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1/101 - Olga Maru拧evski and Sonja Jurkovi膰 - Maksimir (4 stars)

Short description: A book consisting of 2 studies dealing with the romantical park Maksimir in Zagreb - one of the oldest landscape parks in SE Europe. The first study focuses mainly on it's history, as well as on history of European landscape parks overall. The second study describes traits of Maksimir's landscape composition

2/101 - The Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter (4 stars)

Short description: Even though this lyrical/epical work is really old and incredibly damaged by fragmentation as a result of it's antiquity, it can still be an amusing read, even nowdays.

3/101 - The Dark Tower by Stephen King (5 stars)

Short description: It is beyond description. You have to have a taste of it for yourself. I feel completely lost and crippled after finishing it.

This is the last book of the epic Dark Tower saga, which is a series of novels that could be described as western/fantasy/horror/science fiction/steampunk/(semi)authobiography/postmodernist novels, and yet that doesn't mean anything. You really have to experience them for yourselves. Especially this last one when it comes it's turn, for it is soul-crushing, and one of the most original, mind-raping and englufing stories I'm sure I'll ever read.

4/101 - Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue by Marquis de Sade - (3 stars)

Short description: an infamous anti-didactic novel by this French lunatic is interesting because it manages to shock even in 21 century with it's descriptions and praises of multiple rape, degradation, torture, sewing shut vagina and anus, pedophilia, erotic murder, eating feces, and many more deviant and cruel behaviours. The main goal of the novel is to mock the virtue of any kind. It is interesting, but it is not exactly a great literature. It's repetitive, characters are flat and stupid, narration uneven, and quasi-philosophical passages very boring.

5/101 - Ayurveda: Vedska medicina I. dio by Stjepan 沤agar (2 stars)

Short description: This is an introduction to ancient indian medicine science ayurveda, written by Croatian author. Unfortunately, the theme is poorly presented.

6/101 - The Green Mile by Stephen King (5 stars)

Short description: King's prison novel with the elements of supernatural triller. Very emotional. Like most of the King's best works, it is a bitter-sweet tour down the memory lane. And the characters, too, which is King's speciality, are very present and very fleshy. Very real. Maybe they are imaginary, but somehow that doesn't make them less real, not in King's works. Maybe they are just one universe farther from the Dark Tower than our world of reality.

7/101 - Food for the Spirit: Vegetarianism and the World Religions by Steven Rosen (3 staras)

Short description: This is a publication that invstigates presence of the vegetarian imperative in 5 largest world's religions. It is an interesting publication, but too brief, and even some philological facts about ancient indian literature are incorrect.

8/101 - Adrijanina nit by Milana Vukovi膰 Runji膰 (3 stars)

Short description: This is a novel by Croatian writer about the young gold digger who wants to get married to a rich guy. I tought it would be a desastrous chick-lit garbage of the worst sort, but it somehow managed to overcome it's theme and expand it to a story about an unhappy marriage with a man who has a dark secret. Better than chick-lit, if nothing else. And on a few pages it achieves a nice dark atmosphere.

9/101 - Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2 stars)

Short description: This romantic play in verses is considered one of the best works of world's literature, but in fact, if we do not want to be hypocrites - it is almost completely garbage. 1st part (which is the shorter one) is actually fine - if it were just that, it would earn 4 stars, I guess. But the second, very long part, is what sends Faust right down the shit hole. The fact that no one even knows what is going on in it doesn't make it a work of a genious. Academics are just afraid not to sound intellectual all the time, so they continue the senseless tradition of praising a completely impenetrable work, which sounds exactly like ramblings of a man so old and demented he can not even articulate his thoughts any more. I mean, seriously, I did some research - there are not two critics in the world stupid enought to interpret it and to get along on the meaning, while the others plainly admit it can not be understood in any way, but still continue to praise it.
The primary function of all art is to communicate with it's consummer, and to pass on some feelings if possible. This does none of it, it just rambles on and on, being it's own purpose. A fine example of academic hypocrisy, and of a highly praised work that is in fact nothing more than a piece of shit.

10/101 - A Book Of Silence by Sara Maitland (3 stars)

Short description: An interesting publication in a form of a long essay/research paper on the topic of silence, and cultural background of our perception of silence. Autobiographical parts of the book, as well as the ones that are re-telling some stories concerning various loners are very interesting. On the other hand, scientific and "objective" parts where author is trying to choke us on some of her thesis or observations are laughably inconclusive. Argumentation ih highly subjective, which would be fine if author didn't insist on scientific approach.

