Britta Böhler | 1.001 Books You Need to Read Before You Die! @brittabohlerthesecondshelf | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Let’s chat about my progress with the 1.001 books-list and the books I chose for August.
This project was inspired by Sandy @MsReadsAlot
My 1.001 books (Goodreads-shelf): goodreads.com/review/list/38530619-britta-b-hler?shelf=01women1001
As of August 1, 2022:
Unread: 591
Read: 410
Read in July: 6 / total in 2022: 37
Read in July
1 Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905): goodreads.com/book/show/52511149-the-scarlet-pimpernel
2 Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962): goodreads.com/book/show/624879.Silent_Spring
3 Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha (1953): goodreads.com/book/show/225754.Maud_Martha
4 Nathacha Appanah, Waiting for Tomorrow, transl. from the French by Geoffrey Strachan (2018/2015): goodreads.com/book/show/37804537-waiting-for-tomorrow
5 Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill (2018): goodreads.com/book/show/35133064-the-widows-of-malabar-hill
Forgot to mention: I buddyread this with Terri.
Also completely forgot to mention another book that I read in July, together with Kathleen:
Judith Butler, Gender Trouble (1989): goodreads.com/book/show/85767.Gender_Trouble
Not yet read:
Mahnaz Afkhami, Women in Exile (1994): goodreads.com/book/show/2683588-women-in-exile
Caryl Churchill, Cloud 9 (1979): goodreads.com/book/show/240250.Cloud_9
August picks:
1 Anya Seton, The Winthrop Woman (1958): goodreads.com/book/show/36253.The_Winthrop_Woman
2 Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959): goodreads.com/book/show/505483.A_Raisin_in_the_Sun
3 Sappho, Stung with Love, transl. from the Greek by Aaron Poochigian: goodreads.com/book/show/6707803-stung-with-love
4 Mary Olivier, Why I Wake Early (2004): goodreads.com/book/show/71654.Why_I_Wake_Early
People / Channels mentioned:
Adam on IG: instagram.com/mementomoriadam/?hl=en
Terri on IG: instagram.com/territalksbooks/?hl=en
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
Doris @alldbooks9165
Kathleen @KathleenAnnBooks
Connect with me:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
By the way:
I stole the name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1
I also wrote some books:
New novel – published in Dutch December 2020:
De juiste houding: https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php
The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01
Dutch non-fiction: De goede advocaat (2017): http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php
as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt), The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW
and for German readers:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt
Let’s chat about my progress with the 1.001 books-list and the books I chose for August.
This project was inspired by Sandy @MsReadsAlot
My 1.001 books (Goodreads-shelf): goodreads.com/review/list/38530619-britta-b-hler?shelf=01women1001
As of August 1, 2022:
Unread: 591
Read: 410
Read in July: 6 / total in 2022: 37
Read in July
1 Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905): goodreads.com/book/show/52511149-the-scarlet-pimpernel
2 Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962): goodreads.com/book/show/624879.Silent_Spring
3 Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha (1953): goodreads.com/book/show/225754.Maud_Martha
4 Nathacha Appanah, Waiting for Tomorrow, transl. from the French by Geoffrey Strachan (2018/2015): goodreads.com/book/show/37804537-waiting-for-tomorrow
5 Sujata Massey, The Widows of Malabar Hill (2018): goodreads.com/book/show/35133064-the-widows-of-malabar-hill
Forgot to mention: I buddyread this with Terri.
Also completely forgot to mention another book that I read in July, together with Kathleen:
Judith Butler, Gender Trouble (1989): goodreads.com/book/show/85767.Gender_Trouble
Not yet read:
Mahnaz Afkhami, Women in Exile (1994): goodreads.com/book/show/2683588-women-in-exile
Caryl Churchill, Cloud 9 (1979): goodreads.com/book/show/240250.Cloud_9
August picks:
1 Anya Seton, The Winthrop Woman (1958): goodreads.com/book/show/36253.The_Winthrop_Woman
2 Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun (1959): goodreads.com/book/show/505483.A_Raisin_in_the_Sun
3 Sappho, Stung with Love, transl. from the Greek by Aaron Poochigian: goodreads.com/book/show/6707803-stung-with-love
4 Mary Olivier, Why I Wake Early (2004): goodreads.com/book/show/71654.Why_I_Wake_Early
People / Channels mentioned:
Adam on IG: instagram.com/mementomoriadam/?hl=en
Terri on IG: instagram.com/territalksbooks/?hl=en
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
Doris @alldbooks9165
Kathleen @KathleenAnnBooks
Connect with me:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
By the way:
I stole the name ‘The Second Shelf’ from the title of Meg Wolitzer’s article in the New York Times: nytimes.com/2012/04/01/books/review/on-the-rules-of-literary-fiction-for-men-and-women.html?_r=1
I also wrote some books:
New novel – published in Dutch December 2020:
De juiste houding: https://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/De%20juiste%20houding-T717.php
The Decision (2015): hauspublishing.com/fiction/the-decision
or in the German original: Der Brief des Zauberers (2014): aufbau-verlag.de/index.php/autoren/britta-bohler-a01
Dutch non-fiction: De goede advocaat (2017): http://www.uitgeverijcossee.nl/boek/De-goede-advocaat-T559.php
as Britta Bolt (together with writer Rodney Bolt), The Posthumus Mysteries:
- Lonely Graves (2014)
- Lives Lost (2015)
- Deadly Secrets (June 2016)
hodder.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=OyxVSj8qaz8LdzSTmFvOZFbcgK5hHe5EsnGIqAwZPIsQ/c8OEdhES6cW
and for German readers:
- Das Büro der einsamen Toten (2015)
- Das Haus der verlorenen Seelen (2016)
- Der Tote im fremden Mantel (February 2017)
hoffmann-und-campe.de/autoren-info/britta-bolt
