Ten books to read this fall (Top Ten Tuesday)

Inspired by Top Ten Tuesday, today I share with you a list of books to read this fall. All these books remind me of autumn - either I read them during autumn-ish days, or the mood of the book takes me to autumn land. If any of the books catch you attention, you can read … Continue reading Ten books to read this fall (Top Ten Tuesday)

Let’s talk about the Future Library – Books written during a century, to be published in 2114

Do you ever think about what the world will look like in 100 years? Will people still live in cities or maybe there will be a migration to rural areas? Will the planet still have enough basic resources for all its inhabitants? Or from a book-related perspective - will people still read physical books? The … Continue reading Let’s talk about the Future Library – Books written during a century, to be published in 2114

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (book review) – the Tempest retold

Hogarth Shakespeare project is a series of 8 books written by contemporary writers, each book being inspired by a story by Shakespeare. I was very excited about these books when I first heard about them, and now I got to read one of them - "Hag-Seed" by Margaret Atwood.

What I’m reading in August 2020

Hello and welcome to my August 2020 reading status - last reading status of this summer (from the European perspective)! While in the process of writing this post I realized that the monthly updates keeps me  accountable of what I read, thus encouraging me to try my best to finish at least one book a … Continue reading What I’m reading in August 2020

The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (book review) – a dystopian social experiment; would you exchange freedom for stability?

After reading "The Handmaid's Tale", I was curious to read other books by Margaret Atwood. Out of the numerous books written by Atwood, I chose "The Heart Goes Last" - a bizarre dystopian story about a social experiment.

Book covers around the world: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Welcome to a new bookish journey around the world! In this post we are talking about the book covers of "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood. As I greatly enjoyed reading this book and it has received a lot of media attention lately, I was really curious how its covers were illustrated around the world. It … Continue reading Book covers around the world: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood