I think the next few weeks may be a little quieter here. Since January I have been reading slower. Similar to the first lockdown, I cannot focus for a longer time on reading. My attention and heart just aren’t in it. This time, however, I am not obsessively reading the news. I pre-empted this slump …
The weeks went by in the Village in the Valley, and I felt dark and heavy like the plums in the abandoned gardens. The sizzle of insects intensified with the fragrant decay of summer. I didn’t even have the motivation to take myself to the beach anymore. My sense of impasse was mixed with languor, …
Continue reading Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe – Kapka Kassabova – Quotes
I know that all the Halloween reading challenges have probably officially run their course today and typically I am late to the party. The reason for this is I rarely read scary books, but I decided to dig through my past posts to see how rarely really? Well, it turns out really very rarely. But …
Second one of my book subscription boxes surprises. This one came from the Willoughby Book Club. Beautiful cover and a writer I didn't know before had me intrigued. Also my shallow side was happy that it was not too long, at just around 200 pages. My brain is now tired of long books, like I'm …
Continue reading The Atlas of Red and Blues – Devi S. Laskar
Another year completed! This one quite unique given we were all still at least in semi-lockdown as the COVID-19 virus raged across the world. The world and our lives have become a bit smaller, with no access to far and wide travel, but books and the Internet remain our amazing windows to the world. Cathy …
