2024-04-08 08:33
It is only natural to have periods of time, of varied lengths, during which reading, although still a favourite, can become an activity one’s brain refuses to engage in, in some sense… Read More
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2024-03-19 08:45
The long awaited Spring has finally arrived, bringing along a burst of freshness, colour and renewal. The air is filled with the sweet scent of cherry plum and magnolia blossoms, and nature… Read More
2024-03-15 10:02
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is widely celebrated for its poetic prose and profound exploration of life’s fundamental aspects and human necessities, blending a rather philosophica… Read More
2024-03-07 09:42
Eli Goldstone’s Strange Heart Beating is a curious narrative providing a poignant exploration of grief, one’s memory after death, and the human condition in general in such a man… Read More
2024-03-01 09:35
As February comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the past month’s readings. While it may not have been as productive as I had hoped, the books that found their way into my han… Read More
2024-02-09 11:40
Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things is a literary masterpiece following the story of a scientific experiment orchestrated by a doctor that essentially implies a young woman brought back to lif… Read More
2024-02-02 11:26
A literary chronicle, I would say. In an effort to share the joy of reading and spark engaging conversations, I thought about introducing a new section to my blog, which would essentially fo… Read More
2024-01-15 09:20
Walt Whitman‘s poetry collection, Alone on the Beach at Night, fell short of capturing my attention, or appreciation for that matter. The poems had a rather repetitive nature that even… Read More
2023-12-29 15:00
As the year draws to a close, it is but natural to reflect upon the worlds explored through books. While 2023 has been a year of literary wonders, a select few stood out as truly remarkable… Read More
2023-12-29 10:06
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2023-12-12 12:32
J.L Carr is one of the authors I recently discovered, which is a shame for he is one of a kind and it would’ve a terrible joy stumbling across his works earlier. A Month in the Country… Read More
2023-12-12 10:06
If you’ve enjoyed my blog, please consider supporting my creative journey by buying me a coffee. Your small contribution helps keep the content flowing, my domain active and it ensures… Read More
2023-10-18 11:27
Claire Keegan‘s Small Things Like These is a testament of the power of masterful storytelling in the exploration of the human experience and the emotions it entangles. It provides a c… Read More
2023-08-23 12:39
Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles is an enchanting glimpse into the world of Greek mythology, a retelling of one of the most popular myths, focusing on the bond between Achilles a… Read More
2023-08-16 08:04
Amidst the rolling hills and pristine landscapes of Transylvania, there lies nestled a village that seems to have stepped out of a storybook and into reality. Viscri, a place where time see… Read More
2023-06-21 08:42
Rhodes, a medieval city with a rich history, is an enchanting place that evokes a sense of wonder and awe. Located on the Greek island of the same name, Rhodes City is a treasure trove of ar… Read More
2023-06-20 08:17
Fredrik Backman‘s masterpiece, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, placed me in a position in which I am struggling to put into words just how touching yet heart-war… Read More
2023-06-02 08:09
Snapshots from a spring day spent by the countryside Read More
2023-05-08 13:29
Lancelot Schaubert’s The Greenwood Poet is a poetry collection exploring a plethora of themes, from the uniqueness and complexity of nature, love, and the human experience to divinity… Read More
2023-04-27 10:06
Spring is here and it is at least as beautiful as I expected it to be. I can feel the warmth of the sun on my skin, days are longer and the sky is brighter, the grass is greener and flower b… Read More
2023-04-24 09:26
Harker Jones’ Until September is the touching story of Kyle, set in the “in the lull between the conservative ’50s and the turbulent ’60”, that focuses on his l… Read More
2023-04-19 08:08
Enough Rope is Dorothy Parker’s debut poetry collection and is vastly centred around “the pretensions of everyday life and clichéd relations between men and women&rdq… Read More
2023-04-12 08:33
Insecurity by James Nowlan follows a security guard, Tom, who has gone through multiple traumatising events that changed his life’s course mostly for the worst. He grew up part of a sn… Read More
2023-03-28 08:14
William Carlos Williams’ poetry volume, Death the Barber, is probably one of those collections that I will remember for a while and most likely return to. As I am writing poetry myself… Read More
2023-03-17 09:49
stuck in an hourglass, wishing to become a thing of moss,
vanish deep into the forest; a thing of mist,
evaporate into thin air.
