Dear readers, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Mine isn’t really over yet, as we celebrate a second day of Christmas in the Netherlands. Christmas isn’t really my thing, and it’s so, so stressful to me. I’m trying to make the best of it, though! My family and I exchanged presents today, as we do every year and in the proces, I learned an important lesson. I was about to go to bed and my workspace is still a wreck from gift wrapping earlier, but I decided to sit down next to my tiny Christmas tree and share this story with you.

Oh my goodness, can you even believe it’s been nearly a year since I last blogged? And it’s August! I made an attempt to start again in February and that failed rather miserably. But I’m back now! I have so much to share about the past year. It’s been a crazy one. Most importantly: I’m back and I’m back for good. No more interruptions because of internships and college, yay!

Whew! How is it September already? I swear to the bookish gods I missed the last day of August? Not that being a few days late with my Bookish Bulletin is a crime, but I was surprised to find I hadn’t worked on it yet while I should’ve done that… Oops? Life has just been crazy! Anyway, I’ve got a lot to tell you, so let’s just dive right in.

Hi y’all! After my latest posts, I went a bit quiet again. My days consisted of work, re-watching Queer Eye and waiting for my online orders to arrive in the mail… Yay? One package that wasn’t actually an online order – more like a repair – arrived today and it was my monitor! I could’ve blogged perfectly fine on my MacBook alone (and I actually did!) but just having this thing on my desk and having cleaned up my room has helped me so much to get back into being productive. I WANT to sit at my desk and working. Plus, the heat has toned it down a liiiittle bit,…

Today’s post was a difficult one to write. I have so many things on my mind that I want to share with you guys but I just don’t know how. I don’t want this to be a rambly complaint kind of post! You’ve probably noticed my absence (but I won’t blame you if you didn’t) and I just want to try and explain why I’ve been gone for so long. I don’t think this will be a “fun” post, but I need to get this off my chest.

Well, hello everyone! I feel like I haven’t written anything new in FOREVER!? I actually haven’t been reading all that much either… Anyway, more on blog and life things in a bit! I want to introduce you to my new monthly feature: The Bookish Bulletin. I used to have a separate TBR, wrap up and monthly personal update (Behind the Books) and I realised how much work that actually is? I also read a lot of these kinds of “combined” wrap ups and I loved them so much, I tried to do it myself! It’s still a bit of a work in progress, but I hope you’ll enjoy reading this…

Thank goodness for the ability to schedule posts in advance, because I’m currently in Germany and I just couldn’t wait to share this month’s Behind the Books! March and April have been the best in terms of blogging. Besides blogging, life was pretty crazy as well. I mean, I visited like two colleges in one month and then I signed up for one and…. *breathes* Oh, and I NEED to tell you about my obsession with The Greatest Showman because I am OBSESSED. (In case you hadn’t noticed.) Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy today’s post!

WOW-WEE, you guys! Prepare yourself for what might actually be the longest Behind the Books post I’ve ever done… Sorry?! Anyway, I have so much to catch you guys up on, and I’ve hauled a record amount of books (for my doing) so, obviously, I need to share! Make yourself a cup of your favourite drink, get comfortable and enjoy reading my personal update!