Helping to connect with the most influential literature
The Queen’s Gambit was published in 1983, one year before Tevis death. It took almost forty years for this title to become the most researched one, and all thanks to Netflix adaptation of the story that was released this year. Both, the novel and series are great. It is one of those books that you... Continue Reading →
“In love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are” Occupied France How true indeed. The Nightingale is a beautifully written story about France occupied by the Nazis during Wolrd War II. It does not however describe the battles that took place during this devastating time and... Continue Reading →
This is a truly wonderful novel. Not surprisingly, Bernardine Evaristo was the winner of the Booker Prize 2019 and shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2020. The novel features 12 interconnected characters, mostly women, black and British. At first, I was put off by the way this book is written: short sentences and no... Continue Reading →
“Great Achilles. Brilliant Achilles, shining Achilles, godlike Achilles...How the epithets pile up. We never called him any of those things; we called him ‘the butcher’”. The Trojan War ‘The silence of the girls’ is a retelling of ‘The Iliad’ by Homer that focus on stories of women and girls who were sucked into the Trojan... Continue Reading →
I came across this series after watching a YouTube video about books recommended by Bill Gates. I was surprised to see a romantic fiction novel on his reading list and was very intrigued. This series is hilarious and very enjoyable to read. It is like reading about an older version of Sheldon from ‘The Big... Continue Reading →
‘The Testaments’ was the most anticipated book of 2019. Fans of the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ have waited thirty-five years to find out what has happened to Offred and The Republic of Gilead. Atwood delivered what she promised, but not everyone who has read it is satisfied with it. There is a lot of criticism for the... Continue Reading →
Feminist Nightmare Margaret Atwood has truly created a dystopian – feminist nightmare. The Republic of Gilead, where women no longer have any rights, except for one: to breed. Offred is a Handmaid and protagonist of the story. She lives in a house with the Commander and his wife where once in a month she must... Continue Reading →
Political Climate This is one of this books that sends a social and political message and should be read. Angie Thomas wrote this story in hope that it will give a voice and courage to every child who has ever experienced injustice, racism, and prejudice. Although the story mostly reflects the political climate in the... Continue Reading →
“God is neither woman nor man but both these things. But now She has come to show us a new side to Her face, one we have ignored for too long”. ~ Naomi Alderman. Mysterious Power Alderman takes the reader to the world in which women have a mysterious power. The power that leaves every... Continue Reading →
Shaker Heights Shaker Heights – a progressive suburb where everything is planned, where nothing can destroy the successful lives of its residents whose main principle is to obey rules. At first, we met Richardson family and in particular Elena Richardson, a journalist for a local newspaper, a mother of three teenage kids, and a wife... Continue Reading →
