Because reading is fundamental!

I’ve always been a nerd when it comes to reading books. Hell, I even created my own book (folded up tons of paper and glued a self-made cover on the front) by the age of five! I was determined to become the best writer of all times… until I found out that there is no such thing as pink unicorns covered in purple glitter, who love to run over rainbows on hot summer days (or is there?).

Where I got all these crazy and colorful ideas from you might ask, from all the books I was reading back then. There is just something about reading. It takes you places, it makes you feel things, it makes you think and contemplate about life. The stories, the memories, the fantasies… stepping out of your own life, becoming somebody else for a moment. It’s a rush I can’t explain.

If you’re not into books at all, you wouldn’t understand the feeling a book can give you when you open it up for the first time.

That sound a fresh page makes when you turn it over… the chills that come over your skin when reading the next chapter. The fact that you can’t put your book down when you’re so into the story. Being able to feel what the main character is feeling and experiencing… I’m getting carried away, by just thinking about it.

"Let me stay on topic"

Now 20 years, 2 American library cards and 3 missing Dutch library cards later, my book addiction has become something that I have learned to live with. As soon as you enter my house, you’ll be greeted by two big brown bookshelves. 

Out of capacity!

Next to spending money on stuff like Chanel bags, Louboutins, dinner dates with my girlfriends, trips to fabulous destinations, my company and delicious bottles of wine… books are a major part of my “spending pie”.

From a signed copy of Kat Von D’s "The Tattoo Chronicles" (She is so sweet! And also promised to work on my next tattoo the next time I hit LA), to a signed copy of Nigel Barker’s “Beauty Equation:Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You” 

(This man is too fine in real life!) and another signed copy of former president Bill Clinton’s  “Giving: Howeach of us can change the world” (the coolest president AFTER Obama!), to all of Lauren Weisberger’s books (The Devil Wears Prada, 

Last Night at Chateau Marmot, Everyone worth Knowing, Chasing Harry Winston… you name it, I have them ALL),

"Books from today’s top authors, urban books, and even a little erotica. 

No shame in my reading game!"

But due to the fact that I had a lot going in on during the past months, I had to get my nose 

out of the books and face life… not that it was a bad thing, but still.

I missed running home to a good book and a glass of wine, after a long day of classes and PR-related business. 

All of that was traded in for hours behind the laptop and numerous (international) Skype calls.

There is nothing wrong with taking some time off of reading, but when you seriously start having major withdrawal symptoms, which include running around the house in your La Perla lingerie, looking for that one book which had some great business quotes that you want to use as motivation on your social media accounts… 

it’s a sign that you have to regain your composure, put some clothes on and take some time to breath.

So after my mini crisis of looking for that particular book, I decided to MAKE TIME to start reading again. 

One of the happiest moments (so far) in my life.

I started re-reading #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso at the beginning of the year and I haven’t been able to put it down! 

(I wasn’t really focused the first time I read it) 

There are a couple of books that I have added to my reading list, which I want to finish before summer ’16.

Lala Anthony - The Power Playbook

If you follow the Cosmos&Lipstick social media channels, you will know that I have started the hashtag #WatchaReadingWednesday. I’m the type of woman who likes to share whatever it is that I’m reading on and off-line. 

I mean it’s fun to talk about reality shows and other things that keeps us talking, but I think that a good book can be as entertaining as well. I am therefore dedicating the Wednesday’s on the blog to books, magazines and other online articles that I think are interesting.

I hope that I was able to inspire some of you to embark on this literary journey with me. 

Let’s explore more of what is going on out there. As long as books exist, you should never be bored!

Quote of the day: Nothing is more beautiful than a beautiful 

woman with an equally beautiful and smart mind.

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