Eva Strange
Vlog: Reading My Booktube Spin Book
updated
~ books in this video ~
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Der kleine Grenzverkehr by Erich Kästner
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Summer Light, and then comes the Night by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Hodd by Adam Thorpe
Die Bergwacht by Sophie Zach
~ music ~
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Summer in Munich. Visiting little free libraries and used book shops, online and irl. Making room on my shelves for new acquisitions.
~ music ~
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Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum
The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Studs and Spurs by various authors
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip
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~ the books ~
Dunkelblum by Eva Menasse
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of young Werther) by Wolfgang Goethe
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. (The new Sorrows of young W.) by Ulrich Plenzdorf
Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Radetzkymarsch by Joseph Roth
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Die Märchen (Collected Fairy Tales) by Hermann Hesse
Narziss&Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) by Hermann Hesse
Die Hauptstadt (The Capital) by Robert Menasse
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
Der Trafikant (The Tobacconist) by Robert Seethaler
Der nasse Fisch (Babylon Berlin 1) by Volker Kutscher
Herkunft (Where You Come From) by Sasa Stanisic
Neptunation by Dietmar Dath
Ein Sommer in Niendorf by Heinz Strunk
Music: Radetzky March by Johann Strauß I., provided by @greenlapseproject4581
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Reading the novel Dunkelblum by Austrian author Eva Menasse has made me feel generous towards contemporary German literature, so here is a recommendation video.
German classics recs: youtu.be/dXpA0Jz43-4?si=heRhmD27dagzDXBO
German nonfiction recs: youtu.be/-91SpQ4J64s?si=_nhQ8tTK-oDjolUf
no. 0: Dunkelblum by Eva Menasse (currently reading) 1:49
no. 1: Vor dem Fest (Before the Feast) by Sasa Stanisic 5:20
no. 2: Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) by Robert Schneider 7:40
no. 3: Kassandra by Christa Wolf 10:14
no. 4: Ein fliehendes Pferd (Runaway Horse) by Martin Walser 11:55
no. 5: Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum) by Heinrich Böll 13:28
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Come with me on long walks along the river Isar, on a trip to the town of Bamberg, to the Alps, and to Balconia (as we say in Germany).
~ time stamps ~
river walks: 0:01
book talk 1:49
bamberg: 4:33
book talk 2: 6:02
mountain hike: 11:08
~ mentioned books ~
The End of the Day by Claire North
Dunkelblum by Eva Menasse
Vor dem Fest (Before the Feast) by Sasa Stanisic
The Voyage of the Basset: clairenorth.com/claire-north-posts/2021/03/24/the-voyage-of-the-basset
Music:
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All the (physical) books I’ve bought so far this year that I haven’t read yet.
~ the books ~
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Poésies by Arthur Rimbaud
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
GULAG by Anne Applebaum
Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit (The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction) by Walter Benjamin
Die Alpen und wie sie unser Wetter beeinflussen by Sven Plöger and Rolf Schneider
Candide by Voltaire
The Book of Atrix Wolf by Patricia A. McKillip
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
~ by Claire North ~
Touch
The End of the Day
84K
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The Pursuit of William Abbey
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The reading year continues strong and I found a couple of new favourites.
~ books read ~
Relato de un náufrago (The Story of a Ship-Wrecked Sailor) by Gabriel García Márquez
Wolfbrother by Michele Paver
A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
Die Wittelsbacher by Hans-Michael Körner
Conte bleu (et autres) by Marguerite Yourcenar
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires) by Álvaro Enrigue
Reading Two 100yo Books video: youtu.be/OXkDjGRYDZ8
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my hiking and reading highlights of the month 💚🌱
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I read The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany and A Passage to India by E.M. Forster, both of which are turning 100 this year, and I gave them a total of six stars.