only by becoming time can you slow it down… Read More
2023-03-01 11:34
Genki Kawamura’s debut novel, If Cats Disappeared from the World, falls in the category of books that ultimately, through different manners, put things into perspective when it comes t… Read More
2023-02-13 09:27
The Beautiful Librarians by Sean O’Brien is a poetry collection designed to be a celebration of “unsung but central figures in our culture, often overlooked by both capital and o… Read More
2023-01-10 09:51
Why the Water Is Sweet where the River Meets the Sea by Enrique Posner is a poignant, astonishingly outlined story revolving around a young girl and her friend, River. Exploring the complexi… Read More
2023-01-06 09:20
We spent a couple of days at this lovely cottage, including New Year’s Eve, and it was everything we could’ve asked for. Most accommodations we stayed at were outstanding; howeve… Read More
2023-01-04 12:39
I do hope your days were lovely and memorable whatever you have (or have not) celebrate. And I certainly hope you received some lovely gifts, even if you were on Santa’s naughty list… Read More
2022-12-06 09:23
Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is a gothic novella revolving around an unnamed young governess sent to a country house to take care of Miles and Flora, two orphans, who finds herse… Read More
2022-11-18 09:58
heartbeat held between chattering teeth,
objectified the darkness, learning to appreciate her heart,
with every pain it felt, for she felt, the sculpted beauty
with ivory curves… Read More
2022-11-15 09:13
The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott is an anthology of more than 100 poems from the renowned author many of us celebrate for Little Women, which I have reviewed in the past. This anthology was s… Read More
2022-11-03 14:42
The Last Bear by Hannah Gold is by far my favourite middle grade novel I’ve read this year, and that for a variety of reasons. The book follows April’s adventures on Bear Island… Read More
2022-10-28 08:12
they were given a heart
before given a thought,
so they could feel our mother’s pain
while tearing her to pieces,
a seemingly interminable agony,
yet countless blessings… Read More
2022-10-17 09:20
American Stonehenge is the first book in the The Adventures of Jimmy and Andrew series by Mike Goldstein, who was kind enough to send me a copy of his novel in exchange for an honest review… Read More
2022-10-12 13:30
Spending three days in the Romanian countryside, surrounded by animals and a breath-taking view, is an ideal way to effectively reduce stress, unwind and relax, and that is precisely what we… Read More
2022-09-28 17:13
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens is a one of those books I can’t find enough superlatives to describe. However, I can doubtlessly say that it is one of the best books I have ever… Read More
2022-09-07 11:58
why can’t my heart be filled?
with a breath or two or perhaps even three?
will I ever learn to fly and touch
the top of the tallest tree?
why can’t my mind be filled?… Read More
2022-09-07 08:26
If I’m frank, I have no clue what to post about today. However, I found myself looking through photos and I’ve scrolled all the way back to July, when we went to Italy for a coup… Read More
2022-08-31 08:26
2022 hasn’t been as productive as the last year in terms of reading, and that for multiple reasons, which include having to sacrifice my reading time for the sake of writing my dissert… Read More
2022-08-25 13:17
Vlychada beach is one of Santorini’s black sand beaches, and while that’s striking itself, what I found to be spectacular were the bright rocks with unusual and asymmetrical sha… Read More
2022-08-11 10:46
Last month, as part of my most beloved birthday present, we went to Italy, which was the breath of fresh air I’ve been dying for. While we spent most of the time in Bergamo and Milan (… Read More
2022-07-18 09:22
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman has been on my to-read list for years, but after seeing the film I knew I needed some time to forget as many details as possible. Besides, the fil… Read More
2022-07-15 08:29
I should start this travel entry with the conclusions: going to the beach in June wasn’t the best idea, but we made the most of it. One of my resolutions for this year – I seem t… Read More
2022-07-04 11:46
Michael Longley’s poetry collection is very varied and touches on a plethora of subjects, starting with war, history, grief and loss, but mostly nature and the speaker’s relation… Read More
2022-06-21 07:48
One of my goals for this year in terms of reading is to read more poetry, hence why I picked up For When She’s Feeling Blue by Edgar Holmes, which you can find on libris.ro. Although I… Read More
2022-06-11 14:13
Galatea by Madeline Miller, which you can find on libris.ro, was sent to me by the lovely people from Libris, for which I am very thankful, and is one of my most anticipated reads of 2022. A… Read More
2022-06-02 12:18
the air is whiffing with flowers,the gusts of wind shakethe trees blooming for the skiesand showering gardens inpink and white and yellow petals,starlings and warblesand robins are singing t… Read More
2022-05-17 08:00
One of the goals I set for 2022 is to visit the surrounding areas and go on day trips as often as possible. Hence, the past couple of weekends we’ve been visiting touristic attractions… Read More
