Books Are Jazzy

Wow. It feels like such a long long time since I've last written one of these - a blog post for Books Are Jazzy. I checked that my last entry was in June but honestly it feels much longer than that.

I've missed this.

We took a break of undetermined length together with Laura because we were feeling a little uninspired and the whole blog had turned into more of a burden then an outlet of creativity. Slowly, over the past few weeks, maybe a couple of months even, I started to notice my love for reading and writing to grow again and I felt a really big want to share that passion once again.

So, that is how I find myself back here now, writing this.

I think I want to take it slow to reassure that this feels good and is a source creating joy, not draining me of it. It will be in your best interests too, don't worry, since I honestly believe it shows wether one does something out of honest will or a feeling of must.

For now I'm just going to leave you with a few points from the last months that I have been absent.

-I finished quite many books. And really good ones at that! I haven't in a long time felt this excited about books and have made time during the day, not just at night, to read.
Here's some top picks that I've absolutely devoured:

• You Are a Badass -How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life -Jen Sincero
• Akvarelleja Engelin kaupungista -Jukka Viikilä
• I Want to Sleep -How to Get a Good Night's Sleep -Harriet Griffey (for all my fellow insomniacs)
• A Court of Thorns and Roses -Sarah J. Maas

-My absolute disinterest in fantasy and newer curiosity towards nonfiction and self help has taken a new turn. I found myself effortlessly sucked back into fantasy come fall (aka the ultimate season of all things magical, mystical and murky). I have the A Court of Thorns and Roses -trilogy to blame or mostly thank for this dip back into my former favorite genre. I guess my preferences change around the year to fit the seasons. I also believe that I was just in need of a good, new, more adult story to suck me back in.

-As for nonfiction and self help -well I'm still going strong on that track as well and am looking for books to add to my repertoire. (All suggestions are very welcome!) Actually, all 6 books that I breezed through over my summer vacation where from this category. Let's allow that to speak for itself.

It must be this gloomy weather that has invited me to grab a book and a mug of tea by the candlelight -bliss

As for what's to come, we hope to start posting monthly from now on instead of the previous pace of once a week. I have some reviews and thoughts already in mind so stay tuned! Thanks for being so patient and more over for being loyal and sticking around! :)

-Anna

That's what I'm going to try to figure out and explain to myself as I write this post.

First I should distinguish what I mean by the alarming question of a title. Well, as you know if you've been following my updates, I'm a fantasy, fiction, mystical creature and alternative reality loving gal from head to toe, inside out. I love putting myself to sleep with fantastic beasts and lands far, far away. I take anything mysterious, supernatural and mythical as a serenade of the imagination. Just take a look at my "read" books on my Goodreads. But for the past month or so, my "to read" list has been attracting non-fiction, self-development, inspirational and more mundane opuses. See what I mean by alarming?

Am I in some sort of a youth age crisis considering I'm turning twenty come summer? Or have  I lost my love for magic and storylines? Sure I've alway enjoyed a historical fiction every once in a while or perhaps flipped through a literary classic feeling obliged to do so. But never has the ratio been 3 to 1 like it is with this years finished novels.

Spring is that you?

I still feel drawn to fictive stories and will never abandon my Ravenclaw colors or stop referencing every fantasy classic ever written. I think it might just be the light outside and spring time nearing day by day that has awaken this side of me. I definitely see myself turning the pages of a light romance book on a bench in the park or hitting up some QT with another classic or history infused read. In another sun circling revolution's time I will probably be comfortably back with my hot tea submerged in who knows what universe marvelling at all kinds of creations of the mind. But before that, I feel more up for quick, uplifting books to gulp down.

Have you noticed a shift in your preferences corresponding with the seasons? Or have you grown out of old reading habits and fallen into new ones? Let me know, I'd love some peer support. :D

So long, 'til the days warm up,

Anna