(Sir)Thomas is travelling through time and space in 2024 - Part 4

New month new thread - Welcome to Part 4!

Welcome to Fall...

Hi everybody, my Name is Thomas, I am 63 years young and I live in a small town in northern Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany. Today I am officially retired and am looking forward to what lies ahead...
My librarything name comes from my study time, a friend and I wrote short crime novels in which the other was the role model for the investigator. My friend called me Sir Thomas.
We would read them to the others in the dormitory, it was a great time, even though I wasn't very talented.
2023 was again a good reading year since I am part of this group - 188 finished books.
This is my 12th year in this awesome group, and every year is going better and better with books and friends.
My library grows and grows, as I can hardly bring myself to throw away a book - it's a good thing that eBooks hardly take up any space on the shelf...

My reading performance in this group:
2013: _84 books
2014: 109 books
2015: _78 books
2016: 107 books
2017: 130 books
2018: 127 books
2019: 151 books
2021: 177 books
2022: 182 books
2023: 188 books

Reading List for January
1. Die Buchhändlerin von Paris / The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
2. Das Erbe des Zauberers / Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
3. Trilogie: Schlaflos / Olavs Träume / Abendmattigkeit / Trilogien by John Fosse
4. Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer by Michael Ende
5. Market of Monsters: Bis auf die Knochen / Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
6. Der sonderbare Fall der Rosi Brucker Tina Seel
7. Schwarzwasser. Am Königsweg - Zwei Theaterstücke Elfriede Jelinek
8. ChatGPT u. Co.: Das neue Workbook zum Thema KI by Rainer Hattenhauer
9. Im dunklen, dunklen Wald / In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
10. Komm zu mir, Schwester! / Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan
11. Bis wir Wald werden by Birgit Mattausch
12. Gregs Tagebuch 2 - Gibt's Probleme? / Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
13. Universum für Neugierige by Harald Lesch

Reading List for February
14. The Marmalade Diaries / The Marmalade Diaries by Ben Aitken
15. Winterfest / Vinterstengt by Jørn Lier Horst
16. Die unvollständigen Aufzeichnungen der Tourschlampe Doris by Georg Ringsgwandl
17. Mitten im August by Luca Ventura
18. Billy / Billy by Einzlkind
19. Schwarze Gedanken / Idées noires by André Franquin
20. Mein Herz in allen Einzelteilen / What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum
21. Peanuts: Auf zu den Sternen, Charlie Brown! / Peanuts: The Beagle Has Landed, Charlie Brown by Vicki Scott
22. Moloch / Cities by Paul Di Filipo & China Mieville & Michael Moorcock & Geoff Rymann
23. Sturmrot / Rotvälta by Tove Alsterdal
24. Die drei Sonnen / 三部曲《三体》 by Cixin Liu
25. Halbwissen eines Volljuristen by Karsten Dusse
26. Die Rassistin by Jana Scheerer
27. Der letzte Wolf / All the Sinners bleed by S. A. Cosby
28. Ein kleines Trostpflaster für uns Temponauten by Philip K. Dick
29. Sämtliche Erzählungen / Saki: The Complete Short Stories by Saki

Reading List for March
30. Emphyrio / Emphyrio by Jack Vance
31. MacBest / Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
32. Die Buchhandlung / The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
33. Das schwarze Buch der Geheimnisse / The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins
34. Dement, aber nicht bescheuert by Michael Schmieder
35. Das Leben und Sterben im Uncle Sam Hotel / Life and Death in the Charity Ward by Charles Bukowski
36. Silbertod / The Bonemagician by F. E. Higgins
37. Das Gift der Schmetterlinge / The Eyeball Collector by F. E. Higgins
38. Vexed to Nightmare by Macabre Monday
39. Barbara stirbt nicht by Alina Bronsky
40. Eine kurze Geschichte der böhmischen Raumfahrt / Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar
41. Erdschwarz / Slukhål by Tove Alsterdal
42. Achtsam morden durch bewusste Ernährung by Karsten Dusse
43. Over My Dead Body / Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans
44. Cold Case Academy – Ein mörderisches Spiel / The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Reading List for April
45. Der dunkle Wald / 三部曲 《黑暗森林》 by Cixin Liu
46. Jenseits der Zeit / 死神永生 by Cixin Liu
47. Das Buch der Phobien und Manien / The Book of Phobias and Manias by Kate Summerscale
48. Zorn – Tod und Regen by Stephan Ludwig
49. Die Biber Methode / Majavateoria by Antti Tuomainen
50. Niemand schwebt allein by Markus Orths
51. Minihorror by Barbi Marković
52. Mord im Dorf der Esel by Katharina Schendel
53. Apocalypse Still by Leah Nicole Whitcomb
54. Der Fluch des Hasen / 저주토끼 by Bora Chung
55. Zorn - Vom Lieben und Sterben by Stephan Ludwig
56. Rot / Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde
57. Die Kolonie der Kobolde / The Goblin Reservation by Clifford, D. Simak
58. Blauer Montag / Blue Monday by Nicci French
59. Knäcketod by Björn Berenz

Reading List for May
60. Wo Menschen schöner morden by Sibylle Zimmermann
61. Total verhext / Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett
62. Demensch / by Peter Gaymann and Thomas Klie
63. Scythe – Die Hüter des Todes / Scythe by Neal Shusterman
64. Eine schöne Leich by Lisa Graf
65. Sylt Reiseführer by Dirk Thomsen
66. Fool on the Hill / Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff
67. Mord zwischen den Zeilen / The Appeal by Janice Hallett
68. Vom Glück des Zuhörens: Wie uns gute Beziehungen stark machen by Dr. med. Lisa Federle
69. Ihr wollt es dunkler / You Like It Darker by Stephen King
70. Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt by Boy Lornsen
71. Ein Toter lag im Treppenhaus by Andreas Neuenkirchen

Reading List for June
72. What the Fake!: Wie du die Wahrheit von Falschmeldungen unterscheidest by Etrit Asllani
73. Nebelblau / Djuphamn by Tove Alsterdal
74. Die Dame mit der bemalten Hand by Christine Wunnicke
75. Einstieg in Linux Mint 21 by Dirk Becker
76. Bei euch ist es immer so unheimlich still by Alena Schröder
77. Babel / Babel by Rebecca F. Kuang
78. Der Morgen, an dem mein Vater aufstand und verschwand / Addio Fantasmi by Nadia Terranova
79. Der Mordclub von Shaftesbury – Nur die Toten kommen in den Garten by Emily Winston
80. Das Giraffenbuch / Les girafes by Guillermo Mordillo
81. 1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
82. Die Kunst des Tötens / Adepten by Hélène Gullberg
83. Der Profi / AX アックス (AX akkusu) by Kōtarō Isaka

Reading List for July
84. Threads of Power / The Fragile Threads of Power by V. E. Schwab
85. Nach dem Ende /The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
86. Lords und Ladies / Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
87. Der Knochenwald / Near the Bone by Christina Henry
88. Der Donnerstagsmordclub und die verirrte Kugel / The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
89. Bevor ich es vergesse / Avant que j'oublie by Anne Pauly
90. Im Dienst der Seelenfänger / The Black Company by Glen Cook
91. Buy a Bullet / Buy a Bullet by Gregg Hurwitz
92. Hamish Macbeth ist reif für die Insel / Death of a snob by M. C. Beaton
93. Das Mädchen und der Totengräber by Oliver Pötzsch
94. Der alte Mann und das Meer / The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
95. Xenogenesis / Xenogenesis by Octavia E. Butler
96. Die Abwärtstreppe rauf / Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
97. Verraten / Syv kvadratmeter med lås by Jussi Adler-Olsen
98. Der Mutter-Tochter-Mörder-Club / Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

Reading List for August
99. Die tausend Erden / The thousand Earths by Stephen Baxter
100. Ein gutes Omen / Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neill Gaiman
101. Bächle, Gässle, Mord by Ute Wehrle
102. Mitte des Lebens: Eine Philosophie der besten Jahre by Barbara Bleisch
103. Das strömende Grab / The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith
104. Crater Lake: Schlaf NIEMALS ein / Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick
105. Stories by Joy Williams
106. Altern by Elke Heidenreich
107. Der kleine Prinz / Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
108. Mondspuren / The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
109. Seemann vom Siebener by Arno Frank
110. Ganz große Kunst by Otto Waalkes
111. Richter morden besser by Thorsten Schleif
112. Inspektor Takeda und die Toten von Altona by Henrik Siebold

