My older son has just finished teaching English in China over the summer and is now travelling around for a bit and sharing beautiful images of landscapes and museums that he’s seeing over there. Nothing like visiting places that Mum hasn’t been to (yet)! So this inspired my post this week: some of the most … Continue reading #FridayFun: Amazing Architecture in China| findingtimetowrite
This is not the first time I’m moving house or country (I stopped counting after the 20th move or so, although not all of them were international moves). But it’s been nine years since my last major move, and the only one that I blogged about. So here are some links to the summer of … Continue reading Remembering a Previous Move| findingtimetowrite
I lost count a little bit while packing books, moving, finding books on my Kindle, but I think I’m nearing the end of my 20 Books of Summer (having read a few not on the original list as well). These three latest ones were all on my list, and had been buried on my Kindle … Continue reading #20Books of Summer and #WITMonth: #16-18| findingtimetowrite
As someone pointed out in the comments of last week’s Friday Fun post, white shelves look very different when they are full of books, so I decided to explore it further, to see if I might consider white shelves instead of too dark a library (which is my initial preference, but which I fear might … Continue reading #FridayFun: White Bookshelves| findingtimetowrite
This week’s topic for the literary Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is Books with a High Page Count. While I often think some authors are too self-indulgent and their overlong boo…| findingtimetowrite
I’m creating mood boards in my mind (and on my blog) for that ideal library and guest room that will no doubt fall short of such visionary plans.| findingtimetowrite
I have now left my house (still officially my house for a couple more days, but the keys have been handed over) and am staying with a friend in London, who has a beautiful guestroom, a separate bat…| findingtimetowrite
Marlen Haushofer: Wir töten Stella (We Kill Stella). [And a special review bonus: Sara Gran’s Come Closer] Marlen Haushofer is the high priestess of succinct, almost detached narration that c…| findingtimetowrite
1 post published by MarinaSofia during August 2025| findingtimetowrite
It’s a good job that I’ve developed a good personal relationship with both the buyers of my house in the UK and the seller of the flat in Berlin, because there are some obstructions and…| findingtimetowrite
As you might know, Emma from Words and Peace blog, hosts a Paris in July link, which is not just limited to books, but also watching, eating, drinking and all other encounters with Parisian things.…| findingtimetowrite
I’m sure you’re all very curious to know which houses I considered buying before I finally decided on my compact flat in Berlin. Here are some that got away for various reasons (too big…| findingtimetowrite
5 posts published by MarinaSofia during July 2025| findingtimetowrite
I’ve had a run of pretty average reads while I was travelling to Berlin and clearing out the house. Well, you can’t expect all of the books to hit the mark, and my #20BooksofSummer was …| findingtimetowrite
9 posts published by MarinaSofia during June 2025| findingtimetowrite
When I made my original (generously overflowing) list of potential picks for the #20Books of Summer, I forgot to mention that any novel/memoir/experimental piece of work by a translator I know and …| findingtimetowrite
Book #5: Matayoshi Naoki: Spark, transl. Alison Watts, Pushkin Press, 2020 (original published in 2015) The first (and ebook) cover of Spark from Pushkin Press Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, this n…| findingtimetowrite
Thinking, writing, thinking about writing...| findingtimetowrite
Mihail Sebastian: Jocul de-a vacanța (The Holiday Game) The ‘classic’ artistic cover dating from the 1960s, Biblioteca pentru toți. The #1936Club week may have ended, but my interest in…| findingtimetowrite
I’ve become immersed in the world of Mihail Sebastian after reading his novel For Two Thousand Years, his pamphlet How I Became a Hooligan, moving straight onto his Journals, which take up wh…| findingtimetowrite
CW: Largely personal musing, so look away now if autobiographical confessions are not your thing. It is not unusual to be struck by a feeling of sadness when you finish a book or a film, whether yo…| findingtimetowrite
Claudia Piñeiro: Elena Knows, trans. Frances Riddle, Charco Press, 2021. Although I really had no hand at all in her success, I can’t help feeling that Claudia Piñeiro is my secret love that …| findingtimetowrite
