"The Real CSI" by National Geographic

National Geographic's edition on "The Real CSI" is another beautiful work that has chapters such as detective work and forensics, sharks, Cong's gorillas, Greece Gods.

"Hubble Renewed" by National Geographic

This edition was amazing as any edition because it had stories on The Polygamists, One Cubic Foot of Fresh Water, Patagonia, Lost Nomads of India and Hubble telescope.

"Glaciers" by National Geographic

 "Glaciers" by National Geographic is a February 1996 edition and it's as usual amazing. We have stories on Irian Jaya from Indonesia, Tex-Mex, Glaciers, Thailand, Caucasus and Polluted Runoff.

I love reading "National Geographic" because it's factual, informative and beautifully illustrated and makes you feel like you're travelling the world.

"Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka

 This was one of the few books that surprised me. It was unusual, interesting and he really turned into a bug! I loved reading about how everyone was shocked and how superficial they all were and also about what will happen next.

The ending was more boring than the beginning, but the book was overall not too long, so I managed to finish it with positive emotions.

"More Malicious Gossip" by Kushwant Singh

 I actually quite liked this book by Kushwant Singh. The book was funny, refreshing and surprising. I was a bit freaked out by all these people I don't know that Kushwant was writing about but in the end I got used to it.

I especially liked when the writer was being authentic and openly admitted for disliking several people.

"Birthday Girl" by Murakami

"Birthday Girl" by Murakami is a tiny book of tiny 42 pages. I thought it would be interesting to read but actually I've already read it. 

It's a story about a girl who works as a waitress and has to keep on working on her birthday. Then she has a conversation with an elder man at the hotel on that day and they exchange some wisdom.

"The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels

 "The Communism Menifesto" is a very famous classic work by Karl Marx (German socialist), where he and Englels present the theory of communism and why it's better than capitalism.

I could imagine being very inspired by it if I was a poor person of those days and see why it was so popular.

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens

"The Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is a famous classic about the French Revolution. It was a terribly long read and I was struggling to follow the characters but I was drawn in by the end.

It was really interesting to witness history, the characters, their clothes, the buildings and the guillotine. The author masterfully described all of it.

The part I liked the most was the end, partly because the book was about to be over and partly because it was a huge suspense. 

"Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before" by Dr Julie Smith

 "Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before" by Dr Julie Smith is a self-help book by a popular YouTube psychologist Dr Julie Smith. My husband brought this book home and wasn't reading, so I ended up reading it.

This is a book about very common problems that people are having today: depression, motivation, pain, grief, self-doubt, fear, stress, life. This book differs from other motivational or self-help books is that the author (I could feel it) is genuinely wanting to help people and she does.

The author provides us with concrete help and the absolute truth based on current day psychology (which is trying to be as scientific as possible). I actually really appreciated this book. The author was not judgmental and it was the first book that says "it's OK not to be perfect". I actually felt relaxed.

"50 World's Greatest Horror Stories" by FP Classics

 "50 World's Greatest Horror Stories" is a collection of 50 classical horror stories. Most of them are written between 1850's and 1950's. 

While some stories are really good, they weren't really scary. I would rather call them eerie. All the stories are by the famous writers but I found them very hard to read. Maybe it's because that English is not my native tongue, or because I am not used to reading classics. I was using Google Translate a lot!

Overall, although it was a real pain to finish this book, I indeed finished and I am happy about it. However, the stories were really not scary.