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My Favourite Books of 2022
The books that made my year.
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The Newness of Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf
I just read one of those books everybody reads in high school. Since I can remember being a reader and making reading lists, Steppenwolf has been on my radar; many people in several different places and contexts had recommended the book to me, and I can’t really say why it took me so long to […]
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Lana Del Rey’s Poetry: Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass
Reading Lana Del Rey’s new poetry book.
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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Translated from the Japanese in 2019, this is a mesmerizing book that submerges you in its dystopic winter. It is the story of a novelist in an unnamed island where things have begun to disappear: hats, birds, photographs and even boats…
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Cosy Reads for Christmas
I can’t believe it’s December already! This year went by so fast, but I hope I’m not too late to recommend some of my favorite reads for these bleak and short days. Although I don’t really have vacations now, I remember December being my favourite month to tackle my reading list, back when I studied […]
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Spooky Reads for October
Basically a list of the scariest things I have read so far. Happy reading! Ghost Story, Peter Straub I devoured this disturbing book in like two days. It is a real page turner that manages to keep the tension for almost 500 pages. Stephen King has co-writen a book with Peter Straub and generally praises […]
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What I’ve Been Reading
Ghosts and spirits, basically.
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Why Do We Remember?: Svetlana Alexievich’s History of the Soul
War’s Unwomanly Face and Voices from Chernobyl
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Flickers of Light: The Goldfinch
“A self one does not want. A heart one cannot help”
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Back to blogging
The past week has proven everything can change in the blink of an eye. In less than five days I’ve had to close my coffee shop, cancel all traveling plans and postpone indefinitely a publishing workshop I’d been working on with several independent publishing houses. On the other hand, an academic article I wrote in […]
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Best Reads of 2019
Quite late for this but…
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Embracing Uncertainty: Rebecca Solnit’s Field Guide to Getting Lost
“It’s not about being lost but about trying to lose yourself”
flowers in the library 