Reading List for September
113. Hauptgewinn: die Erde / Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick
114. Mummenschanz / Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
115. Perry Rhodan: Unternehmen Stardust by K. H. Scheer
116. Das Camp / The Troop by Nick Cutter
117. Die dritte Macht by Clark Darlton
118. Die magischen Buchhändler von London / The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
119. Die strahlende Kuppel by K. H. Scheer
120. Stalking Jack the Ripper / Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
121. Bin in Rente, ich muss gar nichts! by Kai Würbs
122. Superintelligenz / Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
123. Schwarzlicht by Horst Eckert
124. Sherlock Holmes und der Fall Sigmund Freud / The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
125. Darwyne / Darwyne by Colin Niel

Reading List for October
126. Der Sturmwind und anderes / La bufera e altro by Eugenio Montale
127. Apollo 13 / Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
128. Monster by Nele Neuhaus
129. Dark Harvest: Die dunkle Saat / Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
130. Matilda / Matilda by Roald Dahl
131. Götterdämmerung by Clark Darlton
132. Tödlicher Tramontane by Yann Sola
133. Das Mörderarchiv / How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
134. Die Vegetarierin / 채식주의자 by Kang Han
135. Die mörderischen Cunninghams / Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
136. Kanicula / Bunnicula by Deborah Howe
137. Der letzte Vampir / 13 Bullets by David Wellington
138. Atom-Alarm by Kurt Mahr
139. Fiebertraum / Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin
140. Lückenbüßer by Volker Klüpfel and Michael Kobr

Reading List for November
141. Apartment 16 / Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill
142. Ruhig Blut! / Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
143. Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt / The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman
144. Der Buchspazierer by Carsten Sebastian Henn
145. Fission #4 by Eugen Bacon
146. Das dritte Licht / Foster by Claire Keegan
147. Das Nord / Nord by Anna Winberg Sääf and Katarina Ekstedt
148. Aktiv Sterben by Paul Lüdicke
149. Der Elektrische Mönch / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
150. Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele / The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
151. Vor dem Fest by Sasa Stanisic

Reading List for December
152. Five Minutes from a Meltdown by David Meyer and Mark Hill
153. Heinermädsche by Ann-Sophie Aigner
154. Das Mutanten-Korps by W. W. Shols
155. Immun gegen Unsinn by Thilo Baum
156. Jenseits aller Zeit / Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
157. Ein Mörder auf der Gästeliste by Alexandra Fischer-Hunold
158. Ein Gentleman für Mma Ramotswe / Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
159. Falsche Spuren / Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer
160. This Is How You Die by Ryan North
161. Mattia Pascal / Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello
162. Accabadora / L'Accabadora by Michela Murgia
163. Ein Toter zur Bescherung by Eva Eich
164. James / James by Percival Everett
165. Die Tage sind gezählt by Ronald M. Hahn

A great idea from Paul Cranswick was A BOOK A YEAR FOR THE FIRST 63 YEARS OF MY LIFE
This is my updated list:
1961 Ein Mann in einer fremden Welt / Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
1962 Die Physiker / The Physicists: A Play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1963 Platon im Stripteaselokal / Misreadings by Umberto Eco
1964 Am Freitag schlief der Rabbi lang / Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
1965 Der Wüstenplanet / Dune by Frank Herbert
1966 Die phantastische Reise / Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
1967 Die Vergangenheit der Zukunft (Future History) / The Past Through Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein
1968 2001 - Odyssee im Weltraum / 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
1969 Papillon / Papillon by Henri Charrière
1970 Und die Großen läßt man laufen / Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö
1971 Der Exorzist / The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
1972 Sieh doch die Harlekins / Look at the Harlequins! by Vladimir Nabokov
1973 Momo oder die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte / Momo by Michael Ende
1974 Carrie / Carrie by Stephen King
1975 Dhalgren / Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
1976 Interwiew mit einem Vampir / Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
1977 Sternentanz / Stardance by Jeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
1978 Stadtgeschichten / Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
1979 Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1980 Der Name der Rose / The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
1981 Cujo / Cujo by Stephen King
1982 Freitag / Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
1983 Christine / Christine by Stephen King
1984 Der Talisman / The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub
1985 Contact / Contact by Carl Sagan
1986 Es / It by Stephen King
1987 Der Elektrische Mönch: Dirk Gently's Holistische Detektei / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
1988 Fool on the hill / Fool on the hill by Matt Ruff
1989 Hyperion / Hyperion by Dan Simmons
1990 The Stand / The Stand (unabridged) by Stephen King
1991 Sofies Welt / Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder
1992 Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee / Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
1993 Alpträume / Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King
1994 Asche zu Asche / Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George
1995 Dunkle Kammern / The Dark Room by Minette Walters
1996 The Green Mile / The Green Mile by Stephen King
1997 G.A.S. / Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff
1998 Wächter der Nacht / The Night Watch by Sergej Lukianenko
1999 Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär / 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
2000 Das Haus = House of leaves / House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
2001 Jack Taylor fliegt raus / The Guards: A Novel by Ken Bruen
2002 Die Bibel nach Biff : die wilden Jugendjahre von Jesus, erzählt von seinem besten Freund / Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
2003 Ich und die anderen / Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff
2004 Der Turm / The Dark Tower by Stephen King
2005 Olympos / Olympos by Dan Simmons
2006 Am Ende war die Tat / What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George
2007 Der Tod und der Dicke / Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
2008 Das Spiel des Engels / The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2009 1Q84 / 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
2010 Raum / Room by Emma Donoghue
2011 5 Dinge, die Sterbende am meisten bereuen / The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing by Bronnie Ware
2012 Ein plötzlicher Todesfall / The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
2013 Das Dickicht / The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale
2014 Fiona: Als ich tot war 7 The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham
2015 Opferweg / Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
2016 Lovecraft Country / Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
2017 Und dann steht einer auf und öffnet das Fenster by Susann Pasztor
2018 Von der Kunst, schlechte Nachrichten gut zu überbringen by Jalid Sehouli
2019 Kurt by Sarah Kuttner
2020 Trauer: Der Reiseführer durch ein fremdes Land by Katrin Brunner
2021 Sörensen am Ende der Welt by Sven Stricker
2022 Was im Verborgenen ruht / Something to Hide by Elizabeth George
2023 Sörensen sieht Land by Sven Stricker
2024 Schwarze Gedanken by André Franquin (so far)

