Marina Sofia
@marinasofia.bsky.social
Global nomad, translator (RO and DE to EN), writer and publisher, addicted to world literature. Blog at https://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com, publish at https://corylusbooks.com
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#FridayFun: Home Libraries with Flaws
Although I’ve now ordered my bookshelves, I’m still bombarded with advertisements and Pinterest pictures for all types of home libraries. Now that it’s too late to make any change…
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Ina fault-finding mood this #FridayFun: Home Libraries with Flaws findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/f...
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The nice thing about small books? They fit perfectly into a stocking. What could be a better stocking filler for your horror-loving friend than our mini-anthology of Christmas ghost stories, A Very Ghostly Christmas?
Shop here: bit.ly/ghostlyxmas
Shop here: bit.ly/ghostlyxmas
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The nice thing about small books? They fit perfectly into a stocking. What could be a better stocking filler for your horror-loving friend than our mini-anthology of Christmas ghost stories, A Very Ghostly Christmas?
Shop here: bit.ly/ghostlyxmas
Shop here: bit.ly/ghostlyxmas
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We don't just like Romanian literature but also Romanian films - and there's a great film festival coming up in London. Especially recommend the classic Forest of the Hanged @marinasofia.bsky.social's favourite for @jacquiwine.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We don't just like Romanian literature but also Romanian films - and there's a great film festival coming up in London. Especially recommend the classic Forest of the Hanged @marinasofia.bsky.social's favourite for @jacquiwine.bsky.social
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New #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Season 9 episode 3 book to screen
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Alex Dahl AA Dhand @hqstories.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social Victoria Selman Crime Time
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Alex Dahl AA Dhand @hqstories.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social Victoria Selman Crime Time
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New #OnTheSofaWithVictoria Season 9 episode 3 book to screen
pod.fo/e/3596f3 apple.co/3znb7b5
Alex Dahl AA Dhand @hqstories.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social Victoria Selman Crime Time
pod.fo/e/3596f3 apple.co/3znb7b5
Alex Dahl AA Dhand @hqstories.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social Victoria Selman Crime Time
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Who's ready to warm up with a trio of red-hot Stella Blómkvist adventures on an ice-cold day...
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@graskeggur.bsky.social
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Stella Blómkvist
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November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Who's ready to warm up with a trio of red-hot Stella Blómkvist adventures on an ice-cold day...
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
@graskeggur.bsky.social
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G1B69GHT
@graskeggur.bsky.social
#GermanLitMonth: Some Easy Reads and a Modern Classic findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/g...
#GermanLitMonth: Some Easy Reads and a Modern Classic
I’ve been rather lazy and self-indulgent and, instead of following the reading themes suggested by Tony and Caroline for #GermanLitMonth, I’ve led a completely unplanned life. I’v…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#GermanLitMonth: Some Easy Reads and a Modern Classic findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/g...
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Today on the blog, a reworked fairytale from Barbara Comyns for #NovNov25 “Happiness is a very fragile thing.” (Barbara Comyns) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/11/25/h...
“Happiness is a very fragile thing.” (Barbara Comyns)
It was JacquiWine’s review of The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns (1985) last month that encouraged me pick this from the TBR in time for Novellas in November, hosted by hosted by Cathy and Bookish …
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November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Today on the blog, a reworked fairytale from Barbara Comyns for #NovNov25 “Happiness is a very fragile thing.” (Barbara Comyns) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/11/25/h...
Guess who managed to sneak out the front door while the workmen were bringing the kitchen cabinets in and then panicked at his own audacity, giving squeaky little meows on the stairs? #KasperMauser
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Guess who managed to sneak out the front door while the workmen were bringing the kitchen cabinets in and then panicked at his own audacity, giving squeaky little meows on the stairs? #KasperMauser
Last sight of bare walls. The kitchen comes today (hopefully)!
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Last sight of bare walls. The kitchen comes today (hopefully)!
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November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
On Black Friday 24th Nov 2 years ago I adopted this beautiful darling who's brought me more joy than any sale item!
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On Black Friday 24th Nov 2 years ago I adopted this beautiful darling who's brought me more joy than any sale item!
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On the Ramblings today, another book which counts for two reading events - #NovNov25 and #NonFictionNovember. The book tells of Mary and Percy Shelley's travels in post-Revolutionary Europe - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/a...
“…an aspect of tranquillity and peculiar beauty…” #novnov25 #maryshelley
Today’s post is about another book which qualifies for two November events – Non Fiction November and Novellas in November (as we are allowed to include short non fiction works). I̵…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
On the Ramblings today, another book which counts for two reading events - #NovNov25 and #NonFictionNovember. The book tells of Mary and Percy Shelley's travels in post-Revolutionary Europe - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/a...
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
Snowy start to the week...
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Snowy start to the week...
Worrying:
O serie de videoclipuri făcute cu inteligența artificială (AI), care instigă la revoltă socială și ventilează retorică rusă, au explodat pe Facebook peste weekend (în România)
www.g4media.ro/video-virale...
O serie de videoclipuri făcute cu inteligența artificială (AI), care instigă la revoltă socială și ventilează retorică rusă, au explodat pe Facebook peste weekend (în România)
www.g4media.ro/video-virale...
VIDEO Virale făcute cu AI instigă la revoltă socială pe Facebook
VIDEO Virale făcute cu AI instigă la revoltă socială pe Facebook: 4,5 milioane de vizualizări în patru zile, zeci de mii de distribuiri.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Worrying:
O serie de videoclipuri făcute cu inteligența artificială (AI), care instigă la revoltă socială și ventilează retorică rusă, au explodat pe Facebook peste weekend (în România)
www.g4media.ro/video-virale...
