.Books & Art.

Who is Elena Ferrante?

Hello and Happy Monday!  Reading, reading, reading. My passion and I are always searching for some new literature. A couple of friends recommended the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante whose true identity is not known. One friend mentioned also that if I would ever read…

The Book Review : “Deutschland im Blaulicht” by Tania Kambouri

This article is originally written in German. Please click on the translation-option on my blog. (Danke, Mama! <3) “Wir Polizisten haben rechtlich keinerlei Handhabe gegen solch ein Verhalten. Und das wissen diese Jungs nur zu gut. Sie wissen ganz genau, wie weit sie gehen können,…

Film Review: The Book Thief.

Hello!  “One small fact: You are going to die. Despite every effort no one lives forever. Sorry to be such a spoiler. My advice is, when the time comes don’t panic. It doesn’t seem to help.”  I do love to watch movies. A movie night with…

The Book Review: Die Kunst, allein zu reisen by Katrin Zita.

To read this article in the original language – German, please click on the translation option!  “Sorgen Sie sich nicht um andere, auch nicht um Ihren etwaigen Partner an Ihrer Seite. Es geht in diesem Augenblick nur um Sie. Seien Sie gut zu sich, nicht nur…

Book Lovin’ – An Addiction.

  Do you know the problem of having too many stacks of books piling up in your house? I have this problem – a serious book addiction. It is so bad that I have books stacked nicely on my bedside table and on my to-read…

The Book Review: One Hundred Shades of White by Preethi Nair

Hello!  I would like to share a book review of a very special, lovely book that I stumbled upon at Sehes Haus while I did a Reiki Seminar. Between short breaks I read a couple of pages and  fell in love with it. I have neither…

The Book Review: Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood

Hello! Since I read Margaret Atwood’s latest book, The Heart goes Last, I was hooked by her writing and was interested to explore more of her books. I am somewhat embarrassed that I have not heard of Atwood earlier. As a matter of fact, I…

The Book Review: “Treibsand” by Henning Mankell

“Heute wird die Stille immer seltener. Manchmal denke ich, auch die Stille ist von der Ausrottung bedroht. Das Echo wird uns Menschen jedoch überleben. Auch wenn unsere Stimmen nicht mehr da sind, werden Steine sich lösen und mit einem Dröhnen fallen, das sich durch das…

The Book Review: “Roter Engel” (“Life Support”) by Tess Gerritsen

Hello! It is time for a new Book Review. I have read so much lately that books are piled up everywhere, waiting to be reviewed but I did not have time. When you read my recent post Five Things, you know that I was all…

BookCrossing – What is This?

Hello!  I am obsessed with books and reading. And when I hear about something new book-related I am all ears. I first heard about BookCrossing and that a group of people meets every month on the second Friday usually at a bar/restaurant in Coburg, when…



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