We thought it was time for a fun new post every week. In the Royal Update one of us updates you about our personal life, bookish news, what we’re reading, watching and listening to and anything else that might apply to this post. We thought it would be fun to share a bit more about our personal lives and hope you think so too!
The first two weeks of 2024 have felt like a whirlwind! My vacation was half way over, but I managed to do some fun things in that final week. I booked a skitrip for the very end of the ski season and I’m already looking forward to it. There was also some time to hang out with friends. And that final Sunday I had a practice session with two friends. Because yesterday we participated in the selection of the Dutch Championships jigsaw-puzzling. And it was so much fun! There were over 70 teams in our selection and only 4 are going to the finals. They all had time under one hour and that just wasn’t something we would achieve. But we really wanted to finish within the 2 hour mark and we did! We ended up finishing in 01:48;33 and we were so proud. It was a lot of fun and we’re already planning on practising for next year. Because we would love to finish within the hour as well haha.
Last week was also the first week I had to work again and that was a lot more difficult. I had trouble sleeping and even more trouble getting out of bed in the morning. The actual teaching went well but all the other work stuff took a lot more effort. Hopefully I can get into more of a workflow next week! On Friday we went to dinner with 27 coworkers which was a lot of fun. Afterwards I went out with a couple of them and while I’m still tired from going to bed at 4 in the morning, I had a great time!
I actually did get 3 new eARC’s this January. Darker By Four, Court of Wanderers and The Tainted Cup. They all sound really interesting and I hope they will be as good as I think they might be.
Well, I didn’t read as much as I hoped I would be reading haha. I hope that’s not foreshadowing for the rest of the year. At the moment I’m still reading House of Sky and Breath and I’m listening to A Master of Djinn. I hope to at least be done with A House of Sky and Breath before the end of the month so I can jump right into A House of Flame and Shadow.
I watched Percy Jackson and the Olympians and I have been enjoying it a lot! In between those new episodes I binge watched Avatar the Last Airbender, what a wonderful show. And I have started a rewatch of Daisy Jones and the Six.
If you’ve spent anytime on TikTok there’s a good chance you’ve heard the unreleased Olivia Rodrigo song Prison for Life. And I have been listening to it non-stop! It’s absolutely great and I hope she releases it soon!
And that was my Royal Update for the week! What have you been up to these first two weeks of 2024? Have you finished your first books of the year already? Let me know in the comments down below!