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Tina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Tina Tamman
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delights of reading Soviet fiction
I recently bought a copy of the book that I loved in my teens - two short novels by Aleksandr Belyayev. You've probably never even heard of him, and that's a pity. But all is not lost. Both The Amphibian and The Ruler of the World are now available in English (the latter by CreateSpace, which is a self-publishing platform). I, however, read them in Estonian which is my mother tongue.
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"I'll bracket this with *Smoke* as a later novel about love, less about the clash of ideas in the manner of his early ones. The poetics of *Smoke* worked on me more sumptuously -- I remember I forgave that novel much pessimism for its enchantment: he "
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"This was often interesting but not always. Sometimes it was just disorderly. A Lapidarium is normally a physical collection of stones, bits of sculptures, and in this case a book collecting rock subjects.
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Death of a Dissident (Porfiry Rostnikov, #1):
"It’s the first book in the Porfiry Rostnikov series. He is a police inspector sent to solve the murder of a prominent dissident who was killed just before his show trial. He is forced to find balance between his desire to solve the crime and the poli"
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"It’s set in a small out of the way railway station in German occupied Bohemia nearing the end of World War II. Milos Hrma is a young apprentice at the station who is consumed by his virginity that has already led to a failed suicide attempt. After a "
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| I did not like the way the story was written, organised. It is in several parts but each part seems to be a long and rambling story told to a friend. Too detailed, wordy for me. | |
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| I discovered Sjöwall and Wahlöö 30 years ago, was disappointed when my book club did not like "The Locked Room" which I regard as their best. This book was lying on a library shelf, apparently waiting for me. Alas, I did not like it as much as I thou ...more | |
“A man is nothing without dreams. A man is called idiot while he dreams. Whatever he does, he'll be judged and thrown away from the circle of clowns. And yet he needs acceptance and security from sick society, which is discriminatory far too often. But a man is blinded by other people opinions. He wants to fly and they say, “You moron, you can't do that, it's forbidden, it's stupid.” And a man gives up on his dreams.”
― Train to the Edge of the Moon
― Train to the Edge of the Moon
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This group is moderated by Jessica Bell, publisher of Vine Leaves Press. Jessica is also a widely published indie author and a Goodreads Librarian. Sh ...more
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Hi Tina. Thanks for the friend request. Good to meet you.
Thanks for the friend request. I actually live in Chicagoland, but I'm FROM the UK...
