Bookoverview ~ September 2016

This month was one of the most unsuccessful reading months I've had this year. - But my birthday also was this month, so I got a lot of books to fill my TBR-shelf again, and autumn is coming, my absolute favourite season.

Books I bought/got this month:	12
Books I read this month:	3

Review: Deep Secret ~ Diana Wynne Jones

Deep Secret is my second book by Diana Wynne Jones, whose writing style I fell in love with after reading Howl's Moving Castle. - And after reading this one I have to get more from this amazing author.

Reading Language:	English
Pages:	526
Publisher:	Harper Collins
Rating:	4.5/5 stars

Blurb: Magids look after all worlds, steer them towards magic, and keep history happening. But Rupert Venables’ mentor has just died, and as the junior magid on earth he has to find a replacement while also trying to find the lost heir of a collapsing empire, worlds away. Rupert interweaves the fate lines to get all the candidates together at a sci-fi fantasy convention, and havoc ensues as they all converge on a very strange hotel, where everything is always linked, the walls keep moving, people are trying to kill him, and nothing is as it seems…a magical, epic story from the Godmother of fantasy.

Bookoverview ~ August 2016

Since I changed the design of my Blog a bit, I thought I could also change the design of my overviews, too. The concept will stay the same, but I'll focus some more on the layout and the short information that I'll give you about the books.

Books I bought this month:	0
Books I read this month:	12

Bout of Books Read-a-Thon + Storytime: The "Job Interview"

Today I'll share with you my experience with the Bout of Books Read-a-Thon and how my reading went this week. First of all, I've got to admit, that I didn't read as much as I wanted to. - I wanted to finish The High Lord by Trudi Canavan the day before Bout of Books started. That didn't happen. So I read the last 250 pages I had left on day one. (Review >>) Also I wanted to read the whole The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien, but I only read halfway through book one.

This was about the most unsuccessful week of reading I ever had this year. But I have a quite fun and pretty odd story to tell you:

Review: The Black Magician Trilogy ~ Trudi Canavan

The Black Magician Trilogy is Trudi Canavan's first trilogy. It follows a girl named Sonea, who lives in the slums of Imardin. One day she discovers her magical potential and wizards start to hunt her down to force her to join the Magician's Guild. Sonea tries to stay hidden with the help of her friend Cery and the Thieves, who rule over the underground of the slums.

The Fifty Bookish Questions Tag

Hello, and welcome to my first weekly blog! Here I'll post a weekly discussion, TAG or just a view into my reading and my life. The entries will be posted ever Sunday.

Today I'll be doing the Fifty Bookish Questions book tag. I found this tag on mylittlebookblog's blog. So let's get started!

Bout of Books Read-a-Thon TBR

I decided to participate in the Bout of Books Read-a-Thon next week from Monday to Sunday! The Bout of Books Read-a-Thon is a "low pressure" read-a-thon with no competition between the readers because you schedule yourself how many books you want to read in that certain week. Since I'm on holiday I've got the time to read quite a lot lately, so I thought it might be fun to participate.

One of my main goals this year is the read the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien so finishing these books will be my main goal for next week. The only problem I'll have is that I won't be able to read much on Saturday and Sunday because I'm at a LAN-party, gaming with my friends.
I'll keep you updated on my progress on my Twitter. - I'm not a Twitter person, so we'll see how that will work ...

TBR-Killer: Update #8

It's been a long time since I wrote something for this blog. Uni kept me pretty busy over the last few weeks and I've got still so much to do. - But summer is getting within range! And summer on the one hand means to me writing my finals for this semester, but on the other hand it also means a lot of reading.

TBR-Killer: Update #7 + Book HAUL

I have been a bad girl and couldn't resist buying some new books. - So my score went down to zero. But I can proudly say, I'm out of the danger zone again!

Game Time #1

I really wanted to start something new on this blog, so I decided to do a series where I introduce you to some games I recently played or really like playing. These will be mostly for PC or Android Smartphones, but I'll also look up, if they are available for iOS and Windows Phone.

This episode is about Simon Tatham's Puzzles.

TBR-Killer: Update #6

I finished two books again! *woohhhooo* - This sounds like the stuff The Sims would do ... I read a book for Uni and also "Moon over Soho" from Ben Aaronovitch.

Get to know me tag

What is your name?

Jenny

When is your birthday?

14th September

Reading Challenge 2016

Goals for 2016:

1. Read at least 80 books. (84/80) ~ FINISHED
2. Reread 'The Hunger Games'. (3/3) ~ FINISHED
3. Read 'The Lord of the Rings'. (0/3)
4. Read 'Skullduggery Pleasant'. (9/9) ~ FINISHED
5. Read 5 non fictional books. (7/5) ~ FINISHED
   

TBR-Killer: Update #5

So, it's been quite a while since I posted something ... And I'm really sorry for that!
Also I lost track of my TBR-Killer-Challenge. I really don't know, how many points I got so far and how much I spend on books in the last one or two month.

So this will be a fresh start!

Pinter-test Photoshop Tutorial #1 ~ Clouds and Sky