"North and South" is one of the books I knew nothing about before reading it. However, I received it from a very dear friend of mine who is as passionate about books as I am, so I had high expectations from Gaskell's novel. North and South in a nutshell Think of the story like an … Continue reading North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (book review) – about division and coming together
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Today I would like to share with you something I've been thinking about for quite a long time - it's about reading reviews of books I haven't heard of (and here I include also reviews of books written by authors I haven't heard of). In a nutshell, if I do not recognize the book nor … Continue reading Let’s talk about book reviews: Do you read reviews of books you haven’t heard of?
2019 was a full year from all points of view, including books and blogging. This January I hopped on the Top Tuesday bandwagon to share my (almost) bookish discoveries from 2019. Here we go!
The time has come to wrap up 2019 and look forward to the fast approaching 2020! And what better way to do this other than sharing my favourite books of 2019? 📚 Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. It was born out … Continue reading My favourite books I read in 2019 (Top Ten Tuesday)
I've been tagged by Jenna from Bookmark Your Thoughts (thank you! <3) for the Unique Blogger Award. Shortly, the rules are: Share the link of the blogger who has shown love to you by nominating you Answer the questions In the spirit of sharing love and solidarity with our blogging family, nominate 8-12 people for … Continue reading The Unique Blogger Award with a touch of beautiful illustrations
While reading the lovely blog of Nirmala from Red Lips and Bibliomaniacs, I was intrigued by something she wrote in the review of Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood: "I was very excited when I first heard about the Hogarth Shakespeare project, where modern writers create novels inspired by Shakespeare’s plays". How is that I haven't heard … Continue reading Shakespeare retold: Did you know about the Hogarth Shakespeare series?
December, with its festive feeling, seems like a perfect time to talk about coffee table books. For a long time I've been having books that could be characterized as "coffee table books", but only recently I became aware of their purpose and I began to appreciate their beauty. "A coffee table book is an oversized, … Continue reading My favourite coffee table books
It seems that the end of 2019 is successful in terms of participating to cultural events 🙂 A few days ago I went to another play at the National Theatre of Bucharest - "The mute parrot. Stories almost true about an almost forgotten spy" (RO: Papagalul mut. Istorii aproape adevărate despre un spion aproape uitat). … Continue reading Theatre review: The story of Chevalier d’Éon, a French male & female spy
My history with "The Goldfinch" went through all seasons: somewhere during Winter ❄ I found out about the book, then during Spring 🌸 I waited for it to be delivered from Bookster, during Summer ☀ I read it, and during Autumn I write its review 🍂.
I started reading "Where the Crawdads Sing" with no expectations and I was completely swept off my feet! It got me hooked up from the first pages and I managed to read it in only 2 nights - the classic "one more chapter and then I go to sleep" until 2 AM ...
Readers' High Tea 