Category: Books

  • The day everything changed

    The day everything changed is a graphic novel-style anthology that tells 10 personal histories of October 7 2023.

    • Pros: deeply personal stories are touching, great art, educational, a tribute to the human spirit.
    • Cons: -.
    • 5 / 5

    The stories focus on hope and resilience, it’s not about despair or hate. It’s about finding light in the darkest of times. The book truly illustrates the power of an optimistic spirit.

    Excellent use of the graphic format to tell ten deeply personal stories. They offer interesting insights about people, feelings, thoughts and region.

  • A kid from Marlboro Road

    A novel by Edward Burns about Irish Catholic migrants. The first of a trilogy.

    • Pros: great historic coming of age story, fiction but really good story.
    • Cons: mediocre writing, a lot of foul language.
    • 3 / 5

  • Arabian Sands

    Great travel book by Wilfred Thesiger covering desert-cultures and the Bedu way of life. It’s about friendship, history and how global developments destroyed a centuries old culture.

    • Pros: Captivating, full of nice little details.
    • Cons: parts are a bit tedious.
    • Rating: 4,8 / 5