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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 -
The Push by Ashley Audrain (2021)
I don’t usually buy books that have just been published without reading at least one review but in this case, I had to. In December, I saw The Push announced... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Best Books I Read in 2020
Evening at home Edward John Poynter (UK, 1836-1919) I think I’ve been saying this for three years in a row now, but I have to say it again – this wasn’t a... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2021 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The Turncoat – Der Überläufer by Siegfried Lenz – Literature and War Readalong...
The Turncoat, published posthumously in 2016 for the first time, was actually Siegfried Lenz’s second novel. His first novel Es waren Habichte in der Luft came... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
“The End, We Failed It. Both of Us.” (Max Frisch) – Ingeborg Bachmann and Max...
When I was in my early twenties, I went through an Ingeborg Bachmann phase and read almost everything I could find by her. I loved her poetry so much. Read more
Posted on 23 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Max Frisch – Montauk
When I decided to do Max Frisch and Ingeborg Bachmann weeks, I wasn’t entirely aware how ideal it was to pick Montauk. Although Frisch and Bachmann were a coupl... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim by Sophie Von La Roche (1771) First German...
Published in 1771, The History of Lady Sophia Sternheim is considered the first German woman’s novel. Sophie von La Roche was born in Kaufbeuren in Germany in... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Welcome to German Literature Month X 2020
The first of November is here and it’s finally time for German Literature Month. As you may know from our intro posts, we have two parallel programs this year. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2020 BOOKS, CULTURE