My adventure with A.M. Homes started from the end so to say, I read 'May We Be Forgiven' first and liked it a lot. It started with an earthquake and then spiraled completely out of control. Then at some point I was talking to my mum and she was telling me she has been reading …
This book won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011 and I heard somewhere something about it, so when I saw it in second-hand bookshop the title seemed familiar and I grabbed it. I read it during my crazy January among eleven other books, most of them being non-fiction, so maybe that affected my reception …
This was again a non-fiction book, quite a lot of those in my January reading stack. I found it utterly fascinating. Before I focus on the book, let me add a word of explanation - PRL was Polska Republika Ludowa aka People's Republic of Poland, the socialist form of the country currently simply as Poland …
Continue reading Nasz mały PRL – Izabela Meyza, Witold Szabłowski
Yet another non fiction book this year, it seems like I'm on a roll. I bought it during my book buying spree in November, triggered by Amnesty Book Sale. I found it in £1 second hand bookshop, it was basically new, the cheeky title interested me and here we are. I was also interested because …
Continue reading How to Really Talk About Books You Haven’t Read – Henry Hitchings
This book does what it says on the cover. I is a self help book for people who really badly want to become a dictator. Presenting and analysing all aspects of becoming a successful dictator using real life examples. Hem even advises what to do when things do't go exactly to plan and a dictatorly …
Continue reading How to Be a Dictator: An Irreverent Guide -Mikal Hem
I read this book back in December, and I loved it, that's why I was dreading writing this review. I pretty much decided not to write it, when I saw a great review by Liz at Adventures in reading, writing and working from home and it encouraged me to add my 2 cents to all that has …
My first book of 2017 and possibly a sign of slight change in my reading habits since I started this blog. A year ago I would rarely reach for non-fiction, but over the course of 2016 I read more non-fiction than I would expect, so this follows the new pattern in my reading. It is …
Continue reading The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History – Katherine Ashenburg
The book is a story of Nell who throughout her life had to fight for herself. She gets married to escape her parents tight control. She tries to find her happiness by being a good wife and mother, but it doesn't seem to work for her. Her husband is very possessive and controlling and abuses …
There was a lot of hype about this book, so finally I caved and bought it. I read it as a break from my pretty depressing reading Ireland month. It was yet another non-fiction book for me in 2016, not a common thing for me. It is a book about overcoming depression, so I was …
The novel starts with a funeral of Molly Lane. Clive and Vernon, her former lovers, meet and chat about her husband George and another one of her lovers a right-wing Foreign Secretary Julian Garmony, who is about to challenge party leadership and become a prime minister. Clive and Vernon despise both the controlling and possessive …
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