Red market is market/economy that trades with human tissue, body parts and even whole people ... The lack of regulation and non-transparency opens many possibilities for illegal trades and exploitation ... Quote from the book is the best description of that chilling investigation: “The ample supply of available organs in the third world and excruciatingly long waiting lists in the first world, make organ brokering a profitable occupation.” 5⭐️

I like Norse myths for various reasons, and one of them is their darkness, which in the Gaiman version fades a little bit ... but I love it anyway. This collection is primarily focused on mischievous Loki (my favorite god🤫) and his role in the destruction of Nine Worlds. Very enjoyable, especially audiobook 😉

#AuthorAMonth

Rosa is the daughter of a communist, activist in the anti-apartheid movement, and after his death she is confronted with his legacy. At the heart of this story is apartheid,but this is also the story about inner, intimate struggles. And that is exactly what makes this story masterful and complex. A very political story set in 70‘s, about white guilt, responsibility and where ideas and themes are presented through characterization. Powerful.

#24b4Monday #LitsyPartyOfOne #MrBook1inaMillion

I didn‘t make it to the 24 hours, but I‘m pleased with my final result: I finished three books, two audiobooks (Red Market and Norse Mythology), one physical (Burger‘s Daughter), and I started the fourth ...but most important - I enjoyed in all of them.
Thanks to the hosts for all the work and time 😘

I finished all the books from the last #WeeklyForecast
My new pile: I already started The Familiars, I‘m few chapters in and so far I liked it. Today I will be finished The Red Market by Scott Carney. It‘s a very scary to think about what humans are capable to do for profit.
- Razgledi na tuje is collections of essays by Slovenian literal theory researcher A.Koron.
- Kiss the Ground.
- Comic, Curious and Quirky. (Last 4 books are for #nFnov )

#24B4Monday #LitsyPartyOfOne #MrBook1inaMillion

New book as my lunch companion. I finished Burger‘s Daughter by N.Gordimer, and I liked it a lot, but her prose is very dense and demanding ... and now I‘m craving for something lighter. After reading few pages, I think that The Familiars is right pick for me.

Not so sneaky start of a #24B4Monday #readathon at my work (🤫) to celebrate #MrBook1inMillion

I like Gaiman‘s voice, a lot 😁 and I like Loki‘s mischievous nature.

Svetlana was Stalin‘s beloved daughter, Kremlin princess, and this is biography of her unsettled life under the always present Stalin‘s shadow. Her life, marked with restlessness, abandonment and with some really bad decisions, is presented not only through author‘s narration, but also through her letters, passages from her book, newspapers articles, documents ... Well researched, interesting and readable.
#nFnov

#LitsyQuestionnaire
1. Except books/bookish things? 😁I‘m grateful that this app is ad and (most of the time) drama free, that this app is dedicated to the readers and easy to use, and I enjoy seeing posts from all around the world from the people who can respect different opinions. 2. I don‘t like ‘hate reading‘ and memes ... but I don‘t see problem in that, I just scroll past those posts that I‘m not interested in. 3. When you search for ... 👇

Zlatko is Slovenian rapper and this book is his biography written in a collaboration with Slovenian poet/writer/translator Jurij Hudolin. Zlatko‘s personal history is interesting, but unfortunately language in the story is overwritten and for me just pretentious nonsense ... but on the bright side, book was short (140p) and from the library.
Because the actual book isn‘t in the database, the tagged book is Hudolin‘s novel Stepchild.

#NfNov

#WeeklyForecast
- currently reading Burger‘s Daughter by N.Gordimer for #ReadAroundTheWorld #SouthAfrica This story about apartheid and communism in South Africa is 🤯
- current audiobook in progress is Stalin‘s Daughter by R.Sullivan for #NfNov and is excellent nonfiction companion to the fictional Burger‘s Daughter. I have only 5 hours till the end of the book, so my next audiobook is going to be Norse Mythology by N.Gaiman for #AuthorAMonth

It took me a whole month to finished this story about sick young man and his contemplation about world, death, love, literature, history, society, time .... very philosophical, many ideas, written in lush, rich language, but for me it wasn‘t just too plotless (and I usually like plotless stories), but it was also very cold, soulless story.
I finished only first part, but I‘m totally counting it as finished prompt for #ReadAroundTheWorld #Germany

I just signed up for #NfNov #NonfictionNovember and here it is - my pile of possibilities + some audiobooks.

