Caro's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:06:21 -0700 60 Caro's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg На берегу Севана 54872699 408 Vakhtang Ananyan Caro 0 4.00 1951 На берегу Севана
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]]> Die Assistentin 231018786 Im Vorzimmer des Verlegers sitzt Charlotte ganz nah am Zentrum der Macht. Dass der seine Assistentinnen oft auswechselt, kriegt sie schnell mit. Aber sie entwickelt ein gutes Verhältnis zu ihrem Chef, der ihre Stärken erkennt, ihr vertraut. Und dafür muss sie eben viel in Kauf nehmen, sehr viel, vielleicht auch selbst mit harten Bandagen kämpfen, vielleicht ihre Gesundheit aufs Spiel setzen. Vielleicht sogar Bo verlieren, in den sie sich doch gerade erst verliebt hat �


In wunderbar lakonischem Tonfall, mit Humor und Tiefgang erzählt Caroline Wahls neuer Roman von einer jungen Frau, die sich nicht zum Opfer machen lassen will und doch in eine Lage gerät, die viele Menschen wenn einem der Beruf zur Hölle wird. Eine ganz alltägliche Leidensgeschichte, ein Roman über Resilienz und Überleben.   ]]> Caroline Wahl 364402412X Caro 0 to-read 0.0 Die Assistentin
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]]> The Picture of Dorian Gray 15804129 Dorian Gray is a beautiful yet corrupt man. When he wishes that a perfect portrait of himself would bear the signs of ageing in his place, the picture becomes his hideous secret, as it follows Dorian's own downward spiral into cruelty and depravity.

Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his decadence.]]> 241 Oscar Wilde 0141199490 Caro 0 currently-reading 4.14 1890 The Picture of Dorian Gray
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]]> <![CDATA[Das Deutsche als Männersprache: Aufsätze und Glossen zur feministischen Linguistik]]> 2067535 201 Luise F. Pusch 3518112171 Caro 0 to-read 4.21 1984 Das Deutsche als Männersprache: Aufsätze und Glossen zur feministischen Linguistik
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]]> Eine ganz dumme Idee 57646921 464 Fredrik Backman 3442315700 Caro 0 currently-reading 4.11 2019 Eine ganz dumme Idee
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]]> äٲ! 221348179 Kaveh Akbars faszinierender, von Presse und prominenten Leserinnen und Lesern gefeierter Debütroman führt vom Iran der 1980er-Jahre bis in die heutigen USA und ist eine Hymne auf all das, was uns bei der Suche nach Sinn und Bedeutung im Leben helfen auf die Kunst, den Glauben an uns selbst, auf Liebe, Freundschaft und Mitmenschlichkeit. Nominiert für den National Book Award 2024. 

Cyrus Shams, 29, ist kein Meister des täglichen Lebens. Er schreibt umwerfend gute Gedichte und nimmt zu viele Drogen. Seit er denken kann, ringt er mit den großen Sinnfragen, mit seiner sexuellen Identität und seiner Vergangenheit. Er war noch ein Baby, als das Flugzeug abgeschossen wurde, mit dem seine Mutter auf dem Weg aus Teheran in die Freiheit war. Ein tragischer Irrtum, ein sinnloser Tod, der ihn bis heute verfolgt. Cyrus sucht nach dem Sinn seiner Existenz und ist fasziniert von Märtyrern. Wie wäre es, sich einer Sache so zu verschreiben wie Jeanne d'Arc oder Bobby Sands? Und wer war seine Mutter eigentlich, wohin sollte ihre Reise führen? Cyrus, ausnahmsweise nüchtern und eventuell verliebt, begibt sich auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit, die ihn zu den Fragen der Zukunft führt.


«Ich werde diese Geschichte und die Menschen darin für den Rest meines Lebens in mir tragen.» John Green

«Dieses Buch vibriert vor Liebe zum Leben, zur Schönheit und zur Sprache. Ich bin voller Ehrfurcht.» Natalie Portman

«Elegant, schwindelerregend und verspielt –�äٲ! ist ein großartiger Roman.» Lauren Groff

«Ein Juwel von einem Roman.» Tommy Orange]]> 400 Kaveh Akbar 3498003941 Caro 0 currently-reading 4.21 2024 äٲ!
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]]> <![CDATA[Portrait meiner Mutter mit Geistern: Roman (German Edition)]]> 223883074
Raisa lebt allein mit ihrer Mutter Martha und das schon immer. An ihren Vater hat sie keine Erinnerung. Ihr Name ist das Einzige, was sie von ihm bekommen hat � besser so, sagt Martha. Doch Raisa beginnt, Fragen zu stellen. Als der Nachbarsjunge Mat verschwindet, beginnt Martha zu erzählen. Von der Großmutter Dina. Von Lügen, die schützen, und Lügen, die in Gefahr bringen. Von der Liebe ihres Lebens und ihrem größten Verlust.
Rabea Edel zeichnet in ihrem Buch die bewegende Lebensgeschichte ihrer Mutter und das Portrait einer Nachkriegsgeneration, die im Schatten der Gewalt und des Schweigens aufgewachsen ist. Sie erzählt von der Kraft der Liebe und von der Rückeroberung der eigenen Geschichte durch die Sprache. Ein Buch wie ein Kaleidoskop, das vor allem die Frauen in den Blick nimmt � und die weibliche Fähigkeit, sich immer wieder neu zu erfinden.]]> 375 Rabea Edel 3406829724 Caro 3 4.27 Portrait meiner Mutter mit Geistern: Roman (German Edition)
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Der Anfang des Buches hat mich noch richtig gecatcht, doch dann setzten die Perspektivwechsel und die Zeitsprünge ein und ich kam einfach nicht mehr mit. Zudem werden viele Geschehnisse nur vage angedeutet, was mich auch nicht wirklich überzeugen konnte. Entweder man schreibt über ein Thema oder man lässt es bleiben � meiner Meinung nach. Pluspunkte gibt es für den Schreibstil.
]]> <![CDATA[Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis]]> 211953312 Award-winning historian, professor, and journalist Tao Leigh Goffe launches an investigation of the Caribbean as the seat of corrupt Western wealth and environmental exploitation.

When Christopher Columbus arrived on the Caribbean island of Guanahaní, it was remade, at least in mythology, as Eden. Since then, the Caribbean and its peoples have paid the price of relentless Western exploitation and abuses, falling prey to the planting of sugarcane and other cash crops. In Dark Laboratory, Goffe embarks on a historical journey into the influences that have made these islands—from Jamaica and Aruba to Cuba and Martinique—a target of Western capitalism and the foundation of the global economy as we know it today.

Through the lens of personal and family memoir, as well as cultural and social history, Goffe seeks to radically transform how we conceive of Blackness, natural history, colonialism, and the climate crisis. Her writing considers the legacy of slavery and indentured servitude as Chinese laborers worked alongside enslaved Black people to excavate products like sugarcane and guano—in its day more valuable than gold—from these island nations.

How can we combat contemporary racism and environmental degradation using the Caribbean and its dark history as guide? In autobiographical writing that shines light on both environmental upheaval and racial subjugation, Goffe offers solutions based on island ecologies, locating the origins of racism and the climate catastrophe in the colonization of the Caribbean. Her combination of personal narrative and research provides a record of the violence that has shaped these nations and a testament to our capacity for renewal.

In stunning, lyrical prose, Goffe dismantles our longest-held notions about island utopias and proposes new modes of thinking about the ruin and restoration of the environment.]]> 384 Tao Leigh Goffe 0385549911 Caro 0 to-read 3.88 2025 Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis
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]]> Deep Cuts 214269394
Joe asks Percy for feedback on one of his songs—and the results kick off a partnership that will span years, ignite new passions in them both, and crush their egos again and again. Is their collaboration worth its cost? Or is it holding Percy back from finding her own voice?

Moving from Brooklyn bars to San Francisco dance floors, Deep Cuts examines the nature of talent, obsession, belonging, and above all, our need to be heard.]]> 277 Holly Brickley 0593799089 Caro 4 3.81 2025 Deep Cuts
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I wish that “Deep Cuts� had been longer (and by that I mean another hundred or two hundred pages), because it would have allowed to explore these complex relationships on a deeper and more satisfying level. The last couple of chapters just felt rushed. Apart from that the novel was impressively good!
]]> Im Westen nichts Neues 24318901 Zum hundertsten Jahrestag des Kriegsbeginns 1914 erscheint diese Neuausgabe mit einem umfassenden Nachwort zur Entstehungs- und Rezeptionsgeschichte in der textkritisch durchgesehenen Fassung der Erstausgabe.]]> 336 Erich Maria Remarque Caro 5 4.40 1928 Im Westen nichts Neues
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average rating: 4.40
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]]> Der ehemalige Sohn 56935879 Ein gewitzter und bewegender Roman aus Belarus.]]> 320 Sasha Filipenko 3257071566 Caro 0 to-read 4.05 2014 Der ehemalige Sohn
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]]> Boy Swallows Universe 54291514
Life is pretty tough right now for twelve-year-old Eli - what with his mute brother, a convicted murderer for a babysitter, a drug-dealing stepfather, an incarcerated mother and a long-lost father - surely it can't get any worse?

Think again. He's about to fall in love, break into prison and cross paths with one of the most notorious criminals Brisbane has ever seen.

A coming-of-age story like no other, Boy Swallows Universe is the most exhilarating novel you'll read all year.]]> 512 Trent Dalton 0008319286 Caro 0 to-read 4.27 2018 Boy Swallows Universe
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]]> <![CDATA[Castletown College � Nur ein Kuss (German Edition)]]> 228741692
Eine mitreissende Liebesgeschichte mit authentischen Charakteren, familiären Konflikten und einem charmanten irländischen Setting.]]> 362 Corina Burkhardt 3729624393 Caro 0 0.0 Castletown College – Nur ein Kuss (German Edition)
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]]> Water Baby 134970737 She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster.In Makoko, the floating slum off mainland Lagos, Nigeria, nineteen-year-old Baby yearns for an existence where she can escape the future her father has planned for her. With opportunities scarce, Baby jumps at the chance to join a newly launched drone-mapping project, aimed at broadening the visibility of her community. Then a video of her at work goes viral and Baby finds herself with options she could never have imagined - including the possibility of leaving her birthplace to represent Makoko on the world stage. But will life beyond the lagoon be everything she's dreamed of? Or has everything she wants been in front of her all along?]]> 337 Chioma Okereke Caro 0 to-read 4.11 Water Baby
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]]> Achtzehnter Stock 221287490
Wanda hat sich ihr Leben anders vorgestellt. Ganz anders. Statt auf Filmdrehs und Premieren verbringt sie die heißen Sommertage im Hof einer Berliner Platte, wo sie mit ihrer fünfjährigen Tochter Karlie im achtzehnten Stock wohnt. Der Lift ist defekt und das Treppenhaus ein einziges Funkloch, in dem man, wenn man Pech hat, das ganze Leben verpasst. Am anderen Ende der Stadt scheint dagegen alles möglich. Als Wanda eine einmalige Chance bekommt, taucht sie ein in eine Welt, in der Geld keine Rolle spielt und Türen immer offenstehen. Doch wie weit sie auch geht, die Platte in ihrem Rücken wird nie wirklich kleiner.
Ein rauer und zärtlicher, temporeicher und fein beobachteter Roman über Zusammenhalt und Selbstverwirklichung und darüber, dass das Glück manchmal näherliegt, als wir denken.]]> 210 Sara Gmuer 3446283757 Caro 3 3.60 Achtzehnter Stock
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"Achtzehnter Stock" hat einige ganz starke Szenen (vor allem der Anfang!). Doch irgendwie habe ich auch nach Beenden des Buches nicht das Gefühl, den Charakteren wirklich nahe gekommen zu sein, weshalb für mich der Roman in sich nicht ganz so stimmig war. Trotz allem - ein solides Debüt!
]]> Men Explain Things to Me 18528190
She ends on a serious note� because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!�

This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the writer Virginia Woolf ’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women.]]> 130 Rebecca Solnit 1608463869 Caro 0 to-read 3.84 2014 Men Explain Things to Me
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]]> <![CDATA[Mode ist ein glitzernder Goldfisch (Harriet - versehentlich berühmt, #1)]]> 17949720 336 Holly Smale 3401068806 Caro 4
Harriet Manners hat mit Mode nicht viel am Hut � eigentlich gar nichts � doch dann wird sie von einem Modelagenten entdeckt. Plötzlich ist Harriet Teil der Fashion-Welt, was ihr Leben (und ihre Gefühle!) ziemlich durcheinanderbringt.
Eine wunderbare Geschichte mit ganz viel Charme, Humor und Herz!
]]> 3.91 2013 Mode ist ein glitzernder Goldfisch (Harriet - versehentlich berühmt, #1)
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4.5 ⭐️

Harriet Manners hat mit Mode nicht viel am Hut � eigentlich gar nichts � doch dann wird sie von einem Modelagenten entdeckt. Plötzlich ist Harriet Teil der Fashion-Welt, was ihr Leben (und ihre Gefühle!) ziemlich durcheinanderbringt.
Eine wunderbare Geschichte mit ganz viel Charme, Humor und Herz!