11/101 - Tiffany protiv Vilinske kraljice [original title: The Wee Free Men] by Terry Pratchett (4 stars)

Short description: This is a fantasy novel based on humor and irony, a strange concept for me personally. But, suprisingly, it works. When I'm starting a new Terry Pratchett book, every time i hate it at the beggining, but until the end I am engaged and amused.
Even though Terry wrote some of the most annoying dialogues in fantasy, his Discworld novels remain strangely appealing.

12/101 - Na vodi i druge novele [a collection of short stories] by Guy de Maupassant (4 stars)

Short description: This is a collection of short stories of the legendary french author, divided into 3 thematic parts: horror stories, love stories and social stories.
Even though Maupassant is a realist author by his style, he is often far from it in his thematic interests - supernatural, uncanny, deviant and strange.

13/101 - O geniju: eseji by Arthur Schopenhauer (5 stars)

Short description: This is a collection of essays by German philosopher Schopenhauer. Essays revolve around nature of genious, perception, and art.

14/101 - The Zoroastrian Tradition: An Introduction to the Ancient Wisdom of Zarathushtra by Farhang Mehr (4 stars)

Short description: This publication is a comprehensive introduction to Zarathustrian religion. It mainly focuses on explaining the core beliefs of the Mazdaists, as written down in Gathas, and pointing out the ways in which they were corrupted over time. An interesting read for all the students of comparative religion, or overly curious lunatics like myself.

15/101 - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami (3 stars)

Short description: This is just lazy writing. And it is even more irritating coming from a man who definetly has a talent.
Murakami's weak spot was always the plotting, which is, nonsurprisingly, laughably bad in this book, too. But, his main attribute, for which he is worth reading have always been interesting and greatly moulded characters. Well, in this book he decides to put a completely featureless man as a main protagonist, and make it a part of the plot. Besides that flaws, this is not a bad read, but it certainly isn't sensational or brilliant in any way. The book is even more polluted with his usual unfinished arcs of storylines and symbolics which is put in here simply as a make-up which should cover a bad plot.
Approach this as you would approach some books for reading at the beach, and you will not be dissapointed.

16/101 - Zlo膷ini iz Ljubavi [a selection from the originally larger book Les Crimes de l'amour] by Marquis de Sade (3 stars)

Short description: This is a selection from de Sade's book of short stories Les Crimes de l'amour, and it is very untypicall for de Sade, for it seems it doesn't mock the virtue as usuall in his books, but to set it on a piedestal, comparing it as a supreme to evil and perversions. Speaking of evil, this book seriously lacks the sick viciousness of his other famous works. And what do we get when we strip de Sade's prose from all of it's controversy and perversions, torture, rape and insanity? A quite boring book. Only the last storly in this book, E. de Franval, kind of resembles the usual de Sade, others are not very engaging, and didn't age well.

17/101 - On Being and Essence by Thomas Aquinas (2 stars)

Short description: This is a very short and inadequate introduction to the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Besides this introduction lacking depth, it is also a fact that Aquinas' thought isn't that impressive at all, with it's subjective metaphysical deduction.

18/101 - Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin (5 stars)

Short description: Normally, I am not a huge fan of vampire stories, but this is one hell of an exception, and the best damn vampire story I ever experienced. Firstly, it is a bold reimagining of the old vampire myth which was getting really old and boring really fast. Secondly, characters in this piece od art are amazingly moulded (which is very much expected of George Martin, he is, along with Stephen King, probably the best character moulder in at least last 50 years in literature, quite possibly much more). Further, the story is engaging, interesting, contains a few unexpected and original twists, and it's atmosphere and motive pallete is stunning. It is a mixture of John Carpenter brutal slasher movie Vampires, Huckleberry Finn, and the more sofisticated Interview with a vampire. It is a supreme recommendation for all horror fans alike. Nights on the river on the hot South, and description of a sailors lives in this book would be good enough to stand for themselves as an expample of the supreme literature.

19/101 - Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (4 stars)

Short descriptions: This is an extended version of one of the most important modern pioneering books on animal rights. It is especially interesting because it is a work of ethical philosophy, and it provides a strong theoretical backbone to the animal liberation movement. Most of the books dealing with this thematics concentrate on piling up nomerous facts, and that is all fine and neccessary, but if you want to explore the philosophical aspect of animal rights movement, this book should be included into your list. It even boldy pinpoints some weak theoretical points of the movement, not ignoring them like many others, but confronting them with honesty and developing the consistent and well rounded ethical theory.

