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“Elena Knows” by Claudia Piñeiro
I swallowed this book in just a few days. It’s such a disturbing and sad story. “Elena Knows” by Claudia Piñeiro is a short novel, but it carries a heavy emotional weight. It’s a story about incurable illness, grief, and the painful realization that the people we love most might still be strangers to us. Continue reading
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“The Guest List” by Lucy Foley | Reading Journal #8 (with spoilers)
21.09.25 Sunday A very pompous wedding on the island that is detached from the Irish mainland. I expect the vibe of “The Menu” movie and Agatha Christie’s novels. I’m trying to catch little details, though I’m not sure if that will help to solve the crime. Are those kinds of books about the crime itself, Continue reading
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Reading Journal #3
16.08.2023 Wednesday Today I had dinner with a friend after work. We usually see each other every 5 months or so. We were trying to organise a bike ride the other weekend, but it got cancelled because of the weather. After the dinner we walked around a bit. Movement is important for Software Developers who Continue reading
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Reading Journal #2
15.08.2023 Tuesday What a night it was! Lightning flashed one after another for hours, and after each lightning, thunder rumbled. I am usually not easily awakened by noise, but this time even I got woken up by how loud it was. Now I have two things to solve. First one is how to survive the Continue reading
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Reading Journal #1
13.08.2023 Sunday It is Sunday. A good day as any other to start something. Here I am, starting to write my day-to-day reading journal. I like reading journals of other people. One of the latest I’ve started to read were the diaries of Alan Rickman (“Madly, Deeply”). It was hard to make much sense of Continue reading
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