This was also a suggestion from the group: My Nobel Prize list:
1901 Sully Prudhomme - Intimes Tagebuch
1902 Theodor Mommsen - Römische Geschichte
1903 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Meisternovellen
1904 Frédéric Mistral - Mireille
1904 José Echegaray y Eizaquirre - Meisterdramen
1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz - Quo Vadis?
1906 Giosuè Carducci - Gedichte
1907 Rudyard Kipling - Dschungelbücher
1908 Rudolf Christoph Eucken - Sinn und Wert
1909 Selma Lagerlöf - Wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgerson mit den Wildgänsen
1910 Paul Heyse - Italienische Novellen
1911 Count Maurice Maeterlinck - Das Leben der Termiten
1912 Gerhart Hauptmann - Große Erzählungen
1913 Rabindranath Tagore - Gitanjali
1915 Romain Rolland - Meister Breugnon
1916 Verner von Heidenstam - Karl der Zwölfte und seine Krieger
1917 Karl Adolph Gjellerup - Seit ich zuerst sie sah
1917 Henrik Pontoppidan - Der Teufel am Herd
1919 Carl Spitteler - Prometheus der Dulder
1920 Knut Hamsun - Segen der Erde
1921 Anatole France - Die Schuld des Professors Bonnard
1922 Jacinto Benavente - Der tugendhafte Glücksritter
1923 William Butler Yeats Ausgewählte Werke
1924 Wladyslaw Reymont
1925 George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion
1926 Grazia Deledda
1927 Henri Bergson
1928 Sigrid Undset
1929 Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks
1930 Sinclair Lewis
1931 Erik Axel Karlfeldt
1932 John Galsworthy
1933 Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin
1934 Luigi Pirandello
1936 Eugene O'Neill
1937 Roger Martin du Gard
1938 Pearl S. Buck - Die gute Erde
1939 Frans Eemil Sillanpää
1944 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
1945 Gabriela Mistral
1946 Hermann Hesse - Knulp
1947 André Gide
1948 T.S. Elliot
1949 William Faulkner
1950 Bertrand Russell
1951 Pär Lagerkvist
1952 François Mauriac
1953 Sir Winston Churchill Meine frühen Jahre
1954 Ernest Hemingway Der alte Mann und das Meer
1955 Halldór Laxness
1956 Juan Ramón Jiménez
1957 Albert Camus
1958 Boris Pasternak - Doktor Schiwago
1959 Salvatore Quasimodo
1960 Saint-John Perse
1961 Ivo Andric
1962 John Steinbeck
1963 Giorgos Seferis
1964 Jean-Paul Sartre
1965 Michail Sholokhov
1966 Shmuel Yosef Agnon - Nur wie ein Gast zur Nacht
1966 Nelly Sachs
1967 Miguel Ángel Asturias
1968 Yasunari Kawabata
1969 Samuel Beckett - Warten auf Godot
1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
1971 Pablo Neruda
1972 Heinrich Böll - Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
1973 Patrick White
1974 Eyvind Johnson
1974 Harry Martinson
1975 Eugenio Montale - Der Sturmwind und anderes
1976 Saul Bellow
1977 Vincente Aleixandre
1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer - Ein Bräutigam und zwei Bräute
1979 Odysseas Elytis
1980 Czeslaw Milosz
1981 Elias Canetti
1982 Gabriel Garciá Márquez
1983 William Golding
1984 Jaroslav Seifert
1985 Claude Simon
1986 Akinwande Ouwoe Soyinka - Aké, Jahre der Kindheit
1987 Joseph Brodsky
1988 Naguib Mahfouz
1989 Camilo José Cela
1990 Octavio Paz
1991 Nadine Gordimer July's Leute
1992 Derek Walcott
1993 Toni Morrison - Jazz
1994 Kenzaburo Oe Der stumme Schrei
1995 Seamus Heaney
1996 Wislawa Szymborska Auf Wiedersehen, Bis morgen : Gedichte
1997 Dario Fo
1998 José Saramago - Die Reise des Elefanten
1999 Günter Grass - Die Blechtrommel
2000 Gao Xingjian
2001 Vidiadhar Surjprasad Naipaul
2002 Imre Kertész
2003 John Maxwell Coetzee
2004 Elfriede Jelinek Schwarzwasser. Am Königsweg - Zwei Theaterstücke
2005 Harold Pinter
2006 Orhan Pamuk Rot ist mein Name
2007 Doris Lessing - Das fünfte Kind
2008 J.M.G. Le Clézio
2009 Herta Müller
2010 Mario Vargas Llosa
2011 Tomas Tranströmer
2012 Mo Yan
2013 Alice Munro - Die Jupitermonde
2014 Patrick Modiano
2015 Svetlana Alexievich - Tschernobyl: Eine Chronik der Zukunft
2016 Bob Dylan - It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
2017 Kazuo Ishiguro - Der begrabene Riese
2018 Olga Tokarczuk - Ur und andere Zeiten
2019 Peter Handke - Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter
2020 Louise Gluck Winterrezepte aus dem Kollektiv
2021 Abdulrazak Gurnah Das verlorene Paradies
2022 Annie Ernaux - Der Platz
2023 Jon Fosse - Trilogie: Schlaflos / Olavs Träume / Abendmattigkeit
2024 Kang Han - Die Vegetarierin

Now I have read 55 56 award winners, 66 65 to go.

And some Series I want to mention - Thank you for the suggestion, Anita (FAMeulstee)
Thomas Andreasson
Tödlicher Mittsommer - Tod im Schärengarten - Die Toten von Sandhamn - Mörderische Schärennächte - Beim ersten Schärenlicht - Tod in stiller Nacht - Tödliche Nachbarschaft - Mörderisches Ufer - Flucht in die Schären - Das Grab in den Schären

Rönning & Stilton
Die Springflut - Die dritte Stimme - Die Strömung - Schlaflied - Wundbrand - Kaltes Gold - Der gute Samariter - Nattens öga

Isabelle Bonnet
Madame le Commissaire und der verschwundene Engländer - Madame le Commissaire und die späte Rache - Madame le Commissaire und der Tod des Polizeichefs - Madame le Commissaire und das geheimnisvolle Bild - Madame le Commissaire und die tote Nonne - Madame le Commissaire und der tote Liebhaber - Madame le Commissaire und die Frau ohne Gedächtnis - Madame le Commissaire und die panische Diva - Madame le Commissaire und die Villa der Frauen - Madame le Commissaire und die Mauer des Schweigens - Madame le Commissaire und das geheime Dossier

Borne
Borne - Tote Astronauten

Dalziel & Pascoe
A Clubbable Woman - An Advancement of Learning - Der Lüge schöner Schein - Ein nasses Grab - Der Calliope-Club - Der Würger von Yorkshire - Welke Rosen muss man schneiden - Exit Lines - Kein Kinderspiel - Unter Tage - Mord auf Widerruf - Ins Leben zurückgerufen - Der Schrei des Eisvogels - Der Wald des Vergessens - Das Dorf der verschwundenen Kinder - Asking for the Moon - Das Haus an der Klippe - Die rätselhaften Worte - Die Launen des Todes - Welch langen Weg die Toten gehen - Der Tod und der Dicke - Der Tod heilt alle Wunden - Die letzte Stunde naht

Whisky Business Mysteries
Whisky mit Mord - Whisky für den Mörder - Whisky mit Schuss - Ein Whisky auf den Tod

David Hunter
Die Chemie des Todes - Kalte Asche - Leichenblässe - Verwesung - Totenfang - Die ewigen Toten

Carl Mørck/Sonderdezernat Q
Erbarmen - Schändung - Erlösung - Verachtung - Erwartung - Verheißung - Selfies - Opfer 2117 - Natrium Chlorid - Verraten

Bobiverse
Ich bin viele - Wir sind Götter - Alle diese Welten - Himmelsfluss - Perverse Instantiations

Sörensen ermittelt
Sörensen hat Angst - Sörensen fängt Feuer - Sörensen am Ende der Welt - Sörensen sieht Land

Lynley & Havers
Gott schütze dieses Haus - Keiner werfe den ersten Stein - Auf Ehre und Gewissen - Mein ist die Rache - Denn keiner ist ohne Schuld - Denn bitter ist der Tod - Asche zu Asche - Im Angesicht des Feindes - Denn sie betrügt man nicht - Undank ist der Väter Lohn - Nie sollst du vergessen - Wer die Wahrheit sucht - Wo kein Zeuge ist - Am Ende war die Tat - Doch die Sünde ist scharlachrot - Wer dem Tode geweiht - Glaube der Lüge - Nur eine böse Tat - Bedenke, was du tust - Wer Strafe verdient - Was im Verborgenen ruht

Dexter
Des Todes dunkler Bruder - Dunkler Dämon - Komm zurück, mein dunkler Bruder - Die schöne Kunst des Mordens - Dexter - Double Dexter - Dexter’s final cut - Dexter is dead

von Bodenstein und Kirchhoff
Eine unbeliebte Frau - Mordsfreunde - Tiefe Wunden - Schneewittchen muss sterben - Wer Wind sät - Böser Wolf - Die Lebenden und die Toten - Im Wald - Muttertag - In ewiger Freundschaft - Monster

I'm trying to read my way through the alphabet and have already got quite far.
The entries are not weighted according to my rating.

