How Amateur Writers Read

This is how amateur writers read books by the professionals. ^^

So much to learn!

Books featured:

N.K. Jemisin “The Killing Moon”
Kameron Hurley “Infidel”
Nnedi Okorafor “Lagoon”
Ann Leckie “Ancillary Justice”
Wu Ming-Yi “The Man with the Compound Eyes”

Angry chips, cuddly friends and not a penguin

Since there wasn't enough food in my previous post, here are a few more delicious things and something else!

Angry Birds are now chips!

Angry side eye.

Easter chocolate egg, kinda.

Tea and Tofu

The Giggling Frog is a big fan of green drinks. 

“Of course green is the best colour! I'm green after all!”

(I think she might be a bit narcissistic...)

January Reading 2015: Crossdressing women, time-travellers and infidels

My January books are introduced to you by Giggling Frog!

Zack Whedon “Serenity: Leaves on the Wind” [USA] 

Kameron Hurley “Infidel” [USA] 

Hergé “Tintin in Tibet” [Belgium] 

Robert Cheeke “Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness: The Complete Guide to Building Your Body on a Plant-Based Diet” [USA] 

Marjorie M. Liu “Black Widow: The Name of the Rose” [USA] 

Audrey Niffenegger “The Time Traveler's Wife” [USA] 

Nekota Medetai “Hamsteripäiväkirjat” vol. 5 (Hamster Club) [Japan] 

Agatha Christie “The Secret Adversary” (Tommy and Tuppence #1) [UK] 

Nekota Medetai “Hamsteripäiväkirjat” vol. 6 (Hamster Club) [Japan] 

Terry Pratchett “Monstrous Regiment” [UK] 

Fuyumi Soryo “Mars: Horse With No Name” (includes stories "Sleeping Lion" and "A One-Carat Fruit") [Japan]

I miss Firefly T_T 

Read this on the New Year night.

Smiling peanuts. Арахисовая улыбка

Nice snacks from Punnitse.

Нямки из магазина Пуннитсе.

2014 Africa Reading Challenge

Last year I decided that reading books from the same countries over and over again is boring. I want to know more about this planet and people that live here. And books are always my favourite way to learn. Plus, they are fun! 

2014 was the year I started reading African literature. I'm embarrassed to say this - after all, I've always been a bookworm reading almost anything that came my way - but somehow there never were any books by local African authors. I did read many stories about African nature written by Western travellers and scientists, like Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey (set in Rwanda) and Born Free by Joy Adamson (set in Kenya). Yet I didn't even know any names of African writers!

A taste of Ukraine

This is a post for my friend Admiral July, an angry Ukrainian feminist who really loves puppies. ^-^ She ordered me to take a photo of a Finnish dog in the snow, which I failed to do so far (mostly because I'm an asocial creature who likes to stay home when it's too slippery outside). But! I did find something Ukrainian in Helsinki, in a grocery shop...

Червоний борщ!

Red borscht!