What to read in the summer? I definitely recommend Siri Hustvedt's The Summer without Men. This novel shows you a beautiful, witty and realistic woman who explores herself and womanhood after her marriage breaks apart. This is a novel about relationship. long marriage, teenage girls, old people's home and one hot summer in Minessota.  Check out my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/?hl=en --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

The Importance of Being a Translator! What aspects of our lives depend on them? How business, culture, religion, education, human rights, going to the hospital and technological development depend on translations - this book covers all that and much more. Nat reviews the Found in Translation in your bite-sized book podcast! Check out my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/?hl=en  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

In this episode Nat is presenting an autobiography! Space programs and success with life lessons from space :) “Astronauts are taught that the best way to reduce stress is to sweat the small stuff. We’re trained to look on the dark side and to imagine the worst things that could possibly happen.” ― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth Check out my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/?hl=en --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

Finally the new episode is out! I am continuing my journey across crime fiction and introducing this time "The Eight Perfect Murders" by Peter Swanson. A story of a bookstore, bookseller, a bookstore cat, an old blogpost about the perfect murder mysteries...  Visit my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/channel/?hl=en --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

How many crime plots can be put in one book? Does mathematics know a secret for all the possible crime fiction stories? Who killed Bella White?  I did not answer all of these questions because spoilers! But I did mention some crucial details, so beware the spoilers at 07:03​ - 08:59​! The 8th Detective on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53139064-the-eighth-detective Visit my Instagram for more stuff about books https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/?hl=en  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

In this episode Nat is talking about the recently read Conversations with Friends - the first novel published by Sally Rooney. What was good and what was problematic in this talkative novel? Listen to the episode to find out. Attention, the episode contains spoilers!  Leave your comments on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/?hl=en --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

The new day, the new episode, the new book. This time it's not just one book, it is the Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch. Follow me on Instagram @bookwormylife and leave your comment! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

In the first interview episode Nat is talking to Fay from FaysParallelStories about Reading Marathons and other Booktube fun. This talk has already been published for Biblio Banter Podcast. More information here: https://bookhistorypodcast.home.blog/2020/07/28/reading-marathons-on-booktube/ Please leave your comments and subscribe to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bookwormylife/?hl=en --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

The first non-fiction book of the season: on dictionaries, languages and lexicographers. Follow me on Instagram @bookwormylife and leave your comment! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos is the last book in my self-imposed winter-books challenge!  Follow me on Instagram @bookwormylife and leave your comment! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reading-matter/message