Transylvania, Romania.
No eye strain whatsoever.
No eye strain whatsoever.
1. The Loneliness of Sonia & Sunny -Kiran Desai
& The Land in Winter -Andrew Miller
2. Flashlight - Susan Choi
& Audition - K. Kitamura
3. The Rest of Our Lives - B Markovits
4. Flesh - D Szalay
1. The Loneliness of Sonia & Sunny -Kiran Desai
& The Land in Winter -Andrew Miller
2. Flashlight - Susan Choi
& Audition - K. Kitamura
3. The Rest of Our Lives - B Markovits
4. Flesh - D Szalay
Day 30: The Book You're Reading Right Now
"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai
(collage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 30: The Book You're Reading Right Now
"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai
(collage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Challenge for myself this autumn: to read all the six books that made it to the shortlist for the Booker prize 2025. And to do that until November 10, the date when the winner is to be announced.
Here's the current situation: 5 books finished, and one last —the longest— still in progress.
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Challenge for myself this autumn: to read all the six books that made it to the shortlist for the Booker prize 2025. And to do that until November 10, the date when the winner is to be announced.
Here's the current situation: 5 books finished, and one last —the longest— still in progress.
The 30-Day Book Challenge
Day 29: Book Cover You Love
"Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Under the Volcano” by Malcolm Lowry
(the second is © Adrian Oțoiu)
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The 30-Day Book Challenge
Day 29: Book Cover You Love
"Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Under the Volcano” by Malcolm Lowry
(the second is © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Here's a collage-homage I made for him earlier this year:
Here's a collage-homage I made for him earlier this year:
Here's a collage-homage I made for him earlier this year:
Here's a collage-homage I made for him earlier this year:
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Lovers of Sci Fi, you are invited to participate in a survey on your preferences. This consists of pairs of book covers to choose from. It all takes 10-15 minutes.
This way you will help a Publishing MA student's work on the dynamics of nowadays Sci Fi. Thanks!
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Day 28: Classic book you haven't read but plan to
"Women in Love" by D. H. Lawrence
Having read most of his books, this is top on my TBR list.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 28: Classic book you haven't read but plan to
"Women in Love" by D. H. Lawrence
Having read most of his books, this is top on my TBR list.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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What's your favorite book cover?
[🎨Graphic by Krysten Winkler]
#BookSky #BookCover #BookDesign #Illustration #BookLovers #CoverArt
What's your favorite book cover?
[🎨Graphic by Krysten Winkler]
#BookSky #BookCover #BookDesign #Illustration #BookLovers #CoverArt
Day 27: Book you read every year
"The Rose and the Ring" by William Makepeace Thackeray.
As we do this book in class, a memory refresh of this complicated quiproquo-ridden fairy tale is badly needed yearly.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 27: Book you read every year
"The Rose and the Ring" by William Makepeace Thackeray.
As we do this book in class, a memory refresh of this complicated quiproquo-ridden fairy tale is badly needed yearly.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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If you are into literary fiction, and you don't snub science fiction, and you care about cover design, here's a short survey to help an MA student assess the recent dynamics of the genre.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you are into literary fiction, and you don't snub science fiction, and you care about cover design, here's a short survey to help an MA student assess the recent dynamics of the genre.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Day 26: Biography everyone should read
"The Dream of the Celt" by Mario Vargas Llosa.
The life of Sir Roger Casement, colonial agent in the Congo turned human rights activist in Amazonia, Irish nationalist executed as traitor, gay icon.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 26: Biography everyone should read
"The Dream of the Celt" by Mario Vargas Llosa.
The life of Sir Roger Casement, colonial agent in the Congo turned human rights activist in Amazonia, Irish nationalist executed as traitor, gay icon.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Lovers of Sci Fi, you are invited to participate in a survey on your preferences. This consists of pairs of book covers to choose from. It all takes 10-15 minutes.
This way you will help a Publishing MA student's work on the dynamics of nowadays Sci Fi. Thanks!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Lovers of Sci Fi, you are invited to participate in a survey on your preferences. This consists of pairs of book covers to choose from. It all takes 10-15 minutes.
This way you will help a Publishing MA student's work on the dynamics of nowadays Sci Fi. Thanks!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Day 25: A villain you actually loved
The unnamed General in Gabriel García Márquez's "The Autumn of the Patriarch"... I liked the unforgiving way this fictional dictator was constructed, but... love? no way! Too similar to those at home!
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 25: A villain you actually loved
The unnamed General in Gabriel García Márquez's "The Autumn of the Patriarch"... I liked the unforgiving way this fictional dictator was constructed, but... love? no way! Too similar to those at home!
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Here's my take.
#cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #sciencefiction #WritingCommunity #Indieauthor @sfwa.bsky.social
Here's my take.
#cyberpunk #scifibooks #booksky #sciencefiction #WritingCommunity #Indieauthor @sfwa.bsky.social
Day 24: A book collaboration by 2 or more authors
”The Woman in Red” [Femeia în roșu]
a multi-layered story of the Romanian-born mystery woman in red who turned gangster Dillinger in.
By Mircea Nedelciu, Adriana Babeți & Mircea Mihăieș
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 24: A book collaboration by 2 or more authors
”The Woman in Red” [Femeia în roșu]
a multi-layered story of the Romanian-born mystery woman in red who turned gangster Dillinger in.
By Mircea Nedelciu, Adriana Babeți & Mircea Mihăieș
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 23: A book quote you know by heart
”The Past is a foreign country...”
from "The Go-Between" — L.P. Hartley (1953)
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 23: A book quote you know by heart
”The Past is a foreign country...”
from "The Go-Between" — L.P. Hartley (1953)
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Which one do you prefer?
Which one do you prefer?
Day 22: Love Story in an LGBTQ novel
”Oranges are Not the Only Fruit” & "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" — Jeannette Winterson
(Collage/homage v.2 © Adrian Oțoiu)
Can you guess how is this v.2 different from v.1 below?
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Day 22: Love Story in an LGBTQ novel
”Oranges are Not the Only Fruit” & "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" — Jeannette Winterson
(Collage/homage v.2 © Adrian Oțoiu)
Can you guess how is this v.2 different from v.1 below?
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Here's why for me, when it comes to audiobooks, it's only Nonfiction that will do:
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Day 19: Audiobook voice you like
Ex-aequo 3 non-fiction* books with a positive message:
”HumanKind” — Rutger Bregman
”Not the End of the World” — Hannah Ritchie
”Ultraprocessed people” — Chris von Tulleken
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
Why only non-fiction? See below ↓
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Here's why for me, when it comes to audiobooks, it's only Nonfiction that will do:
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Day 22: Love Story in an LGBTQ novel
”Oranges are Not the Only Fruit” & "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" — Jeannette Winterson
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 22: Love Story in an LGBTQ novel
”Oranges are Not the Only Fruit” & "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?" — Jeannette Winterson
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 21: Anthology You Love
”Panorama of World Contemporary Modern Poetry” — A.E. Baconsky.
This monumental anthology, published in 1972 by poet A.E. Baconsky (who died in the 1977 Bucharest earthquake) was the book that formed my taste for poetry.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
Day 21: Anthology You Love
”Panorama of World Contemporary Modern Poetry” — A.E. Baconsky.
This monumental anthology, published in 1972 by poet A.E. Baconsky (who died in the 1977 Bucharest earthquake) was the book that formed my taste for poetry.
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
Day 20: Unreliable narrator
”The Butcher Boy” — Patrick McCabe*
*My photo of Patrick McCabe reading at the Flann O'Brien Conference in Dublin, 2019 © Adrian Oțoiu
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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Day 20: Unreliable narrator
”The Butcher Boy” — Patrick McCabe*
*My photo of Patrick McCabe reading at the Flann O'Brien Conference in Dublin, 2019 © Adrian Oțoiu
(Collage/homage © Adrian Oțoiu)
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