What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 104

Blauschmuck by Katharina Winkler is not translated into English, so if I translate the title loosely it could be something like "blue accessory". Katharina Winkler is an Austrian writer and her book Blauschmuck was very well received and has also got several awards. In the beginning it says that the book is based on a true story. 

Filiz grows up in a Kurdish village in Turkey. She is twelve when she falls in love with Yunus, who is a few years his senior, and dreams of a life together in the West: "'How do we want to live, Yunus?' / 'In jeans, we'll wear denim pants in Germany.' "At 15, she marries Yunus - secretly and against the will of her father. But with the wedding also the dreams of freedom and autonomy burst: instead of jeans Filiz now wears burka; Together with the three children born in this marriage, she is exposed to the physical and mental brutality of her husband and mother-in-law. The family's emigration to the West does not change that either - for the time being. 

The hate I have for Yunus, a truly despicable man, and if you think this is a true story... 

The nail polish is from Essence, from a limited edition called Snow White. The big nail polish was red with the name snow White and there were also seven smaller nail polishes, meant to be dwarfs. Mine is called Grumpy, and it's a beautiful vibrant blue colour. The application is not the easiest but is manageable. 

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What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 103

The Days of Abandonment (original title I giorni dell' abbandono) by Elena Ferrante is a gripping story of a woman's descent into devastating emptiness after being abandoned by her husband with two young children to care for. When she finds herself literally trapped within the four walls of their high-rise apartment, she is forced to confront her ghosts, the potential loss of her own identity, and the possibility that life may never return to normal. 

For you who maybe still don't know this, Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Despite being recognized as a novelist on an international scale, Ferrante has kept her identity secret since the publication of her first novel in 1992. 

The nail polish is from Essence from the line Show Your Feet, with the name In the jungle. Essence had one nail polish in this line with exactly the same name, except it wasn't the same colour. They did this a lot in the past. I think the first polish that I showed you with this name is way prettier than this, but I got this polish with a reason. And the reason being it was the exact colour of Zorro’s hair and I wanted to have nail polishes that would represent all of the Strawhats by the colour. I'm talking about One Piece. My excuse is, that I was way younger at that time (but One Piece is still the best). 

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What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 102

Money can buy you freedom. But what about happiness? 

When Jocelyne looks at herself in the mirror, she sees a middle-aged, married woman who runs a dressmaking shop in a small provincial French town and lives a very ordinary existence. But what happened to all those dreams she had when she was 17? 

Then she wins millions on the lottery and has the chance to change her life for ever. So why does she find herself reluctant to accept the money? To help her decide what to do, she begins to compile a list of her heart's desires, never suspecting for one moment that the decision might be taken out of her hands. 

The List of my Desires (original title La liste de mes envies) is written by Gregorie Delacourt, who I thought, don't know why, is a woman, but Gregorie is a man. What is your opinion about men who write about women like they really know how is like to be a woman? 

The nail polish is from Essence, from the old line Colour&Go with the name Free hugs and the colour is a true barbie pink and it looks nice on my hands now that I have a little bit of tan. The application was nonproblematic. 

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