]]> Giovanni’s Room 828503 150 James Baldwin 0141032944 Caro 4
“The question is banal but one of the real troubles with living is that living is so banal. Everyone, after all, goes the same dark road � and the road has a trick of being most dark, most treacherous, when it seems most bright � and it’s true that nobody stays in the garden of Eden.�

“I remember that life in that room seemed to be occurring beneath the sea, time flowed past indifferently above us, hours and days had no meaning. In the beginning our life together held a joy and amazement which was newborn every day. Beneath the joy, of course, was anguish and beneath the amazement was fear; but they did not work themselves to the beginning until our high beginning was aloes on our tongues. By then anguish and fear had become the surface on which we slipped and slid, losing balance, dignity, and pride.�

“Much has been written of love turning to hatred, of the heart growing cold with the death of love. It is a remarkable process. It is far more terrible than anything I have ever read about it, more terrible than anything I will ever be able to say.�
]]> 4.32 1956 Giovanni’s Room
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4.5 ⭐️

“The question is banal but one of the real troubles with living is that living is so banal. Everyone, after all, goes the same dark road � and the road has a trick of being most dark, most treacherous, when it seems most bright � and it’s true that nobody stays in the garden of Eden.�

“I remember that life in that room seemed to be occurring beneath the sea, time flowed past indifferently above us, hours and days had no meaning. In the beginning our life together held a joy and amazement which was newborn every day. Beneath the joy, of course, was anguish and beneath the amazement was fear; but they did not work themselves to the beginning until our high beginning was aloes on our tongues. By then anguish and fear had become the surface on which we slipped and slid, losing balance, dignity, and pride.�

“Much has been written of love turning to hatred, of the heart growing cold with the death of love. It is a remarkable process. It is far more terrible than anything I have ever read about it, more terrible than anything I will ever be able to say.�

]]> <![CDATA[Was wäre, wenn wir mutig sind?]]> 210888045 Seit Jahren kämpfen Menschen um die künftige Bewohnbarkeit unseres Planeten. Luisa Neubauer ist eine von ihnen. Doch bis heute scheitert die Welt daran, den notwendigen Klimaschutz demokratisch zu organisieren. Warum passiert nicht mehr, obwohl die wissenschaftlichen Fakten schon lange bekannt sind? Woher kommt die Anti-Klima-Aggression der Rechten? Warum sorgen selbst die sichtbaren Klimakatastrophen nicht für ein gesellschaftliches Umdenken? Luisa Neubauer analysiert die Machtkämpfe hinter der Klimakrise, sie legt die fossilen Wurzeln unserer Demokratie frei und zeigt, wie eine realistische Utopie auf unserem Planeten aussehen kann.
Dieses Buch ist ein Aufruf, zu intervenieren und unsere ökologischen Grenzen zu verteidigen. Eine Einladung, den Krisen in die Augen zu schauen. Und ein Plädoyer für die Hoffnung.]]> 128 Luisa Neubauer 364402040X Caro 5 4.29 2025 Was wäre, wenn wir mutig sind?
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]]> Timur und sein Trupp 1396404 160 Arkady Gaydar 3896031538 Caro 0 3.91 1940 Timur und sein Trupp
author: Arkady Gaydar
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> Shark Heart 62919375
At first, Wren internally resists her husband’s fate. Is there a way for them to be together after Lewis changes? Then, a glimpse of Lewis’s developing carnivorous nature activates long-repressed memories for Wren, whose story vacillates between her childhood living on a houseboat in Oklahoma, her time with her college ex-girlfriend, and her unusual friendship with a woman pregnant with twin birds.]]> 416 Emily Habeck 1668006499 Caro 4 Still, I'm very impressed by Habeck's writing style and the originality of the novel's premise!

“In their innocence, they failed to grasp the labor of losing a partner, how the tasks of simple existence would become logistical feats and one person’s burden.�
]]> 3.96 2023 Shark Heart
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average rating: 3.96
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I loved the story of Wren and Lewis. It was beautiful, it was sad, absolutely heart-breaking. The backstory of Angela, Wren’s mother, was touching too, but, for me, it disrupted the overall flow of the novel. I think it would have integrated better into the main plot if woven into Wren’s perspective. That is why I’m rating ‘Shark Heart� with four stars instead of five.
Still, I'm very impressed by Habeck's writing style and the originality of the novel's premise!

“In their innocence, they failed to grasp the labor of losing a partner, how the tasks of simple existence would become logistical feats and one person’s burden.�

]]> Odvážná školačka 17935472 91 Evgeny Shvarts Caro 0 3.07 1948 Odvážná školačka
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average rating: 3.07
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]]> We Were Wolves 61419257 'A truly original and affecting piece of work. Unsettling but beautiful, sparse but packed with heart, it’s a real invasion of the senses' Phil Earle

'Yearning regret punctuated by glimpses of real companionship and pure dread. What a joy to see Jason’s pictures matched by such an unsentimental but tender story' Geraldine McCaughrean

Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is survive alone for a little while longer.
But dark forces are circling - like the dangerous man in the Range Rover, who is looking for his stolen money. And then there are the ancient forces that have lain asleep in the woods for an age...]]> 216 Jason Cockcroft 1839132000 Caro 3 4.20 2021 We Were Wolves
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> Nowhere Heart Land 221238569 ]]> 353 Emily Marie Lara 3759600255 Caro 0 to-read 3.29 Nowhere Heart Land
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]]> <![CDATA[Der Fluch des Titanen (Percy Jackson, #3)]]> 7662175 368 Rick Riordan Caro 5 4.26 2007 Der Fluch des Titanen (Percy Jackson, #3)
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average rating: 4.26
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]]> Nordstadt 60166644 128 Annika Büsing 3969990645 Caro 0 to-read 4.05 2022 Nordstadt
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]]> Cleopatra and Frankenstein 60784819
Cleo and Frank run head-first into a romance that neither of them can quite keep up with. It reshapes their lives and the lives of those around them, whether that’s Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender identity in the wake of her marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates after being cut off. Ultimately, this chance meeting between two strangers outside of a New Year’s Eve party changes everything, for better or worse.

Cleopatra and Frankenstein is an astounding and painfully relatable debut novel about the spontaneous decisions that shape our entire lives and those imperfect relationships born of unexpectedly perfect evenings.]]> 384 Coco Mellors 1639730702 Caro 4 3.67 2022 Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> On a Sunbeam 36952615
An inventive world, a breathtaking love story, and stunning art come together in this new work by award-winning artist Tillie Walden.]]> 533 Tillie Walden 1250178134 Caro 0 to-read 4.31 2018 On a Sunbeam
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]]> Hohle Räume 208148017 240 Nora Schramm 3751809597 Caro 0 to-read 3.71 Hohle Räume
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]]> The Spear Cuts Through Water 55868456 Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.

The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.

But that god cannot be contained forever.

With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined.

Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before.
]]> 525 Simon Jimenez 0593156595 Caro 0 to-read 4.17 2022 The Spear Cuts Through Water
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]]> Orbital 96177640 144 Samantha Harvey Caro 5
“The planet is shaped by the sheer amazing force of human want, which has changed everything, the forests, the poles, the reservoirs, the glaciers, the rivers, the seas, the mountains, the coastlines, the skies, a planet contoured and landscaped by want.�

“Continents and countries come one after the other and the earth feels � not small, but almost endlessly connected, an epic poem of flowing verses. It holds no possibility of opposition.�

“Maybe we’re the dinosaurs and need to watch out. But then maybe against all odds we’ll migrate to Mars where we’ll start a colony of gentle preservers, people who want to keep the red planet red, we’ll devise a planetary flag because that’s a thing we lacked on earth and we’ve come to wonder if that’s why it all fell apart, and we’ll look back at the faint dot of blue that is our old convalescing earth and we’ll say, Do you remember?�
]]> 3.81 2023 Orbital
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average rating: 3.81
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Reading ‘Orbital� is like studying the famous photography ‘The Blue Marble� � it makes you aware of the beauty of our planet while reminding you of its fragility. It’s frightening, it’s depressing, but at the same time absolutely captivating. ‘Orbital� has touched me deeply.

“The planet is shaped by the sheer amazing force of human want, which has changed everything, the forests, the poles, the reservoirs, the glaciers, the rivers, the seas, the mountains, the coastlines, the skies, a planet contoured and landscaped by want.�

“Continents and countries come one after the other and the earth feels � not small, but almost endlessly connected, an epic poem of flowing verses. It holds no possibility of opposition.�

“Maybe we’re the dinosaurs and need to watch out. But then maybe against all odds we’ll migrate to Mars where we’ll start a colony of gentle preservers, people who want to keep the red planet red, we’ll devise a planetary flag because that’s a thing we lacked on earth and we’ve come to wonder if that’s why it all fell apart, and we’ll look back at the faint dot of blue that is our old convalescing earth and we’ll say, Do you remember?�

]]> Confessions 211642069 For fans of The Goldfinch ԻTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, an ambitious and absorbing debut that follows three generations of women from New York to rural Ireland and back again.

New York City, late September 2001. The walls of the city are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. When a letter arrives from an aunt she didn’t know existed in Ireland with the offer of a new life, the name jogs a an old videocassette game Cora used to play as a child where two sisters must save the students of a mysterious boarding school.

County Donegal, 1974. An eclectic group of artists known as the Screamers arrives in Burtonport and moves into the old schoolhouse down the road from where Roisin lives with her older sister Moira. Alternately kind and cruel, brilliant artist Moira is a mystery to Roisin, as is Moira’s relationship with the boy next door, Michael. When the Screamers look to hire an artist in residence, Roisin enlists Michael’s help to get Moira the job, setting in motion a chain of events that will put an ocean between the sisters and threaten to tear them apart forever.

