What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 107

In this post we have a book that is not translated into English, although its author is very well known in Slovenia and also in other East European cities. I'm talking about Michal Viewegh. Michal Viewegh is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers and the bestselling one. He writes about romantic relationships of his contemporaries with humour, and variously successful irony and attempts at deeper meaningfulness; he is sometimes compared to Nick Hornby by his fans. 

In the book Případ nevěrné Kláry (in Slovene Primer nezveste Klare) or The Case of Unfaithful Clara in English we have a detective who was hired by a novelist/writer to find out if his much younger girlfriend is cheating on him. And so things start to get complicated. 

On my nails I have O.P.I. in the shade A Grape Fit! It seems that it's not available any more, at least I can't find it on O.P.I official site. This is a strange colour, not my favourite. The application was ok, but I see that it already started chipping, although my nails are in better shape, but it was still in great condition after one day, which is a big achievement for me. 

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What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 106

In Amanda Michalopoulou's Why I Killed My Best Friend (original title Giati skotosa tin kaliterimou fili), a young girl named Maria is lifted from her beloved Africa and relocated to her native Greece. She struggles with the transition, hating everything about Athens: the food, the air, the school, her classmates, the language. Just as she resigns herself to misery, Anna arrives. Though Anna's refined, Parisian upbringing is the exact opposite of Maria's, the two girls instantly bond over their common foreignness, becoming inseparable in their relationship as each other's best friend, but also as each other's fiercest competition-be it in relation to boys, talents, future aspirations, or political beliefs. 

Nail polish is from Bourjois from the line 10 days no chips, which is discontinued. The number of this polish is 19. This line had these strange brushes that were cut sideways, but I could manage the application just fine. Once you get to know how to hold the brush the application is easy. My nails are not so brittle anymore, so this one stayed three days without chipping which is very nice for me.

 

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What I'm reading + NOTD pt. 105

God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos. Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'him'. Whether you're a lifelong believer, a devout atheist, or someone who remains uncertain about the role of religion in our lives, this insightful manifesto will engage you with its provocative ideas. 

Christopher Eric Hitchens (1949 – 2011) was an Anglo-American author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic, and journalist. Hitchens was the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of over 30 books, including five collections of essays on culture, politics and literature. A staple of public discourse, his confrontational style of debate made him both a lauded intellectual and a controversial public figure. He contributed to New Statesman, The Nation, The Weekly Standard, The Atlantic, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Slate, Free Inquiry and Vanity Fair. 

Having long described himself as a democratic socialist, Marxist and an anti-totalitarian, he broke from the political left after what he called the "tepid reaction" of the Western left to the Satanic Verses controversy, followed by the left's embrace of Bill Clinton and the anti-war movement's opposition to NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. His support of the Iraq War separated him further. His writings include critiques of public figures Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger, Mother Teresa and Diana, Princess of Wales. He also advocated for the separation of church and state. 

As an antitheist, he regarded concepts of a god or supreme being as a totalitarian belief that impedes individual freedom. He argued in favour of free expression and scientific discovery, and that it was superior to religion as an ethical code of conduct for human civilization. The dictum "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence" has become known as Hitchens's razor.

Nail polish is from Essence from a limited edition and the name of polish is Jacob's Protection. From the name of this polish I believe you'd know what this limited edition was about :) The nail polish is a black base with blue shimmer. The application was ok, nothing more to say about this nail polish.

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