Category: Books

  • Thoughts on Educated (by Tara Westover)

    Thoughts on Educated (by Tara Westover)

    I have mixed feelings about the book Educated by Tara Westover. I didn’t enjoy the book story-wise , reading about “strange” things happening in her family and different views between her and their parents and how these frictions caused her emotional unrest. For example: Her father was a religious fanatic who didn’t trust government establishments…

  • Thought on The Tower of the Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of the Swallows is a 4th book in a fantasy saga The Witcher written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Compared to the previous books in a saga to me it has more plot, is the bloodiest one, has a lot more characters which are thrown in the plot and doesn’t have long-lasting effect.…

  • Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks (review)

    Three Weeks With My Brother is a beautiful memoir written by American Writer Nicholas Sparks who is probably most known as the author of the books that are the base for movies like The Notebook, Message in the Bottle, The Chance. There of course exists more movies based on his books but those three are…

  • The Couple Next Door by Sheri Lapena (Review)

    The Couple Next Door is an excellent mystery and thriller which is about parents whose 6-month-old baby has been kidnapped while they were on a party next door. While the criminal is being investigated by the police everything is revealed through narratives which are told through eyes of different characters and confrontations with each other.…

  • Into the Light/Away from the Dark (by Aleatha Romig)

    Into the Light/Away from the Dark (by Aleatha Romig)

    It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve discovered Aleatha Romig’s The Light, 2-book series when I was searching for a new read on Goodreads. First book Into the Light was ranked among the best thriller/mystery books for previous year. And oh boy, this story is so good, so captivating, I was literally skipping lines (with pages…