Konfetti Explorations
Konfetti Explorations
Marisabel
Hi! I'm Marisabel! Puertorican living the Dutch life. This is my personal web garden to make things grow.
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I never really notice my dyslexia, unless I try to read a book full of LONG words and the aesthetic reasoning of using italic serif grey font with no line spacing, and my brain hurts so much I just can't keep trying to read it... which...
This is so sad. These people are so smart they manage to work around not being able to read or write. But what's sadder is how no one could see their struggles and help. What's sadder even is that it is still happening. While all I have...
2026 reading planJust organised this and I'm looking forward to it very much! #reading #books #rereading Thank you for following my feed! ♥ Leave a reply here.
I actually enjoyed the way this one started!! Can't wait to read more!
Book #3 for the local Book Club.
This is such a beautiful book about finding home away from home. It made me feel I'm not alone when I look at the skyline of the Rotterdam bridges and think every single time "ik ben thuis" (I'm home).
Japanese handwriting I opened this book from the library and I felt a good hit of dopamine when I just look at it and READ it! #japaneseThank you for following my feed! ♥ Leave a reply here.
Niet alleen buiten was het donker, maar tot mijn verrassing ook in de gebouwen. In woonhuizen. in cafés. in musea en restaurants: over- al was het donker. Het was bedoeld om sfeer te creëren. maar mijn ogen waren gewend aan het felle...
Dit boek is zo leuk! Ik ben geen Japanner, maar ik zie mezelf in haar verhaal als buitenlander.
I just realized that when I have long periods of not reading, it is because I am forcing myself to read books I am not enjoying. So I procrastinate. Just abandoned 2. Time to pick another!Thank you for following my feed! ♥ Leave a reply...
I just finished my first japanese book after 7 months — I think — and started a new one! The kobo helps a lot. But about 75% , I was able rely less and less on the dictionary!!! That being said... starting a new book means using it...
5 pages, 48 words in deck 😅
I barely have time to sit by the computer, work has picked up and I love it. But it means less time to play. However... I'm ITCHING to redesignthe layout — not the style — of the website to look like my old blogs with the 2 or 3 columns....
Everytime I believe I'm understanding, something happens and I realize I have no idea what is going on. Right now it's starting to feel like a paint of insanity note than a story.
Going on semi-hiatus Focus of November 2025: 📚 catalog my personal book collection 🏯 Study more Japanese actively and finish reading my first book. 🙅🏻♀️ DEC will be out of the window due to how busy it is since my kid also decided to be...