I knew Submission is a deeply controversial novel. I roughly heard what the news said about it. It does not endorse my sort of worldview. But I saw it on sale on Kindle… and I thought: „I’m curious”. Continue reading Michel Houellebecq “Submission” – book review
I’ve signed up for two challenges in January of 2019. The Back to the Classics Challenge 2019 and The 2019 TBR Pile Challenge! #TBR2019RBR. The sum total of those challenges is 22 books. So far I’ve read exactly 5 of them (!) and it is now the end of October. This post is an attempt to regain some control. The sections are: The books that I’ve read so … Continue reading The panic about my TBRs…
I was fascinated by the concept of this BBC mini TV series. A troubled married couple, Louise and Tom, decide to attend marital counseling. Before they go to their counselor, they meet at the pub for a drink. The entire TV series is based on those meetings in the pub. It has 10 episodes of 10 minutes each, and I was seriously tempted to watch … Continue reading The State of the Union – TV series review
I added Animal Farm to my Back to the Classics Challenge, in the full knowledge that it is a classic that happens to be short. Continue reading George Orwell “Animal Farm” – book review
Finally read this YA classic by the author of the “101 Dalmatians” Continue reading Dodie Smith “I Capture the Castle” – book review
Woodward focuses on the political negotiations regarding the number of troops that should be deployed to Afghanistan. Continue reading Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars”- book review
I knew I wanted to read this book as soon as I saw the cover. Continue reading Barry Schwartz’s “The Paradox of Choice” – book review
I didn’t love it. But I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would. Continue reading Jeanette Winterson “Frankissstein” – book review
The overwhelming feeling is a sense of loss. Continue reading Kamila Shamsie “Home Fire” – book review
“Each of us is here being punished for his existence and each in his own particular way” (On the Suffering of the World) I picked up this book while waiting for a job interview and feeling slightly mournful about everything. It seemed appropriate. All I knew about Schopenhauer came from my high school textbook: a healthy dose of pessimism and a fascination with Eastern philosophy. … Continue reading Arthur Schopenhauer “On the Suffering of the World” – book review