Burtonport, 2018. Lyca Brady lives in a sprawling old house with her mother, Cora, and great aunt, Ro. Abortion has just been legalized in Ireland, and Lyca is struggling to find herself outside her mother’s activism. An unexpected message from a childhood friend sends Lyca searching her house’s mysterious attic, with its strange collection of old medical equipment, piles of paperwork, and dusty boxes of ancient video games. There, she unearths secrets hidden for decades—secrets perhaps better left unknown.

Catherine Airey’s haunting debut spins a mesmerizing story of family and fate, survival and revelation, examining the irresistible gravity of the past—how it endures through generations, pervasively present even when buried or forgotten.


]]> 480 Catherine Airey 0063380137 Caro 0 to-read 3.84 2025 Confessions
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]]> Wild Dark Shore 211004089
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground. Despite the wild beauty of life here, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, eighteen and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, seventeen, has started spending her nights on the beach among the seals; nine-year-old Orly, obsessed with botany, fears the loss of his beloved natural world; and Dominic can’t stop turning back toward the past, and the loss that drove the family to Shearwater in the first place.

Then, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman washes up on shore. As the Salts nurse the woman, Rowan, back to life, their suspicion gives way to affection, and they finally begin to feel like a family again. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting her heart, begins to fall for the Salts, too. But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers the sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own dark secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, the characters must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.]]> 303 Charlotte McConaghy 1250827957 Caro 0 to-read 4.32 2025 Wild Dark Shore
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name: Caro
average rating: 4.32
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]]> Open, Heaven 216634841 A stunning debut novel from the acclaimed young Irish poet Seán Hewitt, reminiscent of Garth Greenwell and Douglas Stuart in the intensity of its evocation of sexual awakening.

Set in a remote village in the North of England, Open, Heaven unfolds over the course of one year in which two sixteen year old boys meet and transform each other’s lives.

James—a sheltered, shy sixteen-year-old—is alone in his newly discovered sexuality, full of an unruly desire but entirely inexperienced. As he is beginning to understand himself and his longings, he also realizes how his feelings threaten to separate him from his family and the rural community he has grown up in. He dreams of another life, fantasizing about what lies beyond the village’s leaf-ribboned boundaries, beyond his autonomy, tenderness, sex. Then, in the autumn of 2002, he meets Luke, a slightly older boy, handsome, unkempt, who comes with a reputation for danger. Abandoned by his parents—his father imprisoned, and his mother having moved to France for another man—Luke has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle at their farm just outside the village. James is immediately drawn to him, like the pull a fire makes on the air, dragging things into it and blazing them into its hot, white centre, drawn to this boy who is beautiful and impulsive, charismatic, troubled. But underneath Luke’s bravado is a deep wound—a longing for the love of his father and for the stability of family life.

Open, Heaven is a novel about desire, yearning, and the terror of first love. With the striking economy and lyricism that animate his work as a poet, Hewitt has written a mesmerizing hymn to boyhood, sensuality, and love in all its forms. A truly exceptional debut.]]> 204 Seán Hewitt 1039056571 Caro 0 to-read 4.27 Open, Heaven
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]]> The Benefactors 215553686 The Benefactors we meet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh - very different women but all mothers to 18-year-old boys. Glamorous Frankie, now married to a wealthy, older man, grew up in care. Miriam has recently lost her beloved husband Kahlil in ambiguous circumstances. Bronagh, the CEO of a children's services charity, loves the celebrity and prestige this brings her. They do not know each other yet, but when their sons are accused of sexually assaulting Misty Johnston, whose family lacks the wealth and social-standing of their own, they'll leverage all the power of their position to protect their children.


From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money - and what being a parent means. Brutal, tender and rigorously intelligent, The Benefactors is a daring, polyphonic presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.]]> Wendy Erskine 1399741683 Caro 0 to-read 3.94 The Benefactors
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]]> <![CDATA[Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5)]]> 194490015 A hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past.

Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight through one.

Veronica Ruiz is on the run for the first time in her life—though certainly not the last. After being falsely accused of stealing money from her college sorority, she packs up and heads to her cousin Ramón's apartment, planning to change her name and rebuild start over away from backstabbing girls and university drama (and far, far away from her arrest warrant in Maryland).

At the local bank on the first morning of her new life, it occurs to Vero that she'd be a better bank teller than most of the current employees: she may not have much money, but what little she does have, she knows how to manage. Unfortunately, the only available position is a cleaning job and so, desperate for a fresh start, she takes the bank manager’s offer.

But nothing in Vero's world has ever been simple, so of course shortly after she begins work, she overhears a conversation between her new boss and a security guard: someone who works there has been stealing. Seeing a window of opportunity, Vero sets out to find the identity of the thief, present the evidence, and then push for the perfect job. All of which would be easier if her irresistibly infuriating childhood crush Javi wasn’t living in the same damn town.

Offering the insight that listeners have been craving into fan-favorite Vero's past and a closer look at the moment Finlay and Vero first meet, Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank is a can't-miss addition to the Finlay Donovan series.]]> 107 Elle Cosimano 1250343313 Caro 3 3.51 2023 Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank (Finlay Donovan, #3.5)
author: Elle Cosimano
name: Caro
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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An entertaining addition to the Finlay Donovan series
]]> 1984 40961427 Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.]]> 298 George Orwell Caro 2
Let me explain: I was sure I would love 1984 because of its premise, and the first few chapters were promising. The idea that Winston starts to write a diary even though it could get him in trouble with the regime � brilliant. But then, the focus shifted to this irritatingly strange relationship between Winston and Julia which totally weirded me out and left me with many ??????
At one point Winston admits to Julia: “I wanted to rape you and then murder you afterwards. Two weeks ago I thought seriously of smashing your head in with a cobblestone.�
Ah yes, lovely.
I’m pretty sure this is intended to be shocking � at least I hope so. But statements like this didn’t help me at all to care about Winston, or Julia, or their relationship. (And what happened to the diary???)
The ending had potential and would have impacted me, if I had felt any sort of attachment to the main characters, which I just didn’t. George Orwell should have invested more time into the development of Winston’s and Julia’s relationship, which is frustrating, because for me this novel was incredibly slow-paced, only as far as the characters are concerned, it was too fast for me.
Really, I was so bored by this book. Once I fell asleep while reading and woke up in the middle of the night. That hardly ever happens to me! So, that has to be a sign.

My apologies to George Orwell. I agree with the message of 1984, just not with the way Orwell tried to convey it.

1 star for the premise of this novel, the other one for some of the good lines I highlighted. (1 + 1 makes 2 by the way)]]> 4.24 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Caro
average rating: 4.24
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rating: 2
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FINALLY I’m done with this novel! I struggled SO MUCH! I would like to compare 1984 to a sandwich where the bread is really good and everything in between is just kind of meh �

Let me explain: I was sure I would love 1984 because of its premise, and the first few chapters were promising. The idea that Winston starts to write a diary even though it could get him in trouble with the regime � brilliant. But then, the focus shifted to this irritatingly strange relationship between Winston and Julia which totally weirded me out and left me with many ??????
At one point Winston admits to Julia: “I wanted to rape you and then murder you afterwards. Two weeks ago I thought seriously of smashing your head in with a cobblestone.�
Ah yes, lovely.
I’m pretty sure this is intended to be shocking � at least I hope so. But statements like this didn’t help me at all to care about Winston, or Julia, or their relationship. (And what happened to the diary???)
The ending had potential and would have impacted me, if I had felt any sort of attachment to the main characters, which I just didn’t. George Orwell should have invested more time into the development of Winston’s and Julia’s relationship, which is frustrating, because for me this novel was incredibly slow-paced, only as far as the characters are concerned, it was too fast for me.
Really, I was so bored by this book. Once I fell asleep while reading and woke up in the middle of the night. That hardly ever happens to me! So, that has to be a sign.

My apologies to George Orwell. I agree with the message of 1984, just not with the way Orwell tried to convey it.

1 star for the premise of this novel, the other one for some of the good lines I highlighted. (1 + 1 makes 2 by the way)
]]> Madonna in a Fur Coat 27793819 The bestselling Turkish classic of love and longing in a changing world, available in English for the first time.



'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected.'

A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city's crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life. Emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric and touchingly profound, Madonna in a Fur Coat is an unforgettable novel about new beginnings and the unfathomable nature of the human soul.



'Passionate but clear . . . Ali's success [is in ] his ability to describe the emergence of a feeling, seemingly straightforward from the outside but swinging back and forth between opposite extremes at its core, revealing the tensions that accompanies such rise and fall.' Atilla Özkirimli, writer and literary historian]]> 168 Sabahattin Ali 014198127X Caro 0 to-read 4.19 1943 Madonna in a Fur Coat
author: Sabahattin Ali
name: Caro
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)]]> 52397
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.

When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.]]> 345 Octavia E. Butler 0446675504 Caro 0 to-read 4.21 1993 Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Caro
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)]]> 62695377 In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.

Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante.

But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen—and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they’ve even met.

But the investigation turns personal when Io's estranged oldest sister turns up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city’s darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city’s most powerful players—before destruction comes to her own doorstep.]]> 352 Kika Hatzopoulou 0593528719 Caro 0 to-read 3.92 2023 Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind, #1)
author: Kika Hatzopoulou
name: Caro
average rating: 3.92
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]]> Ask Me Again 200867676 From the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize nominee whose short stories received instant acclaim (“Sparingly told, evoked with lacerating intimacy . . . Extraordinary� —Esquire), a debut novel about a young woman's coming of age, in parallel with a renegade male friend who challenges her beliefs and the course of her life

At sixteen, Eva meets Jamie by chance. She lives in middle-class South Brooklyn; he comes from the super-rich of upper Manhattan. She’s observant, cautious, and eager to seem normal; he’s curious, bold, and full of mysteries. She keeps a keen intelligence under wraps; his eccentric brilliance is all but impossible to repress. While Eva welcomes Jamie into her family’s embrace, he avoids going home; with little in common, these two questers are drawn together in a deep friendship. As Eva goes off to an elite college and falls in and out of love, Jamie drops out of school and joins the Occupy Wall Street movement. Eva, so often trapped by self-doubt, is both awed and repelled by the strength of Jamie's convictions. Carried forcefully along by Sestanovich’s highly observant, butterfly-pinning prose, these two characters, pulled into separate spheres, circle the same how to define their values and find their purpose, how to create a sense of self while discovering what they owe to society and the cause of justice. The geometry of their platonic love leads us on a surprising journey of intimacy across time—exposing the alchemy of connection, of the relationships that can define who we are and can even change us, and the possible futures we might not have imagined for ourselves.]]> 320 Clare Sestanovich 0593318110 Caro 0 to-read 3.08 Ask Me Again
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]]> <![CDATA[Im Bann des Zyklopen (Percy Jackson, #2)]]> 7662176 336 Rick Riordan Caro 5 4.15 2006 Im Bann des Zyklopen (Percy Jackson, #2)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Caro
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Diebe im Olymp (Percy Jackson, #1)]]> 7575736 Als Percy sich mit Hilfe seines Freundes Grover vor einem Minotaurus ins Camp Half-Blood rettet, erfährt er die Wahrheit: Sein Vater ist der Meeresgott Poseidon, Percy also ein Halbgott. Und er hat einen mächtigen Feind: Kronos, den Titanen.
Die Götter stehen Kopf - und Percy und seine Freunde vor einem unglaublichen Abenteuer ...]]> 448 Rick Riordan 3551554374 Caro 5 4.25 2005 Diebe im Olymp (Percy Jackson, #1)
author: Rick Riordan
name: Caro
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> My Friends 217163697 #1New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger’s life twenty-five years later.

Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an artist herself, knows otherwise and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their difficult home lives by spending their days laughing and telling stories out on a pier. There’s Joar, who never backs down from a fight; quiet and bookish Ted who is mourning his father; Ali, the daughter of a man who never stays in one place for long; and finally, there’s the artist, a boy who hoards sleeping pills and shuns attention, but who possesses an extraordinary gift that might be his ticket to a better life. These four lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream.

Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be put into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. As she struggles to decide what to do with this bequest, she embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn the story of how the painting came to be. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more she feels compelled to unleash her own artistic spirit, but happy endings don’t always take the form we expect in this fresh testament to the transformative power of friendship and art.]]> 448 Fredrik Backman 1982112824 Caro 0 to-read 4.59 2025 My Friends
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average rating: 4.59
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]]> Sweetbitter 26192646 Sweetbitter, Stephanie Danler deftly conjures with heart-stopping accuracy the nonstop and high-adrenaline world of the restaurant industry and evokes the infinite possibilities, the unbearable beauty, and the fragility and brutality of being young in New York.]]> 356 Stephanie Danler 1101875941 Caro 0 to-read 3.32 2016 Sweetbitter
author: Stephanie Danler
name: Caro
average rating: 3.32
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]]> Nightcrawling 59954607
Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent—which has more than doubled—and to keep the 9-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.

One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department.

Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.]]> 288 Leila Mottley 1526634554 Caro 4
The fact that Leila Mottley wrote “Nightcrawling� when she was just 17 years old is mind-blowing. She writes about situations which many writers out there would struggle to put into words.

"I’m tired of it. Tired of having to be out here thinking about all these people, all these things to keep me alive, keep them alive. I don’t got no air left for none of it.�

“Most days I say I don’t believe in nothing, except something about the way the night colors everything makes me want to. Not in an afterlife, heaven, or any of that shit. That just makes us feel better about dying and I don’t really got nothing to fear about dying in the first place. I just think that the stars might line up and trail into an otherworld.�
]]> 3.88 2022 Nightcrawling
author: Leila Mottley
name: Caro
average rating: 3.88
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4.5 �

The fact that Leila Mottley wrote “Nightcrawling� when she was just 17 years old is mind-blowing. She writes about situations which many writers out there would struggle to put into words.

"I’m tired of it. Tired of having to be out here thinking about all these people, all these things to keep me alive, keep them alive. I don’t got no air left for none of it.�

“Most days I say I don’t believe in nothing, except something about the way the night colors everything makes me want to. Not in an afterlife, heaven, or any of that shit. That just makes us feel better about dying and I don’t really got nothing to fear about dying in the first place. I just think that the stars might line up and trail into an otherworld.�

]]> <![CDATA[One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)]]> 58340706
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.

But nothing comes for free, especially magic.

When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.

Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.]]> 399 Rachel Gillig 0316312487 Caro 3 4.26 2022 One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
author: Rachel Gillig
name: Caro
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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“One Dark Window� kept me entertained, sometimes however, it was a bit silly � in an enjoyable way though. There are definitely better fantasy novels with more interesting world-building and characters, but “One Dark Window� delivered more or less what I expected. Solid 3�.
]]> Fahrenheit 451 13079982 Sixty years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.� But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.]]> 194 Ray Bradbury Caro 2 What bothered me the most was the portrayal of female characters - maybe this shouldn't have surprised me, but it still did. All of the women in this novel are just awful (because brainwashed), the only exception being 17-year-old Clarisse who is a typical manic pixie dream girl, so ... not great either.
Not a single female author is mentioned. Zero! As if Bradbury hadn't lived in a century in which books by women were published. All books discussed in Fahrenheit 451 were written by men. Oh, and the resistance, of course, is exclusively male. Like really, come on.
The biggest point made in Fahrenheit 451 is that TV is horrible and leads to the stultification of humankind. Quite hypocritical coming from someone who worked as a screenplay writer and had his own TV series.
This novel could have been powerful, instead it felt flat. At least for me.]]> 3.97 1953 Fahrenheit 451
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Caro
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1953
rating: 2
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I expected this novel to leave a bigger impact on me than it did. Now, after finishing it, I'm rather annoyed. While there were some great and thought-provoking passages, there were also many that were hard to understand, because the meaning behind Bradbury's words was difficult to decipher.
What bothered me the most was the portrayal of female characters - maybe this shouldn't have surprised me, but it still did. All of the women in this novel are just awful (because brainwashed), the only exception being 17-year-old Clarisse who is a typical manic pixie dream girl, so ... not great either.
Not a single female author is mentioned. Zero! As if Bradbury hadn't lived in a century in which books by women were published. All books discussed in Fahrenheit 451 were written by men. Oh, and the resistance, of course, is exclusively male. Like really, come on.
The biggest point made in Fahrenheit 451 is that TV is horrible and leads to the stultification of humankind. Quite hypocritical coming from someone who worked as a screenplay writer and had his own TV series.
This novel could have been powerful, instead it felt flat. At least for me.
]]> Als wir Schwäne waren 212163002
Ein Roman über ein tristes Land. Über die Diaspora als Heimat. Über die Freiheit im Fremdsein. Über kaputte Aufzüge und die Wahrheit der Schwäne.]]> 145 Behzad Karim Khani 3446281967 Caro 4 ○《Was ich aber verstehe, ist Stille. Ich mag die Ehrlichkeit, die entsteht, wenn keine anderen Menschen da sind.�
� 《Ich gehe nicht, weil ich es kann, sondern weil es der richtige Moment ist [...] Ich gehe, bevor die Geschichten dieses Ortes zu meinen Geschichten werden.》]]> 4.39 2024 Als wir Schwäne waren
author: Behzad Karim Khani
name: Caro
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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○《Wir reissen aus. Sternenförmig. Stolpernd. Manche suchend. Keiner ahnend. Wir verabschieden uns und bleiben da. Unser Viertel ist ein Aquarium. Wir verstehen nur die Scheiben nicht.�
○《Was ich aber verstehe, ist Stille. Ich mag die Ehrlichkeit, die entsteht, wenn keine anderen Menschen da sind.�
� 《Ich gehe nicht, weil ich es kann, sondern weil es der richtige Moment ist [...] Ich gehe, bevor die Geschichten dieses Ortes zu meinen Geschichten werden.�
]]> Berlin 62050489 When Daphne Ferber arrives in Berlin for a fresh start in a thrilling new city, the last thing she expects is to run into more drama than she left behind.

Of course, she knew she'd need to do the usual: make friends, acquire lovers, grapple with German and a whole new way of life. She even expected the long nights gorging alone on family-sized jars of Nutella, and the pitfalls of online dating in another language. The paranoia, the second-guessing of her every choice, the covert behaviours? Probably come with the territory.

But one night, something strange, dangerous and entirely unexpected intervenes, and life in bohemian Kreuzberg suddenly doesn't seem so cool.

Just how much trouble is Daphne in, and who - or what - is out to get her?

Channelling the modern female experience with razor-sharp observation and witty flair, Berlin announces Bea Setton as an electrifying literary voice for her generation.]]> 256 Bea Setton 014313762X Caro 0 to-read 3.56 2022 Berlin
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking]]> 213263145 Why do some people become radicalized?
How do ideologies shape the human brain?
And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas?

In The Ideological Brain, Leor Zmigrod reveals the deep connection between political beliefs and the biology of the brain. Drawing on her own pioneering research, she uncovers the complex interplay between biology and environment that predisposes some individuals to rigid ways of thinking, and explains how ideologies take hold of our brains, fundamentally changing the way we think, act and interact with others. She shows how ideologues of all types struggle to change their thought patterns when faced with new information, culminating in the radical message that our politics are not superficial but are woven into the fabric of our minds.

This authoritative, accessible and playful blend of psychology, politics and philosophy explores the cutting-edge of the emerging field of political neuroscience. Zmigrod examines its historical roots before she looks to the future, considering the broader social and political implications of her groundbreaking research. Guiding readers through her experiments, she eventually describes what a free, authentic, and tolerant brain looks like, and explains how anyone can keep their mind open and flexible in the face of extremist ideologies.]]> 304 Leor Zmigrod 125034459X Caro 0 to-read 4.20 2025 The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking
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]]> Wolkenschloss 35141443 Ein magischer Ort in den Wolken. Eine Heldin, die ein bisschen zu neugierig ist. Und das Abenteuer ihres Lebens. Der neue Roman von Bestsellerautorin Kerstin Gier.

Hoch oben in den Schweizer Bergen liegt das Wolkenschloss, ein altehrwürdiges Grandhotel, das seine Glanzzeiten längst hinter sich hat. Aber wenn zum Jahreswechsel der berühmte Silvesterball stattfindet und Gäste aus aller Welt anreisen, knistert es unter den prächtigen Kronleuchtern und in den weitläufigen Fluren nur so vor Aufregung. Die siebzehnjährige Fanny hat wie der Rest des Personals alle Hände voll zu tun, den Gästen einen luxuriösen Aufenthalt zu bereiten, aber es entgeht ihr nicht, dass viele hier nicht das sind, was sie vorgeben zu sein. Welche geheimen Pläne werden hinter bestickten Samtvorhängen geschmiedet? Ist die russische Oligarchengattin wirklich im Besitz des legendären Nadjeschda-Diamanten? Und warum klettert der gutaussehende Tristan lieber die Fassade hoch, als die Treppe zu nehmen? Schon bald steckt Fanny mittendrin in einem lebensgefährlichen Abenteuer, bei dem sie nicht nur ihren Job zu verlieren droht, sondern auch ihr Herz.]]> 460 Kerstin Gier 3841440215 Caro 5 (Und danach der Wunsch gleich selbst die Koffer zu packen und im Grandhotel Wolkenschloss einzuchecken.)]]> 4.08 2017 Wolkenschloss
author: Kerstin Gier
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Mittlerweile gehört das «Wolkenschloss» für mich einfach zum Dezember dazu - so wie Guetzli, Weihnachtsbaum und Lichterketten. Das perfekte Buch für richtig gemütliche Lesestunden!
(Und danach der Wunsch gleich selbst die Koffer zu packen und im Grandhotel Wolkenschloss einzuchecken.)
]]> Der mexikanische Fluch 60722528
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.]]> 416 Silvia Moreno-Garcia 3809027472 Caro 4 «Der mexikanische Fluch» hat mich in seinen Bann gezogen - ein Pageturner!]]> 3.51 2020 Der mexikanische Fluch
author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Ein düsteres Herrenhaus, unheimliche Träume, nebliges Wetter und eine Familie, mit der etwas nicht stimmt.
«Der mexikanische Fluch» hat mich in seinen Bann gezogen - ein Pageturner!
]]> <![CDATA[Alle Farben des Schnees: Senter Tagebuch]]> 10782153 Wie lebt es sich an einem Sehnsuchtsort?Ferienorte sind flüchtige Heimat. Oft verbinden sie sich mit dem Wunsch, für immer bleiben zu können. Und doch reisen wir ab. In der Regel. Die Reporterin und Romanautorin Angelika Overath hat sich, zusammen mit ihrem Mann und dem jüngsten Sohn, aufgemacht, aus einem Traum Realität werden zu lassen. Die Familie ist nach Sent ins Unterengadin gezogen. Ihr Buch erzählt, wie sich Wahrnehmungen und Lebensweise ändern, wenn das Feriendorf in den Bergen zum festen Wohnort wird.Jeder von uns hat einen Sehnsuchtsort. Aber kann man dort zu Hause sein? Was geschieht, wenn eine Familie sich entschließt, von Tübingen ins Unterengadin zu ziehen, nach Sent, ein Dorf auf einer Sonnenterrasse, 1430 Meter über dem Inn? Verbraucht sich die Schönheit? Die hohen Berge, hinter denen schon Italien liegt, sind nun Alltag, genauso wie die wunderbaren Juni-Wiesen vor dem ersten Schnitt, die Bauernhäuser mit den Sgraffito-Fassaden, die alten Palazzi der Zuckerbäcker, die Brunnen, an denen Teppiche gewaschen werden. Sechs Monate im Jahr Schnee gehören ebenso dazu wie das Erlernen einer bedrohten Rätoromanisch, die Muttersprache der Einheimischen, für den kleinen Sohn nun die Unterrichtssprache in der Schule. Aber wie buchstabiert sich das Leben in der konkreten Utopie? Die Familie nimmt Neues wahr und wird neu wahrgenommen. Mit dem ruhigen Blick der Reporterin beobachtet Angelika Overath, wie ein vertrautes Ferienparadies zur neuen Wohnadresse wird. Es ist möglich, sein Leben zu ändern. Und vielleicht zeigt sich im andern Land eine Schnittmenge Heimat.]]> 257 Angelika Overath 3641051185 Caro 0 to-read 3.71 2010 Alle Farben des Schnees: Senter Tagebuch
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]]> A Gate at the Stairs 6076387
As the United States begins gearing up for war in the Middle East, twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the Midwestern daughter of a gentleman hill farmer—his “Keltjin potatoes� are justifiably famous—has come to a university town as a college student, her brain on fire with Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir.

