Belgrade Book Fair 2013 - James Bond and Crocheting

It's that time of the year again, it's Belgrade Book Fair time which means absolutely nothing to you unless you live in Serbia. But to me it's the only morning I'm really happy despite hanging out with my new best friend Insomnia all night. I'll still show you the list of what I found and tell you that we are getting our first Kindle from Santa this year and I'm still not sure what to feel about it...

Top row:

1. The Neverending Story - Michael Ende (in Serbian)*

2.  Diamonds are Forever- Ian Fleming (in English)*

3. Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes (in Serbian)

4. Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse - Virginia Wolf (in English)

5. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery

Second row:

1. Neuromancer - William Gibson (in English)

2. From Russia with Love - Ian Fleming (in English)

3. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies- Alexander McCall Smith (in Serbian)

4. Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte (in English)

5. Random vintage Serbian book on crocheting

Bottom row:

1. Sandman - Neil Gaiman (in Serbian)

2. Metro 2033 - Dmitry Glukhovsky(in Serbian)

3. Wunderkind - Roy Jacobsen (in Serbian)

below: Ivan Klajn - kind of Serbian dictionary

4. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (in English)

5. American Vogue, Septembar 2013

So, judging by this choice of books what would one think of me? I wonder...

* Being able to read in two languages is the only super power I have.

;)

*Serbian

Belgrade Book Fair 2012

Belgrade Book Fair is my favourite time of the year. Birthdays and holidays have got nothing on it. Absolutely the best week of the year. This year the result is 17 books bought. Mostly second hand but in great condition and at half the price of the new books.

And every year I find at least one book that can be deemed the treasure. This year it was a copy of Breakfast at Tiffany's that I dug out from a pile in a cardboard box under desk in one of the stalls. It cost me less than a Euro and it's beautiful.

So, 17 books, in both English and Serbian (my superpower, reading in two languages, and I need more) will last me a while. Salinger, Murakami, Marques and I will have some great fun this year. OK, now I'm just bragging.

:)

*Serbian

From Vogue to Shakespeare

This is  the outcome of the visit to the Belgrade Book Fair this weekend. And it’s my favourite week of the year even better than birthday. And there you can by anything from British Vogue to vintage Shakespeare, and again for my favourite price of 1 Euro. Since Vouges and any forgein magazines are pretty expensive in Serbia (up to 15 Euro) this is a real treat (if only I could find Lula for 1E). I also bought a set of all 12 issues of National Geographic magazine from 2007 for 5E. Oh and I did buy some books, too, Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith, Sendman by Neil Gaiman and some Shakespeare.

So Serbian speaking readers got an extensive guide to the Belgrade Book Fair which would not make much sense for non-Serbian readers, so the rest of you guys only get the pictures. But in case anyone happens to be coming to the BBF feel free to ask for any advice or directions and welcome to Belgrade.

So this is what else I found there and also what I wore (comfort is essential in this case):