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Things That Help

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Things That Help

If you are a regular reader of the blog, you have undoubtedly noticed that I have not been posting anything for a while. Since the beginning of the war, I was at first unable to write and later on deeply conflicted about blogging as people kept dying in Ukraine. I am of course aware that there have been other awful things happening in the world during the years that I have had the blog, but it’s simply a fact that while many of these events (Syria and Afghanistan in particular) affected me deeply, nothing has come close to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Best of 2021: Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Best of 2021: Science Fiction & Fantasy

I didn’t do a separate ‘best of SFF’ post for 2020 and now I regret it, as I don’t have a good reference point for my favourites and I feel like I haven’t praised them enough. I also keep getting confused about when I read what and the pandemic obviously doesn’t help with trying to sort this out. In case you are interested, there is a list of some things in I read in 2020 the end of this post – it’s not ideal, but it’s something.

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Best of 2021: Non-Fiction

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Best of 2021: Non-Fiction

2021 was a stellar non-fiction year for me. I read almost 70 books in this category, which made this list very difficult to put together. Even after setting aside my absolute top favourites that I have already covered, I ended up with more than 15 books I wanted to highlight. I could of course have steeled myself and whittled the list down to 10 or something else more manageable, but as I didn’t do regular monthly round-ups last year, I prefer to include more books rather than less.

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2021. aasta parimad: eestikeelne kirjandus

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2021. aasta parimad: eestikeelne kirjandus

[As you can probably tell, this is a post for my Estonian-speaking readers. I will follow up with something more widely accessible in the coming days.]

Eks ole üldiselt teada, et 1) varakal vallalisel mehel tingimata naist on vaja ja 2) Annikky loeb liiga vähe eestikeelset kirjandust. Eelmine aasta oli ses osas siiski pisut parem kui viimane dekaad üldiselt: loetu pealt saab kümne parima edetabeli ilusti kokku panna ja täitsa mitu teost jääb veel ülegi. Niisiis, rahva tungival nõudmisel (ehk siis umbes kaks inimest on küsinud) on allpool minu eelmisel aastal loetud eestikeelsed lemmikraamatud, suvalises järjekorras.

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Best of 2021: Beauty, Style, Perfume

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Best of 2021: Beauty, Style, Perfume

In the two years of the pandemic, my makeup, perfume and clothes purchases have slowed down – although not stopped by any means. Perhaps most irrationally, my habit of buying a few evening dresses per year is as strong as ever. But if you are expecting a proper ‘best of’ of fragrance or beauty releases, this I’m not able to provide. Still, perhaps this overview is useful as you are planning your own wardrobes or makeup buys. 

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