The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

It's Friday, which means it's probably time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of  Book Nook Bits  and  Dinipanda Reads , and today's topic was guilty pleasure reads. Here's the further prompts for today's discussion. Do you agree with the term since it has a somewhat “negative” connotation? Should you feel ashamed or “guilty” for enjoying a certain genre or non-traditional type of book (i.e. graphic novels, manga)? What books do you love or are on your TBR do you think would be considered “guilty pleasures” by others? While I do feel the term "guilty pleasure" has a somewhat negative connotation, I don't think people should be ashamed/guilty for reading what they read. For the most part, I think it's more important that people actually read and enjoy reading, regardless of whether it's Victorian classics or bodice-ripping historical romances. I'd be a bit wary of people reading (and believing)  online texts from less credibl...

It's Friday, which means it's probably time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of  Book Nook Bits  and  Dinipanda Reads . Today's topic was writing and posting book reviews. Here's the further prompts for today's discussion. Writing book reviews is a huge part of running a book blog. Do book reviews make up a big part of your blog content? Do you prefer to write long or short reviews? How does reviewing advance copies (ARCs) and working directly with authors and publishers change your approach to writing the reviews? Do you post on platforms other than your blog (i.e. Goodreads, The Storygraph, social media) and do those reviews differ from what you share on your blog? After I switched things a bit around on this book blog and decided focusing on horor and paranormal books, I've actually reduced the number of book reviews on this blog. When it comes down to the length of my reviews, they all depend on how much I've got to say about the book - ...

It's Tuesday, and thus perhaps time for another Top Ten Tuesday post courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl  and as this week's theme was books that include/feature, I decided writing a list of books that feature vampires. Here's my ten (somewhat) spooky picks. Blood Cruise by Mats Strandberg Description from Goodreads On the Baltic Sea, no one can hear you scream. Tonight, twelve hundred expectant passengers have joined the booze-cruise between Sweden and Finland. The creaking old ship travels this same route, back and forth, every day of the year. But this trip is going to be different. In the middle of the night the ferry is suddenly cut off from the outside world. There is nowhere to escape. There is no way to contact the mainland. And no one knows who they can trust. Welcome aboard the Baltic Charisma. Blood Born by Renee Lake Description from Goodreads Maddie is excited about the new adventures college life will bring. She dreams of rallies, weird roommates and exciting...

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for another Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post courtesy of  Long and Short Reviews  and today's topic is a book I'm nervous to read and why. For me, it's Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler, easily. Why? It's honestly a bit scary getting into his head and his thought process, and reading his opinions on various topics. It's one of those cases of I want to find out what the hell he was thinking, but on the other hand, nope, I don't want to find out. I suspect I'm not the only one who's a bit reluctant to say it the least, on the thought of reading that book, as he was after all an arsehole to put it mildly.

It's Friday yet again, which means it's probably time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of  Book Nook Bits  and  Dinipanda Reads . Today's topic was how many books do you read in a year? Here's the further prompts for today's discussion. How many books do you typically read in a year? Do you always track your reading? Does keeping track of the books you read motivate you, or stress you out? How do you keep track of the books you read? Do you have a 2025 reading goal? It sometimes varies a bit how many books I read in a year, but the last few years it's been roughly 100 books. I keep track on Goodreads how many books I've read, and it enables me to be on track or preferably be a little bit ahead, just in case something should happen (like me getting sick or having a reading slump). That said, I don't stress or panic if I fall behind, as it's not a competition. This year though, I'm putting the petal to the metal a little bit and I...

It's Wednesday, and thus perhaps it's time for another Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge post courtesy of  Long and Short Reviews . This week's topic was favourite hobby and why. Aside from reading, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered writing this blog, my favourite hobbies are cooking and baking. Somehow I relax while in the kitchen, making food and trying new-to-me recipes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, as I love both books and cooking, I have quite a collection of cookbooks and quite a while ago, I decided I wanted to cook my way through my cookbooks, trying the recipes that caught my eye and I found interesting. At first, I "only" documented it on  Instagram  and created a specific hashtag for it, but I more recently also started  a blog  for it, even though I can admit I haven't been too good at updating the latter at times. Some other benefits are that I can try new-to-me cuisines without going to restaurants and I improve my skills in the kitchen. As I ...