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LITERARY TRAVEL, LIVERPOOL, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Slow Living | Quiet Days in London and Liverpool

9th July 2025 No Comments

These are a few snapshots I took during May and June in London and Liverpool. I also acquired new books that I shared in the video. I hope you will enjoy it and it will bring you some peace and solace.

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Welcome,

“in the quiet corners of the world, amidst the ordinary lives, there exists an unspoken beauty in the unnoticed souls”
- Jhumpa Lahiri

This blog is dedicated to book reviews, everything related to literature, travel as well as reflections on art and slow living. My little vignettes are a meditative representation of books I love reading and which bring me comfort, and of places I visit to find calmness and solace, especially during anxious times.

I hope you will find some interesting book recommendations here and you will be inspired to read more.

Also, I hope that these little vignettes from the world I inhabit will bring you some feelings of peace and comfort as well as they will have a calming effect on you by cultivating a loving and gentle space for all readers.

Hugs and cuddles,

Joanna Pola

“We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content.”

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