So many books, so little time (and space)...
The original plan was to work through the piles of unread books in my flat, not to mention the e-books I have and the audiobooks I bookmarked on Spotify/lismio. But somehow, those keep growing. Also, I re-discovered the library. ;)
I mostly read Sci-fi, Fantasy and historical fiction. Also non-fiction (mostly history of one kind or another). I read in English and German and occasionally French.
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25% complete! Flauschbuch has read 13 of 52 books.
Die 25-jährige Takako hat einen Job, eine Wohnung in Tokio und einen festen Freund. Als dieser ihr eines Abends freudig …
Eigentlich lese ich die neue Ausgabe von Nicolas Berg, aber die gab's hier nicht. Vielleicht lege ich sie noch an. Sie ist um einiges länger als das Original.
Eigentlich lese ich die neue Ausgabe von Nicolas Berg, aber die gab's hier nicht. Vielleicht lege ich sie noch an. Sie ist um einiges länger als das Original.
Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long …
Have I started way too many books at once? Yes. But I've been waiting for this for a while and couldn't pass up the chance when it suddenly became available at the library.
Have I started way too many books at once? Yes. But I've been waiting for this for a while and couldn't pass up the chance when it suddenly became available at the library.
Mit blinkenden Warnlichtern fährt die Erzählerin, eine namenlose Schriftstellerin, an den Straßenrand, als ein unerwarteter Anruf sie erreicht. Am Apparat …
Ende August 1961: In einem kleinen Krankenhauszimmer erwacht Rita Seidel aus ihrer Ohnmacht. Und mit dem Erwachen wird auch die …
Die 25-jährige Takako hat einen Job, eine Wohnung in Tokio und einen festen Freund. Als dieser ihr eines Abends freudig …
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She …
ine Tochter aus gutem Hause ist Dienstmädchen für ein Jahr: das «Downton Abbey» im Norwegen der Dreißigerjahre. Wie konnte ihr …
Autonomous features a rakish female pharmaceutical pirate named Jack who traverses the world in her …
Newitz depicts an interesting (if dystopian) world in this novel. I also appreciated the handling of the issue of autonomy of persons which gets treated from different angles. It's pretty violent, though, and I felt like the question of wrongdoing was brushed over in the end. Two of the characters are basically the baddies and yet we seem to be expected to be okay with that. The main protagonist is also rather grey in her morals, and that isn't examined, either. It was a captivating listen but some things were a bit unbelievable to me or came off as forced.
Newitz depicts an interesting (if dystopian) world in this novel. I also appreciated the handling of the issue of autonomy of persons which gets treated from different angles. It's pretty violent, though, and I felt like the question of wrongdoing was brushed over in the end. Two of the characters are basically the baddies and yet we seem to be expected to be okay with that. The main protagonist is also rather grey in her morals, and that isn't examined, either. It was a captivating listen but some things were a bit unbelievable to me or came off as forced.
When a former classmate begs Pleiti for help on behalf of her cousin—who’s up for …
It seems to me that the books in this series should be read more closely together than they are published. This one featured the effects of what happened in the first one as an important aspect of the story but I didn't remember the details very well. I liked how Mossa's and Pleiti's relationship has grown over the course of the books. We also get to explore another platform and its quirks more closely. The plot is also linked to the way people are living on Giant, like the first two, and I really like that about the series.
It seems to me that the books in this series should be read more closely together than they are published. This one featured the effects of what happened in the first one as an important aspect of the story but I didn't remember the details very well. I liked how Mossa's and Pleiti's relationship has grown over the course of the books. We also get to explore another platform and its quirks more closely. The plot is also linked to the way people are living on Giant, like the first two, and I really like that about the series.
Au cœur de l’Allemagne, l’International Tracing Service est le plus grand centre de documentation sur …
J'avais envie de lire un autre livre francais.
J'avais envie de lire un autre livre francais.
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on …
My book club's December book. I'm liking it so far.
My book club's December book. I'm liking it so far.
1905 in Charlottenburg geboren, hat Irmgard Keun als junge Frau die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in Deutschland erlebt. Ihr Roman spielt …
1905 in Charlottenburg geboren, hat Irmgard Keun als junge Frau die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in …
Zur Zeit in der ARD-Audiothek - dort sind gerade auch eine Reihe anderer Exil-Romane zu finden (z.B. Der Vulkan von Klaus Mann). www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:fc70d96082121165/
Lisa Weedas Großmutter heißt Aleksandra und stammt aus der Ostukraine. Über dieses Land, auf das …
Mittlerweile müsste ich nochmal von vorne anfangen. Mal sehen, ob ich es nächstes Jahr nochmal probiere.
