Month: September 2020

  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    This book tells the story of the Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. Before I read this book, I hadn’t really heard about it. But that made it more thrilling for me, as I didn’t know how it was going to end and all. Boyne has a very pleasant way of telling stories, I really… →

  • The Nose

    This is a weird story. A man wakes up to find his nose missing and for him, this is the end of the world. How can he ever go out in public again, how could someone possibly take him serious ever again? This is rather absurd of course, and there is very little logic in… →

  • August 2020 Wrap-up

    Where did August go? It feels like the month is only just starting and now it is over again. I didn’t get much reading done, only fourteen books and a couple of those were either graphic novels/comics or short stories. The reviews for each of the books will be up shortly, if they have not… →

  • A Symphony of Echoes

    #TimeTravelTuesday I’m not a serial reader. I’m quite the opposite, even when I like books, I’m usually glad I can dive into another world next. However, having finished the first book in the St. Mary’s series, Just One Damned Thing After The Other, I couldn’t resist and immediately started the second book (and after that,… →

  • A Simple Heart

    I am a little bit conflicted about stories like A Simple Heart. It tells the rather bleak life of a servant girl. And while I like that the main character is not a hero of some sort or very special, it does not make for the most engaging type of story. The writing was nice… →