You can find the sources for this text on the second page of the post. When I was a little girl I loved pink and horses. I played with Barbies. And when my sister and I reenacted “The Famous Five” by Enid Blyton I was always Anne, not George. I was into the kind of…
Book Review: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Before I started “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf I expected it to be a complex and critical novel that is playing with the conventions of time, space, gender and genre. However, I did not expect it to be as satirical and humourous. I buddy read the novel together with Mariana from @booksofmyown. You can find her…
Book Review: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
“Mrs. Dalloway” is the first novel I read by Virginia Woolf and I really enjoyed it. I already started reading the book two years ago but never came around to finish it because life was too busy. So I’m glad that I gave it another chance. Troughout the course of a day we follow the…
Book Review: It’s Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies) by Scarlett Curtis
Usually I like to wait until after my bookclub discussions to post a review on one of my bookclub reads but we postponed our meeting til June and I don’t want to wait that long. So I decided to post my review of “It’s Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies). Inspirational people open…
Three Things I Learned as a Bookstagrammer
Today is my first boostaversary – My one year book blogging anniversary! Exactly one year ago I published my first review on Instagram and entered the wonderful yet sometimes confusing world of Bookstagram. Even though I am the oppostite of a social media person and never used Instagram privately, writing reviews, taking photos and creating…
Book Review: The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
“Was wir Frauen wollen” (The Soul of a woman/Mujeres del alma mía) by Isabel Allende was such a comfort read. It was exactly what I needed after reading some heavier books in March. In this memoir Allende mixes feminist nonfiction with her own autobiography. The result is a beautiful book about life, aging and what…
Book Review: I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
It’s difficult for me to write a review for “I love Dick” by Chris Kraus because it’s not a novel that I particularly loved or enjoyed but still it’s one that I admire and appreciate as a work of art. Although the book was not entirely my cup of tea, I’m grateful that I read…
Book Review: Trans. Frau. Sein. by Felicia Ewert
“Trans. Frau. Sein. Aspekte geschlechtlicher Marginalisierung” (Being. Trans. Woman. Aspects of gendered marginalisation) by Felicia Ewert is the first book in ages for which I used post its because there were so many well written and intelligent parts that I want to revisit in the future. This nonfiction book is a mixture between societal analysis…
Sexualized Violence: I could’ve been Sarah
Trigger Warning: Sexualized violence & rape For me, as probably for many of you as well, the past week was a very exhausting week to be on social media. Not only were the news of Sarah Everard’s disappearance and murder devastating. But the constant accounts of the omnipresent sexualized violence and the reaction of misogynist…
Book Review: This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
How do I write a review for this book? It seems impossible to me to sum up what I think about it and how it made me feel. Typing these words feels like a lousy attempt to make up for my lack of words to describe the intelligence, the power, the brilliance, the fear and…