For some reason, in my high school, we never read Joseph Conrad. Which I came to think was a good thing, especially after I spoke back then to a few o my friends who hated Lord Jim with passion. For some reason Polish schools back then selected this novel, and not a much more compact Heart of …
Traditionally let's start from the title: Istanbul. In the fumes of urban absurd. I know, it's an awful translation, but that's all my brain can do today. I got this book from my mum. We went together to Istanbul in 2012 and it was a fantastic trip, we both fell in love with the city …
Continue reading Stambuł. W Oparach Miejskiego Absurdu – Agata Wielgołaska
I bought this book towards the end of last year when I knew we were moving to a bigger apartment. The idea was that we'll turn the second bedroom into an office and I'll have a 'room of one's own' (another book on my TBR). This was supposed to give me the mental space to …
Continue reading On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft – Stephen King
It is one of the books I bought during my visit to Denver last year. I never read Kent Haruf before, but his books came so highly recommended that I bought two, right away. It took me a few months to get to this one, but now I have to hold myself back not to …
It was one of those books that resided on my Kindle forever. Since I started this blog a few years ago I tend to read a lot more paper books, only turning to my Kindle during vacation. Being a person of consistent habits I read this book during my February break in Tenerife. The story …
Continue reading The Summer We All Ran Away – Cassandra Parkin
It was one of the Christmas gifts from my in-laws. I am a big fan of Nesbo, but mostly sticking to Hary Hole series, so they decided to push me out of my comfort zone a bit. They pushed me out of it more than a bit, as not only is the book not about …
I lay back, resigned, and wished my wife wasn't dead. I wished I wasn't lying terrified in a giant bird embrace in my hallway. I wished I hadn't been obsessing about this thing just when the greatest tragedy of my life occurred. These were factual yearnings. It was bitterly wonderful. I had some clarity. But …
Continue reading Grief is the Thing with Feathers – Max Porter – Quotes
It took me a few months to review this book (I read it in December 2018), the reason for it is twofold: on one hand, I was dreading reviewing it, as with every book I loved, on the other every time I opened it on a random page to refresh my memory of it I …
Continue reading Grief is the Thing with Feathers – Max Porter
I'm still working my way through all the books I bought back in October of last year, so far I read eight of them, also since the beginning of the year I bought only one book, so I am making some dent in my TBR. I bought this book for two reasons: the beautiful cover and …
I read this book over Christmas (yes, I know it was a long time ago, but I'm doing my best to catch up) and despite it being quite short (just under 200 pages) it took me several days to finish it. Every time I stopped reading it I didn't feel like going back. Don't get …
Continue reading Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) – Rebecca Solnit
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