Category Archives: Recenzii / Reviews

The Swedish Cavalier – Leo Perutz

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Diana

I’m so far behind with my book reviews that I’m thinking so often not to make them anymore. Ah… This book I’m writing about today I read on the flight from Prague to Bucharest while I was returning from Finland … Continue reading →

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Coin locker babies – Ryu Murakami

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Diana

Surrealist apocalyptic goodness – that’ how I can describe in 3 words Ryu Murakamy’s Coin locker babies. It’s a fucked up book (in a good way) that starts like this: “The woman pushed on the baby’s stomach and sucked its … Continue reading →

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House of spirits – Isabel Allende

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Diana

It’s the story of three generations of strong women, in a world where women aren’t supposed to be strong, with a man as the common thread between them – it’s an incredible family saga, a powerful history of characters.  They … Continue reading →

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Vivaldi’s Virgins – Barbara Quick

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Diana

“The sky on a clear night is a living, pulsating thing. The stars are like musical notes turned to light, and, like notes, they shimmer and swell and fade and fall. The painters have never captured it — but they … Continue reading →

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Truman Capote – The grass harp

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Diana

This is my first time reading Truman Capote’s stories and I can swear everything seems so familiar, bizarre and fantastic at the same time. I picked it up because it has an interesting title. Who was ever heard about grass … Continue reading →

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Armand the vampire

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Diana

Third book that I talk about lately and I’m still not impressed by anything I read these days. It’s not that I do not enjoy them but I feel there is something missing – from the stories or characters – … Continue reading →

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The woman in black

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Diana

The woman in black by Susan Hill – is a ghost story in the very classic style.  More Edgar Allan Poe-ish and less Stephen King-ish, the writing style pulls you back into a different time right from the very beginning … Continue reading →

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Eat pray love

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Diana

Everybody talked so much about this book and also about the movie that stands from its pages that I think everything has been said before. I didn’t hate Eat, Pray, Love but it left me really unsatisfied.  Chick lit is … Continue reading →

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Monster love – Carol Topolski

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Diana

I was gifted with “Monster love”. It may sound odd but it’s only a book title from Carol Topolski that I finished like a month ago but didn’t find the mood to talk about it. Being transfixed by the story … Continue reading →

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The year of the hare – Aarto Paasilinna

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Diana

The Year of the Hare– a charming book about the man’s desire of escaping the hectic life in the modern world. Written in the ’70s and yet more relevant now than ever, in the Finnish settings, the book describes a … Continue reading →

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The illustrated man – Ray Bradbury

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Diana

Dark, a bit sad and with a lot of people dying alone in space. You just got to love Bradbury. That being said, “The illustrated man” it’s a 5 stars book, a collection of only 8 short stories in the … Continue reading →

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