Optional started reading 12 Commandments by Hanzi Freinacht
Haven't gotten back into reading yet this year. I hope this'll do it
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Optional reviewed Vincent by Joey Goebel
Torture the Artist, published as Vincent outside the US, is a novel by Joey Goebel …
Am I an artist now? Because reading the ending of this book was torture.
2 stars
Great premise, lacking middle and ending. I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller
Should've been a film
2 stars
Watch the author's excellent film The Love Witch (2016) instead. This falls kinda flat. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Der Winterschmied by Terry Pratchett
Wintersmith is a comic fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, set in the Discworld …
Will entertain you through the cold winter season
5 stars
Better than the second one, still not as great as the first one. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Der japanische Verlobte by Amélie Nothomb
Not born of Paradise, but still worthwhile.
4 stars
The weakest of Nothomb's books I've read so far. Still nice themes of love, belonging, and farewell. Full review here.
Optional reviewed The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions …
Skip the meat and go straight to this.
4 stars
Yes, this plot is going places. But it finds very natural ways to take the reader along and experience this wild series of events in a believable way. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Böses Mädchen
Blanche und Christa sind Freundinnen. Bis Blanche das wahre Gesicht ihrer Freundin erkennt: Sie ist …
Devilishly great!
5 stars
Gripping and entertaining, moving at such a pace that it's over before you know it. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna …
This belongs on your bookshelf like the Stepford wives belong in the kitchen.
5 stars
Still current, and great suspense even when knowing the twist. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Veronika beschließt zu sterben by Paulo Coelho
This book makes me decide to die
1 star
Constructed plot, patronizing lectures on the meaning of life and sanity. Full review here.
Optional reviewed Kosmetik des Bösen by Amélie Nothomb
Wenn das Böse so fein hergerichtet ist, daß es für niemanden mehr als solches erkennlich …
Gripping story at an incredible pace
5 stars
Definitely worth what little time it takes to read. Full review here.
Optional reviewed No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood
Every One Should Be Reading This
5 stars
Critiquing social media obsession with the steadiness of a fidget spinner and exploring grief in a way that would make Harambe proud. Full review here
Optional reviewed Victory City by Rushdie Salman
A victorious book
5 stars
A mythological tale with wisdom, but also such entertaining levity that you'll read about mass suicide with a grin on your face. Full review here
Optional started reading The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
My goal last year was 12, which I increased to 24 in June/July. When I reached that I stopped caring about increasing it and still ended up reading 42. This year I'm planning on reading some long books though so I'll just stick with the "modest" goal of 24.