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 the [...]

Here they come… the rest of my TV highlights of the last year. Enjoy.
5. How I Met Your Mother: A Belly Full of Turkey (1×09)
Representing several episodes of the surprisingly wonderful new sitcom â??A Belly Full of Turkeyâ? was my personal highlight of the episodes shown so far, followed by â??Okay, Awesomeâ? and â??The Limoâ?. [...]

As part of the whole reviewing the last year here are my musical highlights:
6. My amazement when I found out that I don’t hate most of German music anymore. Mostly because suddenly there were a lot of good German singers and bands. Where the hell did they come from? Why weren’t they there before? It’s [...]

It’s been a great year for TV show addicts like me. There were some disappointments, yes, such as the unexpected decline and following cancellation of “Joan of Arcadia”. Or the non-existent decline but still-following cancellation of “Kitchen Confidential”. But all in all, I think we can be satisfied. Veronica Mars didn’t get cancelled, we got [...]