The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book synopsis: Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he is a lucky bastard. He has miraculously escaped an ambush leaving him bruised and battered, but still, he found his favourite pot! He is still alive, and with a plan. The spirits say…
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The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley (Book Review)
The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you haven’t read the first book of the trilogy, you can read my spoiler free review of The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Staveley (Book Review) instead. You can also click here for my review of the second book of the trilogy…
June reads
Looking back on my reading progress over 2017 so far I came to realise that May has been one of the more productive months of the year. First of all, I decided on a Master thesis topic and have started working on it: Animal Assisted Interventions for Parkinson’s Disease. I even started jogging with my…
Book Haul (May 2017)
It is not without a great deal of pride that I am presenting this rather small – for me – book haul this month. It is the first time in a month of 2017, in which I am not expecting any mail from the nice orange lady (she wears orange, I call her orange lady,…
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti (Book Review)
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti My rating: 4 of 5 stars Book synopsis: Loo has adjusted in a life on the move, new apartments, new schools, spending nights in motels with her dad only to pack up a few days later to leave again. It’s been like this her whole life….
May Reads (2017)
Realistically speaking, I am betting my money on catching up with my ever-growing TBR pile in the summer. I visited Greece for a few days in April and I thought I was going to be able to marathon-read some of my books. Little did I know I was going to be running around and having…
Book Haul (April 2017)
Dear reader, I have a problem. My book buying has been out of control lately. This months excuse were the Bailey’s longlist for Women’s Fiction and the fact that I found many titles on Amazon for very cheap. There is only shame and joy for the having a lot of books delivered to my door….
April Reads (2017)
Here’s to yet another month in which I failed to follow my TBR schedule. No matter, March brought some fortunate moments and beginnings, and also delays in reading books and falling behind on the planning once more. But at least I officially have a Master thesis project now and I am also volunteering for the…
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff (Book Review)
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff My rating: 2 of 5 stars Book synopsis: On a cool afternoon at the Widow House, Greta Wegener asks her husband Einar for a small favour. Her friend Anna who sits for her paintings has cancelled again, and Greta prods Einar to try on a dress and sit in…
Recommendations: BookTube Channels
In the summer of 2015, I came upon a wonderful revelation in the world of the Internet: BookTube. It started by me randomly coming upon a person that was presenting books in something called “Book Haul”. Now, one note here is that I am not a native english speaker so new vocabulary always has a…
My Bookshelf Dialogues 