After sharing with you beautiful bookstores I visited in the Netherlands and Cambridge, it's time to tell you about 4 interesting and unique bookstores situated in my hometown - Bucharest, the capital city of Romania: Cărturești Carusel - The Carousel of Lights Humanitas Magheru & the Japanese store Takumi Librairie Kyralina - the only French bookstore … Continue reading Unique bookstores in Bucharest, Romania
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If you read "War and Peace" or at least you've seen a printed copy, you must be thinking "how can she write a single post as a review of one of the longest and greatest books ever AND also cover the TV series?" ... And you're right! A single blog post would not make justice … Continue reading Russian aristocracy and the Napoleonic invasion: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (book & TV series review)
Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a new chatty post about bookish news, cool projects and other cultural stuff. Today you'll find here a touch of magic from London, news about a book fair in Bucharest, and a brief presentation of a cool modern library in Romania. Let's go! § Discover the history of magic from … Continue reading Bookish news & other goodies #2
I consider the beauty of books lies not only in the stories contained but also in the stories of their writers and the broader context in which they were written. Taking this approach, I started writing a new type of blog posts: Get to know the writer. These posts will present (famous) authors, focusing not … Continue reading Get to know the writer: Fyodor Dostoevsky
After reading what Trang from Bookidote wrote about her reading habits, I felt inspired to share with you my reading habits. And to spice things up, I added some examples of visuals I fell in love with - cinemagraphs. Defined as "still photographs in which a minor and repeated movement occurs", cinemagraphs give the illusion of an … Continue reading My reading habits illustrated by #cinemagraphs
Hello, dear readers! As I am always looking for bookish news, cool projects and other cultural stuff, I decided to create this new series where I share with you interesting things I discover (including links for more details). Without further ado, here's the first post of the series! Enjoy! § Books recommended by people we … Continue reading Bookish news & other goodies #1
Wow, how did one year pass so quickly? It seems like only yesterday that I was brainstorming the name of the blog and thinking what to write in the "About" section ... After celebrating the one-year anniversary of Readers' High Tea with the launch of WanderBooks, I think it's a good time to reflect on … Continue reading Personal insights after one year of blogging about books
Hello! This blog post represents the second part of my War and peace reading journey, where I cover the second half of the book. If you're interested, you can also read about my experience of reading the first half of the book. § Date: 20.10.2017, pages read so far: 736 (approx. 75%) As it was … Continue reading War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: My reading journey – part II
Hello, dear bookish friends! Today is a very special day - the one-year anniversary of the blog! One year ago, on 13th of October, I posted my first book review - The Circle by Dave Eggers. Little did I know that blogging about books and other bookish stuff would become one of my top hobbies ... … Continue reading One-year anniversary and launch of bookish project: WanderBooks
Hello! In the past few months I've been quite picky about the books I chose to read, mainly because I did not have much free time and I wanted to invest my reading efforts in books that are worth it ... like my next favourite book 🙂 Thinking that you might also face this dilemma … Continue reading 10 ideas on how to find your next favourite book
Readers' High Tea 