The new year is almost three weeks old. So it’s time for me to look back on the past year and share my favourite books of 2021 with you. I always separate my ‘best of reading wrap up’ into two categories, my top five novels and my top five nonfiction reads, because I feel like…
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Book Review: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
I enjoyed reading Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale“. So naturally I jumped on the band wagon when she wrote “The Testaments”, the second part of the feminist dystopian, that aims to answer some of the questions which readers were wondering about ever since “The Handmaid’s Tale” was first released. Set 15 years after The first…
My Reading Goals for 2022
In the online book community a new year always means one thing: New year, new reading goals! In the past week I saw numerous posts of people who announced their reading goals for 2022. Before I joined the bookstagram community I didn’t even know such a thing as reading goals existed – although ironically setting…
Why I decided to take a break from Bookstagram
It’s been a while since my last blog post. In the past few weeks I’ve been a bit more silent and posted less on here. Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter or follow me on Instagram already know that there have been some big changes in my life lately. So I’ve been taking…
Book Review: Bonjour Liberté by Julia Korbik
It’s been a while since I read “Bonjour Liberté. Françoise Sagan und der Aufbruch in die Freiheit” (Françoise Sagan and the emergence into freedom) by Julia Korbik. So I’m happy to finally write a review for this special biography! I read “Bonjour Liberté” last month and I really enjoyed it. In her book Korbik chronicles…
What you need to know about the German Election
As always you can find my sources for this post on the second page. I also included some links to Wikipedia articles of the relevant parties and candidates for further reading. This post is rather long. So I separated it into different sections. Feel free to just scroll down to the questions that interest you…
5 Great Gothic Novels to Read this Fall
If there’s one literary genre that I associate with autumn, it’s definitely gothic for me. Gothic novels are the perfect company when curling up on the couch with a tea on a rainy day. I love the darkness, the suspense and the supernatural elements of these books. I love how they question social norms and…
The Best Audio Books on Spotify (in my opinion)
Those of you who are following my reading adventures on Instagram may already have noticed that lately I’ve really been into audio books. It all started a few months ago when I listened to an old childhood favourite on my summer vacation. Since then I re-discovered my long forgotten love for audio books. Especially during…
How I choose which books to read
A few weeks ago a reader asked me to write a blog post on how to choose which books to read. I replied to her that I can’t really give advice on that topic because it’s choosing what to read is such a personal process. Everyone has an individual taste and likest to read different…
Book Review: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
I have to tell you that my review of this book is probably extremely biased because for me its connected to this special nostalgia we feel for things that brought us joy during our childhoods. I first started listening to the audio books of the “Artemis Fowl” series by Eoin Colfer when I was a…