'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 …
As the book is really funny I picked some of the quotes that made me laugh, they should also give you na idea of the kind of humour Gibbons is using. Enjoy! The life of the journalist is poor, nasty, brutish and short. So is his style. You, who are so adept at the lovely …
Continue reading Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons – Quotes
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. …
On the same day I visited Persephone Books I also went to London Review Bookshop, as they are not far from one another. The bookshop is right next to the British Museum and I passed by it a number of times, I'll never know why did not enter before. I'll be very brief - I …
Continue reading London Review Bookshop – 12 bookshops for 12 months – April
April's gone! Spring's here, even if a little cold and unstable weather-wise. Since the time change at the end of March, my mood has significantly picked up, and so has my enjoyment of reading. I am so happy the dark months are over! I am a bit behind on reviewing, but with a new dose …
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 …
With almost a month's delay I got back to my 2018 project. As I had to make up for March break in April I visited two bookshops, both on the same day, which was a good coincidence, as both are smaller compared to the previous ones (Hatchards and Daunt Books). I'll start with Persephone Books, …
Continue reading Persephone Books – 12 bookshops for 12 months – delayed March
It's been a while since I published my last post, and an even longer while since I wrote one. Somehow April just wasn't good for writing so far, I don't know if it's the fact that spring is so late in coming and I was constantly feeling cold until this week, or if it's related …
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 …
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