Book Lover’s Guide to Romania: Bucharest
After our brief, out-of-the-way diversion to Iași, we jumped on the train and made our way to Romania’s beautiful capital, Bucharest. We’ve heard gr...
Review: ‘The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden’ – Jonas Jonasson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A bizarre blend of humour and historical fiction, Jonas Jonasson’s novel is laugh-out-loud funny. A girl, born in the slums of South Afr...
Review: ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ – Neil Gaiman 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurring the lines between the real and unreal, Gaiman offers up almost no advice on how to talk to girls at parties, but instead explor...
Book Lover’s Guide to Romania: Iași
Okay so, admittedly Iași seems like a bit of an odd destination for us. A University city through and through, it sees its share of visitors mostly from neighbo...
Review: ‘Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda’ – Becky Albertalli 2015
4.5 stars. A sweet story about teen issues, told in a voice that feels authentic, & that you can’t help but love. The story covers sexuality, identity...
Review: ‘#LiveFromSofia’ – Александър Шпатов
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Live From Sofia is a collection of short stories exploring the unique landscape, culture and atmosphere of Bulgaria’s capital city. The ...
Book Lover’s Guide to Romania: Brasov
Brasov (pronounced Bra-shov) was our first destination in Romania. While we could go on about its Dracula-steeped history, the lore and legend of Transylvania a...
Book Lover’s Guide to Hungary: Budapest
During our five nights in Budapest, the Hungarian capital truly lived up to its nickname as the Pearl of the Danube. A city of two parts, Buda and Pest, we spen...
Book Lover’s Guide to Serbia: Novi Sad & Subotica
Five nights in Belgrade and we’re off again, this time to Novi Sad and then Subotica. Up here to the north of Serbia, the architecture shifts and changes, the c...
Book Lover’s Guide to Serbia: Belgrade
It’s time for a Book Lover’s Guide to Belgrade! Continuing our adventures across Eastern Europe, we spent 4 nights in the Serbian capital of Belgrad...