2022-04-16 14:07
Linda Xia’s Heir of Blood and Secrets is a young adult mystery novel set in a rather dystopian world, one in which, as she clearly establishes from the first pages, the discrepancies b… Read More
2022-03-31 09:07
Last Sunday we decided to go on a day trip to visit Șoimoș Fortress – also known as the Fortress of the Hawk-, which majestically lies high above the river Mureș. Consid… Read More
2022-03-18 11:37
Dinara Akbay gifted me her new adventure book, Incredible Adventures in the Jungle, in exchange for an honest review, for which I am beyond grateful. The story follows two boys who find them… Read More
2022-02-20 14:30
The Help by Kathryn Stockett is by far the greatest book I read last year. In fact, I was so touched by it I decided to make it my dissertation’s topic, alongside Alice Walker’s… Read More
2022-01-26 15:15
The Ship of Cloud and Stars is Amy Raphael’s new middle-grade novel that was published just a couple of days ago. An advance reader’s copy was sent to me by Orion Children’… Read More
2022-01-13 13:51
I received an advanced reader copy of Brian Kindall’s Sparrow in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley and the publishers, for which I am grateful. Timothy Sperling, or Sparrow… Read More
2022-01-07 14:51
Happy New Year to everyone! I do hope all of you will find happiness, peace and comfort in this new year that, by some bizarre coincidence, is twenty twenty too. Without further ado, here ar… Read More
2021-12-24 12:30
Father Christmas and Me by Matt Haig is the third book in the Christmas trilogy and the last book I’ll be reviewing this year. It follows the journey of Amelia Wishart, who is the adop… Read More
2021-12-17 12:22
The Girl Who Saved Christmas is the second book in Matt Haig’s Christmas trilogy and the second book out of the three I will be reviewing this holiday season. The story follows Amelia… Read More
2021-12-12 11:18
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig is the first book in the Christmas trilogy, which I will be reviewing and posting about on Instagram during this holiday season. The novel is, and I am on… Read More
2021-12-09 09:20
Edgar Allen Poe’s poem The Raven is fraught with themes of the tortured soul, the deranged mind and representations of mourning and melancholy that are brought upon by the death of his… Read More
2021-11-18 10:57
i talk to you when i feel lost in chaosbecause you introduced meto the colours of the sunset,the taste of freshly picked berries,and the magnificent smell ofthe soil right after it rains;i t… Read More
2021-10-23 11:16
Autumn is my favourite season and October, October by Katya Balen comprises everything I love about it. Before properly getting into the review I have to confess I’ve looked for the ro… Read More
2021-10-18 16:23
i think of autumn and painin the same breath,but the pain isn’t unbearablebut rather slowly fading awayas leaves turn brownand clouds fill the sky;i think of autumn and nostalgiain the… Read More
2021-10-11 13:00
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is a myth in popular culture that uniquely shines through its approach of sensitive subjects such as paedophilia, and, maybe most importantly, through Humbert… Read More
2021-10-03 14:21
it’s harvest season once againso we spend the day togetherand while we help store the corn in cribswe are all recalling the good old dayswhen grandma could walk without crutches,grandp… Read More
2021-09-07 09:27
Normal People by Sally Rooney made me feel miserable. I didn’t begin by loving the novel, not even by liking it; I initially found the profoundly depressing story of Connell and Marian… Read More
2021-08-29 10:43
As much as I am well aware of Romania’s beauty as I have grown up by the countryside, I still found myself in awe when we arrived last month, in July, to Breb, Maramureș. Although… Read More
2021-07-26 09:06
Patricia Josephine, an enormously underappreciated author who I’ve been friends with for more than five years, sent me her upcoming novel, The Cure, to review it, for which I am very g… Read More
2021-07-20 10:45
Pax by Sara Pennypacker is the story of twelve-year-old Peter who find himself separated from his best friend and beloved companion, Pax, a fox he saved from certain death. As the war is on… Read More
2021-07-05 12:09
The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow is an enjoyable YA collaborative mystery book that focuses on two students at a prestigious British boarding school going through the chaos the discovery o… Read More
2021-06-17 17:45
That time of the year again! Everything smells just lovely and the sun stepping forth seems to be wrapping us with her radiant and warm rays. As a child of nature I love all seasons and, alt… Read More
2021-05-21 10:40
The Forest of Moon and Sword by Amy Raphael is a fantastic children’s book that focuses around Art and her adventures during one of the darkest periods of history: the reign of Hopkins… Read More
2021-05-08 10:09
The Houseplant was sent to me by the author, Jeremy Ray, in exchange for an honest review, for which I am beyond grateful. Told from the point of view of a plant, the touching short story re… Read More
2021-05-05 09:44
I have asked you on Instagram whether you would like me to do a bookish Q&A where I answer your (obviously book related) questions. You have sent in many questions and I will, for the sa… Read More
