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...

FINDS/FINLAND - They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen

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

A Man Called Otto by Fredrik Backman

I know that many of you are a fan of this novel by Fredrik Backman. Now made into an American film with Tom Hanks as Otto. I also loved...

My encounter with Fernando Pessoa and José Saramago

We are just back from three weeks in Portugal, where we spent the holidays. As we arrived in Lisbon we walked out of our hotel, very...

Books I save on my shelves - Letter G

New year and a fresh look at my shelves. Which books have I saved on my shelves, just because they have become my favourites. That is...

Ten Best Books in 2022, and more statistics

Winston Churchill is probably the most quoted man in the world, possibly with the exception of Oscar Wilde. According to some reports he...