The whole copyright issue when it comes to e-books annoys me big time. I want to buy the book and pay for it. I write, I know how much work it is to write, edit, edit, edit and then publish a book. It’s hours and days and months and years of work. So, I want [...]
So, I bought myself an e-reader. Finally. Or why did I do that? Not sure which feeling is more prominent. I never wanted to have one. I thought I’d die with books. But in the end I love gadgets so much that when it runs on batteries, has buttons and pretty screens, I need to [...]
Jane Austen is my favourite author, when I was 17 we toured England (wonderful country, never adored a country as much as England, with all the parks and the green and the sheep and the ponies and Jane Austen) and I just had to visit Winchester Cathedral and get a look at where she was [...]
So, I’m slightly cheating because the subject is green(e) and not Graham Greene, but I figured this is a good moment to talk about an author I really like. The first novel I’ve read that was written by him was Brighton Rock and I read it because at the time I was learning English in [...]
For the Book Review Blog Chain I have chosen Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco one of the most brilliant books I’ve ever read and my absolutely favourite book ever. I’ve read this one several times and still find the wohle plot to be perfect. It basically is a conspiracy theory that explains the whole human [...]
Considering that I had read about 3 books until July and absolutely want to read 104 in 2009 I think having now 20 books at the beginning of August is a big improvement. I’ve discovered Scott Westerfeld and read several of his books, love his style. I’ve tried to figure out what it is about [...]
The very first Kay Scarpetta novel. Crime, thriller and one hell of a deliciously strong woman. I love the series. And I’ve just restarted reading through them. She has excellent medical knowledge and a great writing style that is fast paced, combine that with a brilliant imagination and you’ve got a wonderful thriller. Dr. Kay [...]
So, I started reading the Sookie Stackhouse series because clearly I’m unable to read this year and would end up hopelessly failing if I’d try and read things like War and Peace (besides that I’ve already read that one) and so I finally managed to read my 8th book this year. As I said, it [...]
I noticed that I’m only on my sixth book this year. Considering it’s also the sixth month this is pretty bad. The fourth book was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It is a stunning piece full of heartbreaking beauty. It is set in the post-apocalyptic world of an unending nuclear winter. The story is about [...]
Already the first sentence showed me that I would totally adore this book: The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit. I simply could not resist this sentence, it made me laugh and with that Westerfeld already had me. It’s a book where everybody wants to turn pretty. And they all can do [...]
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