Titles:
A: Achtsam morden durch bewusste Ernährung
B: Die Buchhändlerin von Paris
C: ChatGPT u. Co.: Das neue Workbook zum Thema KI
D: Im dunklen, dunklen Wald
E: Das Erbe des Zauberers
F: Der Fluch des Hasen
G: Gregs Tagebuch 2 - Gibt's Probleme?
H: Halbwissen eines Volljuristen
I: Ihr wollt es dunkler
J: Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer
K: Komm zu mir, Schwester!
L: Der letzte Wolf
M: Mein Herz in allen Einzelteilen
N: Niemand schwebt allein
O: Over My Dead Body
P: Peanuts: Auf zu den Sternen, Charlie Brown!
Q:
R: Die Rassistin
S: Schwarze Gedanken
T: Trilogie: Schlaflos / Olavs Träume / Abendmattigkeit
U: Universum für Neugierige: Vom Urknall bis heute
V: Vexed to Nightmare
W: Winterfest
X: Xenogenesis
Y:
Z: Zorn – Tod und Regen

Authors:
A: Aitken, Ben
B: Buxbaum, Julie
C: Cosby, S. A.
D: Duncan, Lois
E: Ende, Michael
F: Fosse, Jon
G: Gaymann, Peter
H: Horst, Jørn Lier
I: Isaka, Kōtarō
J: Jelinek, Elfriede
K: Kinney, Jeff
L: Lesch, Harald
M: Maher, Kerri
N: Neuenkirchen, Andreas
O: Orths, Markus
P: Pratchett, Terry
Q:
R: Ringsgwandl, Georg
S: Schaeffer, Rebecca
T: Tuomainen, Antti
U:
V: Ventura, Luca
W: Ware, Ruth
X:
Y:
Z: Zimmermann, Sibylle

And my 75. book over the years - Thank you Jeff (mahsdad) for the idea:

2013: Shining by Stephen King
2014: Am Montag flog der Rabbi ab by Harry Kemelman
2015: Gesund in sieben Tagen Erfolge mit der Vitamin-D-Therapie; ein Leitfaden für die Praxis by Raimund von Helden
2016: Die nackte Sonne / The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
2017: Die Mausefalle und andere Fallen / Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
2018: Von der Kunst, schlechte Nachrichten gut zu überbringen by Jalid Sehouli
2019: Die Geheime Geschichte / The Secret History by Donna Tartt
2020: Mürrische Monster / Demoneater by Royce Buckingham
2021: The Night Beat by Harry Bingham
2022: Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit / קיצור תולדות האנושות by Yuval Noah Harari
2023: Der heutige Tag: Ein Stundenbuch der Liebe by Helga Schubert
2024: Einstieg in Linux Mint 21 by Dirk Becker

Welcome to rainy October!

Happy new thread!

>19 SirThomas: That's a neat idea. Do you usually put more thought into what your 75th book is going to be or do you just read whats next in your stack?

Hi Thomas. Congratulations on your official retirement!

>1 SirThomas: Happy New Thread, and nice fall picture. Autumn colours, one of the best things.

Yes, a rainy day here as well. Nice for reading.

>21 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita.
So far, it has always been a coincidence which book came in 75th place, as I usually read more than one book at a time.
This year I had reserved a special book for number 100, maybe next year for 75.
But if chance plays along, there are more interesting results...

>22 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
It's a strange feeling, but I'm getting used to it...
I love autumn and its colors too.
The picture is a bit older though, I took it on a fall walk in my region a vew years ago.
All weather is beautiful - even if it only encourages you to read...

Happy new thread and happy Autumn!

Happy new thread!

Happy new one, dear Thomas

>25 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer.
I know it's your season - and mine too!

>26 drneutron: Thank you, Jim.

>27 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.

And October has books:

126. Der Sturmwind und anderes / La bufera e altro by Eugenio Montale

English Title: The Storm and Other Poems
German title translated: The storm wind and more
Genre: Poetry
Reading Reason: Nobel Prize
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 1956
Pages: 429

A collection of poems and short stories.
The poems are rather gloomy, the stories sometimes have a quiet humor.
One example:
We had rehearsed a whistle for the afterlife, a sign of recognition.
I try to give it sound in the hope
that we are all already dead without knowing it.

127. Apollo 13 / Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger

German title translated: Apollo 13
Genre: Non Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Linda (Whisper1))
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 1994
Pages: 378

A wonderful book about the failed mission.
Although you know the ending, you can't help but get excited while reading it.
At first I was a little confused that Jim Lowell doesn't tell the story in the first person, but the notes explain why and it's absolutely understandable.
Exciting with lots of background information that never disturbs the flow of the reading.
Highly recommended.

I read this one around the same time Linda did. It was a fantastic read and my best read for September.

>31 figsfromthistle: For me it was the best read in October, but there are only 2 books so far...
But I think it will be in my number 1 spot for a while yet.

When I was still working (a long time ago 😉), we had a short video conference every Friday - Friday Wins - in which we reported on things that went well that week. As I no longer take part, but would like to continue the tradition, here are my Friday Wins:

On Saturday, a historian explained an epitaph in the local church. The tour was very interesting and free of charge. Afterwards we went out for a delicious meal.
On Monday, we had our housemate and his son over for lunch. He is 93, had an eye operation that went well and is now moving nearby to his son.
Since Tuesday I am officially retired - and not bored until now...
On Wednesday I helped my wife cook, it was fun and tasted delicious - we had saffron risotto

Of course my wife did the most...

Congrats on your week of wins! That's a nice way to count up the good things.

>33 SirThomas: Nice tradition, Thomas. And the food looks very tasty.

>34 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer I'd like to continue it...

>35 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella, it was very tasty, perhaps also because I heated up some grappa and poured it over it while it was burning...

Belated happy new one, Thomas.
>33 SirThomas: What a fabulous idea. Keep going on with it.

Thank you, Barbara.
I think I will continue - this is one of the things I will miss from work.

128. Monster by Nele Neuhaus

German title translated: Monster
Genre: Thriller
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: eBook
First published: 2023
Pages: 560

A young girl is found murdered and a man is run over on a country road; he was covered in bite wounds.
Since the suspect in the case of the dead girl is an asylum seeker convicted of rape, the case attracts a great deal of media attention.
The investigators around von Bodenstein and Kirchhoff come under massive pressure.
During the investigation, it turns out that the two cases are connected.
They come up with a monstrous suspicion.
The story is excellently and breathtakingly written, the showdown with the last suspect is somewhat exaggerated, and the perpetrators are not necessarily the usual suspects.

129. Dark Harvest: Die dunkle Saat / Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

German title translated: Dark Harvest: The dark seed
Genre: Horror
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Jennifer (mstrust))
Medium: eBook
First published: 1994
Pages: 378

Growing up can be scary, for Pete McCormick it's horror.
As every year on Halloween 1963, a scarecrow that has come to life is hunted by the town's 16-18 year olds. Whoever hunts it down can look forward to a life of wealth outside the town.
Pete is also sent on the hunt, but he uncovers a dark secret.
Very exciting, very atmospheric, very appropriate for the time of year.

This one is for Anita (FAMeulstee):

130. Matilda / Matilda by Roald Dahl

German title translated: Matilda
Genre: Fantasy
Reading Reason: 75 Books Challenge 2024 in honor of Anita
Medium: eBook
First published: 1988
Pages: 250

A little girl with ignorant parents. She loves to read (which makes her even more sympathetic). At school she finds friends and a loving teacher. But the headmistress is terrible.
But with intelligence and wit they manage to turn everything around.
A modern fairy tale with a lot of black humor - I love it.

>39 SirThomas: My husband Thomas read this when we were in Sedrun. I need to read some of the earlier books in this series first.

>42 Ameise1: That's a good idea.
Although the book is self-contained, there are some references to the previous volumes.
And you get to know the protagonists better.
And the previous books are also very well written.

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It is Friday morning ant time for my friday wins:

On Friday we went to Heilbronn and had tasty sushi.
On Monday I had an appointment with my health insurance company, my insurance premium will go down due to my retirement.
Yesterday Kirk visited us but did not cause any damage - it was only a light storm.
After the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize winner, I downloaded the book The Vegetarian from the public library. This morning the waiting time is already until the end of March 2025...

Nice week update.
Yup, I should read The Vegetsrian too, but probably in the second half of December.

I'm glad you only had a gentle storm!

>46 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara.
I've already started reading it, it's a bit strange, but worth reading.

>47 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer.
Thank goodness we live in an area where there are no hurricanes and severe storms are rare.
As the trees are still leafy, some branches broke off, but otherwise there was hardly any damage.

