Maree('s) Muses

Long time no books! I’m here to share one of my recent reads, which shall sit on the throne above everything I have read this year so far. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell . In case you're not familiar with the title name (where have you been?), Hamnet, twin brother of Judith, was the son of William Shakespeare. A child that died of plague, supposedly, and as we all learned in literature classes the grief over that loss is reflected in a certain well known play of a similar name. This book is a fictionalised account of the events surrounding this tragedy hitting the family. Upon recommendations by booktubers Jen and Lauren , I couldn't resist buying it, as soon as I came across a copy. Also, it is SO PRETTY I MEAN LOOK AT IT!!! Dlouho nebyly žádné knihy! Jsem tu, abych se podělila o jednu z nedávno dočtených knížek, která usedá na trůn nade vše, co jsem zatím letos přečetla. Hamnet od Maggie O’Farrellové . Pro případ, že vám jméno v názvu nic neříká (kde jste byli?), Ham...

packing list notepad from Flying Tiger Copenhagen 1) The first thing I do is that I compile a preliminary list of books I would be interested in buying, should I run into a nice copy. I have this tradition, you see, that when I travel abroad, I always buy a book. As in, I try to be a good girl and not by too many O:) Especially if I’m visiting the bookshop heaven that is London. We all know how dangerous (for the purse) can spontaneous bookshopping be! I figured having a shortlist of titles that I would like to add to my collection, would do me good. Here’s what I got: 1) První, co udělám, je že sestavím předběžný seznam knížek, které bych si chtěla koupit, pokud narazím na pěkný výtisk. Mám totiž takovou tradici, že vždycky, když cestuji, koupím si nějakou knížku. Tedy, snažím se být hodná a nekoupit jich příliš O:) Zvlášť pokud je cílem návštěvy ráj knihkupectví jako Londýn. Všichni víme, jak nebezpečné (pro peněženku) může být spontánní nakupování knih! Usoudila jsem, že mít ...

One of my "resolutions" for 2015 (if I must call it that way) has been to read more than 5 books. Don't laugh at me. Getting out of a long term reading slump is tough. I am here to happily report that I succeeded! For the last year, I have read a whole lot of SEVEN books. Fireworks, please! Seriously though, 2 of those 7 were more than 800 pages long. That's a lot of letters when you put it together. Maybe it could have been more. I certainly thought so when I got a new job and started commuting nearly 2 hours a day. Turns out that my body prefers to sleep... But I still try my best to read on the tram for as long as my eyes are open. Well then, without further ado, here is a little run-down of what I read and some thoughts... 

We live in a world of countless literary adaptations both for the big and the small screen. Be it famous and much loved adventures, romances and thrillers or "under the radar" stories that get finally introduced to wider audiences, the film makers can't get enough of literary adaptations. And who is to blame them? Neither can we. With the amount of literature-inspired films and TV shows produced these days, it seems impossible to read all of the books. One needs to chose wisely where to invest the time, but when you make your choice and decide to both read and watch... Which do you do first? I used to be a firm believer in the book. The book comes first, the book is true. Nothing can touch the book. I still stand by that, but I have come to realize that it only works to a certain extent. Here's an explanation of my recent experience in this area and how I arrived to the conclusion that it actually is allowed / it is not always a bad idea to watch the film befo...