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The Classic Club Spin # 33

Time for another Classic Club Spin, and this month the wheel ended up on # 18. For me that is The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor...

The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin and Lydia Nibley

I reviewed this book back in 2018. Since I have just attended a Beethoven festival last weekend, I came to think of this book. I decided...

February Wrap-up

February is a short month, but it was a good reading month for me. I managed to read 13 books, of which five were from my TBR shelves (in...

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

This was my last in the FINDS challenge hosted by AnnaBookBel and aiming at reading Nordic literature. I am not familiar with the author,...

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

I actually listened to this book. It came recommended from book bloggers/vloggers and I loved it. A different kind of detective story....

The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago

This is a difficult book, at least it was for me. I was about to give it up 4-5 times before I got my act together. The last time was on...

Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light, 1939-45 by Neill Lochery

While travelling in Portugal and was about to visit Estoril after a week in Lisbon, I found a recommendation on a travel blog for Neill...

FINDS/Norway - The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

Thank you to all of you who introduced me to this book. Although a great book, a modern classic, I find it very difficult to review. It...

January Wrap-up, and prospects for February

January has reached its end and it is time for a reading wrap up. For January I have two challenges; FINDS hosted by AnnaBookBel, reading...

Books I save of my shelves - Letter H

I have come to authors whose surname starts with an H in my search for books that I save on my shelves. Due to lack of space, I only save...

Battle of the Books - 2022

I follow a few book blogger on Youtube. Recently, I found a new blogger, Books with Emily Fox with an interesting approach for choosing...

FINDS/Iceland - Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigurðardóttir

FINDS is hosted by AnnaBookBel and the goal is read to read one book per Nordic country during the first five weeks in 2023. This is a...