This book for me marks the start of spring, in the beginning of the year I had a bit of a reading slump, then my mum recommended to me A Gentleman in Moscow that I loved. But this is the first book this year I picked myself from my shelves and read with the interest I …
After finishing Lovecraft Country on a Sunday morning I could not find any other book I'd like to start reading immediately. It usually happens to me when I finish a book I liked, my brain needs some downtime to prepare for the next thing. After trying to start few different books I picked one from …
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'I saw something nasty in the woodshed' When Flora Poste's parents die and she realized that her income won't allow her a comfortable life, she decides to live off of her family. The only part of it that replies to her letters are the Starkadders from Cold Comfort Farm. Despite her friend's warnings Flora decides …
Ever since my mum gave me Noble House to read probably 15 years ago I loved James Clavell's books, interestingly at the same time I was reading Noble House for the first time my Bigger Half was reading King Rat and loved it as well, though I could never convince him to other books by Clavell. …
I read this book over a month ago and still think about its atmosphere. In February I was in a bit of reading slump, reading but feeling like none of the books fully engages me. I could not find a book I would be drawn too, a book I'd want to go back to. When …
I read this book during the Easter Weekend, in a lovely hotel on the Baltic seaside. The weather was far from spring, we actually had snow on the first night and a storm on the lat day, but having a room with sea-view is always amazing. Just hearing the constant roar of waves calms me …
This is my third review of Bator's book on this blog, the two before were Wyspa Łza and Rok Królika, if you'd like to take a look. I mentioned before that I fell in love with Bator's writing after reading Ciemno, prawie noc/Dunkel, fast Nacht few years ago (before I started this blog). Since then …
I bought this book during my February trip to Daunt Books, where I was completely enchanted by the way the books are organized, by country rather than by genre or author. As I never read anything by a Bulgarian author I decided to close this gap and Kassabova's book was a good start I must …
If you are not from Central or Eastern Europe do not try to pronounce the title and the name of the author it may cause permanent damage. The title of this book refers to a political concept known in English as Intermarium (the literal translation would be 'Between-seas') which proposed creating a federation of Central …
This book is the first of my pre-Christmas gifts I received from my dear friend, that I read. The gift was generally the complete Man Booker Prize shortlist from 2017, with one addition, this one, so you may say I'm starting at the end. My selection was not entirely conscious, I just picked this book …
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