20/101 - Zakoni; Epinomis [english title: Laws; Epinomis] by Plato (2 stars)

Short description: I find one of the greatest Antic philosophers Plato nor very wise nor very interesting. His law perscription is awfully close minded, like he is trying to form a fanatic sect and not a goverment of a state. And his "philosophical" thought in Laws is empty metaphysical self explanatory subjectiveness. Bullshit. Very short Epinomis ih kind of more interesting and more philosophical.

21/101 - Blaze by Stephen King aka Richard Bachman (5 stars)

Short description:

This is one of the Steven King's books written under a pseudonym. It is not very ambitious (King has some pretty ambitious novels on his shelf) but it is masterful and engaging as ever. Paranormal horror elements are kept to a minimum, and it is actually up to a reader to decide if there ever was anything paranormal about it or not, which is also very interesting.

22/101 - Proza II. by Vjekoslav Majer (5 stars)

Short description: This is a selection of prose of this Croatian author. I must say i was blown away with it. It might be one of the most original and most hearthy prose works in our whole pathetic Croatian literature. It manages masterfully to be funny as hell and very very dark at the same time. Horrors of life in 20th century are masterfully painted, and ridiculed. The fact that Majers prose is often very unarranged, with unneccesary repetitions, doesn't at all kill the pleasure of reading his works. Fucking A. Modern as fuck 70 years after it was written. That cant be accomplished by anybody.

23/101 - Hrvatska mlada lirika 2 by Various Authors (3 stars)

Short description: This is a collection of works of the youngest generation of Croatian poets. It wants to be the sequel to one of the most important publications for modern Croatian poetry, "Hrvatska mlada lirika" from 1904. About 5 of 12 authors in this new collection suck really hard. But that's the thing. It means that at least 7 of 12 poets in it are actually good. That is sort of an accomplishment, because in modern Croatian collections of poetry (and in collecions of poetry world wide, i'd say) it is hard to find a publication in which more than half of poets don't suck ass. So this turned out better than expected in the end.

24/101 - Podsused: vjerski 啪ivot i tradicija, kulturno-povijesna, umjetni膷ka i prirodna ba拧tina by Various Authors (4 stars)

Short description: This book is a monograph about the most western part of the Zagreb, a neighbourhood called Podsused. Podsused is, as a part of a larger picture, not very important in Croatian, or even Zagreb's history. But, approached from a different perspective, it is a fascinating little suburban area with really fascinating history. This book deals with its roots, its history, importance, architecture, art, community, and so on. It really gives to the ones crazy enough to research this kind of obscure topic a really wholesome picture of that little pat of the world.

25/101 - Neke stvari i ostalo [a selection of poems] by Jacques Pr茅vert (4 stars)

Short description: Prevert is a great poet, really. One in a 100 famous poets that is actually worth reading. But this selection of his works suffers from some bad choices. First of all, translation is obviously clumsy at some places. Second of all, not all poems selected here are appropriate for the tardeged audience (former reading Yugoslavia), and third - it was really not neccesary to include some of poet's notes, short prose works or mini dramas into this, for they are not so great at all. Prevert is primarily a poet, and those things are just in the way here.

26/101 - Preko granica: Pripovijetke o ljubavi, ludosti i ratu [Manto's short stories collection] by Saadat Hasan Manto (4 stars)

Short description: This is collection of Manto's short stories translated into Croatian directly from Urdu. Stories themselves are really something else than we are used to in the West. If you are looking fo something exotic, you won't be dissapointed. Although the translation itself suffers from some minor bad decisions, this book is absolutely interesting to everyone who looks to expand his horizons. Although sometimes this stories can be difficult for an average Westerner's understanding because of the cultural context, they are worth a try.

27/101 - The Possibility of an Island [original title: La possibilite d'une ile] by Michel Houellebecq (5 stars)

Short description: This was a depressing and sickening read, but worth of every page! It is even more weird that I'm giving this kind of statement, since I didn't really like any other of 4-5 Huellebecq's prose books I've read, except for this one. They are full of good parts soaking in loathing for humankind and it's ways, which are enlighteningly and accurately described, but his books are usually full of endless boring passages on economy, and bureaucracy, so you get some kind of crisscross between stock market newspapers, porn magazine and Bukowski prose in H.'s books, which is not very good.
Fortunately, this one surpassed illnesses of his previous prose attempts, and is a fucking masterpiece all the way, from it's unbeliveably nihilistic style to it's highly original plot. This is a crisscross of an SF novel and hard boiled prose in trousers. Observations made on humankind are brilliant and frighteningly accurate. Despite this book being so dark and depressing that it could cause a few suicides, it is a fucking masterpiece for many years to come!

