Another week of reading books for the OWLs 2020 is done. It wasn’t as productive as the first one, but I’m still reading and that’s all that matter.

Wednesday, 8th April 2020

Last night, I entered the third and last part of Pachinko. The book is divided into three parts, each one sort of following each generation, and now I’m in the final round. This part is going to focus mostly on male perspectives, and I’m not excited about it. The characters that I’ve been loving are going to stay in the back and the ones that are being pushed forward I’m not as connected with. I hope this doesn’t affect my enjoyment.

And day three of yoga complete. I have to say that it’s a challenge to try and do yoga or any other type of exercise with a bunny hopping around, jumping on top of you, and sniffing your ears. As funny as it is to hear a bunny breath is very ticklish.

What I’m found most difficult with the exercises is the lack of traction I have on my feet. I don’t have a yoga mat and lay down on the hardwood floor is not comfortable. So either if I’m using a rug or a thick throw my feet and hands slide off. It’s really annoying me, but nothing like a sniff in my ear to make me laugh and forget about it.

With today’s post finally published, I can concentrate on watching the new episode of The Halcyon, a miniseries set in a hotel in London during WW2 and reading Pachinko.

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Thursday, 9th April 2020

I should have been reading, but I just wasted my entire afternoon watching Youth by You. Have been seeing a lot of recommendations on YouTube about this Chinese talent show because Lisa, from Blackpink, is a judge. And then I did something stupid… I watched one video. I usually don’t enjoy talent shows that much but I couldn’t stop this time. I need to go read at least a few pages to shake off the guilt.

Friday, 10th April 2020

Last night, I ended up finishing Pachinko. It wasn’t the end I was hoping for, but that’s totally my fault to want the book to be something it wasn’t. I loved this book to pieces. I loved the characters. I loved how it made me curious to learn more about Korean and Japanese history. And I loved reading the story set in early 1900.

Something that I didn’t enjoy as much in the last part of the book was the time period. I started the book following two women that washed their clothes by the shore and ended with them using telephones. It’s completely normal to have this change of lifestyle with a book with a long time span, although I wanted to stay in those early years. Although one thing I learned, I want to read Korean historical fiction.

My thoughts on Pachinko still need to be a little bit more polished for a proper review here on the blog. But that doesn’t shine away from the fact that I completed my exam for Care of Magical Creatures. Two exams down four more to go and the biggest book on my TBR read. Time to dive into Game of Thrones next.

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Monday, 13th April 2020

Reading Game of Thrones hasn’t been as easy as I was hoping. This weekend, I was trying to move along past the point I stopped last time, and I couldn’t. I don’t know why but it was so tiring. I couldn’t read a full chapter without my eyes shutting. And I couldn’t understand why. I was in the mood to read Game of Thrones because of Outlander’s setting, and now my brain doesn’t want to cooperate.

Luckily today, I started reading new chapters, and it hasn’t been as hard to concentrate. I’m getting to the juicy drama, and I’m excited again. The hardest part is to try reading, annotating and prevent a bunny from destroying the book.