There are a lot of things in this book, but no power and absolutely no glory. I read it years ago and to be honest completely didn’t remember what it is about, so I decided to re-read it. Based in Mexico in 1930s, it is a story of ‘whisky priest’ being hunted down by the …
That's why: I just went for a Sunday walk in the park, when I was coming back home I innocently thought 'I have some change, so let's change it into books'. I ended up spending double that and pretty much filled my next month reading 😉 That's why I'm starting to think that charity shops …
How do I say this? Quickly, I guess - I didn't really like this book. It is the second book in Neapolitan series, I read it right after 'My Brilliant Friend' and while I was in Naples. Maybe that was part of the problem, that I was travelling and couldn't devote as much time to …
The full title of this book is a bit on the long side: The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country; that already explains what the book is about. Helen Russell was your typical always running exhausted, coffee-fueled Londoner, one day her husband was offered a job in Denmark, and …
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Even the people you can depend on, you can’t depend on to never die. I bought this book last year after reading Lady Fancifull review. It has been in in my TBR for a while and its cover was tempting me more and more finally few weeks ago I gave in and it was a …
I read this book few weeks ago and I don’t remember all the plot details clearly, but it is one of those books where plot is secondary to characters development. Still a lot of things happen! It is a first book in a series of four, Neapolitan Novels, as they came to be called. The …
I cannot believe it's almost April! Somehow it still feels like the beginning of the year, maybe because I didn't have many resolutions I could break as time passed. March has been full of travels for me, so I didn't have much as time for reading or blogging as I'd like. I love travelling so no …
Today I wanted to share with you an app that a friend of mine from university showed me when we met recently - Daily Art. This free app has been around for few years already; it brings you one new painting every day with a brief description. I like the fact that it doesn't spam …
Wow! I wish I had more than just three days! And I'm definitely going back. 2 weeks ago I spent an extended weekend in Naples, but there is so many interesting things around that in the city itself I only spent the last day. Before I went to Napoli I managed to read the first …
This read I owe to great reviews by Lady Fancifull and Shoshi’s Book Blog. Merricat (Mary Katherine Blackwood) lives with her sister Constance and ailing uncle Julian in a massive house isolated from the rest of the village. The rest of her family perished six years before and since then Constance has not ventured outside the house garden. It …
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