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Q1 2021 round-up

On April 5, 2021June 16, 2021 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

With 2020 done and dusted things were supposed to be different! I am outraged, because they were not. As soon as 2021 started we ended up in lockdown 3.0 in London. And all the magical belief that changing the year will change anything went out the window. It has been by far the worst of …

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Królestwo – Szczepan Twardoch

On February 3, 2021January 3, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews1 Comment

This book was recommended to me by a friend I visited during Christmas. Since I read Król (The King), the first part, a few years back, I decided to reread it and then start Królestwo (The Kingdom). Which is a good decision if you want to know the backstories of the characters, but the book …

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Król – Szczepan Twardoch

On February 1, 2021January 3, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews1 Comment

I decided to reread this book after a friend recommended reading Królestwo, which is a sequel. As I read Król a few years ago I remembered only the broad strokes of the plot and the general mood of the book, so a refresh was needed. The story is told by Mojżesz Bernsztajn (I retained Polish …

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Król – Szczepan Twardoch

On May 9, 2017May 7, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

I didn't manage to completely stick to my book buying ban, but I am sticking to my resolution to read at least one Polish book a month. Usually reading in Polish makes it a bit easier for me to get into the book, it feels more natural, but hat was not the case this time. …

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April round-up

On May 1, 2017June 4, 2017 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

April didn't necessarily bring spring to London, but it certainly did to Madrid, where I spent a wonderful weekend. Reading-wise the month started so well that in the last week I decided to finally tackle It by Stephen King, at almost 1400 pages it is a bit intimidating book. Luckily I have it on my Kindle, …

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