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This was an amazing year for reading. For a variety of reasons—some enjoyable, others less so—I ended up reading an unusually large number of books. This is noteworthy for me because I am a slow reader. Yet, by the end of 2024, I managed to finish 24 books, the most I’ve read in a year […]

Many years ago, I read a short story by Alejandro Jodorowsky, and what blew my mind was how rapidly evolution takes place in this story, unfolding in various directions. Alejandro truly possesses an astonishing power of imagination. He writes in Spanish and resides in France, but I have never come across this story translated into

In 2023, I managed to finish reading 18 books, a bit more than the previous year but fewer than in 2020. During the pandemic in 2020, when I was spending long hours at home, I had more time to read. Even though I read more this year, I found myself losing interest in several books

With so little time available and an abundance of books to read, I believe one of the most complex tasks is making choices. The presence of numerous good books makes it impossible to select the best ones. Therefore, I have decided that I will try to focus only on those books that have stood the

For the first time since 2012 I read more than 20 books in a single year, including novels by Nobel Prize winners Naguib Mahfouz (Palace Walk) and Doris Lessing (The Fifth Child). I am a slow reader and typically I can read only at night, but still I am excited with this little accomplishment. If

2020 obviously was a fantastic year for reading. I read 17 books, which is more that the double than the previous year. Here are some of the books that I enjoyed the most in 2020. Bill Bryson is one of my favorites of all times and it is always a pleasure to read about his

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