28/101 Izgubljena by Vedrana Pavlak (5 stars)

Short description: In short, this might be the best Croatian book of poetry I've read in, I don't know, at least in last 3 years. Probably longer. Why is it so good? Because it is natural, unpretentious, spontaineous, understandable, understanding, loveable, lively poetry which is not an intellectual masturbation like most garbage they publish this days. It is a poetry for common humans, and every one could recognize himself in some parts of this book. That is the ultimate achievement in poetry. Period. Academic cunts can go suck a dick, they will never get even near to this with their gibberish.

29/101 - Paganizam u teoriji i praksi (knjiga prva) - Doktrina paganizma by Iolar (4 stars)

Short description: This is a first book of the trilogy of manuals for understanding and practicing paganism and whichcraft, writen by a Croatian author under the pseudonym Iolar.
The book itself is really amazing, no matter what you think of paganism, magic and such subjects. It is perfect for anyone who wants to learn about those subjects, from an academic and from practical perspective alike. It is especially suitable for beginners.
Besides being a really good manual, it shows author's enormous eloquency. Author is a top-class linguist, etnologist and sociologist. The fact that he is also a pagan shouldn't belittle the scientific value of this book.
Concerning the paganistic beliefs presented in the book - some of them are silly, some of them are wise, some of them are interesting. But, no matter how you ercieve them, that sould not be the standard for measuring the quality of a book like this one.

30/101 - Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others by Marco Iacoboni (2 stars)

Short description: This is a book about neuroscientific researches on how we learn and develop as individuals because our brain reacts by imitating others and their actions. Thesis of this book is presented as something spectacular, something that will change the world, but it is really nothing special. Everyone i know is aware of the immitating ability of our brains, and importance that it has on our persona. Scientist just added some hypothetical "mirroring neurons" in that mix, and seasoned the whole shit up with scientific terminology. Nothing special, and certainly not groundbreaking here.
Besides that, book is boring, extremely one-sided (neuroscience can explain everything, social and temporal context are just by-products and really not that important), it presuposses sme monstrously unethical conclusions (babbling on how ethics is of vital importance while we research on humans, denying the ethical imperative while experimenting on primates; rant on how neuroscience has a very important ability to discover subconscious proccesses that can and should be manipulated in modern advertising), and so on.
Skip this shit.

31/101 - The Little Prince [original title: Le petite prince] by Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry (4 stars)

Short description: A famous modern fairy tale which has lots of alegoric seasoning added to it's mix. That's really all I can say about it right now. Some books are really not to be described.

32/101 - Kalendar Maja by Zoran Feri膰 (5 stars)

Short description: This is a lenghty novel of a contemporary Croatian writer Zoran Feri膰. It holds his signature, and as always, Feri膰 doesn't dissapoint. Plot is bizzare and humorous at the same time, and no one does it better than this author. This is a novel about life, and as such, many of it's parts are not very pleasant to read, but they speak true to the reader, and therfore he is attracted to unveiled ugliness of the world as a fly is attracted by a lamp. This is a masterpiece of literature, and I feel so sorry for Feri膰 for being born in Croatia. If he were born outside, with the same talent and the same style, he would be a literary superstar.

33/101 - Dada: Art and Anti-Art by Hans Richter (5 stars)

Short description: This publication deals with a phenomenon of Dadaism - it is a readable and consistent review of the movement's history,of anecdotes about certain Dadaist artists, and of motives and logic behind it. Book's author was in the core of the original movement himself, which makes this book a sort of recollection and a self explanation from the temporal distance. This book has a perfect balance between historical facts and fun anecdotes. It is enjoyable read, filled with illustrations on which you can se some of the most interesting Dadaist visual works. If you ever wanted to really understand the phenomenon of Dadaism, this is a perfect reading choice for you.

34/101 - Dru啪ba Pere Kvr啪ice by Mato Lovrak (4 stars)

Short description: It is a childrens book by a Croatian author. It tells the story about the group of kids secretly repairing the village mill which adults abandoned because of their private quarrels. It is a story about the importance of unity. Although narration isn't always perfect, it is a very neat book that manages to remind a reader of the magical world of children secrets and exploration.

