Here’s an excerpt from Powell’s Books about this year’s Puddly Awards (which will end today, so if you haven’t voted yet, you don’t have much – if any – time left). Can you help me figure out the books they are talking about? So, was the best book you read last year an Oprah-recommended memoir […]

After reading „The Time Traveler’s Wife“ about one year ago I recently finished „The Confessions of Max Tivoli“ by Andrew Sean Greer and I came to the conclusion that I can be grateful for a) not aging backwards and b) not jumping around in time uncontrollably (Is that even a word? And if it is, […]

Today I realized that what for one year I thought was the List of Puddly Awards Winner Books of 2005 really was the List of Puddly Awards Winner Books of 2004. What was I thinking? Was I drunk? Or on drugs? Both? It just occured to me today when after voting for this years Puddly’s […]

Les voilà – mes livres préférés de l’année 2005… (don’t ask, I had a French minute) 10) Barbara Kingsolver: The Poisonwood Bible I didn’t expect to like that book as much as I did. The story of a missionary’s wife and daughters lost in a strange place called Africa. The different voices and views of […]

In March I thought I’d make it through the 60+ books that were on my booklist before the new Best-Book-Read-In-The-Last-Year list of Powell’s Bookstore came out (which was – and probably will be – around March, as far as I remember). In October I’d lowered my expectations to 52 books read by the end of […]

I’ve successfully gotten an okay to order some stuff from my husband1 and now I’m desperately trying to decide what exactly to order. I’m at a loss. I’m struggling not to order the complete season 4 of Buffy, because I just complained being out of books and did at no point in the yammering mention […]

I finished my book. A few minutes ago I read page 636 of „The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay“, cried a little and closed the book. I’m so proud. What’s to read next?

I’m at about 10 percent of my nanowrimo words. That makes me hopeful. If you didn’t realize it, I have put the first two chapters up. Just click on the link on the right and it will take you there. You should pay attention to the recommended music, because that’s what I usually write the […]

Do not disturb. For further explanation… see here.

Let’s get this straight: This weekend I don’t want to see anybody, talk to anybody, go out, pick up the phone or even leave the bed, put on real clothes and eat or drink. I’ll be busy reading this: And if I don’t have this book in the mail on Saturday, heads will roll. Honestly. […]