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My Grandma the Zen Buddhist

  After his first book “The Path of Change,” Sinisa Ubovic’s second book has decided to navigate the waters dominated by works like “The Alchemist” (Paulo Coelho) and “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” and “The 5 AM Club” (Robin Sharma). These works, let’s call them, are “inspirational-motivational novels.” The quote on the back cover…

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The Witcher (Season 2)

The Witcher (Season 2) “Hmmm…” – Geralt   In mid-December last year (I could have just written “a few weeks ago,” right?), Netflix “dropped” the second season with new adventures of our buff, white-haired slayer of creatures from Slavic mythology. 😀 As you know, although I’m familiar with both the literary source material (as well…

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The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime People apparently had high expectations for Robert “Bob” Iger and his business/CEO memoir “The Ride of a Lifetime.” I did too. I had some inexplicably good feeling about this book. And that’s why I made maximum effort to avoid reading any (both domestic and foreign) reviews of the book until…

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A Whole Life

  “Wow“… that was all I could utter after finishing this short book. “A Whole Life” by Robert Seethaler caught my attention for two somewhat trivial reasons. First, because it received praises from the moment it appeared in our bookstores (though, honestly, I never paid much attention to media reviews/critiques). Second, because the book is…

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The Black Lizard

The Black Lizard “Give a crooked man enough rope, and he’ll provide enough evidence to hang himself” – Akechi Kogoro   If you were to wonder which author influenced the development of literary genres like thriller, crime and mystery, an expected name would be Taro Hirai, known by his literary pseudonym Edogawa Ranpo. And the…

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Cuker Laza

Cuker Laza As far as I’m concerned, Živojin Petrović’s latest book “Cuker Laza” is perhaps his best work so far. Previously we tried to discover the mystery behind the murder of the richest Belgrade woman ever, and then we saw the life and thoughts of a man who wanted to harness the Sun in service…

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