Literatur-Blog für alle, die keine Angst vor heftigen Mischungen haben. Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood, Virginia Woolf treffen auf Simone de Beauvoir, Star Trek, Philosophie, Science und mehr
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!
which book do you think I've put on my wishlist for Santa Claus ? Shouldn't be too difficult to guess I think. I really hope I've been a good enough Bingereader this year as I really really hope to get the book. We will be reading it in January for the bookclub. So - any... Continue Reading →
Featured today my "Last Read" - even though that is a bit difficult this time, as the last book was sort of a compilation of books as I was reading Susan Sontag's Biography, her Journals, her Interview with the Rolling Stone in parallel and also went to a symposium about the timeliness of Susan Sontag.... Continue Reading →
Ohhhh I love a good challenge and therefore Bingereader is all for it. Here is the challenge - are you up for it ? So - here is my personal number one for epic and iconic first lines ever: This is where you can find it:
Auch beim zweiten Lesen ist es kein tröstlicheres Buch. Es verstört, deprimiert, ist großartig und wie immer bei Coetzee ein intellektuelles Abenteuer,, auf das man sich bei ihm einlassen muss. David Lurie, Professor für Kommunikationswissenschaften, aber eigentlich Spezialist für die englische Romantik in Kapstadt, rutscht aus seinem Leben raus. Die Welt, die er kannte und in... Continue Reading →
