Five books that represent me as a person or my interest/lifestyle. Not easy, why only 5! This is me at this point in my life as seen through 5 books 🙂 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - this book never fails to make me laugh and at the same time it is almost tender with …
Another first this year! I'll take part in an event! Book Blogger Appreciation Week is hosted by The Estella Society and I came across it thanks to Deepika from Worn Corners. I will use some of the prompts for the posts next week. Not all of them, because I never wanted to post daily, I really …
I have a confession to make about this book, but I'll make it at the end of this post. This is one of random cases of me reading a non-fiction book, it doesn't happen very often, but when it does I tend to be drawn to books about science and scientists. Maybe because I completely …
Two more Christmas gifts. The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Mersault Investigation by Kamel Daoud, the second being a reply to the first. I always though The Stranger is a longer book, also that it would be difficult to read, I was wrong on both accounts. The book reads great, so great actually that …
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I have been a fan of Jo Nesbo for a while now. The beginnings were not easy, the first books of him I read in Polish and translation was dreadful, only when I moved to London I got my hands on English version of The Snowman. Back then I lived on the ground floor and …
like all children, adopted or not, I have had to live out some of her unlived life. We do that for our parents – we don’t really have any choice. I realise my behaviour wasn’t ideal but my mother believed I was demon possessed and the headmistress was in mourning for Scotland. It was hard …
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This is my first round up, but, hey!, it's January, time for new things. Short and sweet - what have I read this month and in few words what do I think about it. Where you see a link it links to my review - no link - no review - for now at least, …
Unknowingly I actually participate in a challenge! Who would have thought! #ReadYourOwnDamnBooks comes from Andi and what's awesome about it is that there's no rules other than not buying books and making a serious dent in your TBR. I am not very competitive and tend to avoid challenges, so also in this one I won't …
This book has been my first surprise this year and what an amazing one! I bought it solely judging by the title, which I thought wonderfully ironic. I didn't know much about Jeanette Winterson, other that I probably should read some of her books. I expected a novel full of irony and sarcasm, what I …
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hmmm, was it average or bad... I still haven't made up my mind. It was not painful to read that's for sure, I actually read it in a day and a half, my problem is that it was soooooo emotionally not realistic that it hardly made any sense. Well written but lacking on content. Structure interchanging between past and …
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