This book just wasn’t my cup of tea… To sum it up, below are the main reasons why I didn’t enjoy it. If these points sound like deal breakers to you and aspects due to which you can’t imagine having an enjoyable reading experience, you should probably skip this one: In my opinion, this book…
Category: Read in 2024
Yellowface – Rebecca F. Kuang
Coincidentally having stumbled into reading this book turned out to be such a positive surprise! Despite having previously judged it by its cover that screamed “pop culture” and “latest booktok suggestion”, I ended up really enjoying it. It was a witty, funny, fast-paced and enjoyable novel. Yes, the tone and the style were light and…
Solito – Javier Zamora
With “Solito” I was lucky to have come across a wonderful example of a memoir with a really impactful personal story. A 9 year old making his journey from El Salvador to the US in order to reunite with his parents was a narrative that instantly made me curious to find out more. All in…
The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister – Olesya Khromeychuk
Another book touching upon the topic of the war in Ukraine and another recommendation from my side! “The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister“, as the title already suggests it, tells the story of how the author lived through her reality of losing her brother due to him being killed on the Ukrainian…
Motherhood – Sheila Heti
I went into this book with a feeling of apprehension since I have previously read reviews about it which didn’t necessarily make me want to bump it up on my “to read” list. In the end, I felt quite torn about how to rate it. There were quite a few parts that sounded interesting to…
Mars Room – Rachel Kushner
This book was a struggle to get through from the beginning until the very end… It took me almost an entire month to finish reading it because I simply was never motivated to pick it up. To me, it had the worst of all worlds combined. I wasn’t interested or involved in the plot, I…
Our Others – Olesya Yaremchuk
“Our Others” was the ninth book in the series of my personal quest to learn more about my native country, Ukraine. Previous ones that I have read ranged from fiction to non-fiction, written in English, German, Ukrainian and Russian: “Diary of an Invasion“, “Sommer in Odesa“, “You Don’t Know What War Is“, “A Ukrainian Christmas“,…
My Year of Rest and Relaxation – Ottessa Moshfegh
The harmlessly sounding title of the novel actually ended up being a story that isn’t for the faint of heart. As a disclaimer straight away, I’d only suggest this book to readers who feel to be in a stable state of mind. Reading up on trigger warnings would be a good idea as well since…
Erste Hilfe – Mariana Leky
Mariana Leky schafft es durch ihre Bücher für ihre Leser eine ganz besondere Atmosphäre zu schaffen. Ich greife zu einer ihrer Geschichten, wenn ich auf der Suche nach gleichzeitig etwas leichtem, jedoch auch tiefsinnigem bin. Ihre Romane eignen sich am besten für Momente, wenn man sich in eine gemütliche Stimmung versetzt fühlen möchte. So als…
Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman
I came across this book at exactly the right moment in my life. If you’re also currently questioning the meaning of life, how we spend our time during it and how our society turned into one where it’s difficult to find contentment, “Four Thousand Weeks” might be the right read for you too. Regardless the…
The Woman in Me – Britney Spears
The reason why I read celebrity memoirs is because every once in a while I stumble across some really good ones. I generally enjoy reading stories about people learning life lessons and if these are actually based on real life experiences, I manage to take away even more from them. I’ve had quite a lucky streak…
The Marriage Portrait – Maggie O’Farrell
This book was another prime example of why I love book clubs! I’m generally not a fan of historical fiction and I probably would have never voluntarily chosen to read a book set in the 1560s but I was really glad to have given this one a chance!! I was captivated from the first pages…
Sprache und Sein – Kübra Gümüşay
“Sprache und Sein” zählt zu einem der Bücher, bei dem es mir schwer fiel, es nach dem Lesen zu bewerten oder zusammenzufassen. Zwar habe ich mir viele Stellen markiert, wo mir interessante Ideen oder Gedankengänge aufgefallen sind, nichtsdestotrotz fehlte mir ein klarer roter Faden, der einen durch die einzelnen Geschichten führen würde. Es ging um…
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