Between semesters, she takes a job as a part-time nanny.

The family she works for seems both mysterious and glamorous to her, and although Tassie had once found children boring, she comes to care for, and to protect, their newly adopted little girl as her own.

As the year unfolds and she is drawn deeper into each of these lives, her own life back home becomes ever more alien to her: her parents are frailer; her brother, aimless and lost in high school, contemplates joining the military. Tassie finds herself becoming more and more the stranger she felt herself to be, and as life and love unravel dramatically, even shockingly, she is forever changed.]]> 322 Lorrie Moore 0375409289 Caro 0 to-read 3.18 2009 A Gate at the Stairs
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]]> Squire 57992923
It's not how she imagined it, though. Aiza must navigate new friendships, rivalries, and rigorous training under the unyielding General Hende, all while hiding her Ornu background. As the pressure mounts, Aiza realizes that the "greater good" that Bayt-Sajji's military promises might not include her, and that the recruits might be in greater danger than she ever imagined.

Aiza will have to choose, once and for all: loyalty to her heart and heritage, or loyalty to the Empire.]]> 305 Nadia Shammas 006294584X Caro 0 to-read 4.05 2022 Squire
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]]> Demon Copperhead 60194162 "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.]]> 560 Barbara Kingsolver 0063251922 Caro 4
Demon Copperhead has won several prizes, is loved by critics and readers alike, and some call the novel even a future classic � and this book deserves to be popular. Even though Demon Copperhead deals with many heavy topics such as structural poverty, violence and the opioid crisis it does so in a very accessible way. Demon narrates this story, his story, with such an authentic and unique voice, fierce but tender at the same time. He’s an unforgettable character � just like the majority of characters in this novel. Barbara Kingsolver simply knows how to craft those characters that seem to jump off the page and it shows how much Kingsolver cares for her home and her people.
Reading this novel has taught me about the history of Appalachia, about social issues, and on top Demon Copperhead offers a masterclass in writing!
]]> 4.46 2022 Demon Copperhead
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4.5 �

Demon Copperhead has won several prizes, is loved by critics and readers alike, and some call the novel even a future classic � and this book deserves to be popular. Even though Demon Copperhead deals with many heavy topics such as structural poverty, violence and the opioid crisis it does so in a very accessible way. Demon narrates this story, his story, with such an authentic and unique voice, fierce but tender at the same time. He’s an unforgettable character � just like the majority of characters in this novel. Barbara Kingsolver simply knows how to craft those characters that seem to jump off the page and it shows how much Kingsolver cares for her home and her people.
Reading this novel has taught me about the history of Appalachia, about social issues, and on top Demon Copperhead offers a masterclass in writing!

]]> <![CDATA[Ein Alman feiert selten allein]]> 62794418 192 Aylin Atmaca 3365000720 Caro 3
3.5 ⭐]]> 3.66 2022 Ein Alman feiert selten allein
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Ein humorvoller und erfrischender Weihnachtsroman!

3.5 �
]]> Die Winterschwestern 210657577
Um die kleine Winterschwester zu finden und seinen Onkel Ragnar aus den Fängen der großen Winterschwester zu retten, muss der Wikingerjunge Alfred ein großes Abenteuer bestehen. Nicht nur die Wälder des Nordens, versunken in Eis und Schnee, verlangen Alfred einiges ab, auch der Zauber der geheimnisvollen Füchsin stellt ihn auf eine harte Probe. Es ist an der Zeit, zu beweisen, dass er nicht nur mutig, sondern auch sehr schlau ist.

Der perfekte Schmöker für lange Wintertage]]> 214 Jolan Chloé Bertrand 3522611446 Caro 4 Begleitet wird die Geschichte von wundervollen Illustrationen, die zum Verweilen einladen.
]]> 4.15 2022 Die Winterschwestern
author: Jolan Chloé Bertrand
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Am besten macht man es sich unter einer warmen Decke gemütlich, denn der junge Wikinger Alfred begibt sich auf ein eisiges Abenteuer, um zwei Schwestern zu vereinen - und ein bisschen Magie und fantastische Wesen dürfen dabei natürlich nicht fehlen!
Begleitet wird die Geschichte von wundervollen Illustrationen, die zum Verweilen einladen.

]]> <![CDATA[Single All the Way: A Christmas Roadtrip]]> 209128832 416 Stefanie Hasse 3473586293 Caro 3 3.78 2024 Single All the Way: A Christmas Roadtrip
author: Stefanie Hasse
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Lieber Single All The Way als sich mit einem Typen wie Tristan Sterling abgeben zu müssen � aber okay (oder eben nicht). Abgesehen davon fand ich den Roman jedoch ganz unterhaltsam und es wurde reichlich Weihnachtskitsch angeboten.
]]> <![CDATA[Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions]]> 3435276 230 Margaret Cavendish 1551112876 Caro 4 3.42 2002 Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions
author: Margaret Cavendish
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average rating: 3.42
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]]> <![CDATA[Was wahr ist: Über Gewalt und Klima]]> 208911470 127 Carolin Emcke 3835386352 Caro 0 to-read 4.38 Was wahr ist: Über Gewalt und Klima
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]]> Wenn wir lächeln 221208762 Als Jara zum ersten Mal auf Anto trifft, ist diese zwar die schlechteste Spielerin auf dem Fußballplatz, aber trotzdem mit Abstand die mutigste. Die beiden freunden sich an, und schnell ist Ihre Schwesternschaft steht über allem � sie teilen Lipgloss, Cherry Cola und Gewaltfantasien. Jeden Abend ein neuer Plan, sie haben alles im Blick und alles im Griff. Bis ihnen Stück für Stück die Kontrolle entgleitet. Und nun bleibt die Wohin mit all der Wut?
In ihrem Debütroman zeichnet Mascha Unterlehberg das bestechende und kraftvolle Porträt einer zarten Freundinnenschaft, die sich gegen den Druck von außen und eine stets drohende Gewalt behaupten muss � bis es Zeit ist, zurückzuschlagen.
»Mascha Unterlehberg schreibt hart und weich, klar und schimmernd. Dieser Roman beschleunigt den Puls und lässt den Atem stocken.« RUTH-MARIA THOMAS]]> 238 Mascha Unterlehberg 3755810808 Caro 0 to-read 3.84 Wenn wir lächeln
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]]> Die Bibliothek im Nebel 196029469 560 Kai Meyer 3426467593 Caro 4 4.24 Die Bibliothek im Nebel
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Kai Meyer kann einfach hammermässig gut schreiben. Ich fand "Die Bibliothek im Nebel" unglaublich spannend!
]]> <![CDATA[A Cultural Approach to Populism]]> 74779113

Applying Ernesto Laclau’s and Chantal Mouffe’s theories, the author builds a bridge between radical democratic and ideational approaches on populism with examples and studies that emphasise European radical right populism, alongside the United States, Latin American and Asian cases. Special attention is paid to relationships between populism and democracy and between populism and media. The contemporary appeal of populism is linked to current developments in welfare states and in global economic and cultural trends. The future of populism is discussed in regard to COVID-19 pandemic and Donald Trump’s fall in the US presidential elections in 2020 that together with abovementioned global megatrends and with the development of media and communication environment set conditions for the 2020s populism.


Scholars and students of political science, media and communication studies, cultural studies and social sciences will find this a unique and novel approach.]]> 138 Juha Herkman 1000580474 Caro 0 0.0 A Cultural Approach to Populism
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]]> Svatojánské ořechy 147502561 Léta 1958 a 1959 však přinesou dramatické změny. Třináctiletá Vilemína se musí vypořádat s novou životní cestou, během jediného roku se z dětské bezstarostnosti přenést do světa starostí dospělých a bojovat o své místo. Je tíživou situací v rodině vinna její máma Albína, zdatná agitátorka JZD, kterou místní nemají rádi pro její minulost pošpiněnou kolaborací s nacisty? Nebo za všechno může ten prokletý svatojánský dům?
Strhující román Lenky Chalupové volně navazuje na úspěšné tituly Kyselé třešně a Páté jablko a završuje tak trilogii z poválečného Přerovska.]]> 296 Lenka Chalupová 8074754413 Caro 0 to-read 4.00 2023 Svatojánské ořechy
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]]> <![CDATA[Lichterglanz & Zimtsternküsse: Cozy Winter-Romance über eine Plätzchenbäckerin, die ihr Herz verliert (German Edition)]]> 219798614 Der erste Schneefall � für Nele der schönste Moment im Jahr. Nie fühlt sie sich wohler in der kleinen, von Plätzchenduft erfüllten Konditorei, in der sie arbeitet. Und nie hätte sie sich träumen lassen, dass zwischen ihr und jemandem, der romantischer Winterstimmung so gar nichts abgewinnen kann, die Funken fliegen könnten. Doch genau das passiert, als sie im Flockenwirbel auf Kaspar trifft. Sofort fühlt sie sich von dem jungen Mann mit den dunklen Augen wie magisch angezogen. Kaspar jedoch birgt ein Er ist der Sohn eines angesagten und skandalumwitterten Late-Night-Moderators. Und dann gerät Nele ganz unvermittelt ins Visier von Paparazzi und Boulevardmagazinen �

Cozy Winter-Romance zum Dahinschmelzen, süß wie ein Blech voll frisch gebackener Plätzchen.


