Wow! We're six months into the year! Halfway...and four months at home. I hope you all are doing well and staying safe. Life certainly has changed in the last months, moods vary, some days are ok, others not so much. Travelling feels like a distant dream, but I don't give up and keep hoping to …
I read various pieces of advice on what to read or not read during the lockdown. I actually gave a few myself (happy, depressing, wise, grieving, the long ones and moving). One advice I didn't take seriously at the beginning was that to read 'books that you know, genres that are comfortable, nothing too challenging'. …
Continue reading Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures – Stephen Fry
Week five is here! How are you all doing? I really hope you and all your loved ones are safe and sound! Last week we had quite a sad themed list, so this week we’ll change tack a bit. Let’s look at the books that will keep you in their world, and away from the …
I always loved Greek mythology, having read it when I run out of fairy tales and just before reaching for J.R.R. Tolkien. My first version was a pretty conservative, run-of-the-mill thing, but already then I was fascinated by the imperfect gods that succumbed to rage and passion so easily. Later I discovered a richer and a …
Continue reading Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold – Stephen Fry
I know you all have been flooded by this type of posts in the last few days, but it's that time of the year. We all just have to bear it with dignity and write our own post on the best books and our plans 😉 As always I just could not decide on a …
Christmas is over, lovely as the time was we're coming to the year's end, so it's time for some checks and balances. It was a year without book buying ban and I made full use of it, buying around 60 books, I tried to keep a tally, but got lost somewhere around book number 54, …
November just flew by, at that pace I will completely miss to register autumn this year. At the beginning of the month I had a glorious experience of a flight schedule to last two hours being delayed by 15 hours, they didn't even bother to cancel it, lovely. Then I spent a week in Denver, …
I refuse to admit I have a book buying problem. I was able to carry all the books I bought home, myself...this means it is all under control, right? Ok, let me start at the beginning. Since mid-August I have been constantly travelling (12 flights in two months, I think I am now able to …
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