Επιτέλους το ξεκίνησα! Τόσο καιρό με τρόμαζε η ιδέα ότι απ’ την πρώτη σελίδα οι πρωταγωνιστές είναι αθεράπευτα και τελειωτικά άρρωστοι. Κι αν τους αγαπούσα και δεν ήθελα να πεθάνουν; τα βιβλία που πραγματεύονται αρρώστιες και θάνατο είναι ένα σπορ για γερά νεύρα, κάτι που εγώ δεν έχω 🙂 Είπα να το δοκιμάσω όμως και…
Having to work and not being able to run back home and read the book someone very special has just downloaded for you (happy dance and cheering). The second most annoying thing – though very good for my work – is that I do not have my e-reader with me, otherwise I would be at…
Last night just finished Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French author duet (they are husband and wife). I don’t have much time for a full review right now (supposed to be working, ain’t I?) but I will give you the synopsis and some cover variations. It was not a bad mystery, and the pace was good,…
Dead men are heavier than broken hearts ― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep “She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.” ― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely
UK train operator Virgin Trains could be starting an audience-focusing trend by hosting author signings in an altogether original environment. The train company is planning a series of high speed on-board book signings. Starting on the west coast route on 14 September with Scandi-crime author Jo Nesbø signing his new Harry Hole thriller Police, Virgin are promising…
bib·lio·klept noun \ˈbiblēəˌklept, -lēōˌ-\ : one who steals books Have you ever wondered which books get stolen the most? Is there a pattern there or are they random? Well, good old wikipedia has an answer: Amis, Bukowski, Burroughs, Raymond Carver, Don DeLillo and Jack Kerouac are among the most stolen [sic] authors. Ron Rosenbaum, an author and New…
My weekend plans include reading 2 books: The swimmer by John Cheever, “the Chekhov of the suburbs”, one of the most famous American authors we had never heard of (yes, I am ashamed). And finishing The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith aka J. K. Rowling, a detective novel which is very promising in terms of suspence so…
Next on my TBR list The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Clabraith aka J. K. Rowling (as was recently revealed). Has any of you read it? I know I had other books with priority on the list but I kind of feel like reading a good (supposedly) crime novel or detective story. Just in that kind of mood…
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