2021-04-28 10:41
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz is many things at once, hence why I found it difficult to organize my thoughts and write a review. Alt… Read More
2021-03-25 13:10
Title: Cast Out
Author: Joshua Lerman
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Zuriel Publishing
Format: Paperback|323 pages
Cast Out by Joshua Lerman has been gifted to me in exchan… Read More
2021-03-07 09:18
Title: A Quick Spell
Author: Patricia Josephine
Publication Date: 2021
Format: Kindle Edition|119 pages
Patricia Josephine sent me her upcoming book in exchange for an honest rev… Read More
2021-03-05 13:05
This might not be the blog post you have been waiting for. I have been invited by Romanian book bloggers Onisim and Alexandra (you can find her on Instagram as well) to take part, along wit… Read More
2021-02-03 13:14
Title: Tim: A Growing Up Tale for Grown-ups Who Remember…
Author: L.L. Rose
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Self-Published
Format: Paperback|150 pages
Tim: A Growing… Read More
2021-01-29 12:05
Two weeks ago it snowed for the first time where I live, which was a bit surprising but definitely something we all needed. As climate change has already shifted the snowfall patterns around… Read More
2021-01-21 13:36
Title: Instagram Evolution: The Ultimate Growth Guide
Author: Michael Kouiroukidis
Publication Date: 2021
Publisher: Self-Published
Format: Kindle Edition|29 pages
Instagram… Read More
2021-01-10 12:00
It would be fair to mention that Virginia Woolf left her marks on modernism, a cultural trend that redefined literature in terms of themes, plot and representation of time and space, wit… Read More
2020-12-29 15:41
I have asked you on Instagram some time ago to send in any questions and curiosities you may have because I haven’t done a Q&A in quite a while now. While I answered some of the qu… Read More
2020-12-10 13:54
Title: The Midnight Library
Author: Matt Haig
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback|288 pages
The Midnight Library is a heart-breaking book so e… Read More
2020-12-02 15:16
Title: Little Women & Good Wives
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publication Date: 1993
Publisher: Wordsworth Children’s Classics
Format: Paperback|464 pages
Little Women… Read More
2020-11-27 11:40
I’ve been to Greece once and I fell in love. The trip was focused around Paralia Katerini, Meteora and, the most popular of the Greek islands, Skiathos, of which I found myself reminis… Read More
2020-11-22 16:21
Title: Joseph and the Seven Swords
Author: Faisal Alothaina
Publication Date: 2020
Publisher: Self-Publisher
Format: Paperback|212 pages
Joseph and the Seven Swords was gifted… Read More
2020-11-16 09:24
In September I wrote a blog post about my trip to Brașov, one of Romania’s most beautiful cities. Back then, after visiting a big part of the city, I decided it’s time for a… Read More
2020-11-10 14:51
Title: The Evening Chorus
Author: Helen Humphreys
Publication Date: 2015
Publisher: Serpent’s Tail
Format: Hardcover|304 pages
The Evening Chorus is by far be the most e… Read More
2020-10-30 16:08
Title: Hello Mum
Author: Bernardine Evaristo
Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback|96 pages
Hello Mum is the letter of 14 year old Jerome to hi… Read More
2020-10-23 17:03
Title: Tuck Everlasting
Author: Natalie Babbitt
Publication Date: 2020 (first published in 1975)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Format: Paperback|224 pages
Tuck… Read More
2020-10-12 11:05
Title: Happy People Read and Drink Coffee
Author: Agnès Martin-Lugand
Publication Date: 2016
Publisher: Hachette Books
Format: Kindle Edition|256pages
Autumn was slowl… Read More
2020-10-09 08:22
In the past couple of weeks I’ve been seeing a small bird I have never seen in my entire life, which naturally got me super excited. After signing up in a Facebook group I found out t… Read More
2020-10-01 16:13
Title: 13 Reasons Why
Author: Jay Asher
Publication Date: 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback|320 pages
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for ages… Read More
2020-09-24 07:55
Title: Holy Cow
Author: David Duchovny
Illustrator: Natalya Balnova
Publication Date: 2015
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Paperback|206 pages
Holy Cow is t… Read More
2020-09-16 11:06
In 2015 I visited Brașov for the first time with some classmates with whom I was involved with in an entrepreneurial project. As we had certain tasks to complete I felt I didn’t h… Read More
2020-09-07 14:24
Title: Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea
Author: L.M. Montgomery
Publication Date: 1994
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Format: Paperback|528 pages
Anne of Green Gable… Read More
2020-08-30 13:02
It is my favourite time of the year again – Harvest Season! September is here and the joyous days of harvest have begun. Vegetables and gifts of the Earth are picked for the winter mon… Read More
2020-08-19 15:08
Title: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Author: J.K. Rowling
Publication Date: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Paperback|352 pages
I must admit I… Read More
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