Update time:

131. Götterdämmerung by Clark Darlton

German title translated: Dawn of the Gods
English Title: Twilight of the Gods
Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Steve (swynn))
Medium: eBook
First published: 1961
Pages: 128

Another volume in this great series.
Perry Rhodan gets unexpected allies, mutants with special abilities join him.
But he is still in great danger.

132. Tödlicher Tramontane by Yann Sola

German title translated: Deadly Tramontane
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Barbara (Ameise1))
Medium: eBook
First published: 2016
Pages: 346

Syracuse Perez runs a small restaurant and an illicit trade with delicatessen.
When a yacht explodes and his girlfriend comes under suspicion, he begins to investigate himself, together with her daughter and his cook.
His contacts give him more information than the police.
When he himself comes under suspicion of murder, his ambition is fueled even more.
A nice little cozy crime.

133. Das Mörderarchiv / How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

German title translated: The murder archive
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2024
Pages: 400

Aunt Frances always thought she would be killed one day. She was right. And she took precautions.
When she was actually murdered, there was an extensive archive of all the possible suspects.
In her will, she stipulates that whoever solves her murder will inherit everything.
Her great-niece Annie is named in the will, she had never met her, but she starts investigating.
In the process, she uncovers old cases. However, she also encounters obstacles from people who are pursuing their own interests
Another nice little cozy crime.

There is also a food update:

Beef Tatar.

Take a Fillet of beef, cut the top half into cubes (as with tartare).
Then place the meat with the underside on the grill on the highest setting until it is crispy on the bottom and still raw on the top, drizzle with olive oil on the plate, then grate lemon zest and parmesan over it.
We served it with roast potatoes and it was extremely tasty.

>51 SirThomas: another BB
>52 SirThomas: 😋

>53 Ameise1: I hope you will like it...

It was so delicious that we are planning to open the barbecue season again next year.
But it also depends on the quality of the meat, we have a very good butcher who pays attention to the origin of the cattle he slaughters.

>54 SirThomas: Your trusted butcher is extremely important. That's the only way we buy meat.

Yes, it's a little more expensive, but it's worth it!

Update time:

134. Die Vegetarierin / 채식주의자 by Kang Han

German title translated: The Vegetarian
English Title: The Vegetarian
Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: Nobel Prize
Medium: eBook
First published: 2007
Pages: 190

A strange but intense read.
The book is divided into 3 chapters, each written from a different point of view.
Little by little you get a deeper insight into the protagonist's family.
When does art end and madness begin? The boundary is fluid.

135. Die mörderischen Cunninghams / Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

German title translated: The murderous Cunninghams
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2007
Pages: 190

Ernest is a writer who writes guidebooks on how to write crime novels, writes a crime novel in which he sometimes addresses the reader directly.
A family reunion in a lonely mountain resort the day after Michael gets out of prison. He has been convicted by the testimony of his brother Ernest.
Of course a corpse turns up, of course a storm is brewing, of course the denouement takes place in a library.
The author uses every cliché and plays with them. Nothing is as it seems.
A humorous and exciting read.

And now to the Vamptober, Librarything has a new List: Best Vampire & Werewolf Fiction, I rummaged through it a bit:

136. Kanicula / Bunnicula by Deborah Howe

German title translated: Bunnicula
Genre: Horror (Childrens Book)
Reading Reason: Librarything List
Medium: eBook
First published: 1979
Pages: 96

When a rabbit is found in the back row of a movie theater during a Drakula movie, something must be wrong.
When the vegetables in the fridge suddenly turn white at night, the cat and the dog start investigating to save the family.
A vampire story for children.

>58 SirThomas: another BB 🫣 my library has an audio copy of it.

I wish you a lovely evening.

😇 - Have fun with it.
Happy midweek to you.

A pensioner never has time ;-), so Friday Wins is only coming today:
On Saturday we tried out a new recipe, it was very tasty s. >111 SirThomas:
On Monday we got our flu vaccination and had few complaints.
The week was quiet, few highlights, but no low blows either.

And another book from the list:


137. Der letzte Vampir / 13 Bullets by David Wellington

German title translated: The last Vampire
Genre: Horror
Reading Reason: Librarything List
Medium: eBook
First published: 2007
Pages: 384

At first I thought there was no storyline besides the splatter, blood and severed limbs.
A female investigator is drawn into the hunt for vampires. Little by little, she gains important insights.
But almost too late, she realizes that the case also affects her personally.
Thrilling.

Out for the 2024 Halloween Treasure Hunt...

...and back - it was a lot of fun again.

Yeah, this was a fun treasure hunt!

Indeed!

138. Atom-Alarm by Kurt Mahr

German title translated: Nuclear alarm
Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Steve (swynn))
Medium: eBook
First published: 1961
Pages: 136

Another volume in this great series.
When a danger from outer space emerges, the great powers of Earth finally join forces to survive.

It is still Bloodtober, so and another book from the list:


139. Fiebertraum / Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin

German title translated: Fevre Dream
Genre: Horror
Reading Reason: Librarything List
Medium: eBook
First published: 1982
Pages: 512

In 1857, steamboat skipper Abner Marsh is on the brink of ruin when he is offered the chance to become a partner in a new ship. But his partner has a dark secret.
Mark Twain with vampires.

It's time for the Friday Wins:
On Friday we had a date with dear friends and enjoyed a delicious long breakfast at the café
On Saturday we had an interesting presentation of an epitaph in the church. The historian did a very good job.
On Tuesday I made good resolutions and had my equipment instruction at the gym, winter can come...
On Wednesday we had a lovely visit from a friend
Yesterday the neighbor called and asked if we would like to have a spontaneous champagne - we had
And the big hit parade of listener requests has been on the radio since Monday, today is the grand finale!

Wow, that sounds like a great week.

>70 SirThomas: Spontaneous champagne sounds alluring, dear Thomas!

Have a great weekend, my friend.

>71 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara - Retirement seems to do me good.

>72 PaulCranswick: Thank you my friend, the same to you.
In our house, it's customary to always have a few bottles in the fridge...

140. Lückenbüßer by Volker Klüpfel and Michael Kobr

German title translated: Gap-filler
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 2024
Pages: 432

Inspector Kluftinger is interim police chief and is leading an anti-terror exercise when a body is found.
The team begins to investigate. At the same time, he is running for the local council, as is his friend and enemy Dr. Langhammer.
The book is slightly better than its predecessor, but the momentum of the first novels is no longer there.
There are a few little gems, for example when Dr. Langhammer greets visitors to the twin town in fluent French and is surprised that the Italian guests don't respond.

And the hit parade is also over:
1 Bohemian Rhapsody
2 The stairway to heaven
3 Child in Time

It was a great week with great music.
When else is Wish you were here played between Hells bells and Fear of the dark (Live 1992 in Helsinki)?
Or April by Deep Purple in full length?
Or another combination:
59 In-a-gadda-da-vida by Iron Butterfly
60 Supper's ready by Genesis
61 Dancing queen by Abba

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All systems green...

Hi, Thomas! Sounds like you're having a very good week and I hope it continues for you!

Thank you, Jennifer.
So far I'm very satisfied, and I hope it stays that way.
We have theater tickets for tomorrow. It's not the theme of the day - it's a boulevard comedy.
But I'm currently reading a suitable book - Apartment 16.

Dropping in to day hello. Hope you are having a good week so far

>75 SirThomas: Lots of fun, Thomas!

I like your friday lists.

>78 SirThomas: Have fun at the theater.

>79 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita, I am pleased so far.
I hope you are well too.

>80 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
The lists are a good reminder to see there are good things.

The theater was wonderful.
4 not-so-young women in a clinic, the career woman who wants to be optimized, the young woman who is having her second child in her mid-40s, the posh woman who is not quite mentally fit after a golf ball hit to the head and the housewife who is short of money.
All four actresses are very good singers who can also convey serious topics with humor.

And it is friday again, time for the wins:
On Saturday we had another interesting presentation of an epitaph in the church. The historian did again a very good job with lots of background information.
This is the object discussed:

On Sunday we had another guided tour this time the old Jewish cemetery, very interesting.
On Tuesday I treated myself to a facial - very relaxing
On Thursday we had a wonderful evening at the theater.
And I made it to the gym twice this week.

