How has your reading 2019 been? Ours has been pretty varied, in terms of genres, appeal and authors. Throughout the year we have been enjoying your increasing support...
2019 Review and 2020 Resolution
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Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
Kindle Edition Published: October 9th 2018, First Published: February 24th 2017 Language book read in: English Vel’s Perspective Here it is, our last book of the year! And what a book it is. As it was Nelly’s choice, I have to admit I did not look at any reviews or research the author as … Continue reading Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Edition Published: April 6th 2017, First Published: February 28th 2017 Language book read in: English Vel's Perspective: The Hate U Give is the last of the books I got to choose from the Goodreads awards for 2018. The title intrigued me, as well as the premise and some of the reviews, so I decided to … Continue reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
A Night in the Lonesome October
Edition Published: Kindle, October 1st 2016, First Published: 1994 Language book read in:English Nel's Perspective: Have you ever been in a situation in which you really liked a book but a few minor issues are preventing it from being one of the perfect ones? Well, this is how I feel about A Night in the Lonesome … Continue reading A Night in the Lonesome October
The Corset By Laura Purcell
Edition Published: May 2nd 2019, First Published: September 20th 2018 Language book read in: English Nel's Perspective: Vel made me happy this summer, not only by visiting me, but also by bringing books along with her. 🖤 This was very fortunate, because our plan for the year included Dacre Stoker’s Dracul and we were unable … Continue reading The Corset By Laura Purcell
IF THEY COME FOR US BY FATIMAH ASGHAR
Edition Published: 2018, First Published: June 26th 2018 Language book read in: English Nel's Perspective: I haven’t had this much fun researching words, phrases and historic events I’ve only heard in passing in a long time. This is why I like learning languages in the first place - each language represents a different way of … Continue reading IF THEY COME FOR US BY FATIMAH ASGHAR
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Edition Published: 2018, First Published: 2018 Language book read in: English Vel's Perspective: Firstly, I'd like to mention a few things about the edition. I read the book on a Kindle, ebook published in 2018 by Zaffre, where barely 85% of the contents is the story of Lale, the Tattooist of Auschwitz. The rest of the book is … Continue reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Edition Published: 1994, First Published: 1961 Language book read in: Bulgarian and English Nel's Perspective This time I don’t even know how to start my review... And I still have no idea whether I like the book or not. I hope I get to a more precise opinion by the end of this review. Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 … Continue reading Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Kindle Transition
This post is a little announcement on how our blog is developing. Up to now we have been buying physical copies of books and sending them using the postal services to one another, an overall pretty romantic attitude to a blog and reading in general. This method has brought us much joy - Nel has … Continue reading Kindle Transition
The Outsider by Stephen King
Edition Published: 2018, First Published: 2018 Language book read in: English Vel's Perspective Stephen Kings is an extremely prolific writer, with nearly 60 novels published to date, and I doubt there are many places in the world where people haven’t heard of him or his stories. The settings for his novels vary widely from science fiction, to today, … Continue reading The Outsider by Stephen King
