Showing posts with label Isabell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Isabell. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

The Story of My Book Corner – Isabell of Dreaming with Open Eyes


Books have always been a huge part of my life; it all started when I was little my mom was reading goodnight stories to me. When I grew up I loved picture books and I couldn’t wait to go to school to learn reading myself. Since I can remember I always preferred to take a book and find a corner to read it, without any disturbance, over any other activity – that’s what I did in most of my summer & winter holidays as a child. Over the years my collection grew and grew. Surely, from time to time, I gave some books away for charity or my local library because I had no place to store them anymore or grew out of them. I spend most of my reading time in my comfy bed. When the weather is nice I love to read outside on our balcony on my favorite armchair.

Writing this blog post gave me a reason to re-arrange my book collection. It was a bit of a mess to be honest. At the moment I have two (three, if you count my kindle too) different places where I store my books. Unfortunately I don’t have enough space to keep them all together. In the future, I dream of setting up a room, full of my favorite books. I have plans to fill the walls, from top to bottom, with those books. Wouldn’t it be lovely to spend my “me-time” in a room, inhaling the bookish smell and heading off to a faraway land? Maybe in rooms like this? That be my dream come true.







Here is a picture of the first bookshelf. Sadly it’s outside of my room because I have no space in m room for it. When it comes to locating the books on the shelves they are sorted by the author. I group books of the same author (or a series) together. I live in Germany so I obviously started reading German books when I was young. On the shelf are books like my German Harry Potter books, the Twilight Series or books I read at school. When I was living in Ireland five years ago, I started reading English books so my collection of them grew and grew too. My favorite books of this shelf are Paige Toons, Lindsey Kelks and Samantha Youngs books.


The second shelf is in my room. It holds books I received to review, books I’ve won, books been gifted to me or books I bought for myself. Unfortunately I have not read many of them. Too many books too little time.


Thank you so much for reading my blog post! It was my pleasure to be a guest on Sky’s Book Corner. Thank you so much for having me on your blog today Simona!

Sunday, 7 December 2014

Books I'd give as a present by Isabell


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Hello everybody. I’m very happy to be a guest on Sky’s Book Corner today. I’ve chosen the topic “Christmas Books I’d give as a present” for my guest post. Can there be a better gift for us as a pile of books? I’m hoping to get some books of my wishlist this christmas :) What about you?

Before I’ll introduce you to my list of books I’d like to tell you something about a german christmas tradition. Yesterday, the 6th of December, was a very special day for children in Germany. On the night of December 5th, Nikolaus or Saint Nicholas will fill the boots of all kids who were good, polite, and helpful during the year. Children put a freshly polished boot called Nikolaus-Stiefel or Nikolaus boot outside of their door and wake up to treats on December 6th. St. Nikolaus typically brings fruits, nuts, cookies, chocolate, and maybe a tiny toy. Here you can see what a typical Nikolaus-Stiefel looks like.


Now I’ll continue with my list. Here is my Top 10 list of books I’d give as a present on Christmas. The first five books…, they are magical in their own special way. A must read for everyone!

1.     A Christmas to Remember by Jenny Hale
‘A magical chrismassy fell good read with full of heart.’
2.     Something from Tiffanys by Melissa Hill
‘A wonderful chick-lit tale set around Christmas time in New York, London and Dublin.’
3.     Fairytale of New York by Miranda Dickinson
‘A sparkling, romantic comedy about an English girl who finds herself in the city where dreams can come true.’
4.     The Gift by Cecelia Ahern
‘A witty, warm, and wise modern-day fable of love, regret, hope, and second chances.’
5.     The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Lisa Dickenson
‘ A fun, flirty festive read full of Christmas sparkle and romance’. 

The next five books are my favorites of my childhood. Not without a reason all of them have been bestseller for many many years. They are all incredibly brilliant. When my nephew is old enough to read I plan on get him into reading and give him those books as a present. I’m very sure everyone one of you knows those books. What has been your favorite Christmas book as a child?

6.     The Polar Express by Christ Van Allsburg
7.     The Nutcracker by E. T. A. Hoffmann
8.     101 Dalmatinas by Dodie Smith
9.     The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
10.  The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

With a few days left, Christmas is around the corner. I wish you all a wonderful celebration with your loved ones and lots of books under your Christmas tree. Merry Christmas.