesssp, it’s that time of the year again! Magical Readathon time, by far my favourite readathon! On April 1st, all students of the magical Academy of Orilium are expected back in class, to kick off the spring equinox! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, BookRoast, the creator of this readathon, made a wholeoverview video here. For the announcement…

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    Reading journal January 2023

    The theme of my January reading journal is no coincidence, of course. Since I was behind on setting up my monthly pages, I could use it to draw inspiration from the books I had already read that month. Of course this was Tress of the Emerald Sea. However, instead of going for a green theme, I was inspired by a…

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    Unboxing Secret Project #1

    Aaaaaah! I FINALLY received it! My first box of the Brandon Sanderson kickstarter! Previously you could read my review for this first secret book, but my actual physical copy was a bit delayed. Now this beauty can finally be displayed in my bookcase and I’d love to show you the unboxing! This goes without saying, but below are SPOILERS for…