Don't judge a book by its cover, they say. But sometimes it's so hard ... yes, the cover of this book kept me from reading it earlier. Fortunately I was lucky enough to have friends who know when to insist about a good book 🙂 And better later than never, right?! The Seven Husbands of … Continue reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (book review) – true love and Hollywood drama
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The Island of Missing Trees was recommended as a "must read" by my dear friend Diana. Until now, all her recommendations became favourite books ... so I knew I have to read is as soon as possible. Plus, Elif Shafak is one of my favourite writers ever, alongside Margaret Atwood and Haruki Murakami. I read … Continue reading The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (book review) – about figs, humans, and other stories
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida won the Booker Prize in 2022 - that's how I first heard about it. I only knew it told the story of a war photographer from Sri Lanka who died and woke up in a “celestial visa office”. Quite intriguing, isn't it?! A small fun-fact before going further - … Continue reading The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (book review) – afterlife and Sri Lankan civil wars
All I knew about this book before reading it was: ghost story, bookseller as main character, shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022. Oh, and it was supposed to be super funny as well! Now, after reading the book, I can say that my initial hypotheses were only a fraction of what The Sentence offers. … Continue reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (book review) – the power of books and a wicked ghost
Do you know that cozy feeling of meeting an old friend after a long time? That's exactly how I felt when I reading The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton, sequel of The Miniaturist (my review). What a lovely rendezvous! The House of Fortune in a nutshell The House of Fortune tells the fiction story … Continue reading The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton (book review) – spellbinding sequel of The Miniaturist
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel presented itself as the awaited opportunity to discover the writer I heard so often about ... yes, you guessed it, I refer to her other book, Station Eleven. I avoided to read Station Eleven as much as I could, simply because I did not want to read … Continue reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (book review) – time travelling and life on the Moon
Being shortlisted for a famous literary prize is like a springboard to get on the radar of so many readers! That's how I found out about Ruth Ozeki and her book The Book of Form and Emptiness - after it was shortlisted on the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022. Only few days later I noticed … Continue reading The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki (book review) – (Un)twisted reality and talking objects
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the latest “hidden gem” author I discovered … hidden meaning that, despite her popularity, until recently she was totally out of my bookish radar. After reading Americanah and enjoying her TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story", I wanted to discover more - Half of a Yellow Sun was up … Continue reading When your world is turned upside down by civil war: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (book review)
So ... I've been blogging for 5 years. That's a lot. Half a decade - that sounds even longer! I am super grateful that I managed to maintain this hobby for such a long time, writing book reviews and other book-related discussions. I would also like to thank all of you who read my posts, … Continue reading 5 years of blogging and reading plans for Autumn
An imagined story of Shakespeare's family life, focusing on what is usually mentioned only in footnotes - his wife and children, including the death of his son Hamnet during childhood. What's fascinating is that Shakespeare's name is not mentioned once in the story!
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