One of the best books I read in a while. Some genuinely gross & horrifying scenes during the Plague in France in contrast with a beautiful & heartfelt “father”/“daughter” relationship between a knight called Thomas and a girl called Delphine.

Loved the idea of combining the historical aspects with religious ones, the fight between Heaven & Hell having direct influence on life on earth. Very unique book & lots of really touching & emotional moments. Delphine is probably one of my favorite characters in years.

As with the previous book in the Millenium trilogy, I lost motivation somewhere in the middle and once again took a break while reading it. The story just seemed a bit too unfocused in the middle of the book.

However it had a strong start & fantastic ending - it made me want to continue with the last book immediately after finishing this one. Overall I enjoyed it, the last third of the book really won me over.

Wanted a change of pace so I read a thriller / crime novel for the first time in quite a while. The book started pretty action-packed but then slowed down in the first third and lost me for a couple of weeks which means that it took me a while to finish.

After giving it another shot it managed to hook me and the conclusion to the plot lines was satisfying but felt a little bit rushed. But the main two characters are really likable even if they’re a bti cliché. Also everyone seems to sleep with everyone in this book, lol.

I’m now already reading the next one in the main trilogy and I’m liking it even more than this one - it’s definitely a page turner.

This book is written from the perspective of a security bot (in a science fiction setting) which managed to become independent. The book follows its thoughts now that it has to deal with social awkwardness, its pessimistic worldview and the human clients on whose mission it has to protect them.

Murderbot has such a fun personality, constantly complaining about not being able to spend its time watching entertainment shows and trying avoiding any interaction with humans.

Really cute concept & it’s overall a lighthearted & very short book so it was easy to finish. I’ll probably give the other books in the series a shot! Would definitely recommend it!

After reading “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius I wanted to read another book on Stoicism. I found this one by John Sellars to be super interesting.

It gives an overview and a basic introduction to the history & the main ideas in Stoicism, clears up some misconceptions that people might have about this philosophy and then describes how the most important stoics came up with their ideas and how we can apply them in our daily lives.

I’d definitely recommend this book to anyone trying to learn more about Stoicism, I actually wish that I had read it before starting with “Meditations”.

The first part of the book describes the experiences of the author during his imprisonment in several concentration camps and talks about dealing with the situation there and finding a reason to accept & continue enduring his suffering there. Obviously some very disturbing & tragic description of events there.

The second part was about his general philosophy called Logotherapy. This was definitely more dry, but I liked that for every statement or idea he usually gave several examples of actual cases that prove and explain that idea in a more practical sense.

Overall I found it super interesting & it definitely changes one’s outlook on life’s meaning to a certain extent. Great book!