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      <title>The Island of Missing Trees</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/images/the-island-of-missing-trees.jpg#floatright&#34; alt=&#34;island-of-missing-trees-book-cover&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Island of Missing Trees&lt;/em&gt; is a fiction novel written by Elif Shafak with action set mostly in London and Cyprus and taking course over several decades between 1970s and 2010s.&#xA;It is a book full of surprises and historical insights into that period of time, specifically the Greek-Turkish conflict over the Cyprus island.&#xA;The main premise of the book, in my opinion, sends a message about how the actions we take in life echo across generations, and what might seem unimportant to us now can be defining in the future of others.&#xA;Two main characters - Kostas and Dephne -  are from different parts of the island.&#xA;Kostas is Greek while Dephne is Turkish.&#xA;Both are deeply in love with each other during their teens, however arising conflict and tensions have a tragic impact on their relationship and families, which is what the book is mainly about.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>All the Lovers in the Night</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 16:40:54 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/images/all-the-lovers-in-the-night.jpg#floatright&#34; alt=&#34;all-the-lovers-in-the-night-cover&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;All the Lovers in the Night&lt;/em&gt; is a book about a young, shy proofreader in her thirties.&#xA;Fuyuko Irie, who is an introverted shut-in, rarely interacts with other people and keeps things quiet and to herself.&#xA;As far as she can remember, all she ever did was work, get back home, somehow pass the hours before sleeping and go to work the next day.&#xA;A solitary existence, void of contact with other people.&#xA;This changes when a friend of hers, Kyoko, encourages her to quit her job and start working freelance.&#xA;Soon afterwards she meets Hijari, her contact person for new proofreading requests, and Mitsutsuko, a man in his fifties, with whom she starts to slowly overcome her anxieties and barriers.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lolita</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:11:46 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/images/lolita.jpg#floatright&#34; alt=&#34;lolita-book-cover&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lolita is a very special book due to the sensitive subjects which it touches upon.&#xA;Masterfully written, it talks about taboo topics such as relationship abuse and obsession, and includes themes of murder, rape and pedophilia.&#xA;It has been widely regarded as a literary classic and masterpiece and included in some of the most prestigious book rankings in the world &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita&#34;&gt;(see here)&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;A colleague of mine told me that she could have not read on until the end, due to the books narrative.&#xA;After getting into a discussion with her, I have decided to give the book a try.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Klara and the Sun</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:49:23 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/images/klara-and-the-sun-book-cover.jpg#floatright&#34; alt=&#34;klara-and-the-sun-book-cover&#34;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Klara and the Sun&lt;/em&gt; is a novel written by Kazuo Ishiguro.&#xA;Set in a far dystopian future, it tells a story about the relationship between Josie, a home schooled, genetically modified child and Klara, an artificial friend (AF) and companion to Josie.&#xA;It&amp;rsquo;s a remarkable tale that tries to answer some of the most important questions we often ask ourselves:&#xA;&lt;em&gt;What makes us human?&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;What does it mean to be human?&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;We encounter multiple themes throughout the book, but there are two which I would like to write about.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>List of Books</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:14:25 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;This is a list of my favorite books.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Daniel Keyes &lt;em&gt;Flowers for Algernon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Philip K. Dick &lt;em&gt;Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/books/klara-and-the-sun/&#34;&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro &lt;em&gt;Klara and the Sun&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;John Steinbeck &lt;em&gt;The Grapes of Wrath&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Harper Lee &lt;em&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/books/all-the-lovers-in-the-night/&#34;&gt;Mieko Kawakami &lt;em&gt;All the Lovers in the Night&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro &lt;em&gt;An Artist of the Floating World&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Khaled Hosseini &lt;em&gt;The Kite Runner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Victor Hugo &lt;em&gt;The Hunchback of Notre-Dame&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro &lt;em&gt;Never Let Me Go&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Umberto Eco &lt;em&gt;The Name of the Rose&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/books/the-island-of-missing-trees/&#34;&gt;Elif Shafak &lt;em&gt;The Island of Missing Trees&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;George Orwell &lt;em&gt;Animal Farm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hermann Hesse &lt;em&gt;Siddhartha&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;https://mjkw.pl/books/lolita/&#34;&gt;Vladimir Nabokov &lt;em&gt;Lolita&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paulo Coelho &lt;em&gt;The Alchemist&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Carlos Ruiz Zafon &lt;em&gt;The Shadow of the Wind&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;William Wharton &lt;em&gt;Dad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Albert Camus &lt;em&gt;The Plague&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anthony Doerr &lt;em&gt;All the Light We Cannot See&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fyodor Dostoevsky &lt;em&gt;Crime and Punishment&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro &lt;em&gt;A Pale View of Hills&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Albert Camus &lt;em&gt;The Stranger&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;George Orwell &lt;em&gt;1984&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ian McEwan &lt;em&gt;Atonement&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gregory David Roberts &lt;em&gt;Shantaram&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Khaled Hosseini &lt;em&gt;A Thousand Splendid Suns&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Albert Camus &lt;em&gt;The Fall&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anthony Doerr &lt;em&gt;All the Light We Cannot See&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nancy Kleinbaum &lt;em&gt;Dead Poets Society&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gregory David Roberts &lt;em&gt;In the Shadow of the Mountain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro &lt;em&gt;When We Were Orphans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;John Steinbeck &lt;em&gt;The Pearl&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Richard Powers &lt;em&gt;Bewilderment&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kazuo Ishiguro &lt;em&gt;The Remains of the Day&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Aldous Huxley &lt;em&gt;Brave New World&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;John Steinbeck &lt;em&gt;Of Mice and Men&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Oscar Wilde &lt;em&gt;The Picture of Dorian Gray&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nikolai Gogol &lt;em&gt;Dead Souls&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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