O serie de videoclipuri făcute cu inteligența artificială (AI), care instigă la revoltă socială și ventilează retorică rusă, au explodat pe Facebook peste weekend (în România)
www.g4media.ro/video-virale...
Rather liked the quiet despair and frozen inner and outer landscapes of the film #WinterinSokcho, replicated the feel of the book very well #FilmSky
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Rather liked the quiet despair and frozen inner and outer landscapes of the film #WinterinSokcho, replicated the feel of the book very well #FilmSky
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1971 translation by Mark Musa, 2003 Penguin Edition, #6 Inferno
'when the faculty of intellect
is joined with brute force and with evil will,
no man can win against such an alliance'
anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/22/t...
'when the faculty of intellect
is joined with brute force and with evil will,
no man can win against such an alliance'
anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/22/t...
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1971 translation by Mark Musa, 2003 Penguin Edition, #6 Inferno, Cantos 27-34
I’ve been re-reading my notes from The Discarded Image by C S Lewis, plus listening to Prof Barolini’s lectures on the Cantos I read last week, and I think I’ve been too hard on D…
anzlitlovers.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1308-1321), 1971 translation by Mark Musa, 2003 Penguin Edition, #6 Inferno
'when the faculty of intellect
is joined with brute force and with evil will,
no man can win against such an alliance'
anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/22/t...
'when the faculty of intellect
is joined with brute force and with evil will,
no man can win against such an alliance'
anzlitlovers.com/2025/11/22/t...
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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The Mothers (2016) by Brit Bennett clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/22/t...
The Mothers (2016) by Brit Bennett
The third novel in my reading about mothers and motherhood is Brit Bennett’s The Mothers, the story of two young people, Nadia and Luke, who have both encountered significant turning points i…
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November 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Mothers (2016) by Brit Bennett clairemcalpine.com/2025/11/22/t...
In news that is of extreme niche or no interest, my new bed is so comfortable that I slept until 9 this morning!
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
In news that is of extreme niche or no interest, my new bed is so comfortable that I slept until 9 this morning!
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New on the blog today, I've written about LADY L. by Romain Gary.
A charming, hugely enjoyable story of love, long-held secrets & railing against the establishment, in which personal desires are pitted against political principles & beliefs. I loved it! 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/l...
A charming, hugely enjoyable story of love, long-held secrets & railing against the establishment, in which personal desires are pitted against political principles & beliefs. I loved it! 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/l...
Lady L. by Romain Gary
Twice winner of the Prix Goncourt (once under a pen name), Romain Gary was a French writer, diplomat, film director and WW2 pilot of great repute. His highly engaging memoir, Promise at Dawn, is by…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
New on the blog today, I've written about LADY L. by Romain Gary.
A charming, hugely enjoyable story of love, long-held secrets & railing against the establishment, in which personal desires are pitted against political principles & beliefs. I loved it! 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/l...
A charming, hugely enjoyable story of love, long-held secrets & railing against the establishment, in which personal desires are pitted against political principles & beliefs. I loved it! 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/l...
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Karl Ove Knausgård’s latest novel is The School of Night, translated from Norwegian 🇳🇴 by Martin Airken
Karl Ove Knausgård’s latest novel is The School of Night, translated from Norwegian 🇳🇴 by Martin Airken
‘I knew I was doing something I shouldn’t’: Karl Ove Knausgård on the fallout from My Struggle and the dark side of ambition
The Norwegian author on his autofictional epic, moving to London, and the psychopath at the heart of his new novel
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Karl Ove Knausgård’s latest novel is The School of Night, translated from Norwegian 🇳🇴 by Martin Airken
Karl Ove Knausgård’s latest novel is The School of Night, translated from Norwegian 🇳🇴 by Martin Airken
I Think I Know What You've Been Asking Me* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/11/22/i...
I Think I Know What You’ve Been Asking Me*
A recent interesting post from Moira at Clothes in Books has got me thinking about book titles that are actually questions. It’s a bit unusual for a title to contain a question, but titles like tha…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I Think I Know What You've Been Asking Me* margot-kin-berg.com/2025/11/22/i...
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ICYMI, a nice and long – and very lovely – review of Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas. By Eliza Browning in @clereviewbooks.bsky.social, with connections to Ernaux, Woolf, Duras and more. @pushkinpress.com
"The narrative is distilled into dazzling shards of memory" 🌊
"The narrative is distilled into dazzling shards of memory" 🌊
"Romano’s memoir is an early example of feminist life writing, comparable to the work of not just of Ernaux, but also the memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and the autobiography of Marguerite Duras."
Eliza Browning on Lalla Romano's "In Farthest Seas"
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Eliza Browning on Lalla Romano's "In Farthest Seas"
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Minima Mortalia: On Lalla Romano’s “In Farthest Seas” - Cleveland Review of Books
The impression is that Romano is attempting to stretch time in order to prolong her husband's life, summoning memories of his past selves as a form of resistance against death.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ICYMI, a nice and long – and very lovely – review of Lalla Romano's In Farthest Seas. By Eliza Browning in @clereviewbooks.bsky.social, with connections to Ernaux, Woolf, Duras and more. @pushkinpress.com
"The narrative is distilled into dazzling shards of memory" 🌊
"The narrative is distilled into dazzling shards of memory" 🌊
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We're at work on the next novel from
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
Ice and Crime
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November 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We're at work on the next novel from
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF
@solveigpals.bsky.social (well, when I say we, I mean @graskeggur.bsky.social)
Working title: Ice Bears. It's not going to disappoint...
There's time to get to know her backlist before the new book appears next summer!
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3638BJF