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~ my author bucket list ~
Cormac McCarthy
Patrick O’Brian
Dorothy Dunnett
Patricia A. Mc Killip
Guy Gavriel Kay
E.M. Forster
Dietmar Dath
Hermann Hesse
Claire North
Vladimir Nabokov
Gabriel García Márquez
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~ books and time stamps ~
Das geheime Leben der Bäume (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben 01:31
Corpus delicti (The Method) by Juli Zeh 07:24
A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham (The Long Price Quartet 2) 14:08
To Blackfyre Keep by Anthony Ryan (The Seven Swords 4) 19:27
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock 22:28
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson 24:10
This Rough Magic by Josh Lanyon 27:07
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North 28:26
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~ books ~
Das geheime Leben der Bäume (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben
A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham (The Long Price Quartet 2)
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik (Temeraire 8)
Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada
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~ the books ~
The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
Corpus delicti (The Method) by Juli Zeh
Ice by Anna Kavan
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Winter Spirits by various authors
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino (transl. Bruno Navasky)
Das geheime Leben der Bäume (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben
Whoever Fights Monsters by Rob Ressler and Tom Shachtman
Check out @ingerlouise
Video about old favourites that probably won't hold up: youtu.be/3leyN9QwLo4?si=RmduKjSaLhxMRvbe
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~ further watching ~
Review of Plutoshine: youtu.be/46fdCqsRqFg?si=n_8rT6BW2EOR8l1r
Wrap-ups with reviews: youtu.be/0l0pfUmTPxQ?si=1CRhoivaUv30dygW
youtu.be/BOCwO0eVq50?si=U8xfAUKNo9n83f7C
~ honourable mentions ~
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick
~ my top nine ~
In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon
Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
Green Tea and Pink Apples by R. Cooper
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
A Pilgrimage of Swords by Anthony Ryan
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
The House of Doors by Tan Twang Eng
Grendel by John Gardner
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~ in this vlog ~
Introduction | The Winter Spirits: 00:01
Lazy Christmas Day 02:57
Trip to Salzburg 05:20
1st reading update 06:54
Trip to Zugspitze 17:16
2nd reading update 19:44
~ books read ~
The Winter Spirits by various authors
Winter Warmers by various authors
How Do You Live by Genzaburo Yoshino (transl. by Bruno Navasky)
The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard
In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
Luka Meer. Four Short Stories by Gregory Ashe
~ music ~
"Reaching The Sky" and "Wintersong" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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The Year of Frech Literature: 04:00
The Quest Epic Fantasy: 06:08
The Year of Lanyon: 09:50
The Bucket List Progress: 11:47
Bucket List video: youtu.be/jh6RSzlbzq4?si=hAYgHZPXJemapDsQ
~ mentioned books ~
L’Etranger by Albert Camus
Un repas en hiver by Hubert Mingarelli
Carmen by Prosper Merimée
Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire
The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham
A Pilgrimage of Swords by Anthony Ryan (The Seven Swords #1)
A Case of Christmas by Josh Lanyon
The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Lymond Chronicles #3)
In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
Winter Counts by Barry Lopez
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Nothing Like The Sun by Anthony Burgess
A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess
Music:
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Link to Clare London freebies:
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(But also available on the Big A.)
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~ books in this video ~
The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
The Gulag Archipelago by Alexandre Solzhenitsyn
Die Zauberflöte by Jan Assmann (The Magic Flute; not translated into English)
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons #1)
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham (The Long Price Quartet #1)
The Engineer Trilogy by K.J. Parker
In The Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
The Bards of Bone Plane by Patricia A. McKillip
He's Behind You by Clare London
A Case of Christmas by Josh Lanyon
The Dickens With Love by Josh Lanyon
The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon
Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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~ mentioned books ~
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Lymond Chronicles #3)
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons #1)
Tan Twan Eng recommendation video: youtu.be/miOZEDKWKNs
~ discarded lowlights ~
Double Fault by Lionel Shriver
The Things They Carried by Tim O‘Brien
Fence by Sarah Rees Brennan
Murder at Pirate’s Cove by Josh Lanyon
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Dry by Jane Harper
Nothing Like The Sun by Anthony Burgess
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The reading year 2023 has been quite the test of my patience, ngl.
