I found Bookwyrm by exploring the fediverse, and really enjoy this cozy corner of the internet. I love reading but am not reading much currently, I'm always happy about advice to make it easier to read regularly and of course about book recommendations ☺️
Reading mostly in German and English, sometimes French or Spanish. Profile picture Pixelart by me.
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Lilith Iyapo has just lost her husband and son when atomic fire consumes Earth—the last stage of the planet’s final …
@pikapika you're posting so many interesting books I immediately want to read too ☺️
I loved the style of this very touching book. I have some family relations to Argentina and the military dictatorship and this book really helped me to learn more about this time and certain tendencies in Argentinian culture. But I can also very much recommend it for the story and emotional development of the characters and their relationships, and how they are also formed by the political circumstances and trauma, and how people can work on it and for a better society if they want. It's one of those books that you keep thinking about. The original version in Spanish is called "A veinte años, Luz" which translates to "At twenty years, light", but Luz is also the name of the main character. There's quite a few scenes I would add CWs to (violence, torture, rape/sexual assault, forced adoption), so be careful if you're not in a headspace to read …
I loved the style of this very touching book. I have some family relations to Argentina and the military dictatorship and this book really helped me to learn more about this time and certain tendencies in Argentinian culture. But I can also very much recommend it for the story and emotional development of the characters and their relationships, and how they are also formed by the political circumstances and trauma, and how people can work on it and for a better society if they want. It's one of those books that you keep thinking about. The original version in Spanish is called "A veinte años, Luz" which translates to "At twenty years, light", but Luz is also the name of the main character. There's quite a few scenes I would add CWs to (violence, torture, rape/sexual assault, forced adoption), so be careful if you're not in a headspace to read about heavy topics.
I found this book by chance in a cute little bookstore, and I hope I'll learn something about this dark chapter of Argentinian history. I'm a bit afraid of what I'll find.
A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identies, Sex Is a …
Man schreibt das Jahr 1312 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung: Ein geheimnisvoller Notruf bringt Perry Rhodan dazu, mit dem kleinen Raumschiff JOURNEE …
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d …
I listened to the audiobook in German.
@InfiniteTypewriters Definitely not something I know :) I will, it'll probably take me some time though to finish :)
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome …
@InfiniteTypewriters I guess a lot of it depends on the quality of translations and also if they're somewhat advertised in other countries, and after your comment I checked wikipedia and it seems there's some discussion especially in the US that it's not proper sci-fi so that might be a reason as well. Do you read in English or in German? As you've mentioned reading the description I guess you understand German?
@InfiniteTypewriters It's a huge series, so entirely possible, but I only read one book of this series before (the one written by Andreas Eschbach) so not an expert at all :) I think it's pretty popular in Germany?
Man schreibt das Jahr 1312 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung: Ein geheimnisvoller Notruf bringt Perry Rhodan dazu, …
The book was recommended in the fediverse so I thought I'd give it a try, I quite like it so far. It has a few slightly stereotyped descriptions/tropes so far (love at first sight, ugh), but nothing that bothered me personally or that made me enjoy it any less.
To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything
Mulan meets …
I listened to the audiobook and loved the story, the characters, and how they explored their feelings about gender and fate.
