So many books, so little time (and space)...
The original plan was to work through the piles of unread books in my flat, not to mention the e-books I have and the audiobooks I bookmarked on Spotify/lismio. But somehow, those keep growing. Also, I re-discovered the library. ;)
I mostly read Sci-fi, Fantasy and historical fiction. Also non-fiction (mostly history of one kind or another). I read in English and German and occasionally French.
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Seit dem Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine sind ständig Orte in den Nachrichten, die die italienische Autorin Francesca Melandri aus …
Mittwoch, 19. Februar 2014. Seit Wochen wird auf dem Majdan im Herzen Kyjiws demonstriert. Die …
Irgendwie beeindruckend und erschreckend hellsichtig, aber auch etwas weird. Muss noch ein bisschen drüber nachdenken #2025reads
Cee merkt allmählich, dass sie Tag für Tag ihre Farben verliert. Natürlich ist sie erstmal verunsichert – obwohl sie genau …
Seit dem Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine sind ständig Orte in den Nachrichten, die die …
Das neue Buch von Melandri - zur Zeit in der ARD-Audiothek. Ich habe schon die Hälfte durch, weil ich es so packend finde
www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/francesca-melandri-kalte-fuesse-gelesen-von-nina-kunzendorf/13768055/
Mittwoch, 19. Februar 2014. Seit Wochen wird auf dem Majdan im Herzen Kyjiws demonstriert. Die …
Vorgezogen, da ich es bald zurückgeben muss.
Leben im Bürgerkrieg, am "Point Zero", am Nullpunkt: Die südsudanesische Schriftstellerin und Aktivistin Stella Gaitano erzählt in ihren Geschichten vom …
As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted …
First bookclub book of the year
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't …
Skalde lebt mit ihrer Mutter Edith in einer ausgedörrten Landschaft, die das letzte Refugium der …
Gehört zu den von mir dieses Jahr gelesenen Büchern, die sehr gut zur derzeitigen Situation und Stimmung passen. Angesichts des Klimawandels hat sich die Gegend, in der das Buch spielt, von der Außenwelt abgeschottet. Auf die Dauer kann das nicht funktionieren. Das Buch ist toll aufgebaut und sehr atmosphärisch erzählt. Empfehlung für alle Freund*innen von Dystopien und climate fiction.
Im Zentrum Ostberlins finden Bruno, Ina und ihr Sohn Julius in den Neunzigerjahren ihr Zuhause. …
Schon der Anfang des Buchs ist so, dass man gleich mittendrin ist, aber fast alles unklar ist. Nach und nach ergibt sich aus den Erzählungen verschiedener Figuren das ganze Bild einer Familiengeschichte, die irgendwie alltäglich ist, dann aber auch wieder nicht. Toll beobachtet und beschrieben: wie scheinbar kleine Ereignisse Leute noch lange begleiten oder aus der Bahn werfen können. Ich möchte auf jeden Fall noch weitere Bücher von Inka Parei lesen.
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Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage …
Jaw-droppingly prescient for a novel written 25 years ago. "Hunting for scapegoats is always popular in times of serious trouble," notes Butler in an interview in the afterword of this edition. "So is hunting for the great leader who will restore prosperity and stability... He turns his true believers - his thugs - loose on those he chooses as scapegoats and he looks around for an external enemy to use as an even bigger scapegoat and a diversion from the reality that he doesn't really know what to do. Because of him, innocent people lose their freedom, lose custody of their children, lose their lives."
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Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage …
the writing is fantastic. also there is more... story than in parable of the sower, definitely more things happening and also more hope. somebody (I forgot the source) wrote about this "parable of the sower is about problems, while parable of the talents is about solutions" and yeah, this seems true. it is also still about horrible, horrible problems. some of these chapters were really hard to get through.
also everything seems so realistic - the characters and the choices they have to face, but also the USA/world politics.
the earthseed verses feel so much on point by now. they're definitely the thing I will remember most. as religions go, it's a good one.
EDIT: I wanted to add, if you want to read this book, check out the Octavia's Parables podcast by adrienne maree brown and Toshi Reagon. It is worth it for the songs from the opera "parable …
the writing is fantastic. also there is more... story than in parable of the sower, definitely more things happening and also more hope. somebody (I forgot the source) wrote about this "parable of the sower is about problems, while parable of the talents is about solutions" and yeah, this seems true. it is also still about horrible, horrible problems. some of these chapters were really hard to get through.
also everything seems so realistic - the characters and the choices they have to face, but also the USA/world politics.
the earthseed verses feel so much on point by now. they're definitely the thing I will remember most. as religions go, it's a good one.
EDIT: I wanted to add, if you want to read this book, check out the Octavia's Parables podcast by adrienne maree brown and Toshi Reagon. It is worth it for the songs from the opera "parable of the sower" alone!
Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of depravity. Taking advantage …
The second (and unfortunately last) Earthseed book addresses most of the things that bugged me about the first one. Changing the perspective of the narration to Olamina’s daughter and thus a retrospective and slightly academic one is a real masterstroke. It continues the themes of the first book, especially how you have to build community - and a large one - to survive. What also struck me was how well the book conveys the lifelong pain of deeds that seem small in the grand scale of it. This is the one where a guy, running a hateful election campaign with the slogan "Make America Great Again“ becomes President. It's interesting that Butler thought that it would take a lot of societal collapse and an established religious figure to do it. Some people close to Olamina end up voting for him or supporting him and she shows that conflict in a …
The second (and unfortunately last) Earthseed book addresses most of the things that bugged me about the first one. Changing the perspective of the narration to Olamina’s daughter and thus a retrospective and slightly academic one is a real masterstroke. It continues the themes of the first book, especially how you have to build community - and a large one - to survive. What also struck me was how well the book conveys the lifelong pain of deeds that seem small in the grand scale of it. This is the one where a guy, running a hateful election campaign with the slogan "Make America Great Again“ becomes President. It's interesting that Butler thought that it would take a lot of societal collapse and an established religious figure to do it. Some people close to Olamina end up voting for him or supporting him and she shows that conflict in a very realistic way. Needless to say, a lot of horrible things happen in this book as well, and again, it comes with all the content warnings. But it's also kinda hopeful.
