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Christmas Book Fair

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I like visiting the book fairs in Sofia. We usually have two per year, one in December, and one in May. I would often go 3-4 times, slowly navigating through the landscape, buying 1-2 books at a time.

I went there with the goal to buy the new book by Nicci French and maybe return for another round over the next 3-4 days. Came back to the office with 8. That’s a bit too many. This means I’m not returning to the fair as I exceeded the reasonable maximum of new books for the month 🙂 Anything else will have to wait.

Highlights:

  • The Dungeon Crawler Carl – I have to admit I made a purchase decision based on the fact that this book has a hole in the cover. It also has a very high score on Goodreads but that wouldn’t have been enough to buy it.
  • The Devils by Joe Abercrombie – you can say by the beautiful print that Joe Abercrombie has a new publisher for Bulgaria. The last one only did paperbacks.
  • The Last Days of Kira Mullan – Maud O’Conner’s part 1 was quite interesting I hope this book lives up to the expectations. That would likely be the next book I’ll start (currently reading two other). I like Nicci French.

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

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Just completed this thing, it was intense. 9/10 on the Matthew Reilly’s Contest scale. It was so intense that I’m not sure if I will dare to read the continuation. It also makes sense. Books like that tend to ignore the laws of physics, this is connected with reality.

Clear 5*/5 and a strong contestant for best thriller on my blog this year. Very impressive.

A Walk in Dark Sofia

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The Pig

There’s a wave of protests in Sofia against the oligarchy, and particularly against a few obese politicians who have been in power for decades. The statue is not fat-shaming. We have a some long history with the usage of this word to describe evil humans. It predates Animal Farm.

The Pig was defaced by structures with other goals. The paint under it was from people trying and failing to keep it pure pink. So one layer under of the fight with the government, there’s a fight about what’s written on the pig. BTW, the yellow pavement is falling apart and is not safe for the crowds that will gather around it.

The Tall Lady

I don’t know who she is even though there’s a very clear text explaining under the sculpture. The AI doesn’t know either. I was close to citing it but I accidentally remembered that the AI result points to another sculpture I’ve seen and remembered, and it is not this one. Let’s say she’s called “The Tall Lady”.

East Plaza Hotel

I’ve always wondered what do they protect with the rusty barbwire. Behind that wire is a building where you go to pay your heating bills and a large, empty lot. There’s a tunnel with a dirt road, going down 2 levels under a bridge, reaching a dog park with abandoned buildings on both sides and then a highly questionable closed bridge. Deserves its own post. I will try to figure out why do we have rivers up to around this wall but then do not have any after. Where do they go?

Oh, Hi

I didn’t see the young lad but he saw me and waved. The Roman ruins are dry and protected from rain, a good place to hang out.

7:2

Someone painted the name of their favorite football club and as it always happen in Sofia, the graffiti got vandalized. CSKA lost to Levski with the crushing 2:7 in 1968, some 57 years ago. You have to be around 65 to remember this event, maybe more given that few had access to TV at that time. However, the ugly walls of Sofia keep the memory alive.

Not the same void

I’ve not walked this particular path in months so this fluff has not been featured here before. Featuring her here to brighten the mood from the overall dark post.

All the fluff is thinking about is the good of humanity.

I hope you enjoyed the unusual tour of Sofia and reached the end of the post. Have a nice day!