Gesehen: „Gremlins“ (1984) von Joe Dante. Der perfekte 80s Weihnachtsfilm – und sooo ein süßer Gizmo …

Not quite under the x-mas tree (yet), but in my last Advent calendar package! This most wonderful book about the fascinating minds of the Octopus and the evolution of intelligent life….

This series got me pretty hooked and I couldn’t wait to cycle to the library every week to pick up the next volume of the Famous Five. I made my way through all of them and I guess nearly everything else …

This book is just the perfect gift. It is a book that I liked when I was around 18 and still love it… it just get’s better and I discover different things each time I read it….

After briefly checking with the people around me, it looks like it was pretty difficult to shut me up when it came to „Sapiens“ – I just totally loved that book. Read the book and the follow-up „Homo Deus“ (which …

… that not all Western need to be stupid and boring I remember the day in Bookclub we went through the list of books that had been voted for for the next six month and I was „What ?…

Still this one: „It was the day my grandmother exploded….

An dieser Lektüre ist ganz eindeutig Ms Autumn Schuld, die mir mit ihrer grandiosen Rezension derart Lust auf dieses Buch gemacht hat, dass ich es umgehend einkaufen und in die Urlaubskiste werfen mußte. Und ?…

Gesehen: „Chinatown“ (1974) von Roman Polanski mit Faye Dunaway und Jack Nicholson. Retro Noir Film mit großartiger Atmosphäre….

Cormac McCarthys „The Road“. Wenige Bücher sind mir von so vielen Menschen aus unterschiedlichsten Ecken meines Leseuniversums empfohlen worden wie dieses….

OK – vielleicht nicht jeder, aber schon eine ganze Reihe Leute. Fast konnte man den Eindruck haben, wer „Unterleuten“ liebte, war schwer enttäuscht vom dystopischen „Kalte Herzen“….

Vielleicht ist es diese Reihe hier, die dazu führt, dass man beim Lesen glaubt, der Lieblingsdrink des Autors parfümiert die Seiten des Buches, welches man von ihm gerade liest. Der Duft von Mojito bei Hemingway, von Absinth bei Oscar Wilde, …

For today’s challenge „The perfect winter read“ I chose Anna Karenina. It has been years ago that I read it but it was the perfect setting….

Well it would probably be a bit over the top to say the book made me cry – I don’t cry that easily usually only when fictional people (or Octopus) die. The “Hillbilly Elegy” didn’t make me cry, but quite …

„Roadside Picnic“ is an incredibly gripping SciFi novel written while the U.S….

… also known as Doorstopper Margaret Atwood’s „Alias Grace“ is such a doorstopper and one I totally loved when I first read it and I’m looking forward to watching the mini-series on Netflix….

Funny Books are not exactly my strong point as you might have noticed before. Our December Bookclub book seemed to belong to this scary category that I usually try avoid like the plague….

Gesehen: „Justice League“ (2017) von Zack Snyder. Wonder Woman und Batman in einem Film, noch Fragen?…

„Seit sie dichtet, haben sie viele Menschen, die sie nie gesehen haben, lieb: Mascha Kaléko. Stimmt, ich auch….

Büchergilde is well known for having especially beautiful books and Katherine Mansfield’s „In einer deutschen Pension“ is no exception. I totally fell in love with the Jugendstil cover and the beautiful pictures inside….

Here is my wishlist for Christmas – what’s on yours?  …

Well what shall I say? Never made it to the top of the Magic Mountain and I really really did try hard, I promise….

  So heute mal auf deutsch….

„As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.“ …

  “My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody….