Over the last days I’ve really been catching up on my reading. To read is for me the most utterly form of relaxation. It’s just the book and me. The rest of the world just disappears for some hours. The pile of books that been waiting to be read is slowly getting smaller and smaller. So far I’ve read:
Merde actually - Stephen Clark
Not as good as his first book A year in the Merde, but still very entertaining. Being English in France and Paris is never easy. And opening an English the room is even harder.
Hunting and Gathering - Anna Gavalda
Four totally different persons end up living in the same apartment in Paris during a year. They all have a lot of baggage and quirks, but somehow they learn to like each other and live together. A very good novel that I didn’t want to put down.
Blink: The power of thinking without thinking - Malcolm Gladwell
I got his book as welcoming gift subscribing to a business magazine. It’s a very thought provoking book, but still I don’t see what all the fuss is about. One should just trust ones intuition more and don’t think so much
London: A short history - A.N. Wilson
As an avid London lover I picked up this book during my trip there in June. The book is actually was it says – a short history of London. Written in a very easy style it starts with the Romans and ends with the new Millennium.
Anybody out there? - Marian Keyes
Another buy from London. This time from my trip in July with my colleague from IT in tow at Heathrow. Anna Walsh, one of the many Irish Walsh sisters that Marian Keyes has written about before, decides to go back to her husband, friends and job in New York after a emotional breakdown. It’s a chick lit book all right, but as usual it’s also a feel-good book with loads of humour and seeing life from the bright side even if things are bad.
