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Maggie O'Farrell: Hamnet

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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...

November, Nuremberg...

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So, it's Novemeber. One is slowly grasping the fact that Christmas is inevitably getting closer and as the air grows cold, I end up remembering last year and a very spontaneuous trip to Nuremberg in Germany. Here's a little Throwback Sunday. The premise of the trip was simple: me doing a course to be a tourist guide + my sister being a teacher overseeing a school trip to Nuremberg and having a free spot on the bus. I thought it would be fun to spy on the guide who would be taking care of us and comparing if they are doing all the necessary things we were being taught at the course :) I will try to keep this short and picture friendly.