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Tag: A Horse Walks Into a Bar

Books for the Lockdown – Moving Gems

On April 27, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

Welcome to week six! I hope you are all still safe and healthy. After last week's relatively depressing fare I wanted to treat you this week to some of the most moving books I've read since I started writing this blog. Some of them are funny, others full of hope, yet others are tragic. What …

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Top 17 of 2017

On December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

I hope you all had wonderful Christmas, that you managed to find time to relax, breathe and think, but also to be, fully consciously be, with your family and with yourselves. I have a feeling I'm late to the party on this one, or at least cutting it very fine, but here's my list of …

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A Horse Walks into a Bar – David Grossman

On October 7, 2017September 23, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews12 Comments

I don't even know why I requested this book on Netgalley, maybe because I saw the title a lot when it received the Man Booked International Prize and it felt familiar, like something I should read. Irrespective of the reason, I did request it and during my vacation in Portugal in the effort to try …

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September round-up

On October 2, 2017December 27, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

September is gone and all pretending that it is still summer has to end. As much as I love summer, part of me is ready for autumn, for the smell of fallen leaves, a bit shorter days, more excuses to stay in and read. What I am dreading is winter, with its completely dark days, …

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