I wanted to get this book since it was published, but my book buying ban got in the way last year, so I was happy to come across it during my trip to Stanfords in May. I even mentioned it in my review of the American Gods, hoping that it would do justice to Norse …
May has been very gracious with the weather, it feels like from early spring we jumped right into summer and I am not going to complain about this. I love the sun and the warmth and I really hope it'll stay this way for another few months. What I cannot believe is that only 3 …
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did go a little bit over the top with buying books during my trip to Stanfords. I usually buy up to three books on my bookshop adventures, but this time I got carried away and bought eight, which probably is also a testament to how well the …
Continue reading Stanfords – 12 bookshops for 12 months – Book Haul
Another one of my Cambridge haul down! I'm doing pretty well with it having so far read five out of seven books I bought then, the only ones left are: Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and David Szalay's All That Man Is, so I actually do stand a chance of finishing all of the haul before end of year …
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 …
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 …
Thanks to Amazon this title is now all over the place. Finally I got round to reading it, because I wanted to know the book before I start watching the series. Now I read the book and I probably won't be watching the series... When I was a child and I run out of fairy …
It was my first book by Neil Gaiman and I enjoyed it. I do think it is aimed at a bit younger reader, because it sometimes is a bit naive, but enjoyable read nonetheless. An unnamed man comes back to his hometown for a funeral and on impulse revisits places from his childhood rediscovering events …
Continue reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
April didn't necessarily bring spring to London, but it certainly did to Madrid, where I spent a wonderful weekend. Reading-wise the month started so well that in the last week I decided to finally tackle It by Stephen King, at almost 1400 pages it is a bit intimidating book. Luckily I have it on my Kindle, …