Quirky (in positive sense) book about questions that we all have about death, written in her typical humorous style and with respect to the topic. Book is intended for younger readers, but it‘s still interesting for adults, well - at least it was interesting to me ...

This was my last book for #Nonfiction2019 challenge, #SomethingPersonal

1. Maribor, Slovenija.
2. T.Mann, Magic Mountain.
3. Chocolate.
4. Reading is my only hobby, and I rarely bail on books.
5. I don‘t have any plans, because I have to do some work related stuff, but I‘m looking forward to a few nice, quiet reading hours.

#Deweys24HourReadathon #Readathon #DeweysReadathon

- March 1, 2016.
- I heard @Liberty talking about Litsy in All the Books.
- More.
- Literary fiction.
- @squibblesreads was my first commentator and @joe_hill was the first person that I fallowed.

Thank you @BarbaraTheBibliophage for tag 😘
#wondrousWednesday @Eggs

Retail therapy is quite addictive ... Here it is - my midweek booster 😬

This is definitely my favorite fiction book by Adichie. Focus is on Nigerian family, their interpersonal relationship, their view on the world (which is deeply marked by Catholicism) and society‘s view on them, with the backdrop in turbulent times in Nigerian history. Atmospheric story, with many themes, in the core very brutal content, but written in matter of fact style, without preachiness and overly sentimental prose. #AuthorAMonth

Lazy Sunday - although the morning looks beautiful sunny I prefer breakfast in my reading nest ...

Retail therapy ... after some very bad weeks I just need to reduce my stress level, and here it is - mixed pile of reading possibilities. Happy reading and relaxing weekend Littens 😘

For me, curiosity-driven science is a very interesting researching field, especially in the connection with nature. How fascinating is the fact that the trees have memory, that they can decide things⁉️ This heartwarming story is presentation of a complicated life of a scientist, from personal to professional struggles/sacrifices, and this story is also beautiful, simple ode to the nature, friendship and patience.

After I skipped Malawi in September, Magic Mountain is my pick for Germany #ReadAroundTheWorld in October. My progress is in the pace of the 🐌, but I really enjoy in the lush prose and I really enjoy in my quiet lunch breaks.

#7covers7days

Would you like to join in #CoverCrush @PetrozavaRR ? No explanation, just post a new cover each day for one week and each day tag one Litten.

Day 6 #7covers7days

No explanation needed, just post a new cover each day for a week and each day tag some new Litten. Would you like to join in the #CoverCrush @Tianarose ?

Day 5 #7covers7days

@Emhill Would you like to join in #CoverCrush ? Post a favorite cover every day for one week, no explanation needed and tag new Litten each day.

Day 4 #7covers7days

Would you like to join @PlayingBonny ? Post a photo of your favorite covers each day for a week, no explanation, and each day invite a Litten to play the game #CoverCrush

Day 3 #7covers7days

How about your #CoverCrush @AmyK1 ? Would you like to share with us for 7 days some beautiful covers? No explanation needed, just post the photo each day and tag one Litten.

Day 2 for #7covers7days #CoverCrush

Would you like to show us your favorite covers @BookieBiker ? No explanation needed, post a photo and tag one Litten each day for the week.

Of course @Kalalalatja I‘m shameless cover buyer 🤷‍♀️ Day 1 #7covers7days #CoverCrush

Tagging my new Litsy friend @Book_ish No explanation, just show us some of your favorite covers each day for a week 😘

Finally‼️Expectations are high ... I eagerly waited for my lunch break. 😁

Cozy night with cozy book ... and cuddly cat.

In short story are the last lines, final execution, crucial for the success of it, and perfect example for this is story Lottery, but I have to say that majority of the stories in this collection aren‘t so effective and most of them have left me hungry, unsatisfied. Collection of very dark and atmospheric stories with interesting themes. I liked them, but I‘m not in love with them.⭐️⭐️⭐️
Few days late, but here is my contribution for #AuthorAmonth

My shortlist for #BookerPrize2019 🤓

L.Ellmann - Ducks, Newburyport; B.Evaristo - Girl, Woman, Other; D.Levy - The Man Who Saw Everything; S.Rushdie - Quichotte; K.Barry - Night Boat to Tangier; V.Luiselli - Lost Children Archive

Saul, young historian, was hit by a car while crossing the famous Abbey Road, and from there on the reader is thrown into his self-obsessed thoughts, his relations with family, love and the world. It‘s difficult to say anything else about the content, because the narration and the structure is set up in quite twisty way and could be easily spoiled. Enigmatic story about inner and outer walls, beautiful language with some very vivid and ... 👇

