Hello! :)
The year is coming to
an end, time to get sentimental. After moving from Spain back home and
especially after I graduated - yes, that's right, I finished my undergrad!! - I
didn't really find the time for my blog. That made me really sad, so I'm
absolutely positive to restart it in 2017! I am so ready for the new year and
everything I'm going to experience. I plan to upload a blog post every other
week and I also have a monthly YouTube series in mind, so stay tuned. I am
really optimistic 2017 is going to be a fantastic year! I will finish my postgrad
and start to work full time, I am excited!!
I prepared two lists
for you representing my year 2016. The first one is the reading list I already
promised you one year ago!!!
January:
Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres
- Stieg Larsson (The girl with
the dragon tattoo)
February:
Love you more ( A Detective D D Warren
novel ) - Lisa Gardner
Catch me ( A Detective D
D Warren novel ) - Lisa Gardner
March:
If I stay - Gayle Forman
Lovesong - Gayle Forman
Afterwards - Rosamund
Lupton
April:
Post
Mortem "Tränen aus Blut" - Mark Roderick
May:
Perfect Match - Jodi Picoult
Like a charm - Karin
Slaughter
June:
Frontera - Jordi Sierra i Fabra
A place called freedom - Ken
Follett
July:
World without end - Ken Follert
August:
The Survivors Club - Lisa Gardner
September:
The Big Dipper - Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir
The Other
Daughter - Lisa Gardner
October:
Summer at Little Lava: A Season at the Edge of the World - Charles Fergus
November:
The Soldier's Wife - Joanna Trollope
December:
Sensenmann - Claudia Puhlfürst
Did you read any of
these? How did you find them? Are you wanting to read any of these and need me
to go into detail for some in particular? Please tell me! And I already have
such a high pile of books I want to read in 2017. I don't think the pile is
ever going to get smaller. It is just growing and growing and growing... There
are just too many good reads out there. I'm definitely planning to give Anna
Karenina another go and I also have a few audio books I want to listen to.
What's your opinion on audio books? Can you recommend any?
Here is a short
overview of what I did and accomplished and experienced throughout the year:
January:
I was living in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia,
Spain at the time, doing my
semester abroad in International Tourism Management.
February:
I finished my stay in Spain and came back
home to Cologne, Germany, to
continue my studies.
March:
I had my final exams and successfully
finished my last semester at university,
with only my Bachelor Thesis / dissertation ahead of me.
April:
I turned 22.
May:
I wrote my Bachelor Thesis about
the German perception of England as a
destination with the research question "To what extent does the German perception of
England reduce it to London, stereotypes and prejudices?".
June:
My godson got baptised.
July:
I spent my summer at home
figuring out what to do next, and where.
August:
I graduated.
September:
I flew to Spain to watch my friend getting
married.
October:
I moved to Essex, England to do my
Master in Translation and Literature.
November:
I met many amazing new people, became part
of the Writing Society, LGBT&friends and the Catholic
Community, started a Russian course and
played a lot of Badminton and Squash.
December:
I spent my Christmas holidays back home with
my family.
It was a very
eventful year and I am really happy. I am in a good place to move on and start
the next year, pursuing my goals.
What are your plans
for 2017?
I wish you all a
happy new year and a good fresh start!
Lots of love
Jen
