Category: Literate corner
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Book recommendation: “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed
Wild is a compelling autobiographic story about a young woman who wants to change her life for the better and decides to walk the Pacific Crest Trail. Although with no experience, she manages to complete the trail, but not without big challenges, dark days and a lot of pain. I wanted to read this story…
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A genuine recommendation: “Inward” by Yung Pueblo
This book consists of beautifully written poetry and prose. Topics such as self-love, letting go and wisdom about life in general are presented in short texts so you can easily pick up the book and read a poem. This book helped me a lot last year and it still does today and I am sure…
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Thoughts on Grand Hotel Europa by I. L. Pfeijffer
My “story” about Grand Hotel Europa Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer was a rememberable recommendation back in 2019. I was in Venice with school and my Greek teacher was our guide in the city. We were sightseeing and passed by the place were the characters of this book had their home. Then, my…
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Thoughts on letters between Amadeus Mozart and his father
“My Dearest Father” is a booklet from the collection of Penguin little black classics and contains a selection of letters between Mozart and his father written between October 1777 and July 1778. This little book was given me by my twin sister for my 19th birthday last year. Though the book itself is very thin,…
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Greek mythology with Stephen Fry, a review about “Mythos”
very witty Extra interesting information in the footnotes Coherent construction and order of the myths Section in the book with paintings My favourite parts Eros and Psyche This was a longer myth than the usual length of the other told myths. The character description of Eros was very well written. It was nice to see…
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Neuroplasticity, a useful tool explained in “The Source” by Dr. Tara Swart
Main points science connected to spirituality the working of our brains comprehensible explained the importance of physical and mental self-care emphasized Short introduction to Emotional Intelligence Mental strategies for a goal-oriented mindset Review “The Source ” written by neuroscientist and psychatrist Dr. Tara Swart refers to the abilities of our brains and ways we can…
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The surplus value of reading “A Christmas Carol” in today’s situation
“A Christmas Carol” written by 19th century author Charles Dickens is a meaningful story about celebrating Christmas with family and loved ones. The story is about a hardworking man called Mr. Scrooge who focused his whole life on his career and never went to his family for celebrating Christmas. Mr. Scrooge planned to do the…
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Who is the real monster in Frankenstein ?
Many may know about the immense famous literary character “Dr. Victor Frankenstein” though the one that actually read the book know that Frankenstein is the creator of the nameless monster. But are searching on graves for corpses and working towards a hideous creature not activities of a monster? After having read Frankenstein, I had several…
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Physical beauty in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde
My aim of reading is to discover new genres, new literary styles and techniques. Through books I can visit thousands places and make new friends who I will never lose and by rereading, they will welcome me as if I’ve never left them. Those persons, present in the imagination of the author and reader can…
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Book review: Love Her Wild by Atticus
I had never heard about Atticus before, until I saw this book in a bookshop in Salzburg. While being triggered because of the stunning cover I took a closer look inside. Those poems, some short some more lengthy adressed me in a way poems seldom do. The author’s use of language mixed with the power…
Laura van Cutsem 