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• Unlikely Friendships by Jennifer S. Holland – Animal Cuteness -A Post a Day in...

  

  I feel like we can all do with some cuteness these days and so I decided to share this book about animal friendships. Unlikely Friendships is such a lovely book. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Stranger Next Door – Les Catilinaires by Amélie Nothomb – Belgian Novella – ...

  

  I don’t know many authors who are as prolific as Amélie Nothomb. Since her first novel, Hygiene and the Assassin, was published in 1992, she published another 3... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Am Südhang – On Southern Slopes by Eduard Von Keyserling – A Post a Day in May

  

  I wrote about one of Eduard von Keyserling’s novellas during GLM 2013 –here. Back then, not one of his books had been translated into English and that was such... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tea with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson – History, Recipes, Quotes – A Post a Day in...

  

  It is entirely possible that many of you already know Tea with Jane Austen as it was a favourite with book bloggers when it came out. That wasn’t exactly... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nighty Walks by Charles Dickens – London by Night – A Post a Day in May

  

  Today’s post is very short. We have the most delicious reading weather and I want to make the most of it. Yesterday the thermometer on my shady balcony showed... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Calligraphers’ Night – La Nuit Des Calligraphes by Yasmine Ghata – A...

  

  Yasmine Ghata was born in France to a Turkish father and a Lebanese mother, the famous poet Vénus Khoury-Ghata. Yasmine Ghata studied Islamic Art. The... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tell Me A Dragon – The Wonderful Art of Jackie Morris – A Post a Day in May

  

  As you know by now, I’m fond of children’s books. Especially picture books. I only have a small collection, but I cherish every single book. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Love by Angela Carter – A Post A Day in May

  

  Opening an Angela Carter novel is like entering an opulent, sumptuously decorated room. It’s lush, it’s whimsical, it’s anything but minimalist. Love is no... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy – Classic Russian Literature – A Post a...

  

  Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilych was published in 1886, roughly thirty years after War and Peace and twenty years after Anna Karenina.I have read... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 100 Must-Read Life-Changing Books by Nick Rennison – Bloomsbury Rading Guide –...

  

  I’m very fond of these little Bloomsbury Reading Guides. I say little because they are just a bit bigger than a hand. I own quite a few of them. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Madame Verona Comes Down the Hill by Dimitri Verhulst – Belgian Novella – A...

  

  Dimitri Verhulst is a Belgian writer who writes in Flemish. He has written poetry, short stories, and novels. His novella Madame Verona Comes Down the Hill –... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Poetry of Billy Collins – Billy Collins Teaches Reading and Writig Poetry – ...

  

  Some of you know that I have an all-year pass to Masterclass, which means I can take any class I want without any restrictions. I’m also immediately informed... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Killer in The Rain by Raymond Chandler – Precursor of The Big Sleep – A Post a...

  

  The novelette Killer in the Rain is one of the later short works of Raymond Chandler. He reused some of the elements with great effect in his first novel The Bi... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly – Early Undercover Journalism – A Post a...

  

  In 1887, young journalist Nellie Bly accepted an undercover assignment and had herself committed to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell Island, New York.... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Paris Mon Amour – Paris Seen Through the Eyes of Famous Photographers – A Post...

  

  I’ve had Paris Mon Amour for ages and it’s still one of my favourite coffee table books. I never tire of black and white photos of the old Paris and this book... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Simple Heart (Un Coeur Simple) by Gustave Flaubert – Classic French Novella – ...

  

  Gustave Flaubert’s A Simple Heart – Un Coeur Simple was published in 1877 in the collection Trois Contes, the last book that was published in his lifetime. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Daphne Du Maurier Week- The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier Versus The Birds by Alfre...

  

  Today begins Heavenali’s Daphne du Maurier week. I knew I wanted to participate but wasn’t sure how to fit it into my A Post a Day in May project. But then I ha... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• That Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras-...

  

  Are you fond of words and their etymology, their meaning, their use? Do you chuckle when someone misuses a word and the sense of the sentence is totally not wha... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux – French Life Writing – A Post a Day in May

  

  I own everything Annie Ernaux has written up to The Years but have only read a few of her books. Since her books are so short, she seemed an excellent choice fo... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Virgina Wolf by Kyo Maclear and Isabelle Arsenault – Virginia Woolf for...

  

  I’m very fond of picture books for children, especially those that also have an appeal for adults. They are often real works of art like this collaboration... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE