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The Blind Man of Seville – Robert Wilson

On July 18, 2018June 30, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

Another one from the Stanford's book haul, out of eight I already read six books (two more review will be coming up), so I promise not much more left. It is also another book I bought in preparation for my Spanish vacation in September, as is quite obvious from the title one of the cities …

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A Death in Valencia – Jason Webster

On July 14, 2018June 30, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

It is yet another book that I bought on my crazy shopping spree at Stanford's, one thing I must say I am making my way though this book haul, slowly but surely. The reason I bought this book is that I am going to Valencia in September for the first time. Spain for few years …

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Estoril – Dejan Tiago-Stankovic

On July 11, 2018June 30, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

Yet another book I bought in Stanford's, you'll have to be patient, I got eight books that day and am working my way through them as fast as I can. This one I bought because last year together with the Bigger Half we spent our vacation in Portugal, we visited Porto and Lisbon and our …

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How to Be Both – Ali Smith

On June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

My 20 Books of Summer challenge this year began with a false start for two reasons: I'm publishing my first review at the end of June, so a month late (backlog of previous read books got in the way), and I did not finish my first book. Maybe it is because in my May round-up …

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after you’d gone – Maggie O’Farrell

On June 27, 2018June 9, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

After finishing Lovecraft Country I struggled to immediately focus on another book, so I got one of my mum's photography books, Slant Rhymes. It had cleared my head enough for me to start roaming the bookshelves in search of something to read and that's how I came across After You'd Gone. We must have bought …

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Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman

On June 23, 2018June 9, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews8 Comments

I wanted to get this book since it was published, but my book buying ban got in the way last year, so I was happy to come across it during my trip to Stanfords in May. I even mentioned it in my review of the American Gods, hoping that it would do justice to Norse …

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This Is Going To Hurt – Adam Kay

On June 16, 2018April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

I bought this book in London Review Bookshop, that I visited as part of my 12 bookshops for 12 months project. I didn't like the bookshop very much, but this book was a sure crowd-pleaser, I actually noticed it in one of the bookshops I visited earlier this year, but decided to wait as I …

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All Involved – Ryan Gattis

On June 13, 2018May 23, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

This is a book I bought at the airport I think two years ago, for some reason it was on the shelf with debuts and I was in the mood to support new authors (obviously a mistake, as this is Gattis' third book, nonetheless it worked). The book waited patiently on my shelf, probably because …

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Lovecraft Country – Matt Ruff

On June 9, 2018May 14, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

I bought this book during my not so successful visit in London Review Bookshop (here you can find links to other more successful parts of my 12 bookshops for 12 months projects). It was one of the books on the tables and what initially caught my attention was the cover, but then I found it …

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The Absolute at Large – Karel Capek

On June 6, 2018May 13, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

I bought this book during my trip to Toruń to see the exhibition of David Lynch, the museum's bookshop had a pretty decent fiction section and had several Czech books in translation, which is rare in Poland, so I grabbed this one to expand my shamefully small knowledge of Czech literature. This book is a …

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