After I started reading Huckleberry Finn last week, I began doing some research on the author, Mark Twain (I do that a lot ... I'm pretty much a research nerd). He was actually a really fascinating guy: he changed jobs a lot, travelled the world, and took a real interest in science - on top of being an excellent writer, of course. But that's just ( Read more... )

So, I started reading "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" recently. I read "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" last year and promised myself I would read Huck Finn's story as soon as possible - which is apparently 10 months later. Ergo, I'm sloooow.

Like with "Tom Sawyer" I like the book fine enough for now - but it hasn't really caught my interest yet ( Read more... )

So, for those of you who know me personally, it will come as no surprise when I tell you that I tend to hate poetry. (... Alright, maybe hate is a word that's too strong in this context, but I really dislike it.) This is because I find it obscure and the way you should read it just doesn't match up with the way I like to read: which is turning ( Read more... )

Since my best friend decided she really wanted to read some Dickens, but just never found the time to do it I suggested we do a readalong - which I was totally inspired to do by the fabulous Bex at An Armchair by the Sea. (I seem to be recommending other book blogs daily now!) She's organising a readalong of The Pickwick Papers from mid-November ( Read more... )

A meme today! I got this from the fabulous blog What Red Read, which I positively devoured over the last few days ... whenever I took a study break that is! If you're into books like me and enjoy reading reviews you should definitely check out her blog - it's fantastic! But let's get started with the meme!
"The Book Blogger Memory Challenge"


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Amazing statistics from the Guardian today. Ipsos Mori did a survey on what people believed the percentages were in relation to issues such as rate of unemplyment, percentage of Muslims, number of immigrants, etc - and then they compared these estimated figures with the actual ones ( Read more... )

Sherlock Holmes today - my favourite detective of all time!

There's a really interesting programme available on Radio 4 Extra right now (link below!). It's an adaptation of the story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” and I find it fascinating for a number of reasons:

a) It's from 1945.
b) There's an introduction by Arthur Conan Doyle's son, ( Read more... )

Sharing this video with you tonight because a) the editing is superb and b) the lyrics FIT SO WELL. I mean: "You're an asshole, but I love you." --> that so sounds like something that John might say in exasperation with Sherlock xD. Or at least think.

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Here are the lyrics, just for fun:

Sometimes I hate every single stupid word you say ( Read more... )

I finished the second book in the How to Train Your Dragon series two days ago and finally got up the energy to write my first review in aaages. So here goes nothing:


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There's an article in the guradian today that has made me smile a little bit - although of course the topic is essentially quite serious. It's about the designation of the new commissioners of the EU - and Juncker seems to have favoured the "I'll choose people for ressorts in accordance with their country's biggest problems" approach. As in that ( Read more... )