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Bowie, a biography – book review

by moonlight lady 19. November 2019 The Reading Corner 0

A little over a week ago, Jon came from Madrid with a gift for me, David Bowie’s illustrated biography. Bowie was my first love and I devoured the book in one sitting. About the edition The book is from the Lumen publishing house and is illustrated by Maria Hesse. Like everything Lumen does, it ...

The Sword of Destiny – book review

by moonlight lady 09. November 2019 My Gothic World 0

A little while ago I told you about the first book of the Geralt de Rivia Saga and today I come to talk to you about the second, The Sword of Destiny. Synopsis This book consists of a six stories (quite more extensive than those of the previous book), which narrate more depth the ...

Hi there November!

by moonlight lady 03. November 2019 Diary 1

November begins and it seems to me that it’s going to be an intense month. Several things have changed and that’s the reason of my long absence here. New job During October I was attending several job interviews and, finally, they hired me! Now I am working as a graphic designer in a lighting ...

The Haunting of Hill House – book review

by moonlight lady 16. October 2019 The Reading Corner 0

Today I want to talk about Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House. I have to admit that I watched the Netflix series before reading the book (the first time I do so), but only because I already knew they were not related. The book and the series As I told you, they ...

The Last Wish – book review

by moonlight lady 02. October 2019 The Reading Corner 0

You may remember my insistent complaints about my reading block and the advices I gave you to overcome it (you can read them here) and maybe also that I mentioned a book I thought was going to get out of the block. Today I talk about that book, The Last Wish. This is the first ...

Short trip to Albarracín

by moonlight lady 26. September 2019 Wanderlust 0

This summer, after the music festival, we couldn’t to agree on a weekend for a short trip. Prices in August soar. Anyway, the trip was pending and last weekend we went to Albarracín. I’ve made a short video of the trip for IGTV and you can see it here! The first day On Friday ...

5 tricks to overcome a reading block

by moonlight lady 23. September 2019 The Reading Corner 2

I don’t know if you have already heard about it, but it exists. It happens when a person who loves to read suddenly doesn’t feel like it. It’s hard, because you want to read but you just can’t. Almost all activities that require creativity and imagination are susceptible to blockage. Here I tell you some ...

The impostor syndrome

by moonlight lady 18. September 2019 Writing 2

You may or may not already know what is this, anyway I need to talk a little about the impostor syndrome. What is it? It is a kind of “disease” that affects (I would say) 90% of people who are engaged, professionally or not, in a creative activity. This syndrome is characterized by the ...

Back in Andorra

by moonlight lady 11. September 2019 Wanderlust 2

It seems incredible that, with the amount of time I have right now, I have not managed to take a moment to tell you about the trip to Andorra so far! Going to Andorra has become a kind of family tradition; we go once a year or, at most, every two years. 2019 was not ...

September at last

by moonlight lady 03. September 2019 Diary 4

September has started and the truth is that I was already waiting for it. Summer exhausts me, I am not made for so much sun and heat and, with the arrival of this month I feel that I can already touch autumn with the tip of my fingers. But I don’t come to tell you ...