Other than usual I will review Louisa Lorenz’ “Clit. Die aufregende Geschichte der Klitoris” in German because a publisher kindly provided me with a review copy of the book. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. Louisa Lorenz war schon 25 Jahre alt, als sie erfuhr wie…
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Book Review: Frauen Schulden Dir Gar Nichts von Florence Given
Other than usual I will review Florence Given’s “Women Don’t Owe You Pretty” in German today because a German publisher kindly provided me with a review copy of its German translation “Frauen Schulden Dir Gar Nichts”. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. Ich hatte „Frauen Schulden…
Book Review: Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit
“Men Explain Things to Me” is a feminist essay collection by Rebecca Solnit named after her essay that became famous for describing the phenomenon of mansplaining. Besides mansplaining this anthology on feminism also covers a variety of other topics such as Virginia Woolf, sexualized violence and same-sex marriages. Knowing that it has become a beloved…
7 Amazing Short Novels That You Can Read in a Day (or Two)
Today I decided to share some great short books with you that you can read in one sitting. I personally prefer reading short novels instead of longer books. I know that some readers are the exact opposite. But if you’re looking for some short books to read, you might be interested to check out my…
Book Review: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
I find it hard to write this review for “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang. I struggle to come up with an opinion about this book and I struggle to find the words – or rather I’m at a loss for words – to describe my reading experience. I listened to the audio book of “The…
My Favourite Books of 2021
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…
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…