Britta Böhler | Happy birthday, Mel! @brittabohlerthesecondshelf | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 9 minutes ago.
Let's celebrate Mel's birthday and chat about the books I read because of her: My top five favorite reads from her RATW-booksclub.
Mel’s channel @Melanie Martin
Mel’s Blog about the RATW: https://www.themartins.work/read-around-the-world-bookclub
1. Chile
Alia Trabucco Zerán, The Remainder, transl. from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (2018 / 2015): goodreads.com/book/show/40201224-the-remainder
2. Oman
Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies, transl. from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth (2019 / 2010):
Bitter Orange Tree – 10 May 2022: goodreads.com/book/show/58706931-bitter-orange-tree
3. Ivory Coast
Marguerite Abouet, Aya, illustrated by Clément Oubreriet, transl. from the French by Alicia Grace Chase (2007 / 2005): goodreads.com/book/show/308424.Aya
4. Tahiti
Chantal T. Spitz, Island of Shattered Dreams, transl. from the French by Jean Anderson (2007 / 1991): goodreads.com/book/show/5343938-island-of-shattered-dreams
5. Jamaica
Mary Seacole, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857): goodreads.com/book/show/709968.Wonderful_Adventures_of_Mrs_Seacole_in_Many_Lands
Find me elsewhere:
website: brittaboehler.com
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
facebook: facebook.com/britta.boehler1
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler
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 on 30 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 celebrate Mel's birthday and chat about the books I read because of her: My top five favorite reads from her RATW-booksclub.
Mel’s channel @Melanie Martin
Mel’s Blog about the RATW: https://www.themartins.work/read-around-the-world-bookclub
1. Chile
Alia Trabucco Zerán, The Remainder, transl. from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (2018 / 2015): goodreads.com/book/show/40201224-the-remainder
2. Oman
Jokha Alharthi, Celestial Bodies, transl. from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth (2019 / 2010):
Bitter Orange Tree – 10 May 2022: goodreads.com/book/show/58706931-bitter-orange-tree
3. Ivory Coast
Marguerite Abouet, Aya, illustrated by Clément Oubreriet, transl. from the French by Alicia Grace Chase (2007 / 2005): goodreads.com/book/show/308424.Aya
4. Tahiti
Chantal T. Spitz, Island of Shattered Dreams, transl. from the French by Jean Anderson (2007 / 1991): goodreads.com/book/show/5343938-island-of-shattered-dreams
5. Jamaica
Mary Seacole, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857): goodreads.com/book/show/709968.Wonderful_Adventures_of_Mrs_Seacole_in_Many_Lands
Find me elsewhere:
website: brittaboehler.com
twitter: twitter.com/Britta_Boehler
goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/5497508.Britta_B_hler
facebook: facebook.com/britta.boehler1
Instagram: instagram.com/brittaboehler
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 on 30 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