//»Lichterglanz und Zimtsternküsse« ist ein in sich abgeschlossener Einzelband.//]]> 314 Katha W. Juli 3646611367 Caro 3 3.80 Lichterglanz & Zimtsternküsse: Cozy Winter-Romance über eine Plätzchenbäckerin, die ihr Herz verliert (German Edition)
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Der Weihnachtskitsch ist mir etwas zu kurz gekommen, vor allem in der zweiten Hälfte, wo die Aufmerksamkeit auf den Konflikt gelegt wird, der schon etwas konstruiert daherkommt (aber das gehört ja irgendwie zu diesem Genre dazu
]]> Nach den Fähren 205414432 175 Thea Mengeler 3835355856 Caro 0 to-read 3.82 Nach den Fähren
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]]> Kosmonaut z Čech 34997132 Osamělý v nesmírnosti kosmu pohlíží Jakub na řadu věcí jinak než dřív, až se v raketě jako jeho nepravděpodobný společník objeví (snad jen imaginární) mimozemský pavouk. Zatímco spolu vedou filosofické debaty o povaze lásky, života a smrti, ale také lahodné chuti špeku, vytvoří se mezi nimi silné emocionální pouto. Bude to ale stačit, až se Jakub dostane do střetu s utajenými ruskými rivaly ve vesmírném závodu na cestě k Venuši? Podaří se mu vrátit zpátky na Zem, aby dostal druhou šanci a zkusil si znovu získat Lenčinu lásku?
Kosmonaut z Čech je hluboce originální kniha, plná lidské vřelosti a humoru. Čtivý a napínavý příběh skýtá řadu překvapení a zvratů. A kdo se spolu s ním vydá na cestu do hlubin kosmonautovy duše, možná se ani nebude chtít vracet.
Jaroslav Kalfař v patnácti letech emigroval do USA, nyní se díky knize, která patří mezi nejočekávanější události letošního roku, do Česka vrací.]]> 313 Jaroslav Kalfar 8025906701 Caro 0 to-read 3.69 2017 Kosmonaut z Čech
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]]> Okaye Tage 211822636 369 Jenny Mustard 375176819X Caro 2
Für mich ein Buch, das bei nächster Gelegenheit aussortiert wird. Vielleicht kann jemand anderes mehr damit anfangen (hoffentlich).]]> 3.71 2023 Okaye Tage
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Es kommt höchst selten vor, dass ich ein Buch abbreche � vor allem nachdem ich ¾ gelesen habe � Doch die Motivation «Okaye Tage» fertigzulesen, hat sich in Luft aufgelöst. Das Buch hat sich als grosse Enttäuschung herausgestellt. Weder die Story noch die Charaktere konnten mich zum Weiterlesen motivieren. Nichts fühlt sich authentisch an, sondern einfach sehr gekünstelt. Jenny Mustard versucht ganz offensichtlich tiefgründig zu sein im Stile einer Sally Rooney zum Beispiel, was ihr jedoch nicht annähernd gelingt. Jedes Weinglas, das in «Okaye Tage» vorkommt, hat mehr Tiefe als dieser Roman. Die meisten Szenen kommen leider eher lächerlich rüber oder einfach nur sinnlos.

Für mich ein Buch, das bei nächster Gelegenheit aussortiert wird. Vielleicht kann jemand anderes mehr damit anfangen (hoffentlich).
]]> <![CDATA[A Commonwealth of Women: 1685 (Classic Reprint)]]> 38970894
This, tho' on a Contrary Theam, I am sure is not Improperly adapted; your inward and secret disturbance for being depriv'd of the Glory you hop'd for, being rightly considered, was not less, than that of your Noble Father.

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]]> The Course of Love 27845690
The long-awaited and beguiling second novel from Alain de Botton that tracks the beautifully complicated arc of a romantic partnership, from the internationally bestselling author of How Proust Can Change Your Life. De Botton's essay "Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person" (The New York Times, May 28, 2016), which draws from The Course of Love, was the #1 most emailed article for days.

We all know the headiness and excitement of the early days of love. But what comes after? In Edinburgh, a couple, Rabih and Kirsten, fall in love. They get married, they have children—but no long-term relationship is as simple as "happily ever after." The Course of Love is a novel that explores what happens after the birth of love, what it takes to maintain love, and what happens to our original ideals under the pressures of an average existence. You experience, along with Rabih and Kirsten, the first flush of infatuation, the effortlessness of falling into romantic love, and the course of life thereafter. Interwoven with their story and its challenges is an overlay of philosophy—an annotation and a guide to what we are reading.

This is a Romantic novel in the true sense, one interested in exploring how love can survive and thrive in the long term. The result is a sensory experience—fictional, philosophical, psychological—that urges us to identify deeply with these characters and to reflect on his and her own experiences in love. Fresh, visceral, and utterly compelling, The Course of Love is a provocative and life-affirming novel for everyone who believes in love.]]> 240 Alain de Botton 0241145473 Caro 0 to-read 4.01 2016 The Course of Love
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]]> The Things We Didn’t Know 176442848
Andrea Rodríguez is nine years old when her mother whisks her and her brother, Pablo, away from Woronoco, the tiny Massachusetts factory town that is the only home they’ve known. With no plan and no money, she leaves them with family in the mountainside villages of Puerto Rico and promises to return.

Months later, when Andrea and Pablo are brought back to Massachusetts, they find their hometown significantly changed. As they navigate the rifts between their family’s values and all-American culture and face the harsh realities of growing up, they must embrace both the triumphs and heartache that mark the journey to adulthood.

A heartfelt, evocative portrait of another side of life in 1950s America, The Things We Didn’t Know establishes Elba Iris Pérez as a sensational new literary voice.]]> 320 Elba Iris Pérez 1668012065 Caro 0 to-read 3.83 2024 The Things We Didn’t Know
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)]]> 50892338
A flying demon feeding on human energies.

A secret society of so called “Legendborn� students that hunt the creatures down.

And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin� and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.

The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.

She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.]]> 502 Tracy Deonn 1534441603 Caro 4 4.32 2020 Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
author: Tracy Deonn
name: Caro
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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I didn't understand everything that was going on here, but I had a fun time reading "Legendborn" and I will definitely pick up the sequel!
]]> <![CDATA[Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men]]> 46158570 Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives.

Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.

If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.

Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap � a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.

From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women.

Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.]]> 411 Caroline Criado Pérez 1784706280 Caro 5 4.33 2019 Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
author: Caroline Criado Pérez
name: Caro
average rating: 4.33
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What an important book! It’s shocking that in so many spheres of our lives, data concerning women is missing. And when there actually is some data, it is often ignored by companies, governments etc. The gender data is particularly frightening now that AI is on the rise. I can’t imagine that much progress has been made in closing the gender data gap since the release of “Invisible women”�
]]> <![CDATA[A Little Place in Prague (Romantic Escapes, #12)]]> 209353069
As the two walk the cobbled streets of Prague, taking in the sights and sounds from Wenceslas Square, frosted with snow, to the soft glow of candlelit Charles Bridge, the enchantment of the City of a Hundred Spires soon starts to work its magic on them…]]> 334 Julie Caplin 0008670803 Caro 0 to-read 4.08 A Little Place in Prague (Romantic Escapes, #12)
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]]> Alias Grace 72579
An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories?

Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases best-selling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.]]> 468 Margaret Atwood 0385475713 Caro 0 to-read 4.08 1996 Alias Grace
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]]> <![CDATA[A Study in Drowning: Zeilen aus Sturm und Stille]]> 204670963 Jede Flut beginnt mit einem Tropfen

Architekturstudentin Effy kann ihr Glück kaum fassen: Sie darf das Anwesen ihres verstorbenen Lieblingsautors renovieren! Doch Hiraeth Manor ist verfallener als gedacht und wird zunehmend vom Meer verschlungen. Genau so sehr, wie Effy von den Sagen über den Elfenkönig verfolgt wird. Und dann ist da auch noch Preston: der Literaturstudent, der den Nachlass des Autors sichtet � und den Effy von der ersten Sekunde an nicht ausstehen kann. Bis sie gemeinsam einem dunklen Geheimnis auf die Spur kommen …]]> 464 Ava Reid 3743220016 Caro 3
Was ich an "A Study in Drowning" mochte:
- Die Atmosphäre, passt perfekt zum Herbst
- Die Grundidee

Was ich nicht so toll fand:
- Der Plot - der war ziemlich vorhersehbar (dass eine Frau hinter dem legendären Buch steckt, war mir relativ früh klar)
- Die Charaktere - auch hier hätte ich mir mehr erwünscht. Effy und Preston fand ich ziemlich farblos

"A Study in Drowning" war zwar unterhaltsam, aber zu 100 % überzeugen konnte es mich dann doch nicht wirklich. ]]> 3.75 2023 A Study in Drowning: Zeilen aus Sturm und Stille
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average rating: 3.75
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Bruchlandung auf 3�

Was ich an "A Study in Drowning" mochte:
- Die Atmosphäre, passt perfekt zum Herbst
- Die Grundidee

Was ich nicht so toll fand:
- Der Plot - der war ziemlich vorhersehbar (dass eine Frau hinter dem legendären Buch steckt, war mir relativ früh klar)
- Die Charaktere - auch hier hätte ich mir mehr erwünscht. Effy und Preston fand ich ziemlich farblos

"A Study in Drowning" war zwar unterhaltsam, aber zu 100 % überzeugen konnte es mich dann doch nicht wirklich.
]]> Verdunstung in der Randzone 196879212
Weil sein Vater gerne Tennis spielt, ermöglicht er seinem Sohn Tennisstunden. Im Verein findet Ilija neue Freunde und will wie sie aufs Gymnasium. Sein Leben entkoppelt sich zunehmend von dem seiner Eltern, besonders als sein Vater nach Kroatien zurückgeht. Doch etwas begleitet ihn durch die »Es riecht nach Pommes, Ilija kommt!« Der Satz eines Mitschülers, der ihn bis heute nicht mehr loslässt, wird zum Ausgangspunkt einer Verrät der Geruch die eigene soziale Herkunft?

Ilija Matusko verknüpft in seinem Debüt persönliche Erinnerungen mit soziologischen Beobachtungen. In zehn essayistischen Kapiteln erzählt er die Geschichte eines Bildungsaufsteigers � mit wachem Blick für die feinen Unterschiede, mit Witz und literarischer Schlagkraft.]]> 238 Ilija Matusko 3518128108 Caro 4 In seinem Debüt befasst sich Matusko damit, wie Gerüche unsere Identität prägen können und wie es ist, der Bildungsaufsteiger der Familie zu sein, sich damit auch ein Stück weit von dieser zu entfernen � «Wenn ich etwas mehr erzählte von den Uni, von meinem Leben, von der Stadt, dann spürte ich oft diese Leere, in die meine Worte hineinfielen […] Wir sprachen nicht mehr dieselbe Sprache.»

Ein wirklich starker und eloquenter Essay, in dem Autobiografisches und soziologische Diskurse miteinander verwoben werden.

«Der Übergang von einer Welt in die andere ist mit Dingen verbunden, Dingen und Gewohnheiten, die ich zurückgelassen, und anderen, die ich mir angeeignet habe. Eigenes wurde mir fremd, Fremdes habe ich mir zu eigen gemacht.»
]]> 4.37 Verdunstung in der Randzone
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«Meine Erinnerungen an meine Familie sind untrennbar mit der Küche, der Theke, dem Gastraum verbunden, damit verwachsen», schreibt Ilija Matusko in ‘Verdunstung in der Randzone�.
In seinem Debüt befasst sich Matusko damit, wie Gerüche unsere Identität prägen können und wie es ist, der Bildungsaufsteiger der Familie zu sein, sich damit auch ein Stück weit von dieser zu entfernen � «Wenn ich etwas mehr erzählte von den Uni, von meinem Leben, von der Stadt, dann spürte ich oft diese Leere, in die meine Worte hineinfielen […] Wir sprachen nicht mehr dieselbe Sprache.»

Ein wirklich starker und eloquenter Essay, in dem Autobiografisches und soziologische Diskurse miteinander verwoben werden.

«Der Übergang von einer Welt in die andere ist mit Dingen verbunden, Dingen und Gewohnheiten, die ich zurückgelassen, und anderen, die ich mir angeeignet habe. Eigenes wurde mir fremd, Fremdes habe ich mir zu eigen gemacht.»

