Welcome to my new little project, Books on Benches!
This is a blog where I will not only be posting book reviews, I will also be doing some commentary on life in the Netherlands as an expat (I come from South Africa), restaurant reviews and more.
I did run a blog titled UrbanisedGeek for a long time, but I thought it was time for a fresh start and a complete re-brand. While some of the content will be similar, I feel like I have outgrown my old blog and this is an opportunity for a clean slate.
I am passionate about books and reading and have been a blogger for going on 10 years now. I admit that I have been the most consistent or regular blogger, but I hope to change that this year with regular posts as I have set some personal goals for myself in terms of my reading.
Every year, I take part in the Goodreads Reading Challenge, a popular tool that enables you to set a reading goal for the year and track your progress. It is quite fun as you can also see how well your friends are doing at meeting their own reading goals. I much prefer this idea to a reading challenge where one has to reads books based on a checklist of criteria they need to meet. This might force you to read books you might not have looked at before, but I also want to read books I want to and not for the sake of some arbitrary checklist no one actually cares about.
So, this year I am keeping it simple. 100 books. 100 reviews. I can manage that, right? That in between finding a job and adjusting living in a new country. I got this.
I know it's going to take some time to build up an audience here and if you did find me from my previous blog, thank YOU for sticking around!
You can also follow me on Instagram @booksonbenchesnl for a taste of Dutch life and, of course, photos of books on benches!
Happy 2020 everyone!
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