And it is November - time for the stats of October:

Books read: 15
Pages read: 5,033 (longest 560 / shortest 96 / average 336)

Personal rating:
average rating
highest rating
lowest rating

Author nationalities:

Australia: 1 / 1 / 1
England: 1 / 1 / 1
Germany: 6 / 6 / 6
Italy: 1 / 1 / 1
South Korea: 1 / 1 / 1
USA: 7 / 7 / 7

Sum: 17 / 17 / 17

Counting mode: All authors of the books / Main Author(s) or Editor(s) per book / Only different authors

Gender:
female authors: 4 / 4 / 4
male authors: 13 / 13 / 13

alive authors: 12 / 12 / 12
dead authors: 5 / 5 / 5

date first published:

1950-1959: 1
1960-1969: 2
1970-1979: 1
1980-1989: 2
1990-1999: 2
2000-2009: 2
2010-2019: 1
2020-2029: 4

Media:
Ebooks: 13
Paperbooks: 2

Genre:
Crime fiction: 4
Fantasy: 1
Fiction: 1
Horror: 4
Non Fiction: 1
Poetry: 1
Science Fiction: 2
Thriller: 1

Reading Reason:
Author: 2
Nobel Prize: 2
Random / rummage: 2
Librarything List: 3
In memory of Anita: 1
This gorgeous group: 5

141. Apartment 16 / Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill

German title translated: Apartment 16 😉
Genre: Horror
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Steve (swynn))
Medium: eBook
First published: 2010
Pages: 496

Apryl flies to London to clear out her deceased great-aunt's apartment.
She discovers more and more strange things and begins to investigate what has happened.
In the process, she uncovers a terrible secret in the house, which leads to another apartment (16) and a painter.
The book begins with a quiet sense of unease and ends with pure horror (for Apryl and the reader)

142. Ruhig Blut! / Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

German title translated: Calm blood! 🙁
Genre: Fantasy
Reading Reason: 75 books challenge - Group read
Medium: eBook
First published: 1998
Pages: 373

Magrat and Verence celebrate the birth of their daughter. As Verence wants to be open-minded, he invites vampires, among others. Not a good decision.
The witches in Lancre around Granny Weatherwax are pushed to their limits this time.
A wonderful book by a wonderful author.
Hopefully there will be another Pratchett group reading in 2025.

>84 SirThomas: Sounds exciting. Unfortunately, my library only has the Spanish edition and my Spanish isn't good enough to read it.

At least you can speak Spanish, I can't speak more than Hola and Buenos Días...

☺️

And the friday wins:
On Saturday we had the last interesting presentation of an epitaph in the church.
On Monday we had an owners' meeting of our condominiums - there was only little dispute.
We'd rather keep quiet about Tuesday...
And I made it to the gym twice this week again.

143. Der Donnerstagsmordclub oder Ein Teufel stirbt immer zuletzt / The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman

German title translated: The Thursday Murder Club or A Devil Always Dies Last
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: eBook
First published: 2023
Pages: 432

The four sprightly pensioners have wished for a year without murder, but when their friend, antiques dealer Kuldesh, is killed, they are called upon again.
But before they can solve the case, there are more deaths.
Cozy crime with British humor. I love the series.

144. Der Buchspazierer by Carsten Sebastian Henn

German title translated: The book stroller
English title: The Door-to-Door Bookstore
Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: Movie review
Medium: eBook
First published: 2022
Pages: 240

A heart-warming story about an old man who delivers books to his regular customers on foot.
When a 9-year-old girl joins him, his life is turned upside down.
When he is made redundant, he tries not to let his customers down...
Some quotes:
Sometimes his mouth said things that weren't agreed with his head.
In every book there is a heart that begins to throb when you read it, because your own heart connects with it.
Gustav had once had wheat-blonde curls, now he wore the same color in the false.
Because if you were weird long enough, it was normal again.
Along with every book, you should also be given the time to read it in peace.

>91 SirThomas: I already have it on my library list.

I wish you a wonderful week.

>92 Ameise1: I look forward to your opinion on the book.

The same to you, Barbara!

>90 SirThomas: I need to start on this series, thanks for the reminder.
I hope you're having a good week! I do like seeing your end-of-week list of activities.

>94 mstrust: You might enjoy it...

Thank you, Jennifer I am fine, yesterday I felt young again.
We have a meeting of retirees every two months, and I am now allowed to attend.
For the first time in a long time, I was the youngest...

I'm glad you like my Friday wins.
It always makes me realize that the week wasn't as bad as it felt

145. Fission #4 by Eugen Bacon

Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: Early Reviewers win
Medium: eBook
First published: 2024
Pages: 260

A collection of 24 short stories, some good and many very good.
The stories contain many good ideas, such as telling fairy tales as SF.
Or the story in which the time the detective has to solve the case is measured by the remaining words of the story.
Overall, the book is very readable and recommended.
And I've always known that printers want to take over the world and wipe out humanity, but nobody believes me...

146. Das dritte Licht / Foster by Claire Keegan

German title translated: The Third Light
Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Linda (Whisper1))
Medium: eBook
First published: 2010
Pages: 104

A short but intense story about a girl who is taken to live with distant relatives in 1980s Ireland because her mother is pregnant again and any mouth less to feed helps.
She has a much easier time there than at home, but there is a dark melancholy whose origins the girl slowly unravels.
It's amazing how much can be said in such a short text.

We were busy this morning, so I'm only now getting to my Friday Wins, but with today:
Last friday night we had a great book launch evening at our favorite bookstore with champagne, chips and olives - each staff member presented “their” favorite new releases.
On Tuesday I had a dentist appointment - everything was fine
Today we went for a stroll in the city and enjoyed some delicious sushi
And we made it to the gym three times this week!

147. Das Nord / Nord by Anna Winberg Sääf and Katarina Ekstedt

German title translated: The North
Genre: Thriller
Reading Reason: Rummage at the library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2022
Pages: 288

Alex is at the end of his career when he receives an unbelievable offer to work in the kitchen of a Michelin-starred restaurant. When the owner starts a relationship with him, he only realizes late on that she has dark secrets and also knows and exploits his past.
He begins to fear for his life.
The book may be good and exciting, but it didn't work for me.

148. Aktiv Sterben by Paul Lüdicke

German title translated: Active dying
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2023
Pages: 304

When a body is found in the cold storage room of the Hotel Waldfrieden, the hotel is threatened with closure as guests leave and all bookings are canceled. As the police seem to be incapable, the staff begin to investigate. The young receptionist, the chambermaid, the cook and the gardener, who all have hidden talents. As soon as they have ruled out one suspect, the next one comes into play.
A nice cozy crime that doesn't take itself too seriously.

>98 SirThomas: Congrats to a lovely week.

I wish you a fabulous start into the new week.

>98 SirThomas: That book launch sounds like a lot of fun!
The dentist- not fun, but I'm glad it went well.

>98 SirThomas: Wow! Sounds like you had a busy day. I am glad that all went well at the dentist.

Happy week ahead.

>101 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, the same to you!

>102 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer - it was a great evening with many BBs!

>103 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita, the same to you!

If things go as planned, the next visit to the dentist will not be for another six months (teeth cleaning and check-up).

149. Der Elektrische Mönch / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

German title translated: The electrical Monk
Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 1987
Pages: 296

A wonderfully quirky story about a programmer, his boss, a history professor who has experienced many things himself and a detective with idiosyncratic investigative methods.
Oh yes, there are also aliens, time travel, ghosts and much more.

It's Friday again, time for the Wins:
Last Friday evening we had a surprise visit from dear friends
On Saturday we had a wonderful gourmet evening. A supermarket had organized an event to celebrate its 20th anniversary and we got tickets.
6 top chefs, including several with Michelin stars (one of them even with 2), plus local wineries and a champagne house. There were 30 tables of 10 people spread around the market.
Excellent wines, excellent food - what more could you want?
A small selection:
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On Tuesday we had friends over for a long breakfast and had a lovely morning that lasted into the afternoon.
On Wednesday we went out for dinner with dear friends, we meet up about every 2 months.
Today we had the first snow, unfortunately it didn't stay, but the walk was still fun.

>106 SirThomas: Oh wow that looks delicious. Thank you so much for the photos, especially of you and your wife. It's always nice to have a face to go with a name.
Have a great weekend and have fun with your Christmas baking.

