Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
After another month off in my series, and back I am with my reading suggestions in what is a semi-hiatus summer. I took on a very high-intensity project at work that has taken most of my time in the last…
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Welcome back to my reading suggestion series, after one month’s break. Not that I haven’t read anything in May (quite the opposite) but all of that was non-fiction and not that appealing either (all work-related, rather boring stuff). And while…
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Again, a late summary of this month’s reading, due to work. Oh well, the pandemic certainly changed the way people work and the personal space has shrunk rather significantly with the expansion of the Zoom-culture, which allows for working hours…
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This time the reading offer for the month arrives almost at the end of the month itself. A good illustration of a period incredibly busy with work and other good reasons (some of which I will disclose on this blog…
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This month I am late for my usual book presentation, and the reason is, as you might imagine, what’s happening on Mars, which is taking up a big part of my work schedule and virtually all my free time. So,…
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This time it was relatively easy to select the three featured books for the blog: they’re the ones I am reading just now, and they’re all worth the time, for different reasons. The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel….
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For the last reading list of 2020, I have three very different suggestions. The only thing they have in common is that all of them are extremely interesting and well-written books. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Now, this one is…
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It looks not so long since I’ve done April’s post, but, thanks to the lockdown, I’ve been reading a lot, so I’m ready for another round. Infected by Scott Sigler. This author is a recent discovery (I’ve featured him last…
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I didn’t even notice I was doing this post on St Valentine Day, probably because I paid no attention to the celebration (sorry, Eros), but it comes out that at least one of this month’s choices is actually a good…
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Thanks to Christmas (time + gift cards), I had the opportunity to go on a shopping spree in my favourite places: bookshops and manga stores. In addition to the first three volumes of Berserk Deluxe Edition (a real treat, by…
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