Month: October 2025
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Review: The Poetics of Space
in Book ReviewI always knew I didn’t understand space but The Poetics of Space made me see just how deep that unknowing goes.
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My Day at Helsinki Book Fair 2025 in Messukeskus
My experience at Helsinki Book Fair 2025: wandering through books, art and creative booths, with an escape to the Food & Wine Fair.
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Review: The Ministry of Truth
in Book ReviewThe Ministry of Truth is a deeply research book about the life story of George Orwell’s most famous novel, 1984.
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Review: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
in Book ReviewCarl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections brings you directly into his mind and heart, drawing you closer to his incredible life journey.
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Writers Whose Words I’ll Never Get Tired Of
These are my favorite authors who inspire my reading, writers whose names alone make me fall in love with their words all over again.
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One Life Is More Than Enough for Me
in BlogJust one life already feels heavy. I don’t dream of more lives and instead want to live one life slowly, clearly, and with intention.
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Review: Beartown
Beartown is a great novel that exposes the silent pressures of a small town, revealing hard truths about ambition, loyalty, and community.
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Review: James
A story where language becomes an act of rebellion. James is about freedom, literacy, and survival, and it leaves a lasting impact.
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Review and Summary: No Straight Road Takes You There
in Book ReviewNo Straight Road Takes You There is essay collection exploring history, endurance, and why change often takes the long way around.
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Review and Summary: The Art of Spending Money
in Book ReviewThe Art of Spending Money explores how mindset shapes our relationship with wealth, happiness, and the idea of “enough.”
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Review: The Democracy of Species
in Book ReviewThe Democracy of Species is a book where nature and reflection meet, shifting the way we see the natural world and our place within it.
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Why I Don’t Use a Reading Journal (Yet)
I love notebooks, but reading journals never work for me. Here’s why none fit my reading style and what I use instead.
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Review: The Trial
The Trial by Franz Kafka is about one man’s mysterious arrest as well as a mirror to the systems that still rule our lives.
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2025 Reading Exploration: Highlights from a Year of Words
A personal reflection on my 2025 reading journey, from discovering poetry to falling in love with memoirs, classics, and Backman’s fiction.
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Review: Anxious People
Can a hostage drama make you laugh, cry, and reflect on life all at once? Fredrik Backman’s Anxious People proves it can.
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Review and Summary: Bird by Bird
in Book ReviewWriting doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to begin. Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird reveals the messy, real truth behind writing.
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Review and Summary: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
in Book ReviewAngela Y. Davis reveals how race, class, gender, and justice are all connected in Freedom Is a Constant Struggle.
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Review and Summary: How to Be a Living Thing
in Book ReviewMari Andrew’s essays connect human flaws, empathy, and lessons from animals in a thoughtful and inspiring new read.
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Review and Summary: Anointed
in Book ReviewCan success ever be about merit alone? Anointed reveals how social status shapes trust, opportunity, and inequality.
