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A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

3rd August 2018
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
- Publisher: Penguin Press, 2012
- Genre: Poetry
- Format: Hardcover
- Page Count: 82 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)
I feel guilty for rating it 2 stars. While the thoughts and observance of nature are quite impressive, I have zero connection with Mary’s words. There are still a few lines here and there that I really liked, and I am happy that I had decided to pick up this book to read. However, while the praises for both this book and the poet are high, it is definitely not something that truly calls to me.
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Unfu*k Yourself by Gary John Bishop

27th July 2018
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary John Bishop
- Publisher: HarperOne, 2017
- Genre: Self-Help Book
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 224 pages
- My Rating: ⭐ (1/5)
I lost it near the end of the book: promotion of the author’s fucking money-costing program. Seriously? This is a 200+-page book and when I was about to finish reading, I realised it was some kind of goddamn ad brochure. Might have been a 2-star if not for the infuriating closing.
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Forty Autumns by Nina Willner

13th July 2018
Forty Autumns: A Family’s Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina Willner
- Publisher: William Morrow, 2016
- Genre: History, Biography
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 391 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
This book is amazing! Written as a memoir and unlike historic textbooks, Nina gave her readers an insight of what life in East Germany was like with an intimate approach. We follow her family story as her mother, Hanna, fled East Germany in hopes of being free, and how Oma and the others dealt with their life behind the Iron Curtains. The book is very sad and depressing but has a happy ending. I cannot recall how many times I’ve cried reading on subways, in coffee shops, and once on a plane over East China Sea. Forty Autumns is emotionally compelling and very enthralling. All the personal stories of Nina’s family members were all very dramatic, making the book even more interesting than plain memoirs.
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Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

3rd July 2018
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops (Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops #1), by Jen Campbell
- Publisher: Constable & Robinson, 2012
- Genre: Humor
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 268 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
CUSTOMER: I’ve been looking through your geography section – I can’t find any books on Atlantis.
BOOKSELLER: You know, I think we managed to lose those.

This book is ridiculously entertaining. Years ago, I picked it up from the shelf of a local bookshop, read parts of it, and remembered to be very funny. This time, I really read and finished the book.
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

5th June 2018
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women (Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls #1) by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo
- Publisher: Timbuktu Labs, 2016
- Genre: Children’s Literature
- Format: Ebook
- Page Count: 212 pages
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)
This book had me smiling and close to happy tears on various occasions. It is wonderful to have such a compilation of female individuals’ stories in such plain language. Everyone should read about these wonderful people around the world who are willing to fight the system just to pursue their dreams.
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