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Books for the Lockdown – Moving Gems

On April 27, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

Welcome to week six! I hope you are all still safe and healthy. After last week's relatively depressing fare I wanted to treat you this week to some of the most moving books I've read since I started writing this blog. Some of them are funny, others full of hope, yet others are tragic. What …

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Our Souls at Night – Kent Haruf

On April 10, 2019April 1, 2019 By bookskepticIn Reviews5 Comments

It is one of the books I bought during my visit to Denver last year. I never read Kent Haruf before, but his books came so highly recommended that I bought two, right away. It took me a few months to get to this one, but now I have to hold myself back not to …

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First quarter round-up

On April 3, 2019June 30, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

As always time flies and as always I remain surprised at that. The first quarter of 2019 if certainly over, all the noble new year's resolutions went out the window a long time ago. Hmmm, not all I am still bravely exercising, but otherwise my strong will proved to be very weak yet again. I …

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Tattered Cover – Denver – 12 bookshops for 12 months

On November 25, 2018March 6, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

After a relatively calm and travel-free October, November saw me going to the US second time in my life and the second time in three months. As this trip took away two out of four November weekends I was not sure if I'll have a chance to get to my planned bookshop: John Sandoe Books. As …

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