Tabloids make the world go round. You know it, I know it, it`s fairly common knowledge. The book “Operacija Direkt” (Operation: Direkt) which deals with a journalist switching from “serious” newspaper to a sleazy tabloid, supposedly for the money, only reaffirms this fact. Her four-month period as a journalist (if […]
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Kite runner
Afghanistan, the story of my life. Not mine mine of course, but the story of one Khaled Hosseini, the author of the Kite runner. I picked it up because I saw it mentioned in the New York Times reading section and I can now say that it was a decent […]
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper — Case Closed
Serial killers and mass murderers have been inciting our imagination since the dawn of time. Their aura of mystery, the brutality of their acts keeps making us going back, analysing and reanalysing their deeds. Jack the Ripper is one of the most famous serial killers in the history of mankind. […]
About a boy
Wrapping up the hornby trio is the book I dread to pick up because the movie featuring the book had Hugh Grant in main role. I hate him. And I was afraid that the book will leave a similar bad aftertaste. How wrong I was. This is Hornby we are […]
La Cucina
Food is love and love is food. The two things intertwine more than we would like to confess since one fuels the other. Lily Prior`s first novel is focusing on italian cuisine and sex which come together perfectly as the 40yrs old librarian is swept off her feet by a […]
Shanghai Baby
(slovene translation – Dekle iz Šanghaja) First thing that caught my eye when I glanced at this book was the notice that this book is forbidden in China. I know that they forbidd a lot of stuff and that some restrictions are proposterous, but I agree with this one. This […]
High Fidelity
Continuing the Nick Hornby trio is a book titled High Fidelity. Since there is also a highly entertaining movie made by this book, I shall combine the two reviews into one. First, The book The story revolves around Rob, a flunked-out student who is running a vinyl record store, with […]
Fever pitch
I was never much of a football fan. Spending 90+ minutes in front of the TV (juck) watching sweaty guys (yuck) chasing a ball in the mud (yuck) is not my idea of having a good time. However, in the year 2000, I did watch Slovenia on its way to […]
That old ace in the hole
I never did this in my whole life. Ever. This is the first time in a quarter of a century that I stopped reading a book in the middle of it. Why? Because “That old ace in the hole” is nothing short of “That old shit in the paperback edition”. […]
Books
There is something about them I cannot put my finger on. Ever since I was little, I loved books. Well, that`s not true. In the very beginning, I hated reading. I argued when it was time to read. And I always read the exact amount upon we previously agreed (if […]