Whoosh! And July is over. I was on vacation in the first week of July, have been back for three weeks now, but it feels like it was just a second ago. This month most of my reading was done while on vacation and since I had time I read plenty of books, this probably …
This was unexpected, but the unexpected sometimes happens and it's not always a bad thing. I officially completed my #20booksofsummer reading on Saturday, more than a month early. Last year I struggled a lot more to finish on time, so what was different this year? No teeth problems to start with, not that those months …
Last week I came back from my vacation, the weather was not perfect, but I managed to really relax and read a lot (I'm now reading book #19 of #20booksofsummer). Once my brain rested a bit, it also got hungry for buying new books and, as you all know, I am still trying to stick …
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When this post is published I hope to be enjoying my time on the beach on Baltic sea, so I am writing this in advance, therefore forgive me if it will not be the exact round-up of my June. So far it has been a good reading month, I joined 20 Books of Summer challenge and …
Below are two more quotes I picked from England, England by Julian Barnes I want to post them separately because for me they directly relate to the current situation in UK and EU even though they were published in 1998, when the world was a happier place...or was it? After various attempts at rescue, Europe declined to …
May is gone, no idea how that happened, because my mind still firmly believes we're somewhere in March. It got warmer and it got sunnier and I appreciate it, but my brain is clearly in denial, maybe because I really do feel I should start exercising again and cannot use short days as an excuse …
Last Friday was the day I finally failed... I was on book buying ban from the beginning of the year and I thought the lovely Easter gifts I got will keep me on the straight and narrow, but I finally yielded to the temptation. I mentioned in few posts before that surprisingly I read a …
April didn't necessarily bring spring to London, but it certainly did to Madrid, where I spent a wonderful weekend. Reading-wise the month started so well that in the last week I decided to finally tackle It by Stephen King, at almost 1400 pages it is a bit intimidating book. Luckily I have it on my Kindle, …
Temptation to buy books is becoming greater every day, but thanks to lovely bookish gifts I got for Easter I think I may just be able to persist till the end of the month. Right now I am at the final stages of withdrawal, I think, I go into a bookstore, pick one or two …
Dear All, this time a short and sweet post. I need your help, recently I have been reading a lot of books about loss and death and grief, probably too many for my own good. Because of that I wanted to ask you for recommendations of something more positive, cheerful, lighter. Anything that you consider …
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