~ the questions ~
1. Best book you’ve read so far.
2. Best sequel you've read so far.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Book that made you cry.
8. Book that made you happy.
9. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
10. Newest favourite character.
11. Newest fictional crush.
12. Best book to movie adaptation.
13. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
~ books metioned (shuffled for the sake of suspense) ~
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Witch King by Martha Wells
Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Grendel by John Gardner
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Puzzle For Two by Josh Lanyon
The King's Man by Anyta Sunday
Romeo and Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
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~ books in this vlog ~
L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
In the Heart of Hidden Things by Kit Whitfield
Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker
Music: "Reaching The Sky" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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~ recommendations ~
The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Red Dirt Heart by N.R. Walker
~ TBR/POP ~
The Dry by Jane Harper
Red Dirt Road by S.R. White
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin
The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Deeplight by Francis Hardinge
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps: youtu.be/yAR33NRGGT0
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~ books mentioned ~
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
What I Stand For Is What I Stand On by Wendell Berry
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Where Angels Fear To Tread by E.M. Forster
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Silence by Shusaku Endo
The New Life by Tom Crewe
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus
Audrey’s Channel: @ChapterandConverse
The hosts of A Game of Tomes:
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~ books in this video ~
West by Carys Davies
The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
The Reckoning by Edith Wharton
Der Lateinschüler by Hermann Hesse
The Winter Players by Tanith Lee
Companions on the Road by Tanith Lee
Grendel by John Gardner
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Recommendation video of The Winter Players: youtu.be/3uURc_Jp_a4
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~ books read ~
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Reckoning&Mrs Manstey’s View by Edith Wharton
Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands by Ivan Turgenev
Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire
In A Dark Wood&The Parting Glass by Josh Lanyon
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~ the books ~
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
The Return of John Macnab by Andrew Greig
Winter Count by Barry Lopez
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley (in-depth review: youtu.be/cSFwyqhbhDo)
Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Questions:
1) Name a song that always makes you happy
2) Name a song that's a great fit for when you're in a pensive mood
3) Name a song that changed your taste in music
4) Name a recent song that you've just discovered and loved
5) Name 3 bands or artists that you love
6) What instrument would you like to be able to play?
7) Name a fiction book with music at the center of the narrative
8) Literature in Music – List some of your favourite songs that refer to or quote books
~ Some Songs ~
Rufus Wainwright, 11:11: youtube.com/watch?v=rdoMiZZi0AM
Rufus Wainright, The Art Teacher: youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9NMQx0VzM
Nightwish, Know Why The Nightingale Sings: youtube.com/watch?v=k-ICpEnhhXY
Nightwish, Elvenpath: youtube.com/watch?v=R-ayI-LKqWE
Nightwish, Ocean Soul: youtube.com/watch?v=VYu2EnCG2Ww
Jakub Józef Orlinski singing Vedrò con mio diletto: youtube.com/watch?v=yF4YXv6ZIuE
Joanna Newsom, Waltz of the 101st Lightborne: youtu.be/MiR0M4BrRW0
Joanna Newsom, This Side of the Blue: youtu.be/iB23K9tT1JU
Dropkick Murphys, The Legend of Finn McCumhail: youtu.be/dbAo7qL1Akc
Dropkick Murphys, (F)lannigan's Ball: youtu.be/gkp454M9yzU
Flogging Molly, The Kilburn Highroad: youtu.be/17IsfhAY_E0
Flogging Molly, Punch Drunk Grinning Soul: youtu.be/1yf9cW6RK6A?t=55
Blind Guardian, The Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns): youtube.com/watch?v=6EyNjmspx64
Blind Guardian, When Sorrow Sang: youtube.com/watch?v=eRuDigiA-qY
America, The Last Unicorn (I’M ALIVEEEEEE!): youtu.be/6ACCsbKokHg
recommending Brother of Sleep by Robert Schneider: youtu.be/6XL95RzzpKY
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~ books mentioned/shown ~
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
In Arcadia by Ben Okri
A Hero Of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
The New Life by Tom Crewe
West by Carys Davies
What I Stand For Is What I Stand On by Wendell Berry
The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
A Rake Of His Own by A.J. Lancaster
Audrey’s Booktrovert Bingo announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=2PSrOKRhdz0
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thoughts on my reading year: 12:23
my four best reads of the year: 15:17
~ videos of interest ~
Review of Hottie Scotty and Mr Porter: youtu.be/5Tq2kl5zdiU
Wintry Romance Recs: youtu.be/PiN7SLrNaj0
Dead Souls reading vlog: youtu.be/HsJDjtaH7rQ
~ the runners-up ~
Kassandra by Christa Wolf
Im Westen Nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front) by Erich Maria Remarque
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (German transl. by Vera Bischitzky)
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
Various romance novellas by R. Cooper
The Solstice Cabin by Arden Powell
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
~ the fab four ~
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
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My bucket list video: youtu.be/9X2UePBisPk
~ New Bucket List Authors (and 2023 tbr) ~
1. Cormac McCarthy (The Crossing/The Passenger)
2. Patrick O’Brian (The Fortune of War)
3. Dorothy Dunnett (The Disorderly Knights)
4. Patricia A. McKillip (Alphabet of Thorn)
5. Barry Lopez (Arctic Dreams/About This Life)
6. Guy Gavriel Kay (A Song for Arbonne)
7. Anthony Burgess (Nothing Like The Sun)
8. E.M. Forster (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
