Book buying ban is definitely over. I didn't stick to it in April and decided to call it a day, I managed 3 months and that's as long as I could expect. Reading was good in April, I read more serious things than usual, mainly because I was trying to finish the Neapolitan Series and …
The last of Neapolitan Novels and an amazing conclusion to the series. The relationship (I somehow feel more and more hesitant to call it friendship) between Lenu and Lila continues. As in the previous book Lenu before picking the story where she left off reminds us that she's writing it from perspective of years passed. …
Continue reading The Story of the Lost Child – Elena Ferrante
Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling on a 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, but when the train reaches it's destination he is found shot dead. Initially everyone suspects suicide, but because Sir Wilfred was an important figure Inspector Arnold from Scotland Yard is called. He initially agrees with the suicide theory, but there are some small details …
After ‘The Story of a New Name’ I needed a break, but I don’t give up easily, so after reading few other books I started on the third installment of the Neapolitan Novels. It was awesome, I devoured the book over a day and a half, I couldn’t stop reading it, I was annoyed when …
Continue reading Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay – Elena Ferrante
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 …
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 …
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