Elif the Reader
Reading Challenge 2022 is ready! While leaving 2021 behind, I thought about how this year went regarding reading and my relationship with books. As if one wasn’t enough,…
Status Anxiety is the sixth book by Alain de Botton that I have read, and I cannot help but admire this contemporary philosopher with every book. However, this…
I’ve always wanted to live abroad, so I love reading memoirs about living abroad. I’ve been living in London for the last five years. Although I love this…
The Historian is one of the books published in 2005, and it was very popular in those years. Last year, when I saw it in a charity shop,…
Vladimir is Julia May Jonas’ first book. “When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.” the book begins,…
Novels set in libraries, like novels set in bookshops, are fun to read for all readers. I love visiting libraries, especially the old and grand ones like the…
Things I Didn’t Throw Out is a memoir by the Polish writer and graphic designer Marcin Wicha. My book club decided to read more translated fiction, and we…
I love reading memoirs, and food memoirs in particular appeal to me whenever I feel I need a lift me up. There are loads of comfort foods, and…
The Bridges of Madison County is Robert James Waller’s highly popular novel, published in 1992, which has sold over 60 million copies worldwide. I’m not exaggerating if I…
Novels set in bookshops are mostly highly appealing to readers. We all love spending time in a bookshop, and almost all of us have a favourite bookshop we…
Footprints In Search of Future Fossils, published in 2020, is the first book I ready from Scottish literature professor David Farrier. When I first saw the Footprints, I…