Author: Ernest Hemingway Description: One of Hemingway’s last major works and also one of his most famous – the novella tells the story of an old fisherman and his encounter with a giant fish, after spending months fishing without any catch. Book length: Short Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ The Old Man…and the Sea What a fitting title indeed. The book is exactly that – it’s an old man struggling to catch a fish at sea. Most of…
Each season brings its own charm and particular atmosphere to all aspects of our daily lives. Sometimes, the current season also has some influence on what books we will pick up to read. Maybe you associate some books or authors with a particular time of the year, maybe it’s the weather outside or your nostalgia, or maybe you don’t care at all what season it is! Either way, I thought it would be fun to…
Author: Matthew Walker, PhD Description: A popular science book about sleep. The author lays out new scientific discoveries related to sleeping, the dangers of lack of sleep, and the overall relationship towards sleeping we have as a society. Book length: Medium Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Introduction Why We Sleep was written by Matthew Walker, an English scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology. There are several YouTube videos by different channels featuring professor Walker. I think I…
Author: Mary Shelley Description: A gothic horror story that spawned the famous Monster, often wrongly referred to as Frankenstein, which is actually the name of his creator/father. Book length: Medium Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scary Classic ‘It’s Alive!’ As soon as you hear that sentence, you know you are talking about Frankenstein. We all heard it countless times, yet interestingly enough, this is not a scene from the book! This line was popularized in the 1931…
Do you feel that after your daily responsibilities you have little to no time to do something for yourself, especially reading? Me too! In our industrialized way of living with busy school schedules, long working hours and never-ending entertainment distractions, time has become a scarce resource. How to reserve some for reading? Understand That YOU are the Master of Your Time In my opinion, the number one thing when talking about time management is being…
Hello fellow reader! Here I will list some books I plan to read in 2023, in no particular order. Some of these I will read for the first time, and some will be re-reads. I will try to make a realistic plan and expand the list as I go. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Time Machine by H.G Wells The Unbearable Lightness of Being…