A Day in Bookland

This week starts with me reading 6 books. SIX. Someone please come and stop me from starting any more I beg of you. The six titles are: Dune by Frank Hebert, Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (library e-copy), Vozdevieja by Elisa Victoria, Autumn by Ali Smith (library e-copy) and War&Peace by Tolstoy.  SEPT, 21st - I finished my reread of Autumn after lunch and I am so happy I decided to reread it before continuing with the seasonal quartet. I enjoyed it a lot more this time around... not just regarding the accurate portrait Ali Smith does of British society in a post-Brexit world but specially how she builds the lovely and tender friendship between Elisabeth and Daniel. Will be reading Winter as soon as it becomes available at my library. SEPT, 25th - I've had a really slow reading week this time and just finished Vozdevieja by Elisa Victoria. This is a story that focuses on Marina, a 9-year old girl during her summer in Seville. I ...

Since I've been very shitty with blogging I decided to try and make things easier by introducing a weekly update of my reading, almost like a vlog in written format. I really can't promise I will be consistent but let's hope I can at least post more than once every other month.  SEPT, 14th - Finished late at night Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden. One of the most beautifully written yet brutal memoirs I've ever read. It blows my mind how anyone can write about such horrible things in such a beautiful way. Highly recommend it but keep in mind you can find trigger warnings for everything. I am not normally triggered by much, if anything I might feel very uncomfortable, but there was one specific chapter which made me wanna vomit and I had to put down the book for a few days.  SEPT, 15th - And I am done with Exciting Times by Naoise Nolan. An okay read: you can tell it is a debut. What I enjoyed the most was the discussion around language and the...