My blog in 2019

Happy New Year!

I just wanted to make a quick announcement about my blog in 2019. I won’t be posting as regularly as I did in 2018, but I will update my blog at least once a week. Also, I will give up the category “currently reading” which I find redundant given that I also write book reviews. Instead, I will be creating new categories:

  • Language learning diary. This post will be about my learning Japanese in general. This is where I will talk about the books I am currently reading, my reading progress, etc.
  • JLPT journal. I will post there my progress in the preparation of the JLPT N1.
  • Book reviews.

I think that I will also write about film and music from time to time and post learning tips.

Having a strict schedule in 2018 helped me to get into the habit of writing regularly, but I am happy to have more flexibility in 2019.

I wish you all a good start in the new year!


I’m learning Japanese, Korean and Chinese to read mystery novels and play video games in these languages.

Learning languages has always been one of my favourite hobbies, but I’m not a social person, I don’t like to meet new people and make friends, this is just not me. I keep hearing that languages are meant for communication, that we have to actively use them, talk with natives, etc. and for a long time, I thought it was weird to learn languages just to read books, with zero interest in communication.

Now I don’t really care what people think, and this blog helped me a lot to stop doubting myself and just do what I enjoy doing.