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Using a Kindle Doesn’t Make You a Traitor
I don’t really trust people who don’t read books, so consequently, I often interact with people who are readers. And one thing several of them have said is they are not buying a Kindle/reading e-books, because they prefer proper, real books. Electronic ones ..
11 Books Recommended by Krista Kaer
And just like that, Estonian summer is over. It was hot and sunny yesterday; today, it’s raining and it feels like autumn. How fortunate then, that I’ve just received a reading list from Krista Kaer, the book lover extraordinaire. For my non-Estonian readers..
How to Feel Sophisticated in 30 Minutes
I was very dismissive of short stories until I gave birth. It was, however, not the experience of labour that changed my preferences, but the ensuing sleeping schedule of my daughter. For a couple of months, I was quite incapable of tackling a novel, but the..
Summer Reading List
As you’re reading this blog, you probably know I like lists and I especially like lists of books. I’m constantly reading reviews and recommendations and listing the books I want to read – on one hand, I enjoy the process, on the other, I also find the lists ..
7 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for Feminists
I considered calling this post “7 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for Normal People”, as it’s kind of the same, but I’m hoping that having “feminism” in the title will get me a huge amount of clicks! If you’re a long-time reader of SF&F, you know how relen..
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
One of my first memories of myself is me reading on the veranda at my grandparents’ place – I must have been four, possibly five. As long as I can remember, I have been one of the Reading Girls. You know the type: precocious, slightly awkward, unseen by boys..
The Company of Women
When I was planning the launch party for my blog, I had heated conversations with myself about the gender ideology of the event. I have always been passionately against all-boy and all-girl-clubs: I find these segregated environments seriously unhealthy, at ..
On the Beauty of Packing
I’m travelling to Estonia today and it reminded me how many people have said lately that they hate packing. We need to talk about this, because many people are wrong and need to realize that packing is, in fact, great.
The thing with life is that it’s imp..
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
People have different ideas about what constitutes an entertaining book. The elements I look for include, but are not limited to: secret organizations, libraries, kick-ass women and spies. As soon as I read the blurb of Genevieve Cogman’s The Invisible Libra..
The Book of Tea
It is a well-established fact that I like books. It’s almost equally well-established that I like drinking tea. So it would seem logical that I like books about tea.
This isn’t generally the case, however. All those shiny coffee-table (hah!) books with ti..