the weekly mixtape

To be honest, I’m running out of ideas of what I should put in the introduction to each Mixtape, so let’s pretend I’ve written something great for this one. Media Rooms of her own. The letters of Tove Jansson, The New Yorker. It was one of the

Another week, another instalment. Straight to the point: Kiki’s delivery service, Eiko Kadono I’d written how much I love Miyazaki’s anime some time ago, so this week I decided to read the actual novel. A charming and relaxing story about a little witch named Kiki, her familiar,

To be honest, I don’t remember what I was doing this week except for rewatching “The Office”. The Office (2005), S1-5 I’ve started reading that book by Andy Green about the series and needed to rewatch the whole show for Nth time (even I don’t know how

It’s been ten (!) weeks of my writing summaries every Sunday, and it is still something I’m motivated to do. So, without any specially long-y introduction, straight to the point. Догра Магра, Кюсаку Юмэно Абсолютно печально, что Догра Магра Юмэно Кюсаку переводилась всего на несколько языков. Из приятного, она

And we are back for another weekly discussion of the media consumed (and what else). Три круга над домом, Василий Сабиров Ставила я себе целью на этот год читать больше детской литературы (не единственная книжная цель в этом году, но единственная в полной мере выполненная), а тут еще и сам

Week 8 of my writing about different staff, and I’m still motivated to do so. This one was all about consuming chill and somewhat “low-effort” content, so here we are. Blacksad, Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido. The last two volumes of “Blacksad” by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo

Another Sunday, another review of reviewable things. The Dark Forest, Liu Cixin The emanation of my annual reread of “The Three-Body Problem” is my rereading “The Dark Forest”, my least favourite book in the trilogy. The potential is enormous with all the little details the author pays attention to. However,

This week was of good reads and great music, so without any rumblings, straight to the point. More about Paddington, Michael Bond Although I liked the first book about Paddington, I wasn’t a fan of the story, as per se – it had its problems with the writing and the

It’s been a month of my writing every week and to be honest, I did not expect to a) be consistent with this whole The weekly mixtape thing and b) to enjoy it the way that I do. So, to the reads of this week. Blacksad. Volumes 2-4, Juan