I‘m not Rushdie fan (his writing style is usually too complicated for me), but I quite liked this story (in the story) about modern society, seduced by opioids and fake news ... story is set in the Age Of Anything Can Happen and in this circumstances - Rushdie‘s imagination becomes unstoppable. Complicated structure, complex characters, intriguing story about love, family ties, gender, race, religion/spiritualism ... and spiced up with 👇

Current situation with my #Nonfiction2019 bingo ... just a few more and I‘m ✅

Good, atmospheric, slow paced story about migrations and marriage falling apart. Usually stories like this, meditation on family relations, mixed with some broader topics works really well for me, but unfortunately, not in this case ... Good, but not for me. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookerPriza2019

I still have to read three books from the Booker longlist, but I‘m 💯% sure that this is the weakest book on this year‘s list. In my opinion this is just an average dystopian YA story. Some interesting thoughts/ideas about near future, but poor execution. #BookerPrize2019

While waiting for the missing daughter at a Spanish port, two aging friends - drug dealers contemplating about fortune/misfortune in life, and through passages from the past, reveling their common history. This is a slow, atmospheric, ‘plotless‘ story, written in a captivating, strong prose, and I think that the prose is the strongest point in this quite cruel, but still very emotional novel. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookerPrize2019

Everything was good, gripping starting point, interesting story about Leila, about dynamic in her (later estranged) family, about her new family - 5 outcast friends, about she-city Istanbul with some glimpses into Turkish history ... till the last part of the story. I was so disappointed with the turn from solid drama to the some kind action/comic scenes. In the name of five friends I was feeling offended by the end. 🤷‍♀️ #BookerPrize2019

I liked the general message of this book - the fear of changes and the questions/doubts about the future remains the same. 200 years ago or now, we still ask ourselves the same questions. I liked the part of the story about Mary Shelly, but I didn‘t liked the chapters from the present days. In these chapters are too many topics that remain just that - topics, there isn‘t any serious characterization, some parts are like reading ... 👇

The key topics, race and gender, are told through 12 strong, complex, more or less connected women of different age, classes, heritage, race ... in a very interesting prose and structured composition. Despite its difficult topics, this novel brings warmth, humanity and great perspective on marginal groups in our society. Strong story, spiced with humor. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookerPrize2019

From perspective of the writing technique this book is perfect. Interesting story, perfect blend of old/traditional beliefs with the modern world, dynamic structure, deep characterization, main themes runs smoothly through the narration ... but I didn‘t liked the narrator - chi, spiritual guide. His almost pleading undertones in his voice was too dramatic for me, although I think that the narrator, as a plot device, is a brilliant choice. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is my pick for #Nonfiction2019 #SomethingWithPolitics If you are interested in Russian royal dynasty and if you are looking for something light from history field, than I recommend this book. It‘s quick and well informative book about the world of unbelievable power, but some parts were just on the too trashy side ...

Done ✅ No, I will not increase the number ... I‘m going to enjoy the excess 🤓

It‘s a strange name for a bag, so I googled it ... Some interesting history facts from my current read https://medium.com/the-original-impostor/where-does-ghana-must-go-come-from-a2df...

A very atmospheric novel that revolves around the murder and some deeper themes, like gender, class, mental health ... I liked how everything in this novel is up for interpretation, and how the author left the empty space between two different narrators (and dynamic structure) for the reader to decide/ponder for himself about guilt and innocence. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

#AuthorAMonth

Mission completed, I‘m done with the #Booked2019 See you next year😘😂

My pick for Graphic Novel was in Slovenian translation, so if you are interested - in the tag is in English. My favorite from this quarter is Old Drift by Namwali Serpell - rich family/history story, set in Zambia and seasoned with the pinch of magical realism.

I decided for the audiobook, because I don‘t like typographical elements as a narration style, and I believe that because of this my reading experience wasn‘t as rich, comprehensive as it could have been. The strongest point in the story was for me characterization of the boy - we get to know Lanny through the eyes of mother, father, artist Pete and Dead Papa Toothwort, and each of them sees Lanny from another perspective. I liked the story ... 👇

Main character is a stay at home mom with four kids, and we are thrown into her spinning, restless mind for 1000+ pages. Her stream of consciousness (occasionally interrupted with the story about lioness) is dense flow of the thoughts about EVERYTHING that is wrong in today‘s world/society, particular in America. Main character also likes to do online jigsaw puzzles ... and reading this book is almost the same experience - her thoughts are ... 👇