In 1988 Theodore Dalrymple visited communist Romania and these are his notes: “When I arrived in Romania, it had been a communist state for over forty years. Before the war, Romania was celebrated for the excellence of its cuisine. In a…
The book written by Sally Hepworth, “THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR,” was made into a TV series, and Tara Palmer, whom I like a lot, is one of the actresses playing a character. Sally Hepworth wrote about the struggles faced by young…
“There is nothing quite so pure in love as a boy and a girl building castles in the clouds.” Volumul “Love Her Wild”, Editura ATRIA, 2017
When we visited India for the first time, I was a reluctant traveller. My husband was the one who was excited to see it. Once there, I was enchanted with the colours of the fabrics and with the tasty food. The…
When I was young I used to walk everywhere: to the school, to the library. In the summer, for three months of school break, I used to walk barefoot everywhere. That was my reality back then and I was not thinking…
Thatch: “- It’s time to admit what no parent wants to admit.” Serena: “- Our kids are assholes.” Thatch: “- We got caught up in the excitement of having money and gave them everything they asked for. Maybe we got too…
“i often daydream about the woman i’ll be when i leave the rush of my insecure twenties and pick-up self-assurance on the way i can’t wait to make my eighteen-year-old self jealous of the hell i raise roaring into my thirties…
“Clearing my mind and taking a series of deep breaths, I set my bow to the strings and let the opening notes of Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending” string. This is my dad’s favorite song. He requests I play it on…
I cannot stress enough how important it is for me to visit bookstores and find books that I want to buy. For the first time, I visited the “Labour and Wait” shop, after so many years of looking at their products…
Being inspired, probably, by the increased number of plastic surgeries, especially for the very young people, Scott Westerfeld wrote the trilogy “UGLIES,”starting with 2005. Today, 13th of September 2024, you can see the movie “UGLIES” inspired by the books written by…
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