It’s the second of my Christmas presents that I managed to read this year! Food for thought, I’d say. I didn’t agree with every statement but it definitely got me thinking. The main thesis (simplified of course) is that capitalism forces us to function 24/7 and that sleep being physically unavoidable is the last bastion …
Continue reading 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep – Jonathan Crary
This book has been on my TBR list for years, finally encouraged by a recent review posted at middle, beginning & end I decided enough is enough and started reading it. The book tells a story of twins Rahel and Estha in the context of their family history, history of India, and the social environment …
This is a book about the unthinkable. All your family gone, in one sweep... There's no one left. How do you deal with this? Should you deal with this? Or maybe this is a blow that has to kill you? I expected a kicking, screaming and wailing book, but this book is surprisingly quiet. The …
Olive is not a nice person. She's a big woman both physically and psychologically. Overwhelming one may say. She has a gentle and kind husband and a troubled son and she towers over both of them. She's the teacher you were afraid of in primary school. The harsh one that once she had an opinion …
Continue reading Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories – Elizabeth Strout
To escape all the tragic news last Friday I started reading The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. It worked like a charm, by end of Sunday I was also done with Moon Over Soho and now on Wednesday I'm in the middle of Whispers Under Ground. I promised myself to take a break after …
I bought this book because years ago I read ‘Watermelon’ by Marian Keyes and I remembered laughing out loud and this warm fuzzy feeling. ‘The Woman Who Stole My Life’ is probably typical Marian Keyes story, it's about Stella - a woman with kids, an ex-husband, work problem, compulsive eating issues verging on disorder, meets …
That’s probably a low thing to do – a post referring to my previous post, but I really have to share my surprise with you (and I’m still reading ‘Did You Ever Have a Family?’) When I write my reviews I tend on purpose not to read other reviews, I don’t want to be biased …
In the summer of 1975 in New Hampshire a 15 year old Nola Kellergan vanished without a trace. In 2008 her body is found and Harry Quebert, famous writer, becomes the main suspect. Marcus Goldman, Harry's friend and protégé, fighting with his writing block, rushes to Somerset to find out the truth. The story meanders …
Continue reading The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair – Joël Dicker
As a way of introduction let me just say I read a lot of crime and thrillers, usually I don't remember them a week after I finished. During vacation I sometimes read 2-3 a day; in general I tend to read crime books or thrillers when I'm too tired for something more ambitious or between …
My trip ‘Into the Wild’ started the other way around – by watching the movie. I saw it some months ago, probably as one of few people not knowing that it's based on facts. The movie was painful to watch - I think I'm way too cynical by now to buy into movies like this. …
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