Oct 42 min

Nonfiction November 2024

Nonfiction November is coming up. One of my favourite challenges. Thank you so much to the hostesses for this year's event. Here are the...

Oct 33 min

CC Spin #38 - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

Concerning the title (from Wikipedia). " The novel's title comes from a translation of a verse in the Katha Upanishad, paraphrased in the...

Oct 35 min

September Reading Wrap-up

September is gone and we have been travelling this month, and still are. We did Sardinia with our camper van and am now in Corsica....

Sep 124 min

The World of Yesterday; Memoirs of a European by Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was an Austrian author, born in Vienna in the then Austrian-Hungarian Empire. In the 1920s and '30s, at the...

Sep 24 min

Was August's Reading a Hit or Miss? Let's Find Out!

August has come to an end, and as the days grow shorter, it's the perfect time to reflect on the books I read in August. Whether you...

Aug 215 min

The Sleepwalkers - How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

Republished from my old website This is a very complex book about finding the cause to the First World War. It is not possible to point...

Aug 215 min

The Lonely Empress by Joan Haslip

Republished from my old website. The Lonely Empress is a biography about Elizabeth of Austria. Known as Sisi she has mesmerised a whole...

Aug 215 min

The Habsburgs by Andrew Wheatcroft

I am presently travelling in Austria and, if you are interested, you can read about my trips on The Content Reader newsletter . My next...

Aug 104 min

Paris in July 2024 - A Wrap-up

Thanks to host Emma @ Word and Peace we had a fabulous Paris in July this year. Unfortunately, for me, I was rather busy during June and...

Aug 53 min

Paris in July, 2024 - La vie secrète des écrivains by Guillaume Musso

Guillaume Musso is one of my favourite thriller authors from France. Two others I would like to mention are Fred Vargas and Michel Bussi....

Aug 52 min

July Wrap-up

July has come to an end, without me achieving very much on the reading front. July also saw Paris in July and I had big plans which did...

Jul 291 min

Paris in July, 2024 - A French dinner

Thank you to Emma @ Word and Peace for hosting this popular challenge. I usually try to do a French dinner if I have time. This year it...