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  • In game image: sitting on a picnic blanket.

    Animal Crossing: The Burnout

    Update 28th July: Ninten Talk is back at it again with a new ACNH challenge Rags to Richies. New ways to play the game are always welcome when trying to fight burnout. So check it…

  • Pile of unread sci-fi books.

    Project TBR Zero: After a Year

    June marks one year of my Project TBR Zero, and I have to say that after a whole year, it’s been hard to keep focus and find meaning in this project. Not what I expected…

  • The book Deep Work by Carl Newport propped up in a book wooden book stand next to a planner.

    Deep Work: Rhythmic Philosophy

    When I decided to buy Deep Work by Carl Newport, I had no idea the journey it would put me through. I was reading about a different approach to work, a change of perspective when…

  • Book Deep Work by Carl Newport laying next to a keyboard.

    Deep Work: Trying the Four Philosophies

    Everyone that has worked from home knows that as good as it sounds, it’s not always a walk on the beach. There are so many distractions, and it’s easy to lose a routine. And that…

  • Picking up a book from various stacks of books.

    Project TBR Zero

    After a particularly spectacular reading month back in June (you can read more about it in this post), I felt I could conquer the reading world. I saw how much I could accomplish if I…

  • Bent over a stack of books.

    Turning Reading into a Competiton

    I need to start by clarifying that reading is not a competition or that I think it should be. Reading is a hobby, a source of entertainment, therefore, should never be a competition. And in…

  • Book stack of all the books I use to track words in March.

    Reading Experiment: Tracking Words

    The title is very self-explanatory. I decided to experiment for a month to track words instead of books. Yes, I’ve managed to complicate something so simple. Although, I have a good reason. I am a…

  • Holding a phone showing the app Bookly against a background mosaic of books.

    Reading Apps You Should Try

    Some readers don’t care about tracking books and keeping tabs on everything they read. But I am not one of those. And I’m guessing you aren’t either. For that reason, I bring you three mobile…

  • Flatlay of the stack of books tilting on top of each other.

    Reading the Last Books I Bought

    022 is going to be the year of experiments! I’m still a fairly new reader, and I want to venture myself more and discover what I like, what I don’t like, and how I like…

  • Flatlay of books coming out of cardboard boxes.

    Bookshop alternatives to Book Depository

    For the longest time, Book Depository has been the go-to place for English books at great prices. No matter the reason why you want to shop elsewhere, here are 4 independent bookshops you can choose…

  • Stack of the Divergent Collector's Edition books (1 to 4) on a table.

    Reading Divergent for the second time

    Back in 2018, I gave myself for Christmas the Collector’s Edition of the Divergent series. And since then, I’ve been meaning to do a reread of the series. I was also planning another reading log…