Consider, for instance, this sentence, which follows a discussion of a scene in a film by Jean-Luc Godard: 'It is the moment of non-construction, disclosing the absentation of actuality from the concept in part through its invitation to emphasize, in reading, the helplessness - rather than the will to power - of its fall into …
Continue reading How to Really Talk About Books You Haven’t Read – Henry Hitchings – Quotes
Yet another non fiction book this year, it seems like I'm on a roll. I bought it during my book buying spree in November, triggered by Amnesty Book Sale. I found it in £1 second hand bookshop, it was basically new, the cheeky title interested me and here we are. I was also interested because …
Continue reading How to Really Talk About Books You Haven’t Read – Henry Hitchings
This book does what it says on the cover. I is a self help book for people who really badly want to become a dictator. Presenting and analysing all aspects of becoming a successful dictator using real life examples. Hem even advises what to do when things do't go exactly to plan and a dictatorly …
Continue reading How to Be a Dictator: An Irreverent Guide -Mikal Hem
Last January I managed to read 10 books, a lot more than I read on a typical month. Did I start this year with a similar bang? Yes and no. I did read 12 books and liked all of them, but on blogging front it was a bit quiet, because of my new job, also …
My first book of 2017 and possibly a sign of slight change in my reading habits since I started this blog. A year ago I would rarely reach for non-fiction, but over the course of 2016 I read more non-fiction than I would expect, so this follows the new pattern in my reading. It is …
Continue reading The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History – Katherine Ashenburg
There was a lot of hype about this book, so finally I caved and bought it. I read it as a break from my pretty depressing reading Ireland month. It was yet another non-fiction book for me in 2016, not a common thing for me. It is a book about overcoming depression, so I was …
I rarely review Polish books I read, if they don't have an English translation available, I'm not hiding them, I just don't want to tease you and I don't think learning Polish just to read them in original version is really an option. In this case I decided to make an exception, because I'd like …
Continue reading Beduinki na Instagramie – Aleksandra Chrobak
I generally do not like interacting with people a lot. I was shy as a child and when I grew up I came to believe that small talk is for small people. That's not to say I don't have friends or I hate people, just that meeting new people is an effort for me and …
My dear mum is on a mission to keep me in touch with my education (art history, with focus on architecture) despite me working in financial data ever since I actually started working. She also knows that the best gift for me is a book, so I get from her a steady supply of beautifully …
Continue reading Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World – Wade Graham
This was another of my pre-vacation buys before going to Spain for the first time. Maybe not an entirely planned one as I got it at the airport, so I knew I'd read it in Spain, which happened to be a very good decision, because I could observe some of the things described first hand. …
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