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• Phil Rickman: The Smile of a Ghost (2005) Merrily Watkins Series

  

  In the affluent, historic town of Ludlow, a teenage boy dies in a fall from the castle ruins. Accident or suicide? No great mystery, so why does the boy’s uncle... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Marcus Sedgwick: Floodland (2000)

  

  Marcus Sedgwick has been on my radar for a while. I’ve seen more than one enthusiastic review of his books. He’s regularly nominated for awards and has won a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Richard Flanagan: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2014)

  

  In December I left an overhasty comment on Bellezza’s blog (here). She’d reviewed Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Je Suis Charlie – Ich Bin Charlie – I Am Charlie – Yo Soy Charlie – Io Sono...

  

  I finally got a chance to watch Bernhard Wicki's famous anti-war movie The Bridge - Die Brücke, in which a group of sixteen-year-old high school students... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lauren Oliver: Rooms (2014)

  

  This is a carryover review from last year. I finished the book before Christmas and wasn’t even going to review it at first – like so many others – but since... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Letters From a Lost Generation – Literature and War Readalong December 2014

  

  Vera to Edith Brittain Malta, 15 December 1916 I do wonder if I shall ever see Edward again; it is very hard that we should be the generation to suffer the... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Best Books 2014

  

  I had a feeling this wasn’t a good reading year, but when I went over my posts I saw that I was wrong. I’ve read some outstanding books some of which will stay... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Taylor: A Game of Hide and Seek (1951)

  

  I often read the best books of the year in December. Sometimes they don’t make it on the Top 10 list because I read them so late in the year. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong 2015 – Mini Edition

  

  For some of you it may come as a surprise that next year’s Literature and War Readalong contains only four titles, but I felt we needed a change. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Philip Teir: The Winter War – Vinterkriget (2013)

  

  On the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-pai... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• German Literature Month – Winner Announcement

  

  Some of you will remember that we announced two special giveaways at the beginning of German Literature Month.Two people will win two sets of books. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Literature and War Readalong December 29 2014: Letters From a Lost Generation...

  

  Letters from a Lost Generation is the book I’ve been looking forward to all year. I love reading letters and this collection has been on my radar for a long... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Looking Back on German Literature Month IV 2014

  

  Every year Lizzy and I think that German Literature Month can’t get any better and every year we are wrong. It keeps on getting better and better. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Joseph Roth: Flight Without End – Die Flucht Ohne Ende (1927) Literature and...

  

  I’ve read a few novels by Joseph Roth now and every time I’m surprised how different they are. Die Flucht ohne Ende – Flight Without End is no exception. This i... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Joseph Roth: Weights and Measures – Das Falsche Gewicht (1937)

  

  How does an upright, steadfast man survive among corruption, hypocrisy, and crime? Roth’s answer to this question, which lies at the heart of Weights and... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Thomas Mann: Tonio Kröger (1903)

  

  Tonio Kröger is considered one of Thomas Mann’s masterpieces, but only a few elements spoke to me, most of it infuriated me. The writing is stellar, as usual,... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bad Literature Doesn’t Equal Genre – On Judith Hermann’s Aller Liebe Anfang...

  

  Edo Reents, the critic of the FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – wrote about Judith Hermann’s long-awaited first novel:  “Judith Hermann has two problems.... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Michael Kumpfmüller: Die Herrlichkeit Des Lebens (2011) – The Glory of Life...

  

  There are two types of historical novels: those which are pure fiction and those in which real people are brought to life. I’m fond of the latter, so I was... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jan Costin Wagner: Im Winter Der Löwen (2008) – The Winter of the Lions (2011)...

  

  Jan Costin Wagner may very well be THE discovery of this year’s German Literature Month for me. I started The Winter of the Lions, book three in the series, in... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Daniel Glattauer: Forever Yours (2014) – Ewig Dein (2012)

  

  I’ve read two of Glattauer’s books Love Virtually and Every Seventh Wave and enjoyed them both. When Forever Yours – Ewig Dein came out two years ago I got it... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE