Today I go back to book that I read a couple of years ago. Whilst browsing my bookshelves I came upon it again, started reading and got stuck. What a brilliant interesting story about the old „longitude problem“ which was …
Elizabeth Gilbert’s „The Signature of all Things“ is a novel about the longing for completion and self-fulfillment of a woman who is intelligent, scientific minded and struggles with her longings and aspirations that are hard to fulfill for a woman in …
„Fugitive Pieces“ is one of my favorite books and one I re-read a couple of times. It’s difficult to pinpoint what exactly it is that makes me go back to it, but I think it has something to do how …
Gesehen: „Funny Games“ (1997) von Michael Haneke mit Susanne Lothar und Ulrich Mühe. Selten so einen krassen Film gesehen, großartig aber einer der einem definitiv nachgeht….
The recommendation today comes from the deepest corners of the sea. This wonderful book about one of my favorite creatures: The Octopus …
Meine Lieben, heute gibt es eine ganz wunderbare Premiere bei Women in SciFi. Ich freue mich mit Stefanie von miss-booleana….
This is another book no bookworm should miss. It’s the perfect one to cuddle up with on the sofa, forget the world around you and immerse yourself into the world of books, poets, writers and literature….
These stories are perfect for all part time insominiacs. So instead of tossing and turning from one side to the other, grab that neat little reading light and let one of these great authors soothe you slowly into Morpheus‘ arms….
Today I would like to show you this wonderful coffee table book with some stunning photographs of stars, comets and galaxies in the alps….
Everybody knows and loves Jane Eyre, but not many people have even heart of Villette. Todays novel is Charlotte Brontë’s astonishing autobiographical novel of one woman’s search for true love….
Today I would like to introduce an audiobook to you that I was listening to and that got my hooked from pretty much the first few minutes of it. The Sleeping Giant is the first part of the Themis trilogy …
Gesehen: „Prospero’s Books“ (1991) von Peter Greenaway mit John Gielgud. Phantastische opernartige Verfilmung von Shakespeare’s „The Tempest“ mit grandiosem Soundtrack….
I had never heart of Will Durant before somebody recommended this really excellent „The Story of Philosophy“ to me. When I looked him up I was astonished to see that this guy has basically written the entire History of the …
Luckily Mary Shelley continued to write after her first novel „Frankenstein“ was such a huge success. Today I would like to introduce to you one of her less known works „The Last Man“….
Jared Diamond, the winner of the Pulitzer price, argues in this book quite convincingly that geographical and environmental factors shaped the world we live in. Societies that had the first crack in producing food and start agriculture advanced much quicker …
Today I would like to recommend a classic that I was given as a kid. It actually belonged to my father and both our names are written in their as proud owners….
It’s comic book time again! I’m an unapologetic fan-girl of this character….
Todays recommendation is Rilke’s „Letters to a young poet“ one of the most beautiful and important text one can read. Only a few years ago I discovered these lines:…
Had to take this one diredtly from the blurp of the book, couldn’t resist – I couldn’t say it any better: „Forget the Kama Sutra….
Gesehen: „Jennifer’s Body“ (2009) von Karyn Kusama mit Megan Fox und Amanda Seyfried. Ein Highschool-Horror um einen Cheerleader die zur Vampirin wird….
Banana Yoshimoto – Kitchen Japanese Writers have a very special way to turn the most banal and mundane things into outerworldy mysterious experiences and fill this mix with dark poetic melancholy….
Woohoo, endlich ist auch Petra vom wunderbaren Sachbuch Blog „Elementares Lesen“ dabei, die Gewinnerin des Buchblogger Awards 2018. Da mein Herz immer auch sehr für diverse Sachbuch-Themen schlägt, ist Petras Blog brandgefährlich für mich….
Never change a running system, so like last year and the years before I’ll introduce a book to you that I came across on my bookshelves when I was browsing or some that I read this year and particularly saved …
Nassim Nicholas Taleb oder auch NNT ist eine ziemliche Diva und es ist ganz offensichtlich, dass er eine ganze Reihe Menschen für absolute Idioten hält. Er ist sehr von sich und seinen Ansichten überzeugt, klingt auch sehr überzeugend, aber ob …
Gesehen: „Disobedience“ (2017) von Sebastián Lelio mit Rachel Weisz und Rachel McAdams. Wunderschöne Verfilmung von Naomi Aldermans gleichnamigem Roman….