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Hi Steemians! In this post I wanted to share with you some of my favourite book series that I have completed so far! I will soon be posting the second installment where I share my favourite ongoing series,

Hi Steemians! Over 60% of the books I read in 2018 were written by authors that were completely new to me, which is a number that definitely surprised me. I do try to make a point to read as widely as

Hi Steemians! If you weren't aware, I took the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) in December for the N2 level and I passed!! I was super surprised and pleased with this result, because I truly

Hi Steemians! Today is a special day for me because I finally finished my rant review for Lady Midnight, a video that has been in the making for over a week now. I basically read this almost 700 page tome

Hi Steemians! It's been a hot minute since I've come on here, so I wanted to update you on what's been happening. I've been uploading a lot on my Youtube channel these past few months, so if you always

Hi Steemians! Since I recently shared some authors whose work I've lost interest in I thought it would only make sense to also share some of my favourite authors whose books I will buy at the drop of a

Hi Steemians! In this video, I'm talking about some authors whose books I have no further interest in reading for one reason or another. I've done a similar video before, so this is actually just part

Hi Steemians! Today I wanted to share with you my video review of The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman, a YA Fantasy novel and the third and final instalment in the Lady Helen series. It's set in Regency

Hi Steemians! In this video I'm going to be answering the questions of the TBR shelf tag, which is all about the books you own but haven't read yet! Hope you enjoy it, if you have done this tag yourself

Hi Steemians! The end of 2018 is approaching faster than most of us would like, and in this video I wanted to share with you the books I'm planning on reading before the year is out! To be honest, most

Hi Steemians! In this video I wanted to share with you some of the tips I've learnt over the years on how to best work with a language aka tandem partner. I've had several tandem partners in the past and

Hi Steemians! Today I'm sharing some things I hate seeing in books! I've done videos about tropes I hate reading about, but this is more about random things I don't really have a proper umbrella term for

Hi Steemians! Today we're doing a book review for a teeny-tiny novella called Kitchen by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto. According to the blurb, this is a novella which juxtaposes two tales about mothers,

Hi Steemians! My birthday was now several weeks ago, but in this video I finally sat down to share the books I've acquired of the last few months as well as for my birthday! Several of these I've already

Hi Steemians! If you're an avid user of Goodreads and have set yourself a more than optimistic reading challenge you might also feel the pressure right now. The year is almost over, and I still need to

Hi Steemians! We're already over a week into November, and you know what that means: Time to talk about all of the books I read in October! This month I ended up getting through 13 whole books, which is

Hi Steemians! Today I'm reviewing a new 2018 YA Fantasy release by author Mary E. Pearson called Dance of Thieves. This first book in a series is set in the same universe as the trilogy she wrote previously,

Hi Steemians! Happy November! Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween :D Today I'm sharing with you my reading plans for the upcoming month. I don't usually film strict TBR (to be read) videos because

Hi Steemians! So many people wanted to know my thoughts on Unbury Carol, a 2018 novel by Josh Malerman. So in this video, I decided to document my time reading it and ended on a quick review! As you might

Hi Steemians! I haven't done a post on language learning in a while, so I wanted to share with you my latest video on why native speakers make bad teachers in my experience. Just to put it in writing as