It seems that like all months this year November just raced by, maybe it's for the best less time for thinking about the sorry state of world affairs...Reading-wise it was not a bad month, but it was actually only saved on Monday when I read two books in one day, that does not happen to …
October has been busy with my mind coming back to regular routine, no more long travels, no more distractions and summer is over. It took me a while to get used to it, but I think now I'm in the proper slow, calm, lazy autumn mood. My blanket is my best friend, together with books …
The 20 Books of Summer challenge was hosted by Cathy at 746books. I'm probably the last person to still linger on it, but since it is the first challenge I actually completed I cannot let this opportunity slip, no matter the delay! I finished my 20 books on 9th September, so 5 days later, but I give …
Let's get back to reviewing! I finished this book a while ago (two months probably) and I must admit I had to reach back to the notes I made while reading, to remember what it was about. It tells a story of 15-year old Gabriel, whose parents had just split. He now has to deal …
August was a lovely month, I probably liked it so much because I finally got to go on vacation. I'm absolutely in love with Ireland, so much that I'm thinking on writing a separate post on the trip, but first I need to go through 1,600 photos I took and pick the ones I want …
It does what it says on the tin, the book is a collection of essays on art. Most of them have been published before and they were written over several years, which makes it surprising that this book feels as coherent as it does. I started reading this book when all the bad news was …
Continue reading Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art – Julian Barnes
Claire quits her job to figure out what she wants to do in life. She has some savings and very supportive boyfriend. It seems like a dream come true to finally have all the time needed to understand oneself and find the perfect job. As can be expected it all goes south almost immediately. Claire …
Unlike The Black Dahlia this was a perfect book for suntanning. Don't get me wrong it is not one of those quick and easy beach reads, it just takes place in the summer in Spain, so it instantly made me click with the story when I read it on the beach. Sophia and her mother …
I guess the story of Black Dahlia is pretty well known, so I'll skip the summary, for those interested here is the link to the source of all knowledge 😉 Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert narrates this story and for me the most grabbing part is not the story of Black Dahlia murder, but the story of …
July just flew by, I still struggle to focus on anything for more than 15 minutes at a time (still fighting not to read news so much), so I'm a bit behind with 20 Books of Summer hosted by Cathy at 746books, I finished 11 books, working on the 12th, there's still a month to go so …
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