It Begins (+ 2 quick reads)

And just like that, I'm back to getting up early enough to allow myself time to drink coffee and zone out first thing in the morning.  Staring out the living room window before it all begins.

I ask you, where did my summer go?

I'm still on my communist/Croatia essayist kick.  Both of these books are series of short essays about communist or post-communist life, and they cover everything from the politics of a start-up democracy to the reasoning for bad teeth outside of America.  These essays aren't quite as personal or feminist-based as How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, but they are still fascinating to me.  I walk around all the time, thankful for toilet paper and free choice.  I expect this thankfulness to last until next week, at which point I will be freaking out regularly until I get used to my new schedule.

Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic

The Balkan Express: Fragments from the Other Side of War by Slavenka Drakulic

Anyhoo, if you're looking for a different book, try one of these.

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