35/101 - Izabrani epigrami by Gustav Krklec (5 stars)

Short description: This is a selection of epigrams written by a modern Croatian poet Gustav Krklec. It is kind of strange reading an ancient Greek poetical genre (which is, today, practically extinct) resurrected in a new age, being at the same time indistinguishable from it's ancient predecessors with form, style and themes, but in the same time modern and piercing. This was a lot more amusing read than I expected.

36/101 - Mexico City Blues by Jack Kerouac (1 star)

Short description: This book of "poetry" is an absolute disaster, a trainwreck, a turd. And I'm saying that as a big Kerouac fan, and a big poetry fan, But Kerouac's poetry? Jesus Christ. There is absolutely nothing in this 250 pages of letters. Nothing. Just drogged up unarticulated babbling of which Kerouac apparently thought as "spiritual" in his drug frenzy. Revolting, meaningless, hermetic, senseless, pretentious, uncommunicative pages and pages and pages. Kerouac's worst work by far.

37/101 - Libra Libera #17 by Katarina Peovi膰 Vukovi膰 (editor) (5 stars)

Short description: This is a Croatian literary magazine, and it was some of the most innovative shit around. Concept and design of this particular issue are simply genious. First thematical section presents theoretical works on video games, which is a main theme of the issue, and the design of whole publication maches it perfectly. Second section presents theoretical works on science fiction, 3rd presents highly contraversal and insane French author Pierre Guyotat. 4th section presents some short stories which are all dealing with some aspect of phenomenon of celebrities. Last section presents a satirical dictionary.
Not all texts from this issue a re perfect far from it. But the mere concept and presentation are superior beyond comprehension.

38/101 - Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (2 stars)

Short description: I expected something from this book, but I didn't get it. I didn't really get anything but a massive number od plot holes. I wanted to like this book, for I really liked the premise about the giant prehistoric worm living under the mansion, but plot is, in lack of other words, simply executed retarded. Here it is completely normal for characters who were in danger of getting murdered to ask their murderer to drink some tea with them like nothing happened. Motives of characters are incomprehensible, characters change personalities when it is convinient, they act unbeliveably senseless, psychic battles are something rather normal, as is inviting people who want to murder you into your house day after day after day. This was simply stupid.

39/101 - Thinner by Stephen King aka Richard Bachman (5 stars)

Short description: This is a real page turner, and a proof that body horror can be atmospheric and not just gross. It is a horror novel about a lawyer who hits and kills with a car an old Gipsy woman, and as a result, her grandfather curses him to lose weight until there's nothing left of him. It is deeply atmospheric, disturbing, characters are great, story is very engaging, (SPOILER AHEAD:) war between mobsters and Gipsies near the end of the book is simply epic, and the end itself is a thing on it's own, very twisted, like a brick in the face.
This is at the same time a typically good King novel, but it is also somewhat atypical for him from time to time. Highly recommended.

40/101 - Izgubljen u vremenu [original title: Twice Upon A Time] by Charles L. Fontenay (4 stars)

Short description: I bought this SF novel for a few pennies from the street stall selling used, and usually very trashy literature. My expectations concerning this novel were pretty low. But, somehow, it managed to suck me in. It was fun, fluent, with good twists, and quite enjoyable SF experience. Novel is concentrated on politics of the human race in far future. Diplomacy and conspiracies are driving the wheel of narration, and aliens can be seen in only two short scenes. This is also a book about loyalty and space and time travels. Characters are somewhat featureless, but only to some extent, and it doesn't wreck the enjoyment. This is not a work for anthologies, but I would definetly recommend it for every SF fan.

41/101 - Mediji i kultura: ideologija medija nakon decentralizacije by Katarina Peovi膰 Vukovi膰 (2 stars)

Short description: This is a book about transition of media structure from the centralised ones to the oppositely decentralised ones, like the Internet. The book consists of a few theoretical essays written exclusively from the viewpoint of neomarxism and cultural studies. The book itself is very inapproachable to an average reader, and even to academic citizens, for it's autor seems to be trying to write longest sentences she can, and with as many foreign words as she can. It's like listening to someone with a verbal handicap. And if your fight your way through the meaning, you'll find out that it wasn't worth the effort becaouse most of the postulates are laughably trivial, one-minded, impossible to prove, exaggerated, or simply not true, not even in the theoretical sense.

