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• Final Thoughts on German Literature Month 2016

  

  I know that some of you, including my co-host, are extending German Literature Month through December. I am not keen on extending events, so this is my goodbye... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Uwe Timm: In My Brother’s Shadow – Am Beispiel Meines Bruders (2003)

  

  Maybe you’ve never heard of Timm’s novella The Invention of Curried Sausage. If you haven’t, do yourself a favour and get it because it’s marvellous. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Walter Kempowski: All for Nothing – Alles Umsonst (2006) Literature and War...

  

  Until not too long ago, even Germans thought it was in bad taste to write about German suffering during WWII. The feeling of guilt ran too deep. I still remembe... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Gil North: Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (1960)

  

  Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm is the first in Gil North’s Sgt. Cluff crime series, one of the titles in the British Library Crime Classics series. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Winner Announcement – German Literature Month Giveaways – Late Fame and A Bell...

  

  It’s Monday and I’m happy to announce the winners of my giveaway.The winner of Arthur Schnitzler’s Late Fame is Jonathan.The winner of A Bell for Ursli is... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• German Literature Month Giveaways – Late Fame by Arthur Schnitzler and A Bell Fo...

  

  Today I’m giving away two very different books. The first book is the miniature edition of one of the most famous Swiss picture books A Bell for Ursli. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Alex Capus: Almost Like Spring – Fast Ein Bisschen Frühling (2002)

  

  I wanted to post every other day during German Literature Month as I’ve read so many books in advance but last week was such an awful week. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ursula P. Archer Aka Ursula Poznanski: Five – Fünf (2013)

  

  Last year I read Ursula Poznanski’s YA thriller Erebos and liked it a great deal. When Lizzy mentioned that one of Poznanski’s crime novels for adults had been... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong November 2016 Meets German Literature Month: All Fo...

  

  The last title of this year’s Literature and War Readalong is Walter Kempowski’s All For Nothing – Alles umsonst. It was Kempowski’s last novel. Walter Kempowsk... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome to German Literature Month

  

  Finally it’s November. Those of you who follow my blog might have noticed I was a bit quiet in the last weeks. With good reason. I was busy reading German,... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Tammy Cohen: When She Was Bad (2016)

  

  I’ve read many crime novels and thrillers this summer. Some of them still make me yawn. Luckily, Tammy Cohen’s novel When She Was Bad wasn’t one of them. On... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Svetlana Lilova: Metaphysical Dictionary (2016) A Collection of Poems with...

  

  Some of you may remember that I participated in Thomas’ (Mystwostotinki) Bulgarian Literature Month in June. Right after the month was finished, I was offered... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ben Fountain: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2012) Literature and War Readalon...

  

  Luckily Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk was one of my readalong titles or I might have given up after fifty pages. I found it hard to get into but once I... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Sjöwall & Wahlöö: The Locked Room (1972) Martin Beck Series

  

  One could say that Sjöwall and Wahlöö are the grandfathers of Swedish crime. They wrote long before Nordic crime was the thing it has become. Their Martin Beck... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Announcing German Literature Month VI

  

  “Who would want to be without Caroline and Lizzy’s German Literature Month?” asks Sally-Ann Spencer in the 20th anniversary edition of New Books in German. The... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lee Martin: The Bright Forever (2005)

  

  This has been an odd reading and blogging year so far. I’m only reviewing about one in four or five books I read. Not only because I’m sometimes disappointed... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• How Do You Feel About Errors and Clichés in Short Stories? Or Some Thoughts On...

  

  I’m baffled to say the least. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a story with more factual errors. Since I haven’t read a lot of Ann Patchett’s work, I was gla... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong September 30 2016: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk...

  

  Next up in the Literature and War Readalong 2016 is Ben Fountain’s novel on the war in Iraq Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Billy Lynn is Ben Fountain’s first... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Taylor: Angel (1957)

  

  Angel was my fifth Elizabeth Taylor novel and it was nothing like the ones I’ve read before. It’s almost entirely a character portrait, covering one person’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Emma Cline: The Girls (2016)

  

  I knew a lot about The Girls and Emma Cline’s publishing deal before the book was even out. It has been sold at an auction for 2,000,000 $ – together with the... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2016 BOOKS, CULTURE