Week three, how are you all doing? After last week’s dystopian and depressing list, I thought you may be in the mood for something more uplifting. So this week we’ll look at the wise and calming books. Those that transport you, help put things in perspective or focus your mind on other things. A Gentleman …
Another week of the lockdown passed. I’m sure all of us are getting a bit antsy by now. Hopefully, all of you and your loved ones are healthy and safe. Last week we looked at happy and funny books. This week we’ll take another tack – going down the dystopian and apocalyptic route. If you …
Continue reading Books for the Lockdown – Dystopian and Depressing
November was a weird month. I read a lot more than in October, mostly to escape what was happening in my family, for the first time in a while I actually consciously searched for an escape in books. As always reliable friends they helped me, even if my reading was less patient than usually and …
Last year I read and loved Remains of the Day, my first book by Ishiguro, so I knew at some point I'll reach for his other books. As he recently won Nobel prize in literature every bookshop has all of his books on display, I picked Never Let Me Go, probably because the title sounded …
I wrote few weeks ago how I finally caught up with all the reviews, that is now officially in the past, I am three books behind again and surely soon it will be four. This however is a common state of affairs, one may even say it was highly unusual to be caught up with …
Towards the end of the year, just like everyone and their dog I decided to look back at what I read this year. What I liked, what didn't go that well, the treasures I was happy to find. Here's my subjective list ob the best and the worst. 7 besties in random order: We Have …
As you might expect, I did not take Mr Farraday’s suggestion at all seriously that afternoon, regarding it as just another instance of an American gentleman’s unfamiliarity with what was and what was not commonly done in England. Over the following days, however, I came to learn not to be surprised by such remarks from …
Continue reading Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro – Quotes
This book will not count towards my 20 books of summer because I finished it at the end of May. Last few weeks have been pretty busy, so I had to choose between reading and writing and reading won. The main character and narrator of this book is Stevens, a butler at Darlington Hall, that has …
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