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ROOM by Emma Donoghue 23 Feb 2012 | 05:34 am
It has been a few months since I ending up sitting down and finishing ROOM. Not that it was a huge effort to finish, but I found the first half of the book much more gripping that the latter half. Wh...
Jump into View 16 Dec 2011 | 06:25 am
I just came back from a lightning fast trip to London for a job interview. I was in the country for under 24 hours all-in-all. Swapping countries for the day is a particularly surreal experience espec...
Being an ATCK 4 Nov 2011 | 06:05 am
There is no escaping the label Third Culture Kid (TCK); I am a grown-up one. I would be in good company if more people knew that President Obama is one too. An Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) is an ug...
Birthday Books 27 Jul 2011 | 07:55 am
I was given a voucher for Dussman, the biggest fanciest KulturKaufhaus (books and music store) in Berlin, and so I bought three unbent books straight from their dustfree boardroom-esque English-langua...
Cunning Cat 29 Jun 2011 | 06:36 am
I was in the middle of reading a description of a suicide scene in The Last Life, when my mum walks into my room with the cat in her arms asking whether I had let him out. Now this may sound normal (i...
An Introvert’s Weekend in Berlin 30 May 2011 | 10:12 am
Click to view slideshow. The Berlin that is famous for all-weekend parties and underground art scenes, hipsters and fashionistas; it is an extrovert’s paradise. This weekend, I did some of those norm...
How not to recommend a book 31 Mar 2011 | 08:30 am
There are many ways in which you can put someone off reading a book. The trap I fall into is that of the overly enthusiastic advocate. “You MUST read this book” When I read Not Untrue and Not Unkind...
Book Club Rookie 17 Feb 2011 | 09:12 am
I came across Dialogue Books, a boutique English-language bookshop in Berlin, as I was searching for something to join that wasn’t to do with bars and parties. Don’t get me wrong, I am far far far fr...
Hitler, Pink Rabbit, Mog and Judith 21 Jan 2011 | 08:50 am
I think my love of Judith Kerr’s children’s books is only surpassed by that of my Mum. She is a primary school librarian after all. The next moment I see her I am showing her this wonderful interview ...
Reading and Being A Woman in Berlin 19 Jan 2011 | 09:05 am
Reading a book that is set in the same place as where you happen to live (or are visiting) is a way to unearth secrets about that the place that you wouldn’t otherwise discover. I read this blog post...
