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By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on July 8, 2011
Posted in Books

Book Review – Angels by Marian Keyes

This book was a page turner, but it’s hard to identify what the page turning element was. Maybe it was the fact that the protagonist, Maggie, was escaping for her real life in Los Angles. Get it “Angels” you know, City of Angels…yeah I hate to admit that it took a minute for the title to click

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on June 18, 2011
Posted in Books, Living in Brussels

A library in Brussels with English books

Since moving to Brussels I've purchased quite a few books written in English, but at 10-13 euros per book it adds up quick and living in a small apartment, the bookshelf just isn't big enough.

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on June 6, 2011
Posted in Writing

Welcome to Nicole Basaraba’s Writers’ Uni-Verse-City

What is “Uni-Verse-City” anyway? On the About page you can find a description about the name of this blog and its purpose, but I will paste it here again for convenience: “This name leaves room for versatility to write about: travel, books, and living in Brussels. So for all readers who are interested in these things,

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on May 30, 2011
Posted in Books

Book Review: Lady in the Tower – Alison Weir

The “Lady in the Tower”, Anne Boleyn, was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and a woman who changed England forever. Alison Weir examines in detail the circumstances leading up to Anne Boleyn’s arrest, detainment in the Tower of London, her trial and execution. There are many questions and theories behind Anne

By - Nicole Basaraba
Posted on April 28, 2011
Posted in Books

Book Review: The Other Side of the Story – Marian Keyes

This is a story with three sides: there is Gemma, the woman whose best friend stole her boyfriend, Lily, the woman who stole Gemma’s boyfriend, and Jojo, the literary agent in the is the middle-women between the two.