Category: Books
Alexis Kivi Day / Day of Finnish Literature
Alexis Kivi is the father of Finnish literature. Annually 10TH of October is the day of the writer Alexis Kivi (10.10.1834–31.12.1872), the author of the first Finnish novel. His birthday […]
Loneliness in Art
It is not a secret that month ago many of us have moved to Finland, Kouvola and opened new chapter of life called University. Some of students came from the […]
Why reading is important?
In our days there are so many things to do, where to go, what to eat. People are lost in many different activities and entertainment, that’s why less and less […]
Perfect books for autumn
Autumn is a perfect time for reading because of bad weather, studying in a university and having more free time for staying at home at all. The weather is much worse […]
Why it is interesting to learn Finnish language?!
photo by Lidiia Benkovskaia When a Russian person moves to Finland, people often ask different questions regarding the Finnish language. I want to say that it may seem difficult, but […]
172 Hours on the Moon
For my very first article of a new academic year at XAMK, I decided to review a book that I have read this summer, a thriller by Johan Harstad which […]
GIRLBOSS
“You can’t act like you’ve arrived when you’re only just receiving the invitation.” ― Sophia Amoruso, #GIRLBOSS Well written biography book, authored by Sofia Amoruso and published in 2014. Young […]
The last wish
“People” – Geralt turned his head – “like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves.” ― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish The last wish was originally […]
Fahrenheit 451
“Fahrenheit 451 – the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns…” This is an unusual book which discusses issues being set years in the future, by the author […]
The Darkest Minds
“Anyone who question me-I made them feel crazy for doing it.” ― Alexandra Bracken, The Darkest Minds The Dark Minds is a sequel of the three novels by Alexander Bracken. […]