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5 Ways to Choose Your Next Book
How to choose your next book in a coherent way, which gives you your own story to tell.
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4 Killer First Sentences in 20th Century Literature
Katherine Mansfield, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson and Mavis Gallant write some of the most enticing and exciting (read killer) first sentences in 20th century…
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Dark Christmas Stories for the Dark Season
This is the second year in establishing a new tradition – reading dark stories for Christmas in the long nights of December.
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Unconventional, Free, Creative Reading
‘How to Start Writing (and when to stop)’, Wislawa Szymborska, New Directions, 2021, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh
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2024 – The Year of the Books Which Have Piled Up
In 2024, my reading resolution is to go through all the books which have piled up over the last years.
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7 Reasons Why Pursue an MA in English Literature
I didn’t even know what Reading was until I spent three years as a student on an MA in English literature.
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Maldives, Diving, Short Stories
On a diving trip in the Maldivian paradise-on-earth? Nothing better to read during this dream vacation than short stories which shake literary standards.
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Jane Eyre – How to Be in Control
Charlotte Brontë’s must-read classic ‘Jane Eyre’ is more than a gothic novel, or a romantic love story. It is a lesson of how to be…
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Something Tangible, Alive, Threatening
‘The Villa and The Vortex’, Elinor Mordaunt, Handheld Press, 2021
leseriana in English
Book reviews and recommendations, literary analyses, forgotten literary treasures, hints and suggestions how to live a meaningful reader’s life. This is an overview of all the blog posts I wrote in English.