]]> The Two Noble Kinsmen 12010490 125 William Shakespeare Caro 3 3.5 � 3.36 1614 The Two Noble Kinsmen
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3.5 �
]]> The Favorites 211399742 To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.

An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating about a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice.

She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—and each other—to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and rollercoaster relationship. Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.

As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorized documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha, claiming to uncover the "real story" through interviews with their closest friends and fiercest rivals. Kat wants nothing to do with the documentary. But she can't stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy either. So, after a decade of silence, she's telling her story: from the childhood tragedies that created her all-consuming bond with Heath to the clash of desires that tore them apart. Sensational rumors have haunted their every step for years, but the truth may be even more shocking than the headlines.

Inspired by the powerful love and hate that fuel Emily Bronte’s classic, Wuthering Heights, The Favorites is an exhilarating dance between passion, ambition, and what it truly means to win.]]> 672 Layne Fargo Caro 0 to-read 4.30 2025 The Favorites
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> Počkej na moře 63352229 328 Veronika Opatřilová 8072605488 Caro 5
„Svět mi už zase připadá jako obrovský zábavní park, ve kterém si vybírám, na jakou atrakci nasednu. Divoká jízda nebo volný pád? Nechci se pevně držet, chci ruce rozpřáhnout vysoko nad hlavu a věřit, že se udržím, nakonec dojedu do cíle a jediné, co zůstane, bude plnost dojmů, bušící srdce a touha zkusit to znovu.“]]> 4.41 Počkej na moře
author: Veronika Opatřilová
name: Caro
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Někdy vidím knihu, hned se zamiluji do obálky, přečtu si titul a anotaci a prostě mám ten pocit, že to bude skvělé čtení. A bylo to tak. Veronika Opatřilová mě okouzlila svou fascinující a elegantní prózou. Všechno se jí tu zkrátka povedlo � postavy, atmosféra, celý příběh, který je vyprávěn tak jemně a s takovou hloubkou. „Počkej na moře� je jedna z nejhezčích knih, kterou jsem letos přečetla a podle mého názoru nejpůsobivější český román současné literatury, na který jsem v poslední době narazila. Doufám, že příběh bude přeložen do dalších jazyků, aby tento román objevili i ostatní čtenáři.

„Svět mi už zase připadá jako obrovský zábavní park, ve kterém si vybírám, na jakou atrakci nasednu. Divoká jízda nebo volný pád? Nechci se pevně držet, chci ruce rozpřáhnout vysoko nad hlavu a věřit, že se udržím, nakonec dojedu do cíle a jediné, co zůstane, bude plnost dojmů, bušící srdce a touha zkusit to znovu.�
]]> I Who Have Never Known Men 43208407 ‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed�

Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before.

As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.]]> 188 Jacqueline Harpman 152911179X Caro 0 to-read 4.24 1995 I Who Have Never Known Men
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name: Caro
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 195512362 656 Taylor Jenkins Reid Caro 4
What makes this novel come alive is its complex and fascinating characters. Taylor Jenkins Reid makes them seem so real that I was close to googling the characters, only to remember: wait, they're fictional!

4.5 �
]]> 4.33 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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name: Caro
average rating: 4.33
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I’m always a bit sceptical when reading a super hyped book, but in the case of “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo� the hype is 100% justified in my opinion.

What makes this novel come alive is its complex and fascinating characters. Taylor Jenkins Reid makes them seem so real that I was close to googling the characters, only to remember: wait, they're fictional!

4.5 �

]]> Vom Norden rollt ein Donner 214058216
Kann Heimatschutz Gewalt rechtfertigen? Während sich die Situation zuspitzt und in Selbstjustiz der Bevölkerung zu eskalieren droht, flüchtet Jannes zu seinen Schafen in die Heide. Bis er dort immer wieder auf eine merkwürdige Frau trifft. Er beginnt, ihr zu folgen, und kommt Schritt für Schritt hinter die Geheimnisse dieser vermeintlichen Sehnsuchtslandschaft, stößt auf Brutalität, völkische Ideologie � und auf ein tiefes Schweigen. Markus Thielemann begibt sich mit seinem fesselnden Anti-Heimatroman tief hinein in die Abgründe eines „urdeutschen� Idylls.]]> 286 Markus Thielemann 3406822487 Caro 5
Mit «Im Norden rollt ein Donner» durchbricht Markus Thielemann das romantisierte Heide-Idyll, zerrt Schauderhaftes an die Oberfläche und verwebt die Vergangenheit mit der Gegenwart. Der Roman beschwört eine unheilvolle und beklemmende Atmosphäre, und trotzdem � oder vielleicht gerade deswegen � konnte ich nicht aufhören zu lesen.

Mein Favorit für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2024!

"Ihm kommt ein absurder Gedanke: Vielleicht ist es das Land, das ihm etwas sagen will, das ihm etwas antun will, vielleicht ist es die Heide."
]]> 4.10 Vom Norden rollt ein Donner
author: Markus Thielemann
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Jannes, 19 Jahre alt, ist Schäfer im Betrieb seiner Familie. Täglich treibt er die Schnucken hinaus in die Weiten der Lüneburger Heide, wo sich seit Kurzem auch wieder der Wolf herumtreibt. Die Menschen vor Ort fürchten um ihre Existenz und fühlen sich von der Politik im Stich gelassen. Doch nicht nur der Wolf bereitet Jannes Sorgen, draussen in der Heide sucht ihn die düstere, und teils verdrängte, Vergangenheit der Gegend ein.

Mit «Im Norden rollt ein Donner» durchbricht Markus Thielemann das romantisierte Heide-Idyll, zerrt Schauderhaftes an die Oberfläche und verwebt die Vergangenheit mit der Gegenwart. Der Roman beschwört eine unheilvolle und beklemmende Atmosphäre, und trotzdem � oder vielleicht gerade deswegen � konnte ich nicht aufhören zu lesen.

Mein Favorit für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2024!

"Ihm kommt ein absurder Gedanke: Vielleicht ist es das Land, das ihm etwas sagen will, das ihm etwas antun will, vielleicht ist es die Heide."

]]> <![CDATA[Iowa: Ein Ausflug nach Amerika]]> 143316992
Stefanie Sargnagels Blick auf die USA ist so einzigartig wie ihr Schreiben; kompromisslos, sarkastisch und schonungslos ehrlich berichtet sie in ihrem typischen Sound über die amerikanische Einöde des Midwest und über die Lebensnotwendigkeit von Freundschaften.]]> 297 Stefanie Sargnagel 3644015783 Caro 4
«Ich bin die Protagonistin aller tragischen Indie-Movies über eine verlorene Kleinstadtjugend.»

«Heute ist es plötzlich fast dreissig Grad. Klimawandelpanik. Das Wetter wird immer unheimlicher. Früher war Reden übers Wetter banalster Small Talk, jetzt ist es so, als würde man über die Apokalypse munkeln.»

«Wenn ich 70'000 Dollar pro Semester bezahle, möchte ich halt auch, dass auf meine Gefühle Rücksicht genommen wird.»
]]> 4.09 Iowa: Ein Ausflug nach Amerika
author: Stefanie Sargnagel
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Stefanie Sargnagels Blick auf die USA (und auf sich selbst) ist schonungslos ehrlich, humorvoll und teilweise ziemlich skurril. Iowa hat mich jedoch nicht nur zum Lachen gebracht, sondern auch zum Nachdenken.

«Ich bin die Protagonistin aller tragischen Indie-Movies über eine verlorene Kleinstadtjugend.»

«Heute ist es plötzlich fast dreissig Grad. Klimawandelpanik. Das Wetter wird immer unheimlicher. Früher war Reden übers Wetter banalster Small Talk, jetzt ist es so, als würde man über die Apokalypse munkeln.»

«Wenn ich 70'000 Dollar pro Semester bezahle, möchte ich halt auch, dass auf meine Gefühle Rücksicht genommen wird.»

]]> Das Geisterhaus 1151499 501 Isabel Allende 3518381768 Caro 3 4.24 1982 Das Geisterhaus
author: Isabel Allende
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average rating: 4.24
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rating: 3
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Eine wirklich beeindruckende Familiensage, doch leider konnte mich Isabel Allende nicht zu 100% überzeugen, was vor allem an Esteban Trueba als Erzähler lag � und ein bisschen mehr magischer Realismus hätte auch sein dürfen.
]]> <![CDATA[The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives]]> 61023165 Ian Rankin

'Moving and absorbing, The Sound of Being Human mixes memoir, analysis, anecdote and personal chronicle into a mosaic that evokes what music means to the individual and the human tribe. A candid, beautiful read'
Stuart Maconie

The Sound of Being Human explores, in detail, why music plays such a deep-rooted role in so many lives, from before we are born to our last days. At its heart is Jude's own how songs helped her wrestle with the grief of losing her father at age five; concoct her own sense of self as a lonely adolescent; sky-rocket her relationships, both real and imagined, in the flushes of early womanhood, propel her own journey into working life, adulthood and parenthood, and look to the future.

Shaped around twelve songs, ranging from ABBA's 'Super Trouper' to Neneh Cherry's 'Buffalo Stance', Kraftwerk's 'Radioactivity' to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' 'Heat Wave', the book combines memoir and historical, scientific and cultural enquiry to show how music can shape different versions of ourselves; how we rely upon music for comfort, for epiphanies, and for sexual and physical connection; how we grow with songs, and songs grow inside us, helping us come to terms with grief, getting older and powerful memories. It is about music's power to help us tell our own stories, whatever they are, and make them sing.]]> 293 Jude Rogers Caro 0 to-read 4.09 2022 The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives
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]]> <![CDATA[Die unglaubliche Reise der Großmutter Maru auf ihrem himmelblauen Fahrrad]]> 54779034 192 Gabri Ródenas 349299783X Caro 4 3.32 Die unglaubliche Reise der Großmutter Maru auf ihrem himmelblauen Fahrrad
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name: Caro
average rating: 3.32
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]]> The Golovlyov Family 132543
One of the great classic novels of Russian literature, The Golovlyov Family is a vivid picture of a condemned and isolated outpost of civilization that, for contemporary readers, will recall the otherwordly reality of Macondo in Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.]]> 358 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 0940322579 Caro 0 to-read 4.04 1880 The Golovlyov Family
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name: Caro
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1880
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]]> Darda 13097625
Čas železnou oponou trhnul, takže žákyni a v téže h(n)usákovské realitě dospívající gymnazistku Helenu potkáváme nyní jako vdanou ženu, matku dvou dětí. Ačkoli se dobové kulisy proměnily, na lepší svět to kupodivu zase nevypadá. Namísto krize normalizace je tu krize středního věku. A když už krize, tak pořádná. Přichází totiž jedna darda za druhou.
Tento tragikomický příběh se tentokrát odehrává v našem čase. Ani Dardě neschází zdánlivá lehkost vyprávění a autorčin slovní i situační humor. Nicméně v tomto případě víc než kdy jindy platí, že při tom smíchu v ranách štípe sůl.]]> 200 Irena Dousková Caro 3
Bohužel jsem z románu spíše zklamaná, prostě to nemá kvalitu těch předchozích dílů. „Dardovi� chybí ten humor a ta lehkost.
Nicméně, „Hrdy Budžes� a „Oněgin byl Rusák� budou mít vždy speciální místo v mé knižní poličce a v mém srdci � „Dardovi� se tohle nepodařilo, je mi to líto �
]]> 3.51 2011 Darda
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average rating: 3.51
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Helena Součková je nyní dospělá žena, má dceru a syna, a k tomu několik problémů (pokud se tomu dá tak říct ...)

