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: ‘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 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...
Review: ‘The Pigeon’ – Patrick Süskind 1987
My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Pigeon is a truly strange and vividly intense novella. The narrative covers a single 24 hour period in the life of a Frenchman, with...
Review: ‘This Savage Song’ – Victoria Schwab 2016
My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars A truly monstrous novel that reminds us that sometimes the real monsters are not really monsters at all. One of the best YA fantasy/sc...
Review: ‘The Girl at Midnight’ – Melissa Grey 2015
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars A book I wanted so badly to love, but in the end could not. The Girl At Midnight has all the elements of both a great book and a YA cl...
Book Lover’s Guide to Albania: Tirana
It’s time, dear travelers for a Book Lover’s Guide to Albania! With Greece ticked and thoroughly completed, we jumped on a plane headed for Tirana, ...
Review: ‘It Ends With Us’ – Colleen Hoover 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s Ends With Us is an important and powerful novel. It may not be a perfect book, but the way in which domestic violence is addressed ...