Booklist 2011 - January
Yes, this ever-popular feature returns. For those of you who don't remember, a few years ago I basically posted a summery month for month what I read, with a few short thoughts. I thought I'd do it again this year (And yes, I am a few days late). So, here we go:
Rhetorik (Aristoteles): I'm trying to read a few more classics this year, and this was my first attempt. I think I might want to try this one again, Plato was a bit more readable...
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle): Actually, I'm still reading this, it's HUGE book. But I'm quite happy to be back in this, it's been too long since I last read Holmes.
Great Short Works (Edgar Allen Poe): Another old favorite I enjoyed returning to, this is a selection of poems, short fiction and essays.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Joanne K. Rowling): I suppose by now everyone has realized that I'm not JKR's biggest living or dead fan on the planet, but seeing as this is the only Potter I'd only read once I thought a reread couldn't do much harm...
Du bist tot [Halting State] (Charles Stross): I'm still a very big fan of Charlie Stross and his work - this one is about how augmented reality might look like in a few years, and how in-game computer crime would look - all told from a second person perspective
Dshamilja (Tschingis Aitmatow): A very short novel about the blossoming of love in a russian village during the second world war. Moving and quiet
Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher (Walter Moers): On one level, a childrens book. On another a witty book for grown-ups. On yet another a declaration of love towards books and reading.
Rubinrot (Kerstin Gier): Okay, guilty pleasures time - first book of a series of cute time-travel romances aimed at 14-16 year old girls, but I loved it
Saphirblau (Kerstin Gier): Second part of said series.
By the way, I'm also one of two writers working on a Literature Blog that you can find here - just a little something, however only in german.
Rhetorik (Aristoteles): I'm trying to read a few more classics this year, and this was my first attempt. I think I might want to try this one again, Plato was a bit more readable...
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle): Actually, I'm still reading this, it's HUGE book. But I'm quite happy to be back in this, it's been too long since I last read Holmes.
Great Short Works (Edgar Allen Poe): Another old favorite I enjoyed returning to, this is a selection of poems, short fiction and essays.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Joanne K. Rowling): I suppose by now everyone has realized that I'm not JKR's biggest living or dead fan on the planet, but seeing as this is the only Potter I'd only read once I thought a reread couldn't do much harm...
Du bist tot [Halting State] (Charles Stross): I'm still a very big fan of Charlie Stross and his work - this one is about how augmented reality might look like in a few years, and how in-game computer crime would look - all told from a second person perspective
Dshamilja (Tschingis Aitmatow): A very short novel about the blossoming of love in a russian village during the second world war. Moving and quiet
Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher (Walter Moers): On one level, a childrens book. On another a witty book for grown-ups. On yet another a declaration of love towards books and reading.
Rubinrot (Kerstin Gier): Okay, guilty pleasures time - first book of a series of cute time-travel romances aimed at 14-16 year old girls, but I loved it
Saphirblau (Kerstin Gier): Second part of said series.
By the way, I'm also one of two writers working on a Literature Blog that you can find here - just a little something, however only in german.