Bohužel jsem z románu spíše zklamaná, prostě to nemá kvalitu těch předchozích dílů. „Dardovi� chybí ten humor a ta lehkost.
Nicméně, „Hrdy Budžes� a „Oněgin byl Rusák� budou mít vždy speciální místo v mé knižní poličce a v mém srdci � „Dardovi� se tohle nepodařilo, je mi to líto �

]]> Atalanta 122759343
When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild and free, with just one condition: if she marries, Artemis warns, it will be her undoing.

Although she loves her beautiful forest home, Atalanta yearns for adventure. When Artemis offers her the chance to fight in her name alongside the Argonauts, the fiercest band of warriors the world has ever seen, Atalanta seizes it. The Argonauts' quest for the Golden Fleece is filled with impossible challenges, but Atalanta proves herself equal to the men she fights alongside. As she is swept into a passionate affair, in defiance of Artemis's warning, she begins to question the goddess's true intentions. Can Atalanta carve out her own legendary place in a world of men, while staying true to her heart?

Full of joy, passion, and adventure, Atalanta is the story of a woman who refuses to be contained. Jennifer Saint places Atalanta in the pantheon of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology, where she belongs.]]> 354 Jennifer Saint 1472292162 Caro 4
In my opinion, “Atalanta� is Jennifer Saint’s best novel so far!
]]> 3.77 2023 Atalanta
author: Jennifer Saint
name: Caro
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/04
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“In their songs. They don’t say a woman went with them, most of the time. They leave out your name when they reel off their list of heroes � and that’s now, when the Argo’s voyage is still fresh in people’s memories. What will they say in years to come? Will anyone remember you were there at all?�

In my opinion, “Atalanta� is Jennifer Saint’s best novel so far!

]]> Kříž u potoka 210228641
U kříže u potoka potká Evička Štěpána, který se do ní zamiluje a chce si ji vzít. Štěpán ale pochází z prokletého rodu � v rodině Potockých nemá nikdo štěstí v lásce. Evička jejich příběh zná, ale i tak se rozhodne, že kletbu oné rodiny věrnou láskou ke Štěpánovi zlomí. Přijme jeho žádost o ruku. Několik let žijí v krásném vztahu, pak se ale vše zkomplikuje a ze společného života se stane téměř noční můra. Dokáže věrná Eva i navzdory manželovu chování zlomit kletbu jeho rodu a naleznou klid?]]> 288 Karolina Světlá 8076619548 Caro 4
"Ne, ne, nevychovala jsem tě, abych takovému nejistému osudu všanc tě vydala, přijala jsem tě pod střechu svou, abys vyrostla sobě, mně i jiným k radosti a šťastnou byla, slyšíš, šťastnou, nad všecky jiné dívky šťastnou."
]]> 4.20 1968 Kříž u potoka
author: Karolina Světlá
name: Caro
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1968
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/01
date added: 2024/09/01
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Je to dost náročné čtení, ale zároveň neuvěřitelně poutavé! Jsem si jistá, že se k této knize budu vracet.

"Ne, ne, nevychovala jsem tě, abych takovému nejistému osudu všanc tě vydala, přijala jsem tě pod střechu svou, abys vyrostla sobě, mně i jiným k radosti a šťastnou byla, slyšíš, šťastnou, nad všecky jiné dívky šťastnou."

]]> Ich komme nicht zurück 212192404 Jahre später kehrt Hanna zurück in die alte Heimat, in die Wohnung ihrer verstorbenen Großeltern. Die Stadt steht still, und Hanna fühlt sich einsam. Cem, ihr Fels, ist immer noch da, aber Zeyna schon seit Jahren aus ihrem Leben verschwunden. Hanna begibt sich auf die Suche � nach Zeyna, nach Spuren ihrer Geschichte, nach dem, was damals zwischen sie fiel.
Sprachlich zupackend und gleichzeitig poetisch erzählt Rasha Khayat von den Leer-stellen in unserem Leben und wie wir sie zu überwinden suchen, von der unendlichen Liebe in einer ungewöhnlichen Familienkonstellation und einer tiefen Freundschaft in einer Welt, die aus den Fugen gerät.]]> 184 Rasha Khayat 3755810646 Caro 4
«Menschen sind erst da, sind Teil von dir, und dann sind sie es nicht mehr. Viel mehr passiert in einem Leben nicht.
Was ist ein Leben wert, wenn niemand sich mit dir erinnert? Wenn niemand sich mit dir an deinen Schulweg erinnert, an deine erste Liebe, an die Menschen, die dich gemacht haben, erinnert. Was ist ein Leben wert, wenn du die Einzige bist, die sich über Fotos beugt und denkt � damals.»
]]> 4.06 Ich komme nicht zurück
author: Rasha Khayat
name: Caro
average rating: 4.06
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rating: 4
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date added: 2024/09/01
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Die Geschichte einer jahrelangen Freundschaft, die zerbrochen ist und die Einsamkeit danach. Einige Passagen aus «Ich komme nicht zurück» berühren sehr.

«Menschen sind erst da, sind Teil von dir, und dann sind sie es nicht mehr. Viel mehr passiert in einem Leben nicht.
Was ist ein Leben wert, wenn niemand sich mit dir erinnert? Wenn niemand sich mit dir an deinen Schulweg erinnert, an deine erste Liebe, an die Menschen, die dich gemacht haben, erinnert. Was ist ein Leben wert, wenn du die Einzige bist, die sich über Fotos beugt und denkt � damals.»

]]> <![CDATA[Unser Buch der seltsamen Dinge]]> 211179094 »Wir nahmen einander bei der Hand. Zusammen waren wir stärker.«

Miv und ihre beste Freundin Sharon sind unzertrennlich. Als Mivs Vater mit der Familie wegziehen möchte, bricht für sie eine Welt zusammen. Eine brutale Mordserie hält Yorkshire in Atem, doch ihr Zuhause und Sharon hinter sich zu lassen, kann Miv sich trotzdem nicht vorstellen. Egal, wie seltsam es dort auch geworden ist, seitdem ihre Mutter aufgehört hat zu sprechen und Tante Jean sich nun um alles kümmert. Was wäre, wenn der Mörder gefasst würde? Könnte Miv dann bleiben? Also beginnen die beiden Mädchen, auf eigene Faust die Menschen in ihrer Nachbarschaft zu beobachten � und setzen dabei Dinge in Gang, die alles verändern werden.

Einfühlsam und klug erzählt Jennie Godfrey von Familie, Freundschaft und Zusammenhalt und eröffnet ein weites Gesellschaftspanorama, voll ergreifender Schicksale und liebenswerter Figuren.]]> 439 Jennie Godfrey 3423445122 Caro 3 "Unser Buch der seltsamen Dinge" schwankt hin und her, aber ohne ein wirkliches Gleichgewicht zu finden. Zudem hätte es wohl für eine andere Zielgruppe konzipiert werden sollen. Ich glaube, mit etwas Überarbeitung hätte das ein Hammer Jugendroman werden können.]]> 4.08 2024 Unser Buch der seltsamen Dinge
author: Jennie Godfrey
name: Caro
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/18
date added: 2024/08/28
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Ich mochte die Idee, doch die Umsetzung hat sich für mich unentschlossen angefühlt. Sollte dies eine Detektivgeschichte sein oder Coming-of-Age? Ein Roman über Freundschaft?
"Unser Buch der seltsamen Dinge" schwankt hin und her, aber ohne ein wirkliches Gleichgewicht zu finden. Zudem hätte es wohl für eine andere Zielgruppe konzipiert werden sollen. Ich glaube, mit etwas Überarbeitung hätte das ein Hammer Jugendroman werden können.
]]> <![CDATA[Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)]]> 150072956
Within hours of arriving in their seedy casino hotel, it becomes clear their rescue mission is going to be a bust. Javi’s kidnapper, Marco, refuses to negotiate, demanding payment in full in exchange for Javi’s life. But that’s not all―he insists on knowing the whereabouts of his missing nephew, Ike, who mysteriously disappeared. Unable to confess what really happened to Ike, Finlay and Vero are forced to come up with a new plan: sleuth out the location of Javi and the Aston Martin, then steal them both back.

But when they sneak into the loan shark’s suite to search for clues, they find more than they bargained for―Marco's already dead. They don’t have a clue who murdered him, only that they themselves have a very convincing motive. Then four members of the police department unexpectedly show up in town, also looking for Ike―and after Finlay's night with hot cop Nick at the police academy, he’s a little too eager to keep her close to his side.

If Finlay can juggle a jealous ex-husband, two precocious kids, her mother’s marital issues, a decomposing loan shark, and find Vero’s missing boyfriend, she might get out of Atlantic City in one piece. But will she fold under the pressure and come clean about the things she’s done, or be forced to double down?]]> 320 Elle Cosimano 1250846005 Caro 4 I recommend this series to everyone who is looking for a fun read.
And I saw that book number 5 is already on its way � can’t wait!
]]> 3.88 2024 Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)
author: Elle Cosimano
name: Caro
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/28
date added: 2024/08/28
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One of the releases of 2024 I was the most excited for, and Finlay Donovan #4 did not disappoint. Again! With Finlay and Vero a great (and thrilling and crazy) time is guaranteed.
I recommend this series to everyone who is looking for a fun read.
And I saw that book number 5 is already on its way � can’t wait!

]]> Private Rites 199313102 From the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting novel of three sisters navigating queer love and faith at the end of the world.

There’s no way to bury a body in earth which is flooded
It is a fact consigned to history along with almost everything else

It’s been raining for a long time now, for so long that the lands have reshaped themselves. Old places have been lost. Arcane rituals and religions have crept back into practice.

Sisters Isla, Irene and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their estranged father dies. A famous architect revered for making the new world navigable, he had long cut himself off from public life. They find themselves uncertain of how to grieve his passing when everything around them seems to be ending anyway.

As the sisters come together to clear the grand glass house that is the pinnacle of his legacy, they begin to sense that the magnetic influence of their father lives on through it. Something sinister seems to be unfolding, something related to their mother’s long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always been unusually interested in their lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperilled world.]]> 327 Julia Armfield Caro 0 to-read 3.85 2024 Private Rites
author: Julia Armfield
name: Caro
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Panenka 55410610
But at night, Panenka suffers crippling headaches that he calls his Iron Mask. Faced with losing everything, he meets Esther, a woman who has come to live in the town to escape her own disappointments. Together, they find resonance in each other’s experiences and learn new ways to let love into their broken lives.]]> 164 Ronan Hession 1910422673 Caro 3 3.98 2021 Panenka
author: Ronan Hession
name: Caro
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/25
date added: 2024/08/25
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At times the story felt rather pointless (especially at the beginning) but the writing was truly great and there were some memorable passages that I underlined.
]]> Noční chodci 63070253
V roce 2022 byla tato kniha nominována na Cenu Maxe a Moritze za nejlepší německojazyčný komiks.]]> 144 Jaroslav Rudiš 8088378214 Caro 3 4.14 2021 Noční chodci
author: Jaroslav Rudiš
name: Caro
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/25
date added: 2024/08/25
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Sympatický graphic novel s pěknými ilustracemi, ale zároveň žádný příbeh, který mi zůstane dlouho v hlavě.
]]> Milostné léto 18226563 Ivan Klíma Caro 2 3.48 1972 Milostné léto
author: Ivan Klíma
name: Caro
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1972
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/21
date added: 2024/08/21
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Nejlepší na této knize bylo, že měla konec.
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