Literary journey of an office career escapee
I really enjoyed reading this book. Even more than the author's book dedicated to the First Ladies.This is a collection of stories told by many different voices, and that's what makes it special. I'm not a fan of scandals and embarrassing details, so I liked that this book is focused on domestic routines, funny moments,... Continue Reading →
An excellent portrait of a modern woman's woe.Yes, Henry James wrote “The Portrait of a Lady” almost one hundred and fifty years ago. Still, when I was reading it, the thought that Isabel Archer could live in the 21st century and make the same mistakes, absolutely refused to leave me.The novel, regarded by critics as... Continue Reading →
Are there books you have mixed feelings about? For me, it’s Margaret Atwood’s “The MaddAddam Trilogy”. I enjoyed reading all three books (the second and the third maybe a little more than the first one), and I even reread the whole trilogy once. But the drawback for me was that the books are so deeply... Continue Reading →
"The Glass Lake" was the first Maeve Binchy novel I read about ten years ago or maybe even more, and after that, her books have become the ones I turn to when I'm not in the best of moods. There is so much warmth in her novels that when you read them, it's like sunbathing... Continue Reading →
“Soulless” by Gail Carriger is a tale about vampires, werewolves, and English spinsters. When I started writing this review, I flipped through the pages searching for some quotes to show you how wonderfully witty this book is, and I couldn’t stop. I have to reread it. Well, to cut a long story short, if the... Continue Reading →
This book is simply ... delicious! You're reading it as if you're eating a fantastically delicious Italian dinner - seven courses, not less.I've read Rococo by Adriana Trigiani over the Christmas/New Year holidays period, when we had a cosy, tasty time with my family, taking long walks along the seaside and enjoying every pleasure we... Continue Reading →
This is not an easy task to write about your favourite books. Especially when a book has been your loyal friend for longer than the majority of your real friends. You get protective of that book, just like you would if you had to protect a person.Like the majority of legendary books, "Pride and Prejudice"... Continue Reading →
Adam Berendt dies and leaves women who loved him bereft.These women are wealthy, some of them are married, and they are used to a sophisticated lifestyle. Only rich people live in Salthill-on-Hudson, a New York City suburb. But when Adam Berendt dies, it is as if a veil falls down from their perfect lives.Some of... Continue Reading →
I truly loved this book. The style is refreshingly simple, but the thoughts - wise. Maye Musk doesn't share extensive personal details, which is rarely welcome, only if a person likes that particular thing in memoir, but at the same time, you read and really see the person behind the book.While reading “A Woman Makes... Continue Reading →
I’ve got mixed feelings about this book. First of all, I was reading “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” by D.H. Lawrence and was wondering, how it has happened so that I hadn’t read it when I was young and very eager to read all foreign classics. Secondly, I felt that the explicit language and scenes are too... Continue Reading →
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