Books Are Jazzy

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

Hello everyone! Another month has gone by, which means it's time for another update to my 2018 Reading Challenge! In February I read the novel Rautatie by Juhani Aho. Rautatie follows a married couple as they first hear about a train coming to a village near them, to them riding on the train for the first time, to finally deciding never to speak of the experience again. Previous to the novel's events, the couple had never heard of a train before and thus when hearing various details about trains and their workings, they quickly attached fantastical elements to the transportation system.


Compared to January's read, Rautatie was a lot more similar to other classic Finnish literature that I have read and therefore reading it felt more comfortable. Having said that, I'm not sure if I would go out of my way to recommend this book, since plot-wise not a lot happens.

Rating:⭐⭐⭐

-Laura