I just thought I’d let you guys know I’ve made my decision. Next year, I’ll be going to Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. If you’re interested, the school website is here and there are some cool panoramas of Bremen here. And here is a video of free hugs made in Bremen:
I quite enjoy it. And I like the song.
Anyway, now that we’ve all seen the video, you’re wondering, what does this mean for the books and the blog? You must be interested in that, or else why would you be here?
And the answer is: I don’t really know.
Sometime in August, I’ll be heading to Europe. If authors/publishers are willing to send me books in Germany, I’ll still take review copies. If not, well, my parents will still be in the U.S. and I’ll be able to pick up books when I come home for Christmas/summer. I’m really not sure about access to English-language books or time to read them and I’ll work out all the details about review copies when the time comes.
This blog will still be alive. I’ll probably have less time for recreational reading, and the reviews might not be so frequent, and the blogging might not be so frequent, but I’ll be here. And I’ll be blogging about life and Germany and such elsewhere.
The bottom line: this blog will probably change, but I’ll still be here. And I’ll be going to Europe and I’m excited!
March 9, 2009 at 9:36 pm
So you finally made your decision :P Do we get any details about how you reached your decision??
Steph
March 9, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Mostly I laid in bed unable to think about anything else or do anything else. It was agonizing and pathetic :-) And I randomly sent panicked text messages to my friends (for example: I’M GOING TO DIE I CAN’T DECIDE HELP ME AHHHHHH). And made myself sick stressing out about it. And made pro-con lists in which the two schools came out even. And eventually I said, “I’d like to pick NYC but I CAN’T I have to pick Germany, let’s go to the post office now.” And, no, that doesn’t make any sense. I’m not a very good decision-maker.
But now it’s done, and I’m excited!
March 9, 2009 at 10:05 pm
You can hang with Lenore!!!
March 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Congrats! that is so amazing and I am sure you will love living in Germany!
March 9, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Germany’s a cool place. And I’m sure this blog will still be fantastic even if you don’t have as many frequent book reviews.
March 9, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Congrats on your decision!
March 10, 2009 at 2:59 am
Yes! You can hang out with me! And I will share my books with you. I have a very good friend who lives in Bremen, so I’m actually there pretty often.
When I was in college, I was so busy studying that I never had time to read novels. Short stories were all I could ever make time for!
March 10, 2009 at 5:07 am
Congratulations! You’ll have an amazing experience. I’ll look forward to reading all those blogs about life in Germany. :)
March 10, 2009 at 7:40 am
Congratulations!!! That is so exciting!!
March 10, 2009 at 10:03 am
Wow – how exciting! You’ve talked about traveling and seeing more of the world so this will be perfect for you. Great opportunities ahead! Many congrats~
March 10, 2009 at 10:46 am
I think you made the right decision, Jocelyn – you want to travel, and now you can! I hope you enjoy every minute of it :)
March 10, 2009 at 2:25 pm
congrats!! and i think it’s grand, on your prev post i agreed with one commenter that had stated that you really want to go to nyc and so i didn’t put in the thought that you should chose to go to europe, cause well it’s your school, but now that you’ve decided on germany i can shout with joy that YEAH, it’s great and i think it would be a great, great experience and you would be able to see a whole lot other places too (just imagine rome, paris, spain -cause all of it is heaven, all of andalusia and definitely barcelona and breathtaking gaudi buildings, athens….oooh it would be heavenly, really) and you’d get to meet different people and learn a foreign language… it just would be great and i know you’d love it. HURRAH! HURRAH! :)
March 10, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Omg I am SO excited for you! ANd Lenore will be able to visit how exciting!
I’ve lived in Germany before. From age 4-8. I was too young so I didn’t get to appreciate the fact the I lived in Europe though. Plus I lived in Military housing so it sucked. big time.
Oooh, and you’ll be able to go to the huge FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR! Yay! That is exciting!
Germany will be awesome. You’ll still be awesome. Your blog will be as awesome as ever!
Just know that I am EXTREMELY happy for you!
March 10, 2009 at 6:19 pm
That’s great! Congrats on finally making the choice!
*random*I have a friend who may be heading to Germany too. (For a year off; she’s going to bible school there.) From what she says of Germany, (she’s part German and visits there alot, it’s terrific. I’m sure it’ll be an invaluable experience.
And, when you get there, we’d all love to hear more about it. :)
March 10, 2009 at 10:52 pm
As others have said above: Wow! Congratulations!
From someone who has lived for 8 months in another country, I think you have made a commendable and important life choice and will never regret it. I can’t wait to keep reading your blog updates.
March 10, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Congrats Jocelyn!
Hope you have a great time in Germany and hopefully authors and publishers will send books to you.
You are so lucky cus you’ll hang with Lenore, go to the Frankfurt Book Fair and be in Europe!
I’m so jealous of you. :)
March 13, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Good point Carol! Jocelyn, you are going to love the Frankfurt Book Fair!
March 15, 2009 at 9:55 am
Jocelyn,
May I add to the long list of people who want happiness for you in Germany. You’ve made a great decision. Congrats.
March 18, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Thanks, everyone! I’m excited.
March 29, 2009 at 11:25 pm
i just wanted to say that I love your blog and I wanted to know how you got it set up like that, with the picture of what your currently reading and the tab at the top that says what youve read. I love it!