Everyone was raving about this book when it was first translated to English in 2017. Typically for me, I missed all the hype. I start thinking that this is a self-preservation measure on my side to save me from too high hopes. Because of that I only started hunting for this book in 2019 once …
It was a bit of a cheat on my side, I have to admit. I acquired this book in the museum store in Bayeux, after seeing the said tapestry, during my vacation with my mum in northern France. So not really a typical reading or reviewing matter, yet I gladly read it for the subject …
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It is the first book in the Vera Stanhope series. A rarity for me to actually start at the beginning. I have not seen the tv series either, so went into it not really knowing what to expect. Two years ago I read Cleeves' Raven Black which I enjoyed, despite seeing that episode earlier. You could say …
Another vacation and I'm back to Inspector Rebus. Reading the novels in haphazard order I landed on the 9th this time. As enjoyable as ever. This time Rebus officially is assigned a cold case, of a suspected Nazi criminal living in Edinburgh. After months of digging, and odd conversations with his suspect he is fed …
I read other Lemaitre's books a few years ago and I remember being impressed by them. Because of that when I was shopping on amazon to top up my Kindle choices before vacation I checked for his name. And I found this novella. We are back with Camille Verhoeven, the detective of Napoleonic height. H …
Allow me to start with a small disclosure: I am no graphic novel expert. It is new territory for me. And an interesting one at that, since the challenges the author has to face are inherently different from the classic novel. Consider for example space, there simply is not enough of it for extensive descriptions …
Continue reading I Know What I Am. The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi – Gina Siciliano
I wanted to buy this book for a while, but when I finally went to the bookshop to get it I could not find it. So I ended up buying it for my Kindle, before going on the lovely camping vacation with my mum. Korede is our narrator, she is a nurse in Lagos, she …
Continue reading My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
Another book I bought during my April trip to NY, and also in the Strand bookstore. It would probably sit on a shelf longer wasn't it for the sad news about Toni Morrison's death. In its simplest description, it is a story of Pecola Breedlove, a black girl, from a poor family, convinced she is …
Brains are individual phenomena producing wildly varying products; uteruses bring forth one kind of creation. Maybe our obsession with happiness is a way not to ask those other questions, a way to ignore how spacious our lives can be, how effective our work can be, and how far-reaching our love can be. Masculinity is a …
Continue reading The Mother of All Questions: Further Feminisms – Rebecca Solnit – Quotes
I bought this book while I was in New York in April. I wanted to see the Strand bookshop, to see their 18 miles of books. Of course, it was virtually impossible to see all parts of it in one go, especially when your hands are full of books after the first 15 minutes. I …
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