Haribobats;)

Returning from the Annual Euroanaesthesia Meeting, my parents, following a tradition, brought me "some special sweets, difficult to find in Ukraine". This time it was a really big pack of Haribo gummies. Haribo gummies are usually bears. But my parents found something especially for me - liquorice bats! They definitely knew what to choose)

( I've taken photos of the bats and the pack )

I also discovered this time that liquorice, a usual product in English-speaking countries, always translated as "лакрица" is nothing but Radix Glycyrrhizae, widely known and consumed chez nous as солодковый корень. Why should it be so?

To 50bookchallenge: many a vampire;)

Strangely - for I didn't intend to - all the recent novels read by me turned out to be about vampires. However, they are all very diverse and regard the subject from various angles. Part of the entry are put under cut for length, not for spoilers (there may be some minor ones, but actually I do my best to avoid them)
#15
Author: Lucius Shepard
Title: The Golden
(read in Russian)
Genre: vampires, gothic novels
Rating: 7/10
Nick Gevers' Review - I cannot describe the book any better than that
( My Thoughts )

#16
Author: Barbara Hambly
Title: Those Who Hunt the Night
(read in Russian)
Genre: vampires, mystery
Rating: 10/10
( Spoilerfree Plot Synopsis and My Thoughts )

#17
Author: Carrie, Arona, T'Alien, Banshee
Title: Dead travel (sequel to 'Dark Prague')
(read in Russian - as it is written in Russian, naturally:)
Genre: vampires. And, I'd say, kinda 'psychological fiction'.
Rating: 9/10
( Here are HUGE spoilers to the first part - and probably several to this one as well. But since you won't find the book in English - I guess this doesn't matter for you )

#18
Author: Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
Title: The Execution
(read in Russian - the original language)
Genre: fantasy (rather untypical, though)
Rating: 9/10
( Here I couldn't do without spoilers )

#19
Author: Jennifer Rardin
Title: Another One Bites the Dust
(read in English, finally:)
Genre: urban fantasy
Rating: 6/10
( Those minor spoilers )

Currently reading: Rereading 'Those Who Hunt the Night'))))