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I just finished my final book for the Bout of Book Read-a-thon, another Doctor Who graphic novel. Which put the total amount of books I finished this week to 5. I read two Doctor Who Graphic novels, "A fairytale life" and "The Ripper". I really loved both, I loved the medieval and fairytale style of "A fairytale life" and it still had it's fair share of aliens and sci fi, it was pretty perfect. The art in that one, I think, was not as good as the art in "The Ripper," "The Ripper" had amazing drawings that really helped the Victorian atmosphere in the Doctor Who/Jack the Ripper story. I also really loved the storyline of that one. I've always been interested in books and films based on the Jack the Ripper murders and to have The Doctor, Amy and Rory travel back to that time and get involved way too deep with the murders, it was a very fun and exciting read. I'll definitely be reading more Doctor Who graphic novels in ...

Yesterday was a day of not much significant reading, sadly. I was too busy working and studying, so I'm going to make up for that today and, hopefully finishing "Attachments" today. I've found that "Breaking Night" was too hard to binge-read quickly, because I want to soak up every single sentence I read and think about it. So I've put that one aside for later and I'm continuing on "Attachments" I did finish another book this week, "Living out loud" by Keri Smith, which is not only a book for reading, but also a book for doing, writing, making art and being creative. I haven't read this book in its entirety this week, I started it about a year ago, but I did get to finish it this week, and I'm very happy about that. Now I'm quickly going back to reading "Attachments" Books read: 2 Books finished: 3 Currently reading: Attachments - Rainbow Rowell

This post is probably going to be corny as hell. I'll try for it not to be, but it probably still will. I realised something this week, something that started out with a bad night and a conversation with my parents. I won't lie, I've been having a long battle with a mood disorder, and bad nights like that happen a lot, sometimes it leads to my parents comforting me, sometimes it leads to fights. Both happen because they love me. But this night especially they gave me something valuable (they have probably said it before, but with depression, you're not always willing to listen and believe the people trying to be there for you throughout all of it). But my parents told me, they have not expectations from me, they just want me to be myself. I don't need to change, just be myself. And I cried back at them that I didn't know who that was. I've been thinking a lot, lately, about who I am and trying to find out who that person really is. I've slowly been...

I've spend most of yesterday reading "Attachments", by Rainbow Rowell, and "Doctor Who: A Fairytale Life", by Matthew Sturges. The Doctor Who graphic novel I also finshed yesterday. I really liked it. Right now it's my favourite Doctor Who graphic novel I've read so far. I am crazy about fairytales and medieval things and I'm also crazy about Doctor Who, space travel and aliens. This graphic novel had all of that. Also 11 and Amy are my favourite Doctor and companion, so this was great. So far, I'm really liking attachments as well. Rainbow Rowell really has a talent for writing the cutest greatest stories that make it nearly impossible for me to put down.I'm really looking forward to continue reading that one today, as well as "Breaking Night", by Liz Murray, which I'm reading at a bit of a slower pace, because it's not a book that I want to rush through.

A new morning, new books! Yesterday I finished reading "De wraak van de sneeuwheks" (In English: The Empty Hand), the second book of the Snow Walker series. The first of the series was a childhood favourite of mine, but as a child I never knew of the existence of the sequels. A few months ago I finally found two of the sequels on a flea market and I now read this one for the first time. I didn't love it as much as the first of the books, but I still liked it a lot. It's a great magical children's book, and I really love the world in which the story takes place. So after having finished "The Empty Hand" I am now reading two other books, one is the non-fiction book "Breaking Night", by Liz Murray, which I read every year at some point. And the other one is "Attachments", by Rainbow Rowell, which I have never read before. I enjoyed Eleanor and Park a lot, so I'm very happy to be reading another book by Rainbow Rowell. Finis...

1: Find an author with the same initials as you: My Name is Janne Goossens, so I've got the same initials as "The Fault in our Stars" author, John Green. 2: Find a book with the colour yellow on it: Slaughterhouse five by Kurt Vonnegut. I love the yellow skull on this copy. 3: Find an author's name with the letter "S" in it: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close's author, Jonathan Safran Foer. 4: Find a book with a female protagonist:  This is all: The pillowbook of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers. 5: The longest book you own: Een vuurplaats in steen by Jean M. Auel (English title: The Shelters of Stone) 6: Find a book with a map in it or on it: It's kind of a funny story by Ned Vizzini 7: Find a book with a face on it:  Paper Towns by John Green Bonus: Find something on your shelf that isn't a book: My Horn

I have never participated in a read-a-thon before. In fact, before a few months ago I didn't even know of the existence of read-a-thons. But I'm very excited right now to be participating in the Bout of Books Read-a-thon coming week. I am generally a slow reader, so I don't really have any idea yet what is possible for me to read in one week. So this is mostly going to be an experiment to me to see what's possible. I don't really have a goal except to read more than I usually would within a week. And to, instead of turning on the TV like I normally do, to open a book instead. I'm very happy to be joining on this event and I'm very very curious how it will go. For anyone else who's interested in this challenge, here's the official Bout of books blurb with a link to their blog: The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, Jan...