I used to write small posts for each book in a Book Diary section of the blog but for the moment I have retired it. Each one of these books was a rewarding read and all these companions were sources of joy and learning. The ones in bold are ones that really stood out:
- Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Lizard by Banana Yoshimoto
- The Firm by John Grisham
- Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
- The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
- Femei celebre pe divan by Catherine Siguret
- Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy
- A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn
- Sînt o babă comunistă! by Dan Lungu
- Manual del Guerrero de la Luz by Paulo Coehlo
- The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
- Amintiri si Povesti mai Deocheate by Neagu Djuvara
- Romanul Adolescentului Miop by Mircea Eliade
- Veronika Decide Morir by Paulo Coehlo
- Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
- Culoarea norocului by Anca Fusariu
- Trei zile cu mama by François Weyergans
- The Joke by Milan Kundera
- El Beso de la Mujer Araña by Manuel Puig
- Exista istorie adevarata? by Neagu Djuvara
- Amantul by Marguerite Duras
- Comedii la Portile Orientului by Andrei Pleșu
- Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac
- Baudolino by Umberto Eco
- Vipera sugrumara by Hervé Bazin
- Maddalena by Mircea Eliade
Let 2014 bring more fun readings!