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: The Power

Books for the Lockdown – Dystopian and Depressing

On March 30, 2020March 24, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

Another week of the lockdown passed. I’m sure all of us are getting a bit antsy by now. Hopefully, all of you and your loved ones are healthy and safe. Last week we looked at happy and funny books. This week we’ll take another tack – going down the dystopian and apocalyptic route. If you …

Continue reading Books for the Lockdown – Dystopian and Depressing

Best books of 2018 and plans for 2019

On January 1, 2019March 12, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts6 Comments

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 …

Continue reading Best books of 2018 and plans for 2019

The Power – Naomi Alderman

On February 19, 2018February 22, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews8 Comments

This book caused quite a stir last year, it won Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction in 2017 and I really like the cover, so when I was visiting Hatchards in January I finally bought it. Very often when a book causes so much noise and I get to it later I happen to be disappointed, …

Continue reading The Power – Naomi Alderman

January round-up

On February 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

I'm happy that January is over, as now I only have one more month of darkness to survive! January went quite quickly and despite the lack of sun relatively painlessly (especially if you consider that it is traditionally one of the two worst months in a year for me). Reading-wise it was not a bad …

Continue reading January round-up

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

Join 496 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

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

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • bookskeptic.com
    • Join 496 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • bookskeptic.com
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • 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