Dinara Tengri

Title: Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison Author: Piper Kerman Year of publishing: 2010 Published by: Spiegel and Grau Language: English/Swedish I read the Swedish edition, by Norstedts.   With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187–424 — one of the millions of people who disappear “down the rabbit hole” of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release, Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple acts of accepta...

Welcome to Thursday Quotables,  a weekly meme hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies . Every Thursday you can post a quote from a book that you're currently reading. It can be meaningful, funny, a real tearjerker or just something beautifully written. You decide. Click on the link above if you want to learn more. First of all, my latest post - Top Ten Futuristic Worlds I Want to Live in - got six likes on Google+. I don't think I ever had this many likes in the short time that I've been running this blog, so I'm a little surprised, but also grateful. A big thanks to you guys :) Back to the meme... Orange is the New Black is one of the most interesting books I have read in a long time. While writing about her experience as inmate at a women's prison, Piper Kerman tackles some very serious issues about American judicial system and the treatment of inmates. The book is sad and disturbing on a multitude of levels. But at the same time, there is a lot of humour and...

Welcome to Reading on a Sunday Afternoon , a weekly feature where you can tell us about you're currently reading. The title comes from Queen song, "Lazy on a Sunday Afternoon". Before I tell you about my current read, I have a small announcement to make. Last year, my review for Adventures of the Creeping Man was featured in  Book Bloggers International . I had a ton of fun with that little guest post, so when an opportunity arose again, I didn't hesitate. I'm going to write a guest post for their latest feature, Bookish Beasts. I'm working on it right now. Yesterday I finished Felicia Day's memoirs, You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), and now I'm going to read a book that's been on my TBR for a couple of months now: Orange is the new black is an autobiographical book by Piper Kerman. It has been adapted into a very popular Netflix series with the same name. Basically, I want to read this book so that I can watch the sh...

Want to participate in Musing Mondays? Check out  A Daily Rhythm Well, NaNoWriMo is drawing to a close, and it looks like I won! Before I do my crazy celebratory dance, I want to thank you for being patient with me this past month. I have been a little absent from my blog, as the first draft of my novel ate up most of my free time. So thank you :)       Now that I'm done with my own, I'm happy to dive in other people's books again. I am currently working on my review for Jane Eyre ,     plus, there's a whole bunch of books I want to R&R before 2016. Some of them have been on my TBR for a long time, others I just randomly picked out at the library.   Cleo, by Helen Brown   The full title of this book is Cleo: How an Uppity Cat Helped Heal a Family . I've been wanting to read this book for a very long time.     The Man in the H...