The first book by Kate Atkinson I read was Life After Life, which I read before this blog existed, hence I won't torture you with a review. Then I read a few more and I feel like with every single one I am less and less convinced by Atkinson's style (Not the End of the World, …
'Do you want to fire me?' Juliet asked. 'You can, you know. I really wouldn't mind.' He clutched his hands to his heart in horror. 'Oh, goodness, Miss Armstrong. Of course not. I wouldn't dream of it. It's sound and fury, nothing more.' Juliet felt a pang of disappointment. She had been horribly attracted to …
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 …
Welcome to my late, short and sweet October round-up. October has been a slow month for reading, actually I think the slowest this year. I only finished three books. Suddenly there were so many things eating up my time that the only time I had left for reading has been commute to work and I …
I bought this book in my favorite second-hand bookstore, where every book is made equal and every book costs just 1GBP. What's not to love? It is a weird book, I think I liked it, but I'm not sure, just as nothing is certain in the book, all is a bit fuzzy around the edges. …
It happened, again, I bought books. I did my best, it is my third slip up this year, so not horribly bad for someone who habitually was buying 40 books before each vacation just to make sure I have enough to read. Still, I have to be more and more careful, because it is a …
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I bought When Will There Be Good News? last year in a second hand bookstore, never noticing that it is a third installment in a series. The book sat patiently on my shelf, until during this vacation with my mother I hatched a book laundering scheme, that allowed me to work around my book buying …
Whoosh! And July is over. I was on vacation in the first week of July, have been back for three weeks now, but it feels like it was just a second ago. This month most of my reading was done while on vacation and since I had time I read plenty of books, this probably …
This was unexpected, but the unexpected sometimes happens and it's not always a bad thing. I officially completed my #20booksofsummer reading on Saturday, more than a month early. Last year I struggled a lot more to finish on time, so what was different this year? No teeth problems to start with, not that those months …
Last week I came back from my vacation, the weather was not perfect, but I managed to really relax and read a lot (I'm now reading book #19 of #20booksofsummer). Once my brain rested a bit, it also got hungry for buying new books and, as you all know, I am still trying to stick …
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