Author Archives: chargyselinck

Elizabeth Acevedo seems to be a writer I really want to love but two times I have been quite disappointed. I looked back and saw I did give ‘With the Fire on High’ four stars, but I remember being kind of let down by it in the end, so I must have felt generous thatContinue reading “The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo ***”

Yesterday my grandfather died after being out of the hospital for two weeks. Upon his release the doctors said he wouldn’t make it past two more months maximum. We left for France the same day. When we came back on Sunday I got to visit him again for what would turn out to be theContinue reading “I am not glad my grandfather died”

Zeno got the prize. He will be king for today. He, being one, threw his crown on the ground everytime somebody tried to put it on his head. Hector however ws very happy to wear it, so he took over Z’s duties. The land is at peace once again. Gabriela and I decided to testContinue reading “Epiphany”

I finished ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt today (5th January). This means I finished both my books I still had going on from December.I definitely liked it a lot. I loved the writing style and the characters, eventhough they are all horrible people. Somehow I did feel like they were real people making horrible,Continue reading “The Secret History, Donna Tartt ****”

Series I finished The Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. ChakrabortyThis is, at the time of writing, my favorite fantasy series of all time. I loved it start to finish and am actively trying to make as much people as possible pick it up. The series revolves around Nahri and Ali. In the first book, CityContinue reading “My 2021 Series Update”

So… we are starting the year off very ambitiously. I have a modest 11 books on my TBR for the first month of the year. Let’s get started! Category 1: Carry-overs These are the books I was reading at the end of the year but didn’t manage to finish in time. As I am alwaysContinue reading “January TBR”

How I have never cleaned so little and my house has never been tidier Since I had a baby in april my house has never been cleaner. And this is the secret to it: my family members do (almost) just as much as I do. My kids, my husband, our housemate. I never have toContinue reading “My system for cleaning the house”

I read a total of 10 books in June: 4 five star books4 four star books2 three star books 2 read alouds2 audiobooks2 ebooks4 physical books I read a total of 3507 pages, which averages 117 pages/day Books I read from my reading list The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera ***This isContinue reading “What I’ve been reading – June”

Treating myself during a pandemic and the postpartum season, I really cannot beat a trip to the library. Our libraries reopened halfway through June after months of just curbside pick up. Oh how I have missed strolling through the rows and rows of bookshelves! One of the silver linings to having the library closed forContinue reading “Library Book Haul – Summer”

It’s the middle of the year, so it’s time to look back on the first half of 2020 and what a year it has been, reading wise. Best book you’ve read so farThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. This is just the perfect novel if you ask me. It’s very dense, but youContinue reading “Mid Year Book Freakout Tag – 2020”