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• A Very Short Review – Belinda Bauer: Snap (2018)

  

  I’ve wanted to read Belinda Bauer for ages because I’ve heard so many good things about her books. Even so, I was surprised to see her on the Man Booker... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing German Literature Month VIII – November 2018

  

  German Literature Month is eight years old this year, and part of the literary calendar. Lizzy and I know that because of the chatter that continues throughout... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• To Cull Or Not to Cull? – A Book Lover’s Dilemma

  

  Like most book lovers, I own far too many books. Unlike most, I haven’t reduced their number in a very long time. In my teens, I went through a radical culling... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dorthe Nors: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal – Spejl, Skoulder, Blink (2016) Danish...

  

  Dorthe Nors is a Danish writer who has written novels, novellas, and short stories. Her short stories have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, the Boston Review,... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Maggie O’Farrell: Instructions For a Heatwave (2013)

  

  I’m so behind with book reviews that it’s highly unlikely, I’ll ever catch up. This would have been one of many I was going to put aside “for later”, but the... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Paris in July 2018 – Willy Ronis’ Cats – Les Chats De Willy Ronis

  

  I always try to participate in Thyme for Tea’s Paris in July event but I don’t always get the time. This year, time was just as scarce and so I was glad the... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Susan Hill: The Shadows in the Street (2010) Simon Serrailler 5

  

  I read and reviewed several of Susan Hills books; her WWI novel Strange Meeting, the ghost stories The Woman in Black and The Small Hand, the memoir Howard’s En... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• #LiveFromSofia – A Short Story Collection by Alexander Shpatov

  

  I just reviewed Alexander Shpatov’s fascinating short story collection #LiveFromSofia for #BulgarianLiteratureMonth hosted by the Global Literature in... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Amélie Nothomb – Barbe Bleue – Blue Beard (2012)

  

  In 1992, Belgian author Amélie Nothomb entered the literary scene with a bang. Her first novel, Hygiene and the Assassin – L’hygiène de l’assassin, was so... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Nicci French: Sunday Morning Coming Down (Frieda Klein 7)

  

  Those who know this blog, know how much I like the writer duo Nicci French. The standalone novels as much as the Frieda Klein series. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Magical Place – The Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland

  

  There aren’t many places that enchant me as much as the Goetheanum, in Dornach, Switzerland. Luckily, for me, it’s only about a ten minute drive from Basel,... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Devotion – Die Widmung by Botho Strauss – A 1977 Club Review

  

  I’m notoriously bad these days when it comes to participating in blogging events, but I always try to read at least one book for Karen and Simon’s “Club” – no... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)

  

  Before reading The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, I could have sworn I’ve read it already. It’s one of those tales most of us are so familiar with that... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Terri Windling: The Wood Wife (1996)

  

  Terri Windling is an American author, editor, artist and essayist. Together with Ellen Datlow she’s edited numerous anthologies of fantasy/speculative fiction... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Baltic Books Blog Tour – A Guest Post by Kristine Ulberga

  

  This year the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – are celebrating 100 years of independence with new translations of Baltic Books coming to the U... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Some Thoughts on Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things Or Should There Be...

  

  I finished Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things a couple of days ago and wasn’t sure whether I should review it or not. But then I thought of the many... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Andrea Camilleri: The Shape of Water – La Forma Dell’aqua ( 1994) Inspector...

  

  Andrea Camilleri is an Italian crime writer, famous for his long-standing Inspector Montalbano series. Camilleri was born in 1925 in Sicily, where the series... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet

  

  I found The Frozen Woman at a local book shop and because I was in the mood for crime in translation, I got it. I’d never heard of Norwegian crime writer Jon... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Pascal Quignard: Villa Amalia (2006)

  

  I’ve heard so many good things about Pascal Quignard that I finally had to read him. I had two of his books on my piles, Tous les matins du monde – All the... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elina Hirvonen: When Time Runs Out (2017) – Kun Aika Loppuu (2015) Finnish Crime

  

  I’m glad I stumbled across this book on Raven Crime’s blog at the end of last year because I liked it so much. One could say it’s less a crime novel than a nove... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2018 BOOKS, CULTURE