July book list

[openidwouldwork]

African Diary by Bill Bryson

The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett *loves illustrations*

Stimmt's? by Christoph Drösser (deconstructing 'facts' everyone knows)


Mit Kompass und Korsett by Bärbel Arenz - lovingly illustrated, short biographies of 16 explorettes *grins*, including maps, sketches, photographs and exerpts of their letters and observations

A British Rifle Man by George Simmons - assembled by Willoughby Verner (author of "The History of the Rifle Brigade"). Each chapter contains an exerpt of 'Napier's History of the War in the Peninsula' to give you and idea what is going on in the Campain, Simmons' journal entries of the given time and one or two letters to his parents.

As they are 'real-time' journal entries and observations, the reader remains very focused on what is happening to Simmons (and to some extend his brothers), while not getting involved in the 'bigger picture' of the whole theater of war. (Very much in contrast to other autors, who have re-arranged and edited their journals and diaries to present a more global picture *cough*Leach*cough*)

Ich trink Ouzo, was trinkst Du so? by Stella Bettermann *grins* preparing for my summer holiday...

Frivolous Cupid by Anthony Trollope

World game (Doctor Who) by Terrance Dicks

Mademoiselle Laurence by Heinrich Heine

Schnee by Orhan Pamuk - weird. Very strange. I'd really like to talk to a 'real' Turk or muslim or inhabitant of Kars about it...

Stoppelland: Ein Fall für Kommissar Klaus Kattenstroht by Hans-Peter Boer - run of the mill whodunnit with ethnic touches (I must admit I only bought/read it because it has cows on the cover *headdesk*)


Garou: Ein Schaf-Thriller by Leonie Swann - sequel of Glennkill. Not as charming as Glenkill, I guess the idea of sheep-detctives isn't 'new' any more, but still wonderfully sheepy.

Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen by Heinrich Heine

Lausbubengeschichten by Ludwig Thoma - this one was really disturbing. I've seen the movies (filmed in the 60s) many times as a child, and enjoyed the schoolboy pranks a lot. However, reading about them was something altogether different. In the book you get into the characters heads, get an insight into their minds and motivations... and realise that both the schoolboys and (most) of the adults are just nasty and vicious, and the pranks are malicious and not funny at all.

Die Macht des Blutes by Miguel de Cervantes

Sharpe's Waterloo by Bernhard Cornwell

Comments

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

Even the help/support desk is timed out ...

I will have to come over there - I have sent for a yacht to take me ...

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

YACHT! BRILLIANT!

*grabs dive gear, compressor, books, towels, sunscreen*

Let's set course for EGYPT!

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

*BOUNCES* We can do it! But how will we find out if elb is already there? If not, we have to pick her up in Birmingham ...

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

That's a really beautiful picture!

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

hmmm... call all resorts and ask if they have noted a decline in lembas supplies.

*lies on deck and watches the sails and clouds and daydreams*

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

Sudden shortage of cauliflowers indicating the presence of an elb ...

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

Hah! that's an even better indicator!

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

*Stretches out beside Kris and watches the light on the sails, and the reflections of the water*

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

*sighs* and *is rocked to sleep by the gentle movement of the yacht*

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

A storm blows up and the yacht is swept off course ...

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

*pouts*

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

Back to where the campfire blazes merrily ....

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

It's working again for the moment - three whole entries in a row!

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

I can't get in. *headdesk* I give up.

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

Nooooo!!!!

I am in ... *Waves*

But it might not last ... so long as I don't actually post anything, it'll probably be OK. I hope they put it right by tomorrow

*Snuggles*

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

nice yacht! Egypt! Red Sea! Fishies!

[rosinarowantree.livejournal.com]

YAY! Will there be sharks?

[openidwouldwork.livejournal.com]

of course! And NUDIBRANCHES!