We all know the famous meme with the astronaut saying ‘I need space’ and it has both literal and figurative meaning. It couldn’t be more accurate in my case. While I am crazy about space and cosmos, astronomy, stars and planets (a little bit about this passion of mine – in a separate post), I…

Author: Nathan Ballingrud Genre: Science Fiction, Space Western Publisher: Titan Books Year: March 2023 Rating: The Strange is definitely… strange. A science fiction space western set in New Galveston on Mars, it is adventurous and imaginative, but I think it was slightly lacking in the Sci-Fi parts. Here is the…

#ClassicandContemporary book challenge:The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Time Shelter Time Shelter(Времеубежище) Author: Georgi Gospodinov Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Orion Publishing / Janet 45 Publishing Year: April 2020 Rating: Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov is a book that stays with you to reflect upon long after you’ve read it….

Here’s the usual food-related content for the month. We hadn’t had Chinese in a very long time and I was craving egg-fried rice for some reason. One day, we were running errands and didn’t have time to prepare lunch to bring with us beforehand, so we decided to look for…

#ClassicandContemporary book challenge:Fahrenheit 451 and Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction Publisher: Faber & Faber Year: March 2021 Rating: With Klara and the Sun, we’re already halfway through the #ClassicandContemporary reading challenge! Still more to come, still many books to read,…

In June we visited a lovely Mexican street food restaurant in the heart of Edinburgh – El Cartel. There are two locations around the city and the one we chose was El Cartel Teviot, right next to McEwan Hall. We went there with friends, which made the whole experience even…

#ClassicandContemporary book challenge:1984 and Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History Author: R. F. Kuang Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Year: September 2022 Rating: I couldn’t be happier that Babel forms part of the #ClassicandContemporary reading challenge! Wow! I…

We tend to associate American cuisine mainly with burgers, and my boyfriend was nagging me for months to go for burgers, and we had a pretty good reason to celebrate—we ran 10K at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2023!—so we went for burgers! The place we chose was Byron Burgers, the…

#ClassicandContemporary book challenge: Brave New World and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Author: Gabrielle Zevin Genre: Coming-of-age story Publisher: Penguin Books Year: July 2022 Rating: I’m sure every bookworm knows the feeling of seeing the same book over and over again everywhere, it’s like everyone…

Going to Greece while still in Edinburgh is possible! Just head over to The Real Greek, a new restaurant on Level 4 of St James Quarter in the city centre, that offers—you guessed it—Greek cuisine. We made a reservation, as it was a Friday night, and overall enjoyed our stay….

#ClassicandContemporary book challenge: Wuthering Heights and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Author: V.E. Schwab Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Titan Books Year: October 2020 Rating: I am blown away by this book! The story is so original, so clever and engrossing, I admire V.E. Schwab’s…