>106 SirThomas: Wow, it all looks delicious. And you look like you are enjoying yourselves!

First snow looks so nice and strolling in it, even nicer.

>106 SirThomas: You had such a great week! I'm not going to mention my envy over that cheese table. Nope, not mentioning it.
Nice pic of you and your wife and your giant wine glasses!
I opened an expensive bottle of wine last night that was gifted to us, and the cork crumbled into a thousand pieces and dropped into the bottle! I suspect it had been stored improperly.

>107 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara.
The weekend was fine with baking and guests, maybe we will finish the baking today.
Have a wonderful journey!

>108 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella - we had a wonderful evening.
Yesterday and today we have 16°C (~60°F) so the snow didn't last long...

>109 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer - we also enjoyed the cheese very much.
The cork hurts my heart, was the wine at least still drinkable?
Wine should be stored horizontally so that the cork remains moist, but this has already happened to us, we then poured the wine through a sieve.
Cork is a natural product that does not always have the same quality.

150. Der lange dunkle Fünfuhrtee der Seele / The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

German title translated: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul 🙂
Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 1987
Pages: 268

The second volume is even better than the first.
This time there are Greek gods and a Coke machine involved.
I love it!

Todays wordles:
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And it is again time for the Friday Wins:
On Sunday we had a lovely visit, my brother and his wife came over and we discussed the wedding present for our niece.
On Monday, the transfer of my cell phone number to the new provider went smoothly.
On Tuesday I helped with the cooking - delicious lamb fillet (home-butchered by friends) with cardamom sauce and noodles. The noodles were not homemade, and the picture is not so nice, but it was extremely tasty!
On Wednesday, we finished our favorite sitcom and started a new one, from FRIENDS to The Big Bang Theory. We have all the episodes on DVD and watch them again and again when there's nothing else good on TV.
Today my wife went shopping and brought some delicious sushi:

That sounds like a successful week. Have a nice weekend.

>113 SirThomas:. That looks great! I may need to go pick some up for us today for lunch…

>113 SirThomas: Nice! And I absolutely love sushi ginger. When I find the right kind in a jar I keep it in the fridge and snack on it.

>114 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, the same to you!

>115 drneutron: It was also very tasty, Jim. - And Sushi is always a good choice!

>116 mstrust: Ginger is delicious and healthy too - that's two reasons to snack, Jennifer ;-)

151. Vor dem Fest by Sasa Stanisic

German title translated: Before the Feast
English Title: Before the Feast
Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: eBook
First published: 2014
Pages: 320

A remote village in eastern Germany is preparing for a festival. Incidents from earlier centuries are also described.
The peculiarities of the inhabitants are amusingly portrayed without ridiculing them.
The book reads like a photo album, short chapters that read like the description of a picture.
Quirky, exciting and a pleasure to read.
The author plays skillfully with language.

And again a month is gone:

Books read: 11
Pages read: 3,381 (longest 496 / shortest 104 / average 307)

Personal rating:
average rating
highest rating
lowest rating

Author nationalities:

Australia: 1 / 1 / 1
England: 5 / 5 / 4
Germany: 3 / 3 / 3
Ireland: 1 / 1 / 1
Sweden: 2 / 2 / 2
USA: 7 / 7 / 7

Sum: 12 / 12 / 11

Counting mode: All authors of the books / Main Author(s) or Editor(s) per book / Only different authors

Gender:
female authors: 3 / 3 / 3
male authors: 9 / 9 / 87

alive authors: 9 / 9 / 9
dead authors: 3 / 3 / 2

date first published:

1980-1989: 2
1990-1999: 1
2010-2019: 3
2020-2029: 5

Media:
Ebooks: 9
Paperbooks: 2

Genre:
Crime fiction: 2
Fantasy: 1
Fiction: 3
Horror: 1
Science Fiction: 2
Thriller: 1

Reading Reason:
Author: 4
Random / rummage: 2
Early Reviewers: 1
Recommendation real life: 1
This gorgeous group: 3

Edited to add the last book of November...

Whatever the Advent season means to you - I wish you a peaceful and quiet time and that a light of hope always shines for you, even in the dark hours.

>120 SirThomas: Thank, you. A happy first advent to you as well.

>120 SirThomas: Happy Advent! My church is following this theme for Advent: “The Weary World Rejoices.” So appropriate!

Karen O

Happy Advent to you, Thomas.

>121 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita.

>122 klobrien2: Thank you, Karen, you are right! - The same to you.

>123 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella, the same to you.

>119 SirThomas: I had to edit the stats due to a forgotten book...

You not only read a lot of books this year, but many of them are good ones!

152. Five Minutes from a Meltdown by David Meyer and Mark Hill

Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: Early Reviewers win
Medium: eBook
First published: 2024
Pages: 89

A collection of poems and cartoons with puns and black humor.
A quick and enjoyable read.
Another good book from the Early Reviewers program.

153. Heinermädsche by Ann-Sophie Aigner

Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2013
Pages: 244

When Eva discovers that her husband is cheating on her, she realizes that she feels the urge to murder. Her friends also feel the same...
A quick, light and funny book, but nothing that will stay with you for long.

Interesting colours in todays wordles:
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And it's Friday again, time for the wins:
On Saturday we had a breakfast date with friends and visited two Christmas markets.
On Sunday, we celebrated the answer to all the questions of the universe with a delicious lunch at our favorite restaurant (we've been together for 42 years).
On Tuesday we visited our former neighbor, he moved into a nursing home near his son when he was 93 and was very happy to see us.
Yesterday a former neighbor and friend visited us and brought us homemade chocolates with a delicious filling.
This week we went to the Gym twice and visited 2 Living Advent Calendars. This is a lovely tradition, every evening at 6pm at a different family in the area, there is a little story, you sing Christmas carols and then chat over mulled wine, non-alcoholic punch and snacks. It's very Christmassy even without the snow.

hej Thomas, wish you a quiet Christmas time with many encounters with interesting people

Another great week! I love Christmas markets, though I've only visited the ones in Manhattan and Stockholm. They're beautiful. And your Living Advent sounds so nice too. Glad you had such a good week.

>130 SirThomas: A good week, Thomas. I especially like your Living Advent Calendar!

>120 SirThomas: Ditto to you Tom!

>131 paulstalder: Thank you Paul, I am pleased about your visit, the same to you!

>132 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer.
There are Christmas markets in almost every town in our area so you have to choose which market you want to visit...
The week had its ups and downs, but the Friday Wins help to ensure that it's mainly the ups that are remembered.

>133 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
This tradition has been going on for 10 years and it's beautiful every time. We have also been hosts ourselves together with our neighbors in the downstairs apartment and it was great to choose the songs and stories together. They have health problems this time, but we might try again next year.

>134 Whisper1: Thank you, Linda.

154. Das Mutanten-Korps by W. W. Shols

German title translated: The mutant corps
Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Steve (swynn))
Medium: eBook
First published: 1961
Pages: 135

Another volume in this great series.
Perry Rhodan's third power is recognized by the Earth governments, but he is still looking for unusual allies.
These mutants are able to save Earth from another alien invasion...

155. Immun gegen Unsinn by Thilo Baum

German title translated: Immune to nonsense
Genre: Non Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2024
Pages: 232

An important book that explains how to form your own informed opinion and not fall for fake news and disinformation campaigns.
Unfortunately, those who need it most will not read it...

156. Jenseits aller Zeit / Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry

German title translated: behind all time
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2023
Pages: 304

A retired police detective is asked for help by his former colleagues. It's about child abuse by priests. But Tom Kettle's memory is not always reliable - and he has his own story about the case...
At the same time, a young neighbor asks for help because she and her young son feel threatened by her husband.
A strangely awkward old-fashioned writing style, an investigator with hallucinations, it's not always clear what is reality.
It took me a while to get familiar with the book, but then it cast a spell over me.

>137 SirThomas: Great subject. Maybe not one I'll labour through (I read German books slowly) because there are English equivalents, but definitely an important subject. Any big eye opening ideas in it?

