Tag: Goodreads
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Bookreview: And the hippos were boiled in their tanks.
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading Junky I discovered this book by Burroughs among the books dubbed as crime novels in my local public library. It was probably labelled as such because there is a murder in it and I don’t […]
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Book review: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles My rating: 3 of 5 stars Think thirties – with the linger touch of the roaring twenties -, think mystery, think romance, think New York in grey with the Empire State building looming in the background, think high life, think jazz, think autumn in New York, think smoky bar […]
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Book review: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller My rating: 2 of 5 stars Some weeks ago I found that I sleep better when I read something, but I did not have any books of my own anymore. I used to have a collection of mostly science-fiction and fantasy books, a size able part of which was handed down […]