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My blog and I

Hello! My name is Ioana, a booklover, with an obsession for languages, tv shows, foreign languages, and a neurodivergent brain who makes my life a bit more difficult but fascinating! After years of health issues, I recently enrolled to the Open University, hoping to get a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. As I am Italian, and almost never speak or talk in Italian, I decided to open a blog to improve my writing skills but also as a Pensieve, to try and keep up with my busy brain life. 


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