>137 SirThomas: >139 sirfurboy: I agree with Stephen, a very useful subject! It can sometimes be really hard to know what to believe, and in what traps not to fall. I think it’s wise to be careful with subjects that stir a lot of emotion. They necessitate a lot of care.

>139 sirfurboy: You're right, Stephen, it's an important topic and there are other good books about it.
If you're already sensitized to it, there's not a lot of eye opening ideas in it.
A few insights:
Those who claim must substantiate
Always question claims
Distinguish between fact and opinion
Disagreeing with someone is not a restriction on their freedom of expression
Recognize gobbledygook better by paying attention
Indication: “Flood the zone with shit”
Be alert to framing
Look for different sources, if everything can only be traced back to one source, be careful
Consult reputable media
The “mainstream” does not suppress any “truths”, they are only published if they are accurate and relevant.
As I said, the book would be important for those who don't read it anyway...

>140 EllaTim: You are so right Ella...

And it's Friday again, time for the wins:
On Saturday we visited another Christmas market and a wine tasting at a local winemaker, we bought a box of wine.
On Sunday we visited friends and had a wonderful morning.
On Tuesday we were out for lunch with our neighbor, she and I had delicious leg of hare and my wife had Wiener Schnitzel.

On Wednesday my lungs were x-rayed - everything is fine.
Today we booked theater tickets for three performances in 2025
And of course we visited the living Advent calendars several times.

It's been a while since I visited ... yay for Perry Rhodan!

>155 Ameise1: Talking to library colleagues who work in public services, I understand that this is getting even worse with artificial intelligence. Multiple colleagues tell me that they have worked with students who use ChatGPT for Internet searches, or who give the same weight to Google's AI-generated responses that they give to journal articles. And some of these students are very resistant to hearing that AI-generated content might be biased (It's generated by a machine! How can it be biased?!), but that it sometimes just makes up facts on the fly. Like you say, the people who need it most may not be the people who will read it ...

>143 swynn: you are always welcome, Steve - The Perry Rhodan books bring back memories of my youth.
They're about the same age as me, but still very much worth reading.

Yes, many are living more and more in their bubble - if only they were soap bubbles...

And again interesting colours in todays wordles:
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Umbau
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The week was mixed, we had some low points, but this is the day for the wins:
On Friday, my first Christmas card arrived from the LT Holiday Card Exchange.
On Sunday we went on a nice short vacation to Oberjoch in the Allgäu.
The hotel was lovely, the food delicious and there was even sun and snow.

On Tuesday we ate out at a steak restaurant that belongs to the hotel.

Chicken roulade stuffed with porcini mushroom farce, roasted radicchio, Cumberland sauce
Saddle of venison in a pistachio and vanilla crust, caramelized black salsify, fried kale, chestnut puree
Cranberry-orange-chocolate ice cream


Wild herb salad, grape dressing, pumpkin seeds, blue cheese
Fillet of beef surf & turf, Argentinian red shrimp, broccoli, potato gratin (T)
Cinnamon crème bûllée, blackberry sorbet

Yesterday we drove back home well rested and without any traffic jams.

>146 SirThomas: Looks like a great holiday, Thomas. Food delicious, but that blue sky up there! was that for real? Your own picture?

Thank you very much, Ella.
Yes, I took the pictures myself.
The first picture and the night picture are from our hotel room, the one with the blue sky was taken on a hike.
We were really lucky with the weather, at home it's cloudy and rainy again...

and there were books:


157. Ein Mörder auf der Gästeliste by Alexandra Fischer-Hunold

German title translated: A murderer on the guest list
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 2024
Pages: 352

Orphan Lilly spends Christmas at her best friend Zelda's hotel.
The hotel is actually closed, but due to a snowstorm there are other guests besides the family.
When one guest is found tied up and another is murdered, the two girls begin to investigate.
A nice cozy crime.

158. Ein Gentleman für Mma Ramotswe / Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

German title translated: A gentleman for Mma Ramotswe
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Karen (Klobrien2))
Medium: eBook
First published: 2000
Pages: 240

Mma Ramotswe is engaged to be married to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni.
But until then, the two get involved in various criminal cases.
A wonderfully warm-hearted story from Botswana.

159. Falsche Spuren / Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer

German title translated: False traces
Genre: Short Stories
Reading Reason: Rummage at the Library
Medium: eBook
First published: 1994
Pages: 350

A collection of short stories worth reading, some with crime, some without.

160. This Is How You Die by Ryan North

Genre: Short Stories
Reading Reason: Author
Medium: eBook
First published: 2013
Pages: 515

This is the sequel to Machine of Death, a collection of stories involving a machine that predicts what cause of death you will die from.
But unfortunately, the prediction is not always so clear.
I love the book, even though I had to read it in the original as there is no German translation.

161. Mattia Pascal / Il fu Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello

English Title: The late Mattia Pascal
Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: Nobel Prize
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 1904
Pages: 286

Mattia Pascal is impoverished and unhappily married. One day he escapes and wins a small fortune at roulette. On his way back, he learns that a corpse has been found that is thought to be him. He takes advantage of the situation to live freely under a different name. But is he really free?
A beautiful story about identity and the foundations of life

162. Accabadora / L'Accabadora by Michela Murgia

Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Barbara (Ameise1))
Medium: eBook
First published: 2009
Pages: 208

Bonaria Urrai is an accabadora, a woman who helps the dying to die. She takes in Marie, who can barely be fed by her mother.
Marie lives with her and is allowed to go to school and learn tailoring. She has no idea of her foster mother's side activity.
When she finds out, she is horrified and leaves her. But later they get back together.
A touching story about childhood and growing up in rural Sicily.
It also makes you think about what is right and what is wrong.

I wish you and your loved ones a happy and blessed festive season.

Thinking of you at this time, dear Thomas.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Thomas!

>155 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, I wish you and yours the same!

>156 PaulCranswick: Thank you, my friend.

>157 mstrust: Thank you, Jennifer, it was pleasant.

The Christmas period is also associated with sadness for us, so I wasn't out and about on LT so much over the holidays. But now it's time for the Friday Wins - albeit a little late:
On Friday, my second Christmas card arrived from the LT Holiday Card Exchange.
On Monday our neighbor came home from the hospital, she is still quite weak, but at least she is home for Christmas.
On Tuesday we went to the nativity play, it was again a wonderful experience to see the children's performance full of enthusiasm. In the evening, my wife and I had our traditional Christmas fondue
On Friday we were booked our next holiday for January / February.
And we had lovely walks in the sun, albeit without snow. But the gloomy weather had finally come to an end!

163. Ein Toter zur Bescherung by Eva Eich

German title translated: A dead man for Christmas Present
Genre: Crime Fiction
Reading Reason: Gift
Medium: Paper Book
First published: 2024
Pages: 108

This is an escape room advent calendar to cut open. Every day a part of the story is told and the reader is given a riddle with three possible solutions. To solve the puzzle, the reader has to recognize pictures in the book and then cut open the corresponding page to read the next day's story.
After breakfast, I read out the story of the day (I'm already practicing for my volunteer work next year) and we tried to solve the puzzles together.
It was a lot of fun and we managed to solve almost all the puzzles.

164. James / James by Percival Everett

German title translated: James
Genre: Fiction
Reading Reason: BB 75 books Challenge (Thank you again, Berly (Kim))
Medium: eBook
First published: 2024
Pages: 336

The story of Huck and Jim's getaway, told from the perspective of the slave.
And James experiences the story very differently from the way Mark Twain describes it.
Very intense, wonderfully written and thought-provoking.
An absolute recommendation.

165. Die Tage sind gezählt by Ronald M. Hahn

German title translated: The days are numbered
Genre: Science Fiction
Reading Reason: Reading Reason: Birthday / Death anniversary of the author
Medium: eBook
First published: 1980
Pages: 192

A collection of short stories from Holland and Belgium.
It's interesting to get to know stories by authors I didn't know before
Entertaining and worth reading.

Hello Sir Thomas!! Hope the holidays are treating you well. Look forward to keeping up with you in 2025. : )

Hello Kim, Thank you - We enjoy the sun, good food, walks and, of course, books.
At the moment, I'm preparing my statistics and thinking about my motto for 2025.
I probably won't start my thread for 2025 until next year, but I'm already looking forward to your visits and I promise I'll visit you too.