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My delayed flight home from Hamburg hindered me to send yesterday's posting on time there two days in one today. The book of poems I chose is the one by Emily Dickinson who's poetry I adore. She was an American Poet from Massachusetts who lived a very introverted and isolated life. She was born in... Continue Reading →
Ganz lieben Dank an Birgit von Sätze und Schätze das ich bei Verschämte Lektüren mitmachen durfte 🙂 https://saetzeundschaetze.com/2014/12/12/verschamte-lekturen-patricia-highsmith/ Sabine zeigt sich auf ihrem Blog „Binge Reading & More“ als wahre Bücherverschlingerin. Die Lesegelage werden von ihr frech, fröhlich, frei, aber eben nicht fromm und brav präsentiert. Amüsierfaktor beim Lesen inklusive. Worauf ich ein wenig neidisch bin: Sie... Continue Reading →
What a nice surprise I had when I left the train in Hamburg. Found this book with a nice little note of the former owner saying she is leaving the book for another reader and wishes a merry x-mas. And it came just in time for Day 11 of the Penguin Book-a-Day-Challenge as I did... Continue Reading →
Found this book in my favourite bookshop a few days ago, the story sounded great and only when I was going to pay for it I realised that I had finally picked up the book by this years nobel prize winner Patrick Mondiano ("Ein Stammbaum"). Really happy because I meant to read a book by... Continue Reading →
OK - this is a bit of an embarrassing story. Got this book by a good friend and for some reason I had the book down as a freaky Sci-Fi classic. An inkling that the cover only increased. So I was reading away hoping and waiting for the Spaceships, Time travel bits, Laser weapons but uhmmm... SPOILER... Continue Reading →
This had to be a Philip Marlowe "hardboiled" mystery. I love this tough minded, hard-drinking, philosophical private eye with a - of course - purely professional interest in recurring femme fatales 😉 I was especially happy to find this especially pretty edition in a book exchange in Cambodia. Nothing like cuddling up on the sofa... Continue Reading →
This was a difficult choice between this one and Pippi Longstocking. I love all of Erich Kästners books but Emil always had a special place. It is especially fun reading it in Berlin and I will pack it for my next trip there. In case you belong to the few people who never read it:... Continue Reading →
So sorry - had to cheat a bit. Just couldn't make up my mind which book "everyone should read" so I picked the wonderful "Novel Cure" by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin which offers a wide selection of phantastic books for about any situation or predicament you might find yourself in. From A like abandonment... Continue Reading →
Can it get any more British than with Dame PD James - who sadly passed away this year at the age of 94. I can't think of anything nicer than spending a rainy weekend on the sofa with a cozy mystery of PD James or Agatha Christie, drinking some tea and hope somebody might magically... Continue Reading →
Henry James' "Turn of the screw" is the best read to send chills down your spine and best read on a chilly night wrapped like a burrito in your favourite blanket. Any good book doctor will prescribe a hot toddy to go with the book. Here you can find the recipe for the perfect one. Sláinte!
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