About

My name is Veronika and my biggest passion ever since I was a little kid has been the world of books. Reading them, attempting to write some myself during my childhood and reviewing them. I have always preferred creating imaginary worlds in my head rather than watching movies or series, even though I do have a strong interest in photography. While being a fan of design and aesthetics, the outer shell of a book is extremely important to me. You can definitely find me on team “physical book” rather than reading ebooks and I have an appreciation for the art of creating appealing book covers (so that I often end up hunting down that one exact edition by a certain publishing house for ages!).

Flashback to my early bookworm days in Kyiv, Ukraine, when I was 4 years old

With all those factors coming together, I have finally taken the time during the beginning of spring in 2020 to put together this little blog. While all the inhabitants of France, including me in Paris, were locked in at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were given the little gift of being able to do things we were too busy for in our “previous” lives.

The exact spot where you could find me during the majority of the time between March and May 2020

What you will find on here, is a mix of my personal photography of the books that I read and book reviews. There will be a wide variety of them, ranging from fiction, to non-fiction, from memoirs to poetic contemporary novels. The reviews will mainly be in English and German, whereas I generally read books in English, German, French, Ukrainian and Russian. If you’re a bit confused about that mix, it is due to the fact that I have moved around quite a bit in my life:

  • I was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and my native languages are ukrainian and russian;
  • I have lived for 2 years in Abu Dhabi, UAE, between the ages of 9 and 11, having learned English at an International School there;
  • After that, my family and I moved to Vienna, Austria, and I spent around 10 years there, finished high school and pursued my studies at two universities there;
  • The first move that I decided on by myself in my life was to Paris, France, in 2014, which has been a long term dream of mine. I stayed there for 8 years, until I decided that I was ready for the next adventure;
  • Having reached my goal of becoming fluent in spoken French, I most recently moved to Barcelona, Spain, in the summer of 2022 and am currently living here now.

Taking along my reading habits onto every single trip, just like onto this sunny terrace in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2020

I’m currently working on cooperating with publishing houses on reviewing various titles, while pursuing my Masters degree in Publishing at the Oxford Brookes University. If you’re interested in a collaboration, feel free to reach out to me through the contact page.