It’s funny how now that I’m completely free to read and do other stuff I’m doing nothing. I said in my February Wrap Up that I didn’t know how I managed to read so many books while studying for my finals but I’m starting to think I work better under pressure, even though I can’t stand working under pressure. I find time to do more things when I don’t have a second to spare and it makes me mad.
As of right
now, I’ve been dedicating my life to one, binge watching TV shows I’ve
neglected during finals and two, buying birthday gifts. Almost my entire family
was born in March – both my parents (on the same day actually), one of my
sisters, my grandfather and grandmother, a few aunts and cousins and… you get
the idea. On top of that we celebrate as well Father’s Day (the 19th). I would
never understand why Father’s Day isn’t celebrated on the same day all around
the world, just as Mother’s Day but, you know, cultures and stuff. So
essentially I’ve been going around with my mother shopping gifts and also
breaking my head to think of ways of sneaking out to buy some for her.
As I
mentioned I’ve been binge watching some TV shows and for that I’m using up my
reading time. You see I tend to read after having breakfast and then at nights but
now that spot is all about TV. Therefore my reading is not being particularly
good. I’m currently reading two books – Nightfall
Gardens by Allen Houston which I was sent for review and I’m almost
half-way through and quite enjoying; and All
The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr which has been on my TBR for a
while and it was originally on my February TBR but never got time around it. I’m
not very far into the latter, only 40 or something pages but the writing style
is very beautiful and the chapters very short which creates a fast-paced
illusion and I’m pleased with that.
One other
thing that has been damaging my reading has been BookTube. During February I
discovered some new booktubers – who aren’t all really new but they were for
me. They talk about adult books mainly, which I’m very pleased about, and also
read very diversely; but it’s not so great to my bank account because I’ve been
adding books like crazy to my wish-list and I’m trying so really hard to not
make an order. But I told myself to wait until March is over because I bought
quite a few books already. Damn you books! Oh, and if you’re interested, those
booktubers are: Jem Campbell, Reads and Daydreams, Ramblings of an Empire,
MercysBookishMusings. Although I’m pretty sure you know about them already.
What are
you guys currently reading? Or, if you’re not reading, how is life? Oh, by the
way, if you know about other booktubers you like who are similar to the ones I’ve
mentioned, please let me know ;)