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: One Good Turn

Jackson Brodie series – Kate Atkinson

On August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

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 …

Continue reading Jackson Brodie series – Kate Atkinson

July round-up

On August 1, 2017October 14, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

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 …

Continue reading July round-up

#20booksofsummer completed

On July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts6 Comments

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 …

Continue reading #20booksofsummer completed

Book laundering scheme or how I played the system

On July 17, 2017July 15, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts11 Comments

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 …

Continue reading Book laundering scheme or how I played the system

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

Join 484 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

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

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    bookskeptic.com
    Join 484 other subscribers

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • bookskeptic.com
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    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