“Le souffle du jasmin”, (Inch’ Allah #1) or in English “The Breath of Jasmine”, is a book about Palestine, the Arabs and the Jewish and how things become as they are today. It is a book full of information unknown to young people and most people nowadays actually. This is how the western world brought… Read More “Le souffle du jasmin” by Gilbert Sinoué
“Baltasar and Blimunda” is a book about a king that cannot have children, and he promises to build a monastery if he gets his heir. The promise is made to a monk and it has to be fulfilled to one of the greatest achievements in Portuguese history. The king though knows that the delay of… Read More “Baltasar and Blimunda” by Jose Saramago
This is a collection of short stories, describing how women cope with love and life nowadays. It is a romantic book in general, with a twist on the real life and the burdens it bears down. There are stories about women of all ages and the themes change in order to cover many of the issues… Read More “A Sisterhood of Women Living Life: A Short Story Collection Book 1” by Cheryl Holloway
Frida Kahlo was a widely recognized Mexican painter painter. Her job has brought Mexican art back to the spotlight and triggered Mexicans to get out of their cocoons and speak up for themselves through their work. Kahlo was a young girl that had never thought of becoming a painter. She was dedicated to her studies,… Read More “Frida Kahlo” by Linde Salber
Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk, arrive in the French village of Lansquenet after having traveled in many places. They open a chocolate boutique directly opposite the village’s church and they intent to stay. They are as exotic as any stranger can be to the villagers, not accustomed to tourists or visitors. Father Reynaud denounces Vianne as a… Read More “Chocolat” by Joanne Harris
The man is living a small life. He is at his thirties, he works part-time at a video club, he has a friend or two and he enjoys a good film and a pizza. Small, not life changing things, that accompany his quiet life, keeping him away from troubles and controversies. From his small apartment,… Read More “The Invoice” by Jonas Karlsson
Metin Arditi was born in Turkey where he lived until the age of eleven. Then Switzerland became his homeland, where he studied and continues to live. He is a University professor, a musician, a supporter of the arts and a writer, but above all he is a philanthropist. “The brotherhood of flying monks” is a… Read More “La Confrérie des moines volants” by Metin Arditi
Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life. But just before… Read More “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman
We have met Patricia Highsmith as a writer of mystery books, ones that keep the reader hooked to the book till the very end. This is one of her main characteristics, as whatever she is up to, she fulfills to the very end with professionalism and totally devoted to it. Having that said, let’s get… Read More “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith
This one took some time, yet it worth every one of the 900+ of its pages. It’s monstrous in size, reading and messages. A must read to all. New York of the late 70s is drifting away in drugs and punk rock, people in pins and rebels of any kind. It is after Nam… Read More “City on Fire” by Garth Risk Hallberg
An amazing literary debut from a young writer, Hannah Kent, describing in the most atmospheric way the last days of a young woman accused of murder. Agnes lives in the 19th century Island, when death penalty is still on. She is a young woman, who was abandoned early in her life by her single mother. Children… Read More “Burial Rites” by Hannah Kent
Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and… Read More “Wayward Pines” by Blake Crouch
It is the 1950s. Scout is now away, living in New York City on her own. She is a grown up woman of twenty something. She returns to Maycomb for two weeks to see Atticus, her father, and aunt Alexandra. There is also Hank waiting for her, an old friend of Jem and hers, an… Read More “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee
Here is a classic piece of work read by most teens in the US and a few other in the world… Just to mention that the book has been translated into forty or more languages! Harper Lee has written only two books. The first one, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is one of the most well… Read More “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
Now this is a book a little different than many, yet it could make you think of another one. The scenery is a remote island off the coast of Wales, where sixteen-year-old Jacob and his father set foot on after a family tragedy. Jacob’s grandfather was always a mysterious person, travelling all over the world… Read More “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs
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