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Leo Lausemaus Will Nicht Schlafen by Marco Campanella, Anna Casalis
4.0
My second whole German book :)
Ficções by Davi Arrigucci Jr., Jorge Luis Borges
5.0
Probably Borges meta-masterpiece. A book about books, a narrative lost in narratives, with times reflecting themselves and spaces all existing simultaneously. It is also a spiral"what if?", a child's play. Maybe Kafka dreamed of the Lottery in Babylon or the Library of Babel - or maybe Borges dreamed of Kafka dreaming of Carroll dreaming of Sheherezade, herself a play of Hofstadter's mind. Who knows, but I'm glad that tigers live where tango's danced.
Henriette Bimmelbahn by James Krüss
4.0
My third German book! :) Love the rhymes, as well as Lisl Stich's illustrations.
Debt-Proof Living: The Complete Guide to Living Financially Free by Mary Hunt
4.0
This book, along with the YNAB app & website, helped me set my very first financial discipline structure. The first few chapters, where she outlines her "method", are as much about simple & sound financial advice as they are about tackling the drives and motivation that allow you to stay on track and have a sustainable, long-lasting stand. Halfway through, though, it becomes much more geared toward super-heavy indebted American horror stories - for a European, these sound absurd and off the rockets, but I guess across the pond it really is that grim. Either way, I am very thankful that this book found its way to my hands, serendipitously.
Haydut Haytazot by Otfried Preußler
4.0
Such a surreally funny story with the dumbest characters ever to embark on a pointless adventure. A coffee mill, a barefoot robber and a potato-loving sorcerer thrust two youths onto a quest for the holy grail of their existence: to once again have coffee & cake with their grandma. One of my students lent me this, my fourth German book ever - and it was peaches :)
When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone
4.0
Oh, what a refreshing read! When the full arsenal of a seasoned scholar, this insidious woman dared to challenge the myth of the sinful Eve, the sinful serpent, and the fall from grace. Here the conquering penis of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and even Buddhism (!) is unveiled to reaveal a forotten mythological history where the half of our species that can actually create life was on top of things. As someone to whom the word "man" is mostly an insult - though as much cringing at feminism (or any -ism, for the matter) - this is mandatory reading.
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2020 by Lia Leendertz
5.0
As a child growing up in Portugal, my parents used to buy from street sellers on train stations a famous almanac, almost a century in existence, called BORDA D'ÁGUA. The fact that, in an age before the internet, you could so easily have in your hands so much curious information about planting, gardening, tides, facts and dates was a source of endless amazement to me.
As an adult, it was with great joy that I came across Lia Leendertz folk-ish almanac. It has given me, my wife, and our little baby daughter, a source of endless pleasure while exploring our local park. The hedgerow section (unfortunately gone from 2021 edition) was what first made us fall in love with it - and to this day we are still trying to spot a chiffchaff here in Germany!
But the recipes, the lore and, to a lesser extent, the songs are what had me buy all editions, from 2018 to 2021. I intend to revisit each and everyone of them every single year, using them to continue getting in touch with the sensual world around me, from the sights under my eyes to the scents and flavours in my kitchen.
Lia, you rock!
As an adult, it was with great joy that I came across Lia Leendertz folk-ish almanac. It has given me, my wife, and our little baby daughter, a source of endless pleasure while exploring our local park. The hedgerow section (unfortunately gone from 2021 edition) was what first made us fall in love with it - and to this day we are still trying to spot a chiffchaff here in Germany!
But the recipes, the lore and, to a lesser extent, the songs are what had me buy all editions, from 2018 to 2021. I intend to revisit each and everyone of them every single year, using them to continue getting in touch with the sensual world around me, from the sights under my eyes to the scents and flavours in my kitchen.
Lia, you rock!