Bit of culture for all by elky
I knew about the film of course, but before that, I didn’t really know about the trilogy of books written by Jeff Vandermeer, despite them actually being already translated into the Czech language. I suppose I spend too many hours diving into the fantasy realms that I am missing out on a lot of post-apocalyptic […]
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There are many authors who were fascinated by this medieval poem depicting the Danes, their kings and legends. Like many works of fiction, even Beowulf is roughly based on kings who lived before the time this book was written. Roughly dated back to the year 1000 AD, although many professors date the manuscript to an […]
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Terry Pratchett was undoubtedly a genius in many things. Be it his ability to humor you beyond reason with his vast fantastical ideas or completely emotionally disarm you with his ability to get right to the point of being a human (or not) without you even excepting it. Those are one of the main reasons […]
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This is not really a review but more of a very personal look back at reading a brilliant little book called “The Outrun”. „I‘m back under these decaying clouds and deep skies, living among the elements that made me“, writes Amy Liptrot in her autobiographical book “The Outrun”.
Read MorePublished: 24.08.2014 Author: Jessie Burton Genre: Thriller/History Follow Jessie | Goodreads England / ISBN: 0062306812 – Contains mild spoilers – The Miniaturist, this story will take you to the heart of 17th century Amsterdam, and all it meant for life, at some pages, at least. What I must say about this book and what I […]
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Sometimes it’s more difficult to write a review for a book than other times. Those are the times when books hit too close to home. For me, it happened with Carrie Brownstein’s Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl. The reason was very simple. I come from a small village north of Czech republic. The village […]
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This review contains tiny spoilers from the book. As someone who has had Harry Potter in her mind, heart, and soul from the very beginning I was excited to hear that the Wizarding world and the magic of its creator Joanne Rowling is coming back. At first, it was with the upcoming film Fantastic Beast […]
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