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Missing Piece||Lithuanian Books

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It is wonderful how certain book can affect mood, mind or even personality. And how much effort one needs to put when choosing what to read. Most of the time book reflects how person is feeling at certain time, what is going through person's mind.  When I started this blog I chose to read more books in English because I thought that this will help me to get more people checking my blog. For couple of months I was really happy with my blog and that I am able to read in foreign language. However, my collection of English books is very small, mostly crime novels and that is deffinitely not my favorite genre. So, naturally, I got bored, I stopped reading and writing posts. Then later, I started to feel empty without spending my evenings with book in my hands. I thought, there is no better way to bring back my love for reading, than to start one of Stephen King's books. After all, he is one of my favorite authors. For some time that was enough, but spring came, nature woke u

The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel||Review

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The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel Pages: 288 Publisher: Crown ISBN: 9781101906668   Genre: Thriller Buy on Bookdepository | Buy on Amazon   After her mother's suicide, fifteen year-old Lane Roanoke came to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin, Allegra, on their vast estate in rural Kansas. Lane knew little of her mother's mysterious family, but she quickly embraced life as one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls. But when she discovered the dark truth at the heart of the family, she ran fast and far away. Eleven years later, Lane is adrift in Los Angeles when her grandfather calls to tell her Allegra has gone missing. Did she run too? Or something worse? Unable to resist his pleas, Lane returns to help search, and to ease her guilt at having left Allegra behind. Her homecoming may mean a second chance with the boyfriend whose heart she broke that long ago summer. But it also means facing the devastating secret that made her flee, one she

The Corpse Bridge by Stephen Booth||Review

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The Corpse Bridge by Stephen Booth Pages: 480 Publisher: Sphere ISBN: 9780751551754 Genres: Crime, Mystery Buy on Bookdepository | Buy on Amazon   The old Corpse Bridge is the route taken for centuries by mourners from villages on the western fringes of Derbyshire to a burial ground across the River Dove, now absorbed into the landscaped parkland of a stately home. When Earl Manby, the landowner, announces plans to deconsecrate the burial ground to turn it into a car park for his holiday cottages, bodies begin to appear once again on the road to the Corpse Bridge. Is there a connection with the Earl's plans? Or worse, is there a terrifying serial killer at work? Back in his job after the traumatic events of previous months, Detective Sergeant Ben Cooper knows that he must unravel the mystery of the Corpse Bridge if he's going to be able to move on with his life. As the pressure builds, Ben doesn't know who he can

The Lost Generation||F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarque

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Classic books are one of the greatest books ever. They are the ones which hides the biggest amount of truths about life, from these kind of books we can learn so much, especially about what is truly valuable in our lives. Sadly, not every reader can take lesson from these books. However, I'm the one to whom classic books had a huge impact. Some of my favorites are written by authors who are the part of The Lost Generation . The term was coined by Gertrude Stein and it describes generation that came of age during World War I. The Lost Generation was a group of writers and artists, including many expatriates, who helped define a larger, modernist movement after World War I. People of this generation are viewed, as a result of their war experiences , as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability. Writers of this generation put their experiences, thoughts and feelings into a wonderful books. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald F

My Life in Books||Tag

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I believe we all have days which we spend procrastinating. This is exactly how I spent my weekend and now I have so much to do but I'm completely running out of time. However, I didn't want to miss today's post so I decided to do something simple but at the same time interesting. And that's My Life in Books Tag . I really enjoy watching tags on youtube, it's fun way to get to know person and also to find new books. Hope you'll enjoy it! Find a book for each of your initials
 R - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare This is definitely not my favorite work of Shakespeare but some other of his tragedies I really enjoyed reading. Of course I did it in Lithuanian but I hope that one day I'll be able to read it in English and I'll understand everything that he wanted to say. K - Keeping the Dead by Tess Gerritsen I haven't read this book but this is in my TBR list, because this book is from Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli series. Recently

What Hides in Biography Books?

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Each reader has moments when a book leaves them speechless. In my opinion this feeling is amazing but at the same time it's very thought-provoking. After reading an incredible book I start questioning myself how author wrote it, how came up with all those ideas, what inspired writer to create that particular story. Now more and more often I search for this kind of information about books and over some time I've learned that most of the answers hide in biographies of the authors. Some of the greatest stories are inspired from the real life events. Very often authors in the books hide their job experience, love life, or even an opinion on political situation. Of course they don't express their opinion directly, they hide it between the lines. So naturally every book becomes even more fascinating if you know under what circumstances it was written.  Therefore recently I purchased two biography books. Papa Hemingway by A. E. Hotchner  Ernest Hemingway is as eas

Thrift Store Books||The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

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I live in Lithuania, so as you can probably imagine, majority of books here are in Lithuanian. English books I can only find in bookstores in bigger cities or I can buy online. But I prefer buying books in bookshops, so because I live near small town, the only place to find English books here are thrift stores. Honestly, I prefer used books. I know, the way new books look, feel is amazing and scent of it is absolutely incredible. However, used book has a history. When you buy this kind of book, you buy not only story, but piece of someone's life as well. I don't mean it in any creepy way, all I want to say is that someone spent time reading that book. It means that this book made that person think, or feel something. And the idea of having the same story in my hands, fascinates me so much! I decided to start blog post series about my thrift store purchases and I want to show that good book doesn't always have to be brand new. The Surgeon by Tess G