42/101 - Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (5 stars)

Short description: There is a reason this book of poetry has such a cult status for such a long period of time. It represents everything a modern poetry should be - cocky, self engulfing, bold, provocative, hysterical, ill, melancholic, myth-making, insane, putrid, fiery, fierce, stomach wrenching, beautiful, loving, living dead.

43/101 - Izbor pjesama [original title: Oeuvres poetiques d'Apollinaire] [a collection of works] by Guillaume Apollinaire (3 stars)

Short description: this collection of poetry contains classical and avangardish works of this famous poet. His poetry is sometimes very expressive and almost excellent, but he is constantly sinking into verbal overloads. But, diversing him from most of other poets who are suffering from verbal diarrhea, you constantly have a feeling that behind his verses are actually some meaningful impressions that would be worth of digging out.

44/101 - The Greatness Guide: Powerful Secrets for Getting to World Class by Robin S. Sharma (5 stars)

Short description: I hate self help literature, usually. But this self-improvement book is something else. Let us just put aside authors motives, ethics and other dilemas people like me could have while exploring the mind of someone who advises all to achieve their business goals at all costs. But this book really teaches you how to become better, more complete and more successful person on a personal level also, to hell with business plans. And it does so well. It is well articulated, clear, entertaining and useful. A good read.

45/101 - Replay by Ken Grimwood (5 stars)

Short description: This was an engaging one. It is a modern fantasy novel with a really original approach. It is about a middle aged man disatisfied with what has become of his life, who suffers a heart attack and dies, only to find himself transfered into his own past, again at the collegue, with world full of opportunities in front of him. But as he lives his replay one after the other, living many different lives, he finds himself more and more entangled in different time paradoxes, and desperate for answers. This book really successfully makes you care for the characters and what they ae going through, makes you question yourself and makes your imaginative juices burst out wildly.

46/101 - Stihovi: izabrane pjesme by Arsen Dedi膰 (4 stars)

Short description: This is an anthology of poems written by famous Croatian musician and poet. I don't have a problem with Dedi膰's poetry, in fact i quite enjoyed the bitterness and sarcasm of his earlier and mid works. What I have a problem with is editor's criteria of putting random things Dedi膰 wrote in this anthology, therefore missing the point of anthology. So therefore, as a final result, we have an anthology of a fine Croatian poet filled with various trash between some really brilliant poems.

47/101 - Pohvala ludosti [original title: Sultitiae laus] by Desiderius Erasmus (3 stars)

Short description: This satyrical work is interesting because of it's somewhat original style. It is imagined as a praise to human folly, and Folly is the main narrator, explaining why she is the blessing and aid to man instead of opposite. By doing so, author is dealing with irrational human nature, sometimes praising it and sometimes condemning it through the same self-praising dialogue of personified Folly. Unfortunately, what keeps people from enjoying this book more are numerous references to Greek and Roman culture.

48/101 - Vedri dani [original title: Die hellen Tage] by Zsuzsa B谩nk (5 stars)

Short description: This lenghty novel is a jurney down the memory lane, and into the childhood of 3 friends. Everything seems ideal and innocent in those far gone days, but more and more you read, you find that even in those happy days, there are shadows lurking on every corner, waiting to grab you by the throat. This novel is very poetic and introspective, which some readers are sure to loathe, but i found this work very engulfing.

49/101 - Rgvedski himni: Izvori indijske kulture i indoeuropsko naslje膽e by Mislav Je啪i膰 (3 stars)

Short description: This is a work of an extreme depth and understanding of the history of languages and myths. This indologist scientific work deals with hymns found in holy indian scripture Rgveda from the philological point of view. Author's main concern is to bring up a new suggestion for explaining some of the motives from those ancient religious scripts as parts of the indoeuropean myth motive depository, mainly explained as astronomical metaphores. This is an extremely interesting read, and author is an extremely educated and learned in the matter he speaks of. But, the main downfall of this book is that it is such a hard and unapproachable read that even learned indologists like myself will struggle to understand it in depth. Author, because of his enormous eloquence, seems to forget that he is writing for others and not for himself, so he will, for example, presuppose that everyone i learned in the ancient greek script, mythology and terminology, which is rediculous. But, even if this book certainly would not bring ancient Indian poetry to the masses, it is still an very valuable publication.

50/101 - Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov (5a stars)

Short description: A not so famous novel by the famous author, and a creator of later Lolita. This novel stood up to my expectations because of masterfully crafted characters, a cliche plot that writer suceeded to make extremely engaging, soverein and crafty narration and disgustingly heartless features of main characters - all that made this into an engaging page turner.