┈➤ Sandra’s Library

Hi, my name is Sandra and welcome to my book account. I hope you’ll find a read or two on my page or get some inspiration since you’re first here. And hey, you’re absolutely welcome to slide into my DM’s and start a bookish chat with me. I would love that 🤍 Now, to the important part. Girl, woman, queen, you bad ass boss; it was OUR day yesterday. I hope that if you didn’t have anyone around you that reminded you of your awesomeness or even congratulated you? Then please remember how amazing and magnificent you are. We are smart, beautiful, interesting, strong and unique every single one of us and make sure that you only have people around you who sees and appreciate that. I love you, we love you and we all love women and girls girls who stands up for one another. Like DAMN how awesome are WE?! Hugs and kisses to you, you majestic human being and applause for your accomplishments- let’s thrive!

sunlight and onyx storm takeover We had some sunlight peaking over the mountains yesterday and in only six days from now we’ll be celebrating “Day of the Sun” in Tromsø. Because that’s when the sun finally appears above the horizon after the Polar Night. It’s been totally out of sight for months now and I want it back. We’ll eat baked goods and I’ll make sure to get out and watch it climb over the mountains and maybe cry a little because damn it y’all I miss the sun so bad and I need spring like, yesterday. You want to know what else is happening in six days? Onyx Storm is coming and it’s taking over my life. I will not eat. I will not sleep. I will read and repeat. 21st of January truly is a day for celebration. LOVE. Now fingers crossed Rebecca doesn’t screw me over because if V and D ends up together I will not recover. Until then I’ll be completing the Dreamland Billionaires series. I started Final Offer almost a year ago and never finished it hehe. You see, ToG and BoT entered my life and all other series were quickly forgotten and put to the side ♡

my classics and mini books ♡ tbr hopefulls from my cart stack on wheels: • 84 Charing Crossroads • Mrs Dalloway • Jane Eyre • Don Quixote • Crime and Punishment • Anne Karenina ♡ thank you for the support on my first “real Reel” yesterday and for all of your wonderful favorite reads for 2024, I love connecting with you over books and our reads. Any classics or mini books you feel are missing from my personal stack?

recommend your five star read? *ੈ classic, fiction, thriller, horror, gothic, romance, fantasy, whatever, I would love some recommendations from you guys but make it one of your five star reads and I’ll add it on my list and maybe read it in twenty twenty five! who knows, maybe you’ll even find some interesting and intriguing recs in the comment section yourself 🫶🏻

First Reread: The Brothers Lionheart I’ve been recommending this book a few times whenever someone has posted other classics within the children section, because it’s without a doubt one of my absolute favorite books of all time. I’ve never actually read the book in English before, only in Swedish (once) and in Norwegian (like a hundred times since I was six) - so I’m beyond excited to be reading this and taking annotations tonight ♡ The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren is a children’s fantasy novel about two brothers who love and care for each other deeply. They both pass away very young for different reasons and the true story of the Lion brothers start after their death, reunited in Nangiyala - where they get to explore amazing adventures together. Even though the story is originally a children’s book, it does contain some dark themes in true Astrid Lindgren style. Disease, death, betrayal and rebellion are some of the tropes you’ll get in this beautiful 188 pages long novel, and it’s worth every second. The darker themes hits different as an adult, and I always get teary because of how devastatingly beautiful it is in its simplicity. With that said, fingers crossed you’ll add this to your “classics” or “novels” tbr stack for 2025. This is a book that is well known in Scandinavia and I would love for it to be read in other countries as well. I hope this post got your attention and made you consider it 🫶🏻

Last purchase of twenty four 🫶🏻 This year I’ve decided to dive deeper into new genres. I’ve always wanted to read more fiction and novels, and it feels right to start off the year with a Han Kang book. Her books have stared at me from the shelves at work and been begging me to read them. “YOU’LL LOVE US” they scream in pure desperation. I decided to give in. There are mainly three bookstagrammers I will take inspiration from this year. Their post are GIVING and every time they do post I want to read almost every single book they’re reviewing - I was also given some suggestions that I’ll be ordering first thing tmr so they’re ready for me on my tbr shelf the next months. Honestly, if you’re not following them yet I don’t know what you’re doing because their accounts are impeccable! @notesfromliterature @oloffffy @coolgalreading 🤍 What are your book goals for 2025?

Physical book stack reads ♡ Kindle Reads: Gleam by Raven Kennedy Flawless by Elsie Silver Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Autumn by Ali Smith Phantasma by Kaylie Smith Audiobook: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (reread) Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (reread) Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valentine King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair Reread: Binding 13, Keeping 13, City of Bones, City of Ashes, How to Kill A Mockingbird, Dracula, Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Vampire Academy and Twilight ♡ I’m building up some courage to make a Reel to show off some of the books from my physical stack. Fingers crossed I’ll make one this week - I’m still very new to the whole Reel thing but I have to start at some point hehe. My reading goal was 50, I ended up reading 81 ♡

My personal wall of Plato ♡ Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.

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24th of December 🎄 Last advent post from South of Norway. Celebrating with my family and playing board games and cards, drinking Christmas sodas and beers, eating way too much food and having Christmas movies on the TV as background noise 🫶🏻 Disney Advent Calendar 🐻 Brave Merry Christmas loved ones 🎄🥰

22nd of December 🎄 My favorite book post of the year - little miss sass. Disney Advent Calendar 🐀Ratatouille Christmas is right around the corner and it feels so surreal that this year is going to be all over soon. I know I say it every year but how did time fly like this? I can’t wrap my mind around it. And the fact that this was my first year in my thirties? I was 25 just five minutes ago, what happened there?

21st of December 🎄 September & October recap 2024. Slide 1: I got a new furniture in the living room! Slide 2: The Northern Lights was GIVING this fall ♡ Slide 3: Went secondhand shopping with some friends. Slide 4: Enjoyed the colors outside with my boo and nugget. Slide 5: My shelves were a mess per usual.. Slide 6: Baked a lot of fall coded goodies yummmmss. Slide 7: Met @therealabidraja who writes beautiful books!! Slide 8: Made my first cheesecake, lemon flavored ♡ Slide 9: Bought Intermezzo, my first Sally Rooney book. Slide 10: Curled my hair almost daily love love love. As I’ve mentioned in my earlier posts, this fall was my first since being a child I’ve actually felt present. To be able to go through the darker months of Norway and enjoy little thing is something I thought was never going to happen to me. Fighting with anxiety, depression and feeling “less then” has been a struggle ever since I was 13 and finally I’ve come to a place where I feel calm, collected, content and all around at peace. It’s been a long battle but damn I’m proud of where I am and who I am - and I’m so thankful for this fall and all the beautiful people I have in my life. Not to mention the amazing and kindhearted bookish friends I’ve made ♡ Disney Advent Calendar 🐕 Coco Tonight I’ll be watching movies, eating Cheese Doodles and just enjoy where I am and how I got here ♡