9. Dietmar Dath (Neptunation)
10. Hermann Hesse (Steppenwolf)
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Division Bells by Iona Datt Sharma
The Fairy Hounds of York by Arden Powell
The Only Gold by Tamara Allen
Life after Joe by Harper Fox
Holly and Oak (Familiar Spirits 2) by R. Cooper
A Wealth of Unsaid Words by R. Cooper
Not Over Yet by Barbara Ellsborg
The Douglas Fir by Anyta Sunday
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~ Winter Wonderland TBR ~
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
The Enchanted Sonata by Heather Dixon Wallwork
Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar
A Toast to the Old Stones by Denzel Meyrick
Ghosts in the Gloaming by Denzel Meyrick
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The Snowdonia Killings by Simon McCleave
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend
Whiteout by Elyse Springer
The Winter Prince by R. Cooper
Familiar Spirits no. 4 by R. Cooper
Casper Gets His Wish by R. Cooper
Winter Masquerade by Kevin Klehr
Yuletide Treasure by Eliot Grayson
Ethan and Jag Destroy The World by Maz Maddox
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~ read books ~
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (German transl. by Vera Bischitzky)
Playing the Ace by Tamara Allen
~ other mentioned books ~
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Waiting For The Flood by Alexis Hall
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carré
The Road to Silver Plume by Tamara Allen
The Only Gold by Tamara Allen
Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen
Reading Vlog of Dead Souls (and more): youtu.be/HsJDjtaH7rQ
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I hope the poor quality won’t turn you off The Last Light of the Sun, which is of impeccable quality itself, I promise.
~ other GGK books mentioned ~
A Song for Arbonne (the Mediaeval France one)
Under Heaven (the China one)
A Brightness Long Ago (Italy)
Tigana (Italy?)
Sailing to Sarantium (Byzantine Empire)
The Lions of Al-Rassan (Iberian Peninsula)
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The Haunting Season by various authors
Fellside by M.R. Carey
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
A Skinful Of Shadows by Francis Hardinge
Affinity by Sarah Waters
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
The Moor by William Atkins
Midwinter by John Buchan
Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
Imajica by Clive Barker
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive #4)
The Toll House by Carly Reagan
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #3)
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
Pulling The Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker
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~ the main actors ~
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (German transl. by Vera Bischitzky)
Fence Vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
A Tomb with a View by Peter Ross
Music: "Shelter Song" and "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Music: "Reaching The Sky" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (Dar Star #2)
Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (Two Rivers #1)
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Lymond Chronicles #3)
The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
The Infinities by John Banville
A Perfect Execution by Tim Binding
Island Madness by Tim Binding
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
Hijos del Viento by Jorge Icaza
Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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original video: youtu.be/5tQ3lnWa1jc
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Laurane's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCIghjFPGcJ2FTZunZjz2OHQ
Review of my favourite novella by R. Cooper: youtu.be/5Tq2kl5zdiU
The questions/tasks of the tag:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
5. Biggest disappointment
6. Biggest surprise
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush
9. Newest favorite character
10. Book that made you cry
11. Book that made you happy
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
~ mentioned books ~
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Queen’s Play by Dorothy Dunnett
Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (Dark Star Trilogy #2)
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #3)
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Bell At Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett
Scaramouche by Gabriel Sabatini
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
Beyond Hellas. Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek by Various Authors
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Music: "Wintersong" and "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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~ mentioned books ~
King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnet
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Silence by Shusaku Endo
Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
About This Life by Barry Lopez
The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault
Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght
~ mentioned channels ~
Apocalypse Reading: youtube.com/channel/UC0cAO07OyZZ5TDnm_alUa0w
The Bar and the Bookcase: youtube.com/c/TheBarandtheBookcase
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This video also doesn’t mention any of the books from my holiday tbr, because ain’t nobody want to hear about that stuff in the middle of January! If interested, you can read about them in this twitter thread: twitter.com/evastraenge/status/1465074900817821700
~ the remaining books ~
Der letzte Satz by Robert Seethaler
The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
Asterix and the Griffin by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
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~ the books ~
The Binding by Bridget Collins
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
Black Unicorn & Gold Unicorn by Tanith Lee
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Snow by John Banville
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Sisters by Daisy Johnson
Herkunft (Where We Come From) by Saša Stanišić
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett (The Game of Kings, Queens’ Play, The Disorderly Knights, Pawn in Frankincense, The Ringed Castle, Checkmate)
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