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Book Recommendation: The 2000s Made Me Gay – ...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 29.08.2021Our book club voted to read a suggestion from one of the many Pride Month reading lists: The 2000s Made Me Gay – Essays on Pop Culture by Grace...
Summer Vacation Is Over – What Did I Read?
Introvert Enjoys Life · 07.08.2021Four weeks of summer vacation flew by! It happens every year: you celebrate the start of the vacation and suddenly you notice that July’s over!...
Book Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Introvert Enjoys Life · 14.07.2021This was such a fun, touching book to read on my summer vacation. I’ve often said that contemporary romance isn’t usually what I choose...
Recently Read Books/ Beach Read Recommendations
Introvert Enjoys Life · 05.07.2021Summer vacation has started and it is time to just chill, enjoy sunshine and obviously books too! Finland has been having an unusually warm summer so...
Book review: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvi...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 19.06.2021What a delight it was to read Gods of Jade and Shadow. A fun mix of Mexico in the 1920s, Mayan mythology and good old fairytale. Last year I...
Quick book reviews: The Midnight Library by M...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 09.06.2021Who else is planning their books to read this summer? The TBR list is super long and even though I’ve already read so many books this year, the...
Trilogy review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Introvert Enjoys Life · 16.05.2021Who else has been so excited about Netflix’s series Shadow and Bone, which is based on the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardudo? It was...
Book review: Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams
Introvert Enjoys Life · 10.05.2021Hello May! April flew by and I read some very entertaining books, but have been distracted from writing about those by the Grishaverse books by Leigh...
Recently Read Books
Introvert Enjoys Life · 11.04.2021Spring is here and while I have been reading many books, my focus has been also on exercising and enjoying the sunny weather outside. The evenings are starting to be lighter here in Finland and the long winter is...
Book Review: The Awakening by Nora Roberts
Introvert Enjoys Life · 21.03.2021I haven’t read romantic fantasy books in ages, so when I noticed a new series by Nora Roberts, The Dragon Heart Legacy, I was like ok,...
Book Recommendation: Women In Battle by Marta...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 08.03.2021Happy International Women’s Day! I’d like to take a moment to just shortly recommend a very theme appropriate comic book to read on this...
Book Recommendation: A Promised Land by Barac...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 24.02.2021It took me almost two months to finish this book, because I wanted to really take the time and focus on the thoughts of Barack Obama, former...
Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natal...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 12.02.2021I so wanted to enjoy this The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner. I mean, ever since I saw it and ordered it, I believed this book was a perfect...
Book Review: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by ...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 05.02.2021When I saw this book for the first time, on a Goodreads article I think, I knew this would be something I simply had to read. The real life...
Book Review: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Introvert Enjoys Life · 22.01.2021Our book club decided to read A Thousand Ships by Nathalie Haynes over the holidays, and I was super happy we picked this book that I hadn’t...
Book Review: Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 10.01.2021I meant to read this book last year, but no matter, it was very much worth the wait. Everyone seems to have read and loved Where The Crawdads Sing by...
Book Review: The Duke And I by Julia Quinn
Introvert Enjoys Life · 03.01.2021First book read for this year was the Duke and I by Julia Quinn. I was in the mood to start this year with a light romance and I did not expect The...
Starting The 2021 Reading Challenges
Introvert Enjoys Life · 01.01.2021In 2020 I read 72 books which was likely a record amount for me. I finished two reading challenges: The Finnish Helmet (Helsinki Metropolitan Area...
Bye 2020 and Happy New Year!
Introvert Enjoys Life · 31.12.2020Thank you and goodbye 2020, I don’t think you will be missed much. I’m assuming that pretty much everyone agrees that we are more than done with this year and ready to see what...
2020 Reading Challenges Done!
Introvert Enjoys Life · 11.12.2020We are in halfway through December and I made it with the two Reading Challenges I wanted to get done this year: the Finnish (Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries) Helmet Reading Challenge...
Book review: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. D...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 10.12.2020Another great book read in our book club: The Plain Bad Heroines is a fascinating book! I’m not even sure what the genre is: modern gothic...
Book recommendations from November
Introvert Enjoys Life · 07.12.2020First week of December is gone and I can’t believe this year is actually coming to an end! Not complaining though, but honestly I can’t...
I wrote over 50 000 words in November – NaNoW...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 28.11.2020Oh wow, it has been forever since I’ve last updated here about the books I’ve read, but it was for the best of reasons! Today I won...
Books I’ve read recently
Introvert Enjoys Life · 22.10.2020This autumn has been an unusually warm one in Finland. When the weather has been good, it has been really nice to spend time outside and just enjoy the full blast of autumn colors for as...
Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-...
Introvert Enjoys Life · 11.10.2020It’s getting darker and colder in Finland so it really is the perfect time to enjoy reading. And what suits autumn evenings better than reading...
Book Review: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
Introvert Enjoys Life · 22.09.2020Skyward was chosen as the summer read for my book club. I knew I’d read this book anyway, but I’m happy I was able to recommend this to...
Books I Read During Summer Staycation
Introvert Enjoys Life · 30.08.2020Summer vacation went by so quickly, even though the days felt really slow and relaxing. I would have been happy with one more week of vacation, but...
