Tag: Books
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Book Review: Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
When the word “vampire” crosses our minds, we more or less naturally think “Dracula”. But according to you, who inspired Bram Stroker? Was he the first to write stories about vampires? He was not, for sure. Vampires have been crowding myths and fiction for centuries and one of the first writers to use “vampires” as…
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[ARC] Book Review: Ubiety – Grzegorz Kunowski
Dear reader, I usually share reviews about books I have been able to download through the platform Booksirens.com but today, things differ a little bit. In February 2020, I received an e-mail from Grzegorz Kunowski. He reached out to me in order to ask me to write a review on his latest book, Ubiety. I…
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The Frenchie Book Club: The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (Can/U.S. Lit.) + in-depth review and honest thoughts.
Dear reader, As I was writing a review on Goodreads, I thought “why not writing one here?” and here I am. First, I will leave you with my Goodreads review and then, we will cover more thorough topics and dive deeper into the meaning of this amazing dystopian novel that is, according to The New…
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Reasons why you should read books and be proud.
Dear reader, Very often, we stumble across posts and videos, the titles of which look like “How to read more books” or “This is how I read X books a month” but we rarely see people discuss the reasons why they read that many books. I am personally no slow-reader but there is no way…
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Book Review: Les faux-monnayeurs/The Counterfeiters, André Gide (FR literature)
Dear reader, We usually spend time together talking about style, elegance and good manners. However, I tell you quite often that one of the most elegant thing in the world is knowledge. I hope that, through this series, you will expand your literary culture, and that we will be able to talk about the reviewed…
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