Skip to content

bookskeptic.com

  • About
  • Reading History
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
  • To Be Read
    • 2017
    • 2016
  • Projects and Challenges
    • 12 Museums for 2022
    • 12 Plays for 2022
    • #20BooksofSummer 2021
    • #20booksofsummer 2020
    • #20booksofsummer 2019
    • 12 bookshops for 12 months
    • #20booksofsummer 2018
    • #20booksofsummer 2017
    • #20booksofsummer 2016
    • Reading Ireland Month 2016

Tag: Jokes for the Gunmen

Third quarter round-up

On October 2, 2019April 13, 2020 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

Oh, how I love living in denial. Ignorance is truly bliss! I still do not accept that the summer is officially over and my upcoming vacation in Crete helps to keep that notion going. The same as for the last few years I took part in the 20 books of summer challenge hosted by Cathy …

Continue reading Third quarter round-up

20 Books of Summer 2019 – how did it go?

On September 8, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

This year's challenge finished on the 3rd September, so typically I am a few days behind on the summary post. And more than a few days behind on the reviews. Cathy at 746 Books as always was a fantastic host, thank you!!!  You can find her opening and closing posts here and here. So how did it …

Continue reading 20 Books of Summer 2019 – how did it go?

Jokes for the Gunmen – Mazen Maarouf

On August 24, 2019August 9, 2019 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

This is one of the books I picked up during my trip to Dubai in July. Given my destination, I decided to buy books from the Middle East. I admit I picked this one up as my next read because it was only 160 pages and I was behind on my 20 Books of Summer …

Continue reading Jokes for the Gunmen – Mazen Maarouf

Enter your email address to follow my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 496 other subscribers

Present

  • A Pause
  • The Shark is Broken – Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon, dir. Guy Masterson
  • The Beekeeper of Aleppo – Christy Lefteri
  • A Long Way Off/ Daleko, dalej – Pascal Garnier
  • Charles Dickens Museum – 12 Museums for 2022

Past

Categories

  • Quotes
  • Reviews
  • Thoughts
  • Uncategorized

Tags

#12bookshopsfor12months #20boksofsummer #20booksofsummer #20booksofsummer20 #20BooksofSummer21 #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks Andrzej Sapkowski book book haul book review book reviews books Canada Crime crime fiction Elena Ferrante Elizabeth Strout fiction Ian McEwan Ian Rankin Ireland Jeanette Winterson John Grisham Jo Nesbo Julian Barnes Kapka Kassabova Kate Atkinson Kazuo Ishiguro London Margaret Atwood Neil Gaiman New York non-fiction Olga Tokarczuk Poland quotes Rebecca Solnit review round up Shirley Jackson short stories Stephen King The United Kingdom Thoughts Thriller Toni Morisson travel United Kingdom United States warsaw
  • View bookskeptic’s profile on Facebook
  • View @booksceptic’s profile on Twitter

Blogroll

  • Happily Ever Bookish
  • Cleopatra Loves Books
  • Lady Fancifull
  • FictionFan's Book Reviews
  • KURTBRINDLEY.COM
  • ReadandReview2016
  • Reading the End
  • Brontë's Page Turners
  • Travels Food
  • Show This Book Some Love
  • CANVAS & QUILL
  • Dysfunctional Literacy
  • The Hungry Monster Book Review
  • Beauty is a Sleeping Cat
  • Feminist Texican Reads
  • Savidge Reads
  • Spiral Spun
  • Book Haunt
  • Thinking in Fragments
  • Simonet – Pure Black & White
  • sunroseclear
  • The Bibliophile Struggle
  • thebookshelfblog
  • The Novel Eater
  • WordPress.com News
  • The London Particular
  • the knitted footballer
  • The Perks of Being a Bookworm
  • RatherTooFondofBooks
  • bookowly
  • Worn Corners
  • Kate Beth Heywood
  • RELATING TO HUMANS
  • Reading Turtle Duck
  • Cameron Book Reviews
  • findingtimetowrite
  • photospace violetta kaszubowska
  • WOCreads
  • BookerTalk
  • The Bookshelf of Emily J.
  • Novels & Teacups
  • theliterarysisters
  • The Daily Post
  • Disco Demolition Night
  • Big Reading Life
  • Asylum
  • The Bookish Badger
  • booksaremyfavouriteandbest
  • Consumed by Ink
  • Laura Broadberry
  • ireadnovels
  • Tea & Paperbacks
  • The 100 Greatest Books Challenge
  • the blue bore
  • A reader's footprints
  • BeeOrdiway
  • Lisa Tiller
  • bookssavetheworld
  • thelibrarylizard.wordpress.com/
  • Leaping Life
  • Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings
  • CIMPLE – A Curious Introvert's Musings & Photos about Life and Enjoyment
  • JacquiWine's Journal
  • middle, beginning & end – The Book Review
  • The Bookworm Bistro
  • Reading To Remember
  • Beyond Eden Rock
  • 101 Books
  • She Reads Novels
  • My Book Strings
  • Distant Drumlin
  • Adventures in reading, writing and working from home
  • rants and raves of a bibliophile
  • Franklenstein
  • Iconic Photos
  • Tincture of Museum
  • JacquiWine's Journal
  • madame bibi lophile recommends
  • The Writes of Woman
  • The Reading Bug
  • Shoshi's Book Blog
  • Book Snob
  • Damn Ugly Photography
  • 120secondbookreviews
  • Portobello Book Blog
  • inkyspells
  • heavenali
  • London In Photos
  • bhaktimotta
  • Lizzy's Literary Life
  • Tony's Reading List
  • Drunk Off Rhetoric
  • mirabile dictu
  • Real Life Reading
  • BaileyBee
  • Read Diverse Books
  • Penguin Blog
  • Tales from the Reading Room
  • Simoneteffect – Pure Black & White
  • Donovan Reads
  • Hard Book Habit
  • Mike Finn's Fiction
  • Words And Peace
  • Bits & Books
  • Ranty Runt of a Reader
  • bookskeptic.com
  • The Daily Dosage
  • Duchess Reading
  • If Books Could Blog
  • British Museum blog
  • The Book Satchel
  • Fig and Thistle
  • Dream by Day
  • 746 Books
  • cup of tea with that book, please
  • Fleeting Brook
  • The WordPress.com Blog
  • http://bookowly.wordpress.com
  • A Note From Abroad
  • Sorry Television
  • If You Can Read This
  • cupandpaper.
  • Lotus Book Blog
  • Tara Sparling writes
  • The Critiquing Chemist

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • bookskeptic.com
    • Join 496 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • bookskeptic.com
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar

Loading Comments...

    Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
    To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy