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 →
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 →
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 →
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 developed a true passion for biographies and autobiographies in a recent couple of years. It started with the two books given to me by my friend to read. The biography of Winston Churchill's mother (the most fascinating read) and the autobiography of Agatha Christie (one of the best autobiographies I've read so far).I'm not... Continue Reading →
Chances are that I'll never visit the state of Alabama in the United States. And it's absolutely certain that I'll never travel back in time, and see Alabama little towns of the 30ies. But thanks to Fannie Flagg and her book "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" I was transported into both, and... Continue Reading →
An amazingly sincere and personal book. It tells a story of one - rather extended, though! - family, but also manages to illustrate the story of the whole region.For me, as for someone, who lives on the other side of the planet, the most fascinating in this book was finding a lot of similarities with... Continue Reading →
Maeve Binchy’s last novel “A Week in Winter” was published posthumously. And it didn’t surprise me that this book set a record for the most pre-orders ever for a book on Amazon. Readers’ love for this excellent storyteller is not only understandable but also absolutely justified. Maeve Binchy writes about people. She doesn’t write to shock or to entertain.... Continue Reading →
Eve's Book Diary 