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• Daniela Krien’s My Third Life (Mein Drittes Leben)

  

  German author Daniela Krien who was born in the former G.D.R. published her first novel We Will Tell Each Other Everything (Wir werden uns alles erzählen) in... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Trap – Die Falle by Melanie Raabe

  

  The Trap, Melanie Raabe’s debut novel, was published exactly ten years ago. Several publishers went to auction to get it and it was translated into 16 languages... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jan Costin Wagner – Days of Last Snow – Tage Des Letzten Schnees – Kimmo...

  

  I discovered Jan Costin Wagner ten years ago during another German Literature Month and absolutely fell in love with his writing. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome to German Literature Month XIV November 2024

  

  Welcome to German Literature Month XIVHopefully shelves have been scoured, reading material has been chosen, and everyone has a reading list for #germanlitmonth. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing German Literature Month XIV November 2024

  

  November is coming and you all know what that means: German Literature Month is back. Dust off the German/Austrian/Swiss books on your piles, rush to the book... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Whatever Happened to My 20 Books of Summer?

  

  Goodness did I fail spectacularly at Cathy’s 20 Books of Summer. My intentions were good, my choices were excellent, and, for a while, I read one book after... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 20 Books of Summer

  

  I just realized, I’m late to Cathy’s 20 Books of Summer. It’s my first time participating and I had no idea it didn’t start at the beginning of summer but at th... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession #ReadIndies – Bluemoose Books

  

  I’ve always liked the idea of #ReadIndies but was never able to participate. This year, the hosts, Kaggsy and Lizzy, are focusing on micro publishers,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (2023)

  

  My first encounter with fairy tale retellings dates back to my teenage years when I discovered Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Where Have All the Bloggers Gone?

  

  Since I returned to blogging, I’m trying to solve the mystery of the vanished bloggers. Where have they gone? Why did they stop blogging? Are they OK? Will... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Kingdoms of Savannah (2022) by George Dawes Green

  

  I read quite a lot of crime but since I don’t do any reading statistics, I have to guess the percentage. Maybe 40%. Given that that’s a relatively high number,... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

  

  Just like last year, my first, but hopefully not last, review of the year is a contribution to Bellezza’s Japanese Literature Challenge 17.I mentioned it last... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Best Books I Read In 2023

  

  This is a bit of a déja-vu situation. At the beginning of last year, I returned to blogging with my best of list and then wrote a post for January in Japan. Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2024 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Wild Geese by Ogai Mori

  

  One of the things I missed the most during my blogging hiatus was Bellezza’s Japanese Literature Challenge. Whenever I participated in the past, I discovered... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Ten Best Novels I Read This Year

  

  Happy New Year. I hope you’re all doing really well and that 2023 will bring you light and joy.I’ve been gone a while. Over a year, to be precise. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2023 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Passenger – Der Reisende (1939) by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz -Literature an...

  

  In 2015, Peter Graf, the German editor of The Passenger, read Boschwitz’s manuscript for the first time. The passenger was written in 1939, right after the... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome to German Literature Month XI

  

  The second decade has begun! To those who have been with Lizzy and me in previous years, good to see you again. For those new to this month of sheer indulgence... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing German Literature Month XI

  

  German Literature Month is back, this year rolling into its second decade with a new style badge, featuring the glories of Stuttgart City Library. (Link to:... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of #Quick Reads

  

  I cannot think of a time when I haven’t taken reading and writing for granted. Of course, I was aware that not everyone could read but I don’t think I knew... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ljudmila Ulitskaya – The Funeral Party (1997)

  

  I am one of those readers who have a tendency to jump from one new-to-me author to the next. I wasn’t always like that though. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE