Paul's reading list 2013 - part 2

Steam railway on the Furka Pass

Books read so far:
1) Das Labor des Alchemisten by Richard Rötzer
2) Das doppelte Lottchen : ein Roman für Kinder by Erich Kästner
3) AG Pinkerton und der Mann mit dem Straussenmagen by Heiner Gross
4) Lauris Krankheit : Erzählung für die Jugend by Johanna Spyri
5) Das Schweizer Kreuz ed. by Heinz Furer
6) War Paul schuldig? by Lisa Tetzner
7) Gefahr in Amsterdam by Carlo Meier
8) Street art New York by Jaime Rojo
9) Urban knits by Simone Werle
10) Romantik edited Robert Klanten
11) Das fliegende Klassenzimmer : ein Roman für Kinder by Erich Kästner
12) Anana : eine Inuit-Legende by Ina Vandewijer
13) Kommt ein Löwe geflogen by Max Kruse
14) Rattentanz by Michael Tietz
15) Der lange Weg nach Kaltbach by Markus Bühler-Rasom
16) Blausäure by Agatha Christie
17) Granatapfelblüte by Chongju So
18) Graffiti bible edited by Fien Meynendonckx
19) After the Laughter by Herakut
20) Book art : iconic sculptures and installations made from books edited by Paul Sloman
21) Anatomie einer Nacht by Anna Kim
22) Mein Name ist Eugen by Klaus Schädelin

Can I already come in? Here's to a cosy new thread! :)

Welcome, Kathy, come on in.

A neighbor put a whole bag of books out in the street, so I had to save these poor books from the rain:
- The cutting : Roman by James Hayman
- Das Verhängnis : Roman by Joy Fielding
- Tokio : Roman by Mo Hayder
- Die indische Prinzessin : die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte der Anita Delgado by Javier Moro
- Das Opfer : Psychothriller by John Katzenbach
- Der Kopf des Löwen: Roman by François de Gourcez
- Wind : Roman by Stephen King
- Crucifix : Thriller by Richard Montanari
- Tödliche Flut : Scimitar SL-2 by Patrick Robinson

How public spirited of you! (No self interest there at all, was there??

I've read the Katzenbach and have the Mo Hayder novel tee-ed up to read shortly.

How could one leave books sitting on the road in heavy rain? That's book abuse! and we are proud about our clean streets - no littering of books around our house! *sigh* I just couldn't resist.

I heard that Tokio should be rather brutal, but I read about the Nanking massacre in passing, so I hope that the story also gives more insight in the situation then.

Beware of the ACM, the Alpine Cloud Monster:

LOVE this image!! LOL... Enough to give any child nightmares, especially if you introduce it atop the Brothers Grimm. You could be responsible for provoking a lifelong terror of ... clouds!

Oh, no, I can't frighten kids - so let's say, it's the Alpine Cloud Mascot, pointing you the way to the snow... (or the new books)

The Rhine valley near Flims/Laax:

Cows on the Riederalp (they protect the path crossing - especially the signpost)


a butterfly on a thistle

Wow Paul what a glorious start to your new thread and in technicolour too!
A veritable book orphanage going on here; loved Suz's comment too by the way hahaha.
Best excuse for accumulating new books given this year methinks!

I adore steam locomotives - very nostalgic. It is great to see the original Paul in the group start the year so active here again.

Paul, beautiful photos in your new thread!

Hej Paul, thanks for the nice comment, I am more active in this group than the years before, I found out that posting pix is more fun than just cataloging books and filling in CKs. - I had to find an excuse, hadn't I? We left church after prayer and on the way to the tram we saw these books - they made a mournful expression. My friend took the children's books and I the novels.

The Furka steam railway go over the pass about 5 times every Sunday during summer - It's a lovely experience, but don't sit in the first carriage with the windows open - you end up as smoked ham.

Hej Diana, I can't offer pix of queens or kings. Our kings and queens are our mountains and lakes, our eagles and cows. Thanks for coming by to enjoy the photos.

I had a busy morning at home making telephone calls to the pension fund the cancer league on behalf of my wife. She turns 60 next month and is still working only part time. Now she was working 90% in the hospital but because of her health (cancer) she can only work 60%, but if she changes the contract the pension fund will pay the future pension on the lower income. My wife also thought of taking some of that money in order to be free to travel home to Korea a few more times - but that's all so complicated. The old people's rent is not an issue (that comes anyway). What is difficult to handle is the pension fund - she will have to take out money before she turns 60 - but, we alxo think, would it be possible to receive a 30% pension and work 60% until retirement? If yes, can she still take out money or not? the cancer league is offering a date where we discuss these matters with an expert of theirs - but that must be soon, since Suki's birthday is on 10th February. And she is in the hospital at the moment for another treatment (Herceptine every three weeks) and I have to go to work now.

Oh Paul, what a difficult situation for you and your wife. I'm so sorry to hear she has cancer.
I hope you'll find a solution with the pension fund very soon and that your wife will be able to travel to Korea for a few more times.
*hugs*

I'm sorry to hear about your wife's cancer, Paul. I hope that she will be able to travel home soon.

Hej Diana and Darryl, we got more bad from the hospital: one of these cancer knots which is growing again, it got three times bigger than last autumn. There will be a new CT/PET in a few weeks and a new evaluation. The situation became more and more better after the first chemotherapy which ended end of 2011, and so she started to work again and we had the hope that she will be able to go back to work. Well, that will not be for the moment.

Finished two books I have taken out from the library some time ago:
23) Märchen aus Litauen edited by Jochen D. Range. I got that last year together with the other book onn Lithuanian tales before I went there... It is a representative collection of different fairy tales from Lithuania - of animals, devils, kings and princesses, farmers and traders. It also starts with Eglé, the youngest daughter of an old couple who married a Natter (a viper) but then was betrayed by her youngest daughter and she and her kids became trees. Plants and animals are often partners in Lithuanian tales and mingle with ease. Devils are not the ultimate evil, but more opponent players in the struggle of life. A good collection of tales and an informative afterword.


24) Der schweizerische Robinson : nacherzählt by Johann David Wyss. A whole family is shipwrecked and starts life anew on a lonely island. They learn how to grow vegetables, to tame animals, to build tree houses. This way they founded Neu-Schweizerland. This book is a good suvrival handbook. Wyss was as pastor in Bern who died 1818 and told this story his four sons (that's why there are four sons on the island and no daughters). He wanted to teach through entertaining his kids. The first edition was published in four volumes by his son.

One word: ugh. Not for the books, for the evil demonic cancer growth.

Let's hope the treatment pushes it back into remission.

Dear Paul,

I'm so sorry to hear about your troubles and hope that your wife is soon strong enough to come home and even visit Korea.

Paul - my heart goes out to Suki and yourself. I trust that she stays as stoic as she obviously has been to date and keeps a positive view. Hugs to both of you.

Oh Paul, that's awful news about Suki's cancer. I hope the new evaluation will result in a treatment that's as helpful as possible. Take care.

I'm sorry to hear about your wife's tumor growth, Paul. Please keep us posted on her condition.

I can't say anything different to what my predecessors have already said: It's sad to hear about the disease and I wish you both all the strength you need to get through these difficult times!

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{Didn't they make a movie out of your 24th read?}

Thanks, Suz, Peg and Paul, Diana, Darryl and Kathy,We had a very rough and tough time two years ago when the cancer was detected. Then before Christmas 2011 the 'bad' medication stuff (you know, that destroys all the hair, nails, and blood ...) was stopped and then Suki recovered quite good and steadily. She was able to fly home to Korea, even, and then was able to start working for a hours a day. The x-ays (? contrasting pictures) showed that most cancer cells were destroyed or shrunk. But now one of these started to grow again. So, back to square one? the chemotherapy all over again? Operation and radiation treatment is not possible since the cell(s) is too close to vital organs. Well, Suki, bears it, according to the circumstances , quite well. Her faith in Christ keeps her going - she is a Child of God, trusting God to do the right thing - even when not totally understanding it. And she family and friends who listen, talks, pray and be with her (skype in these situations is a blessing).

Thanks for asking and thinking of us. I will keep you posted - as soon as we anything more.
The problem with the pension fund is not settled either.

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>26 PersephonesLibrary: yes, Kathy, there were different movies made of that book (see Der Schweizerische Robinson) - and it's rather wide spread in the USA, I read, especially the idea of building a tree house is often taken out of that book.

Last Janurary reads:
25) Our kind of traitor by John Le Carré. edited to add a few remarks: Perry and Gail are on holidays in Antigua and bump into a Russian money-launderer who plays tennis with Perry. Perry gets involved into spy-business and they meet again in Paris, and then for the 'show-down' in Wengen, Berner Oberland. The novel has its lengths.

26) Der Untergang des Hauses Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

too tired to make comments

My first F-books:
- Wer die Toten weckt : ein Marjory-Fleming-Krimi by Aline Templeton
- Melodie für einen schönen Mann : Roman by Monika Held
- Russisch Blut : Kriminalroman by Anne Chaplet
- Gejagt : ein Karen-Sharpe-Roman by John Connor
- Verschlüsselte Wahrheit : ein Inspector-Rebus-Roman by Ian Rankin

meeting in the Alpine fog, steam locomotives crossing:

Suki has been working yesterday afternoon, so far, so good.

I have been to a guided tour through the exhibition on Petra: Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817) was born in Basel, studied in Göttingen, London, and Cambridge. then he went to the Near East, and changed into Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah. He 'discovered' Petra (discovered? well, it was always there but these clueless Europeans just had no idea where it was...) in 1812 (last year anniverrsary). He even went to Medina and Mekka and completed the hadsh. If he actually converted is debated. The certificate for his hash is in the museum, but he never wrote to his parents or friends about converting. He later also 'discovered' Abu Simbel in Egypt. There are excavations going on in Petra and one from the team was our guide. So he could give us very detailed and first-hand information about the artifacts which were displayed. The museum designed the entrance to the exhibition hall a little bit like the canyon one takes when reaching Petra. A fascinating people, these Nabateans - but we know not much about them.


One of these buildings which were cut out of the rock:


Here the Link to the Museum:
http://www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch/sonderausstellungen/petra-wunder-in-der-wueste/

A little statistics about my reading last month:
Pages read: 5956
I read 17 books by male authors, 8 by females
countries of origin:
CH 8
D 8
B 2
GB 2
A 1
S 1
ROK 1
MEX 1
USA 1

I read 26 books, two books by the same German author

Sad to hear the news about your wife's condition Paul. It must be so hard to try to be strong for her at this time.

Hej Karen, thanks for your kind words. The 'be strong' becomes especially difficult when we discuss the future - should she seek early retirement? should she get part of the pension as hard cash in order to travel home and then get a very meager pension afterwards? Well, we haven't our lives fix in our hands until the end, especially not the end.

My first F-read:
27) The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society : Are we . . a logical people? ; native races and the Great War by Harry Hamilton Johnston. A 1915 propaganda talk for this society. They wanted to help indigenous peoples in the British empire (and elsewhere). But the war hindered their war as well as Roosevelt's bad opinion about these societies interfering with economic interests of American companies. The USA was never good in dealing with indigenous peoples anyway. An interesting 'pep talk' or whitewash, pointing out some problems of indigenous peoples and affirming their stance in the War as being totally on the British side because of the good experiences they have made with the Society, "the most purely philanthropic organization which exists in our land at the present day". A library user had it on loan and gave it back and I just read it now.

some add-ons:
- Die Häupter meiner Lieben : Roman by Ingrid Noll
- Selige Witwen : Roman by Ingrid Noll
- Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe : Romanby Stef Penney
- Tod in Sils Maria : 17 üble Geschichten by Ulrich Knellwolf
- Killing the shadows by Val McDermid
- The wounded spirit by Frank E. Peretti (through bookmooch)

# 34 big decisions indeed Paul

Karen: yes. Suki wants to enjoy the last part of her life on Earth and so why not stop working and travel home and other places? But she also wants to work in the hospital as a nurse. - Today she went to work for a special day: A few Korean nurses come here in order to learn something about dealing with elderly people (especially Alzheimer patients). They will look at two old people's homes and Suki is the guide and translator. Exhausting, but also very interesting.

28) Das Haus an der Küste by James L. Rubart. My second F-book is a kind of Christian fantasy which reminded of The shack by William Paul Young and The house by Frank Peretti. Micha is a successful software engineer in Seattle and one day gets a letter from an great uncle who bequeaths a house to him. There he should come to terms with his past (the death of his mother etc). He comes into contact with God and the more things are coming in order at the coast are changing his life and career in Seattle. He has to choose between a life of faith and a life for money. A good read. I received that book as a Christmas gift from the Korean lady who asked me to take over her Korean lectures at the Korean church here.

29) Einführender Vortrag zum Epheserbrief by William Kelly. We treat Ephesians at church at the moment. So I also took the same epistle to other Bible studies I am part of and read this short introductory to the epistle. Kelly gives an overview to each chapter with the themes: our blessings in Christ (1), our position in Christ (2), our witness of Christ (3), our walk in Christ (4-5), and our battle in Christ (6). I put it in the tioli challenge 6, in 'honor' of Paul Kelly who died half a year after I was born.

30) Die Drachen der Tinkerfarm by Tad Williams. A fantasy about an 'Ordinary Farm' in California. Taylor and Lucinda are invited to spend their holidays on this farm with their uncle. They discover strange animals and people on that farm and get involved into some adventures. A good read for young people

31) Der Augensammler : Psychothriller by Sebastian Fitzek. An ex-policeman, now journalist, is on a hunt for a brutal murder, who first kills the mother and then kidnaps the child and 'plays' hide and seek: He gives the father several hours in which the child could be find. But usually the child is muffled till then and the murder has operarted his/her left eye out, that's why the press call him 'Eye Collector'. Slow beginning, but gripping mystery.

#42 sounds gruesome Paul. Think I will stick to my Dickens which is sad but not yuk

Yes, Karen, stick to Dickens - there are some gruesome descriptions in Fitzek's book.

Ever heard Amazing Grace by a postman? An amazing performance by a postman from Zürich in this casting show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqPNHTBJZss&feature=share&list=PLVAXp_5Q2...

Hi Paul!

#45: I don't like such casting shows, but hey: That's some great singing he's doing here. :)
#42: Is it just me or are crime novels and thriller getting more brutal, bloody and gory? In January some publishing representatives showed us the new publications and some were "grenzwertig" - very attention-grabbing. But maybe I'm just getting more sensitive...

Have a nice Thursday!

Hej Kathy

I agree with you on both accounts: I don't like casting shows - I never watched one, in this case a friend in church told me about this man and his faith in Christ - so I got to youtube and listened to the song. And his way of singing (also the way he started with the last verse) - that's great.
and I feel, too, that quite a lot of the newer crime novels have more graphic descriptions of the murders.

Tonight my wife goes to a few days of prayer and meditation to Amden and I bring her there this afternoon. A bit snowy/rainy weather but not bad for driving around, I hope for some sunny spells.

Enjoy your day, too

32) Blut vergisst nicht : Roman by Kathy Reichs. A corpse is found in a lake near Québec, named Lowery. But this died some years ago in Vietnam. Then another corpse shows up with the dog tag of Lowery. Tempe has a lot to do. I like Reichs' mysteries.

I think I've read just one of her books but didn't care for the style too much. Can't even recall now what it was.

Hej Karen, I first saw 'Bones' on TV and then realised that the character was based on Reichs' books. And I found the (first) books much better than the TV series. But I also prefer the older Brennan mysteries. This one was also quite technical and complicated. I somehow like Tempe Brennan.

Eyemouth, Northern England

I received this book Kerewin : Roman door Keri Hulme in Dutch (Amsterdam 1992). But I can' t read Dutch. Anybody interested in getting it? Let me know, I'll send it to you.

Paul, your pictures are gorgeous!

I'm sorry that you and your wife not only have to deal with her cancer, but with bureaucracy as well. It's not like you're trying to rip them off or anything. So I hope all goes well with that tangle, and I hope your wife does all the things she wants to do!

Paul lovely pictures; of Eyemouth and the Alpine Express. How I wish Suki could pack the cancer aboard that train and have it steam away from both of you.

See you're still acquiring steadily - make it 118 so far this year.

Paul, I somehow lost you when you started a new thread and now I find you and see some beautiful pictures but also some distressing news about your wife. I wish you both all the best and hope there is some way for it all to work out in the best way possible.

I like the 'Bones' TV series as well, but haven't yet gotten around to reading the books. I'm sure I will enjoy them; they are very much the type of books I like to read.

Paul, have a good Sunday.

Hello Paul,
I am very sorry to hear that your wife got this distressing news and send you lots of positive vibes to give you and her the strength during this difficult time.

I love all the beautiful pictures on your new thread. Wish you a lovely remaining Sunday Paul. :)

Thanks Terri. It's difficult to make decisions about one's financial future when so many institutions are involved. What makes it tedious is the fact one decision with one institution influence the ones with the other parts. And you never make the 'right' decision. Especially when 'planning' one's life span. So we think and pray, discuss with other people and then have to make our decision. It must be 'our' decision, not the 'right' one.

Hej Paul, I came upon the picture of Eyemouth when scanning some paper pix for Suki's birthday presentation and thought it's a lovely place. It may look differently today, the picture was taken 1987. But a visit would be nice.
Thanks for the good wishes for Suki - nice pictures - packing the cancer in the train and let it go...

Welcome back Julia, enjoy the pix. We thought of putting all cancer thoughts aside for this weekend and that was good. The daughters are still here and help with Korean cooking (Chinese New Year). We had a good weekend.
I still watch 'Bones' occasionally.

And you too, Diana.

Thanks, Bianca, we are happy about Suki's birthday and the nice weekend with the children. We are thankful for what we have and can do.

Suki was wondering all the long why we didn't mention her coming 60th birthday. In Korea, that is quite an important one. So she planned a prayer seminar in the pre Alps (Amden, above the Walensee in the mountains) and a party on the 23rd February. She told us and her friends this date and we all noted it. She then started to ask the oldest daughter about that party: what food to prepare, who to invite etc. Naomi had already planned most of the her own event and so got valuable info concerning guests and food... and had to mime the innocent (well, we all had). Last Tuesday Suki got a postcard saying that she will be kidnapped from the seminar place at 2 pm on Saturday. I didn't know of anything, I told her. I fetched her on Saturday and drove her directly to the place and she almost broke into tears when she entered that room and saw these 36 persons waiting for her! Everybody kept quiet and so it became a big surprise. She was so happy - also about all the Korean food, our girls and other Koreans prepared and brought along. We had a lovely time together.

Wow, you are all really good at keeping a secret! How fun to have a surprise party for Suki's birthday. That must have been fun to plan.

Julia, it wasn't my planning actually, so I missed a lot of the fun. The girls told me only those details which were necessary for me. But it was fun, especially on Saturday when I drove to this seminar hotel and had to bring her to the waiting party guests ... and see her being moved.

Here a picture of Suki from our wedding:

Paul, your wife is beautiful!

Suki is a beautiful lady, Paul. I hope she had a lovely birthday weekend.

She is beautiful, thanks, yes

and she enjoyed the birthday party - despite the shock of not being able to change into evening gown...

I asked the University Library to buy several books last year. They somehow fit into different collections of the University Library and so they were bought, I didn''t read them, but I receeived them all. I just came to that list again:
- Orbis Helveticorum : das Schweizer Buch und seine mitteleuropäische Welt by Viliam Čičaj
- Wanted women : faith, lies, and the war on terror ; the lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui by Deborah Scroggins
- 12067288::The world encyclopedia of calligraphy : the ultimate compendium on the art of fine writing history, craft, technique by Christopher Calderhead
- Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West by Blaine Harden
- Erfolgsfaktor Integrität : wie Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft erneuert werden können by Johannes Grassl
- There was a country : a personal history of Biafra by Chinua Achebe
- Wozu Wirtschaftsethik? by Birger P. Priddat
- The book of books : the radical impact of the King James Bible, 1611-2011 by Melvyn Bragg
- Overdressed : the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline

When 'kidnapping' my wife I made a short stop at the Buchschachtel (book box) and got two bags full of books for free:
- Kalt wie Gold : Roman by Marcel Montecino
- Das zweite Zeichen : Roman by Ian Rankin
- Grössenwahn : Roman by Lee Child
- Nacht über dem Bajou : Roman by James Lee Burke
- Big Bad City : Roman aus dem 87. Polizeirevier by Ed McBain
- Frühstück bei Tiffany und andere Erzählungen by Truman Capote
- Der Leibarzt : Historischer Roman by Ralf Günther
- Das Lied der Insel : Roman by Lisa Carey
- Hex-Dame : Roman by Marjan Berk
- Der Tabakhändler : Roman by John Barth
- One easy piece by Don Merritt
- Selected poems of Lord Byron : including Don Juan & other poems by George G. Byron
- Our fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
- Miriam by Jack Jacobson
- The troublesome offspring of Cardinal Guzman by Louis De Bernières
- The descendants : a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
- Tickled pink : a comic novel by Rita Rudner
- Elvis is titanic : classroom tales from the other Iraq by Ian Klaus
- The hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
- Killing me softly : a novel of obsession by Nicci French
- Die Reisen mit meiner Tante : Roman by Graham Greene
- Ein Mann mit vielen Namen : Roman by Graham Greene
- Orientexpress : Roman by Graham Greene

there are some trouvailles among them

33) Die Unvollendete : Roman by Michel Faber. A vocal quintet goes to Belgium in order to train a new piece for a music festival. The soprano Catherine is mentally instable and the story is told from her viewpoint, describing the beavior of the different singers. Short, easy read.

Hm Die Unvollendete sounds good. I still have got two books by him on my TBR which I still plan to read this year.

Great book haul - why did you get the books for free?

Wish you a great day Paul

Paul - great photo of Suki on her big day. 150 books up for the year already, way to go!

ETA Jealous to add I have had to buy all of mine!

Hej Bianca Die Unvollendete describes a singing 'camp' in an old villa in a forest. Every singer has his/her own problems and the interactions of these characters are described - well, only the soprano's, basically.
'books for free' - because of my looks :) no, the Buchschachtel is a town sponsored place for recycling books. all the books are given free and get a stamp saying that this book was taken for free from this place (and they make the stamp really look bad - often smeared...). I didn't have time to actually look close what I get. the English section is pretty small (I took all the novels they had). This time I basically looked for Graham Greene and some mysteries.

Thanks, Paul, - Suki looks great, doesn't she?
I agree that I have an unjust advantage of having such a book box so close by (half hour drive) ...
But what does ETA stand for? I know it from the Greek alphabet, a Basque terrorist group, and a Swiss watch manufacturer, or short for 'Estimated time of arrival'. But I guess, you mean something else

Paul - to be fair I picked it up from LT. It means Edited To Add.

*grin* I think Paul ment "Edited To Add".

Oh, and I forgot to comment on that beautiful photo of Suki, which I actually enjoyed very much!

I wish we had a bookstore like that somewhere.

Thanks for the clarification on ETA - I must have seen it somewhere but I apparently overlooked it in LT

34) Leihen Sie uns Ihren Mann? : Komödien der Erotik by Graham Greene. 12 delightful short stories. Holidays in Antibes are quite interesting, especially when two men arrive and try to 'borrow' the husband of a newly wed couple. Or a 39-year-lady is alone on holidays and feels like she should have an affair, but how? Or the young man who is told not to play with himself because that would cause cancer - but he is the only child, with whom should he play than himself?
Thanks, Paul, for the suggestion to read Greene.

Anybody for Bobsleighing?
Just got that (picture) book about the sport, quite interesting. So far the oldest bob-sled seems to be from Davos, introduced by an American guest in 1888/89. The first club was founded 1896 in St. Moritz, then came the bobrun there with the famous 'horseshoe'. The 4-bob as an lympic discipline started 1924 in Chamonix. In the former races, a 3-bob-team had to have on lady on borad, the 4-bob-team two.
35) 100 Jahre Bobsport by Max Triet


Here some pix from the book:
Steel-Bobsleigh, Typ Mathis, St. Moritz around 1900


some post cards


Bachmann-Bob Montreux 1908 (a lady had to be part of the team)


St. Moritz


the winner from 1988 in Calgary: Switzerland I

Hi Paul,

I loved the story about Suki's birthday party! How is it even possible to keep that all a secret, when so many people are involved? Hats off!

Very nice hauls again. I love John Irving, but haven't yet read Hotel New Hampshire. I own Breakfast at Tiffany's, but haven't got the time to read it. I'm not sure, but I think that I own a novel by Graham Greene somewhere... unread. I'm glad about your review Leihen Sie uns Ihren Mann? - I need to dig up my Greene-novel, now. Does Nacht über dem Bajou take place in Louisiana?

The list for your university library includes some titles that make me curious, e.g. Overdressed must be a very interesting read, so must be Escape from Camp 14 and There was a country.

I love bobsleighing! I'm the rare and exotic representative of the Austrian population who does not know how to ski. But I LOVE bobsleighing. :) Where I live, so-called "Hornerrennen" take place, which are a lot of fun.

Have a nice weekend and enjoy your latest book hauls!

Hi Kathy,

Yeah, I guess, that everybody kept quiet was the biggest surprise for me... That was so touching when Suki realized what was going on.

Yes, the Nacht über dem Bayou takes place in Louisiana, the original title is Cadillac jukebox (yesm there was a typo in Bajou, it should be Bayou). I have no idea why they changed the title...

Overdressed is showing that cheap fashion is not actually cheap in the long run - especially not for those who have tp produce these clothings. Escape from Camp 14 is the sad story of a young man who betrayed his mother and sister to the authorities because he was angry them - they ended up being shot. He later could escape North Korea. There was a country I asked for because I remember that this war in Biafra brought about the discussions about export of weapons in Switzerland. A Swiss helicopter of the Red Cross was shot down by Swiss anti aircraft guns... good for the industry, they can sell everything. The laws for exporting weapons for reinforced.

We have 'Horen', too, especially in Alt St. Johann (South of the Säntis). But I never raced with such a sleigh (sled?), I grow up with a Davoser. Did you actually do bobsleighing, or 'just' the 'normal' sleighs?

Hallihallo Paul,

I can imagine that it was a lovely moment when Suki got surprised. It must have been great for her to have all those people around her.

Thanks for the annotations to the different books. I'll look out for your opinion about Nacht über Bayou - if it's worth a try.
> Overdressed: I have to check my library for that, because that is such an important topic. People are so not aware of what crimes they are supporting when they're buying at e.g. Kik or Tacco - or all the other clothing retailers.
> There was a country: I don't know how it can be realized, but it should forbidden to profit from a war. Well, but as long as you can make money... and of course, you're creating jobs and the home economy benefits from the industry....
That reminds me of a book I bought last year War Games by Linda Polman - about all the critical relation between Aid and wars. I have to dig that up.

Oh, of course I'm only using "normal" sledge. :)

Just a piece of info to Overdressed: She also writes about 'fast fashion', you know you get a new trend on clothing every weekend - and these products are usually made pretty fast and cheap - without any care about people or environment.

So I just closed the Caritas shop and have Feierabend.

I wish you all a good evening.

Swiss ignorance: Vasella is leaving Novartis, the big chemical company here in Basel. And for doing nothing within the next 6 years (i.e. not working for an other chemical company), he receives 1 million Swiss Francs per month! Novartis is cutting down jobs and the boss takes all the money. Disgusting.

Chinese ignorance: We have Fasnacht (carnival) here in Basel, starting tomorrow with the Morgestraich (morning act). There are different cliques (bands, groups) who all play and march on the road in costumes. One clique now ordered their costumes in China. But the costumes should resemble army pilot dresses (because of the Swiss army buying new jets), so the Chinese treated these costumes as 'war material' and asked for special export papers and customs payment etc. But then they mixed up Switzerland with Sweden and sent the whole lot to Sweden! What do Chinese officials learn in school? Well, the costumes just arrived in time... Funny.

Bobsleighing looks truly terrifying Paul - I think I'll stick to Graham Greene, William Trevor and my less arduous pursuits. Have a great Sunday dear fellow and kiss the wife for all of us. (chastely if you don't mind, anyways you want to for your goodself!)

Hej Paul, yeah, it is dangerous. There is a report in the book of one who went down with the bob and tells of his fear when driving down and then the pride for having done it afterwards... First he was told that it is totally safe, and then he started to doubt his sanity when it started.

I will tell Suki about your kisses, but she is not so fond of my books and my 'wasting time' with librarything. Well, let's see how she reacts when she returns home from work.

36) Der letzte Wunsch by Andrzej Sapkowski. A witcher is 'made' to fight vampires, mutants and other eveil creatures in order to protect other people. Geralt of Riva is such a witcher who travels the lands and fights for the good. The first volume of this Polish fantasy.

37) Schweinskopf al dente : ein Provinzkrimi by Rita Falk. A German mystery about a Kommissar from a small village in Bavaria. Franz Eberhofer is a policeman who still lives next to his parents, so that his grand mother can still cook for him (that's where the recipes at the end of book are coming from). The local judge puts a villain into prison but he then, the villain, can escape and tries to frighten the judge and the police. The plot would be okay, but the language is bad, I think about all four letter words starting with l, f, p and s appear (in German) and the writing is more for a boulevard press product than a book. that the author uses dialect in direct speech is fine, but the Bavarian shows up too often (and the novel is not declared as Bavarian but German). At one time I was teaching 15, 16-year-olds German and I had to correct their German papers - 4.5 for content, 1 or below for German (6 being the best in Switzerland)
The title translated: Porc head al dente

Hey Paul,
what did you think about Der letzte Wunsch that's a book from my wishlist!

However, just stopping by to wish you a lovely remaining Sunday. I went to the cinema with Alex today and we saw an absolute fantastic and mesmerizing production from the Cirques du Soleil. I absolutely loved it, I had to constrain myself not to go on clapping an whooping in the cinema. Well, I do believe if I would have done that Alex would stop going to the cinema with me. *smile*

Hej Bianca
The Geralt Saga is a new mystery series to me and has some good features: It's world where the witchers, sorcerers, elves, and priests all have different powers. Geralt is a strong, principled character who has a bad image, but is a hero who fights all the bad creatures and helps the innocent and those bewitched. There is some humour in it. I want to read the 2nd volume. I had some trouble in the beginning getting into the story and understand the different characters. That may be because I started with a prequel and not the first volume.

It is definitely worthwhile watching a show by the Cirque du Soleil. I saw different parts on TV and I always liked it. Yes, you better behave when your son is around - they are 'touchy' when their parents don't behave in public. *grin*

38) Engadiner Landschaften : ausgewählte Aufnahmen von Albert Steiner. Steiner (1877-1965) was a Swiss fotografer who lived over 40 years in the Engadin and made a lot of photographs of the landscape. Great pix. I will scan a few and put them here. The book contains a short biography and 28 whole page pictures taken in the 1920s in the Engadin.

My weekly dose of free books:
- Der Idiot : Roman by Fjodor M. Dostojewski
- Anna Karenina : Roman by Leo N. Tolstoi
- Der Ginsengjäger : Roman von Jeff Talarigo
- Eismond : Roman by Jan Costin Wagner
- Schadenersatz : ein Vic-Warshawski-Roman by Sara Paretsky
- Im Schatten des Granatapfelbaums : Roman by Tariq Ali
- Der blauäugige Oktopus : Erzählungen aus Surinam edited by Rainer Kersten
- Die Fälscherin : Roman by Beate Rygiert
- Der menschliche Makel : Roman by Philip Roth
- A town like Alice by Nevil Shute
- Bleak house by Charles Dickens
- Proud to be by Kelly Flinn

I had to laugh, Paul. I was looking at your library, and it surprised me that we had over 100 books in common, albeit in different languages!

Hej Terri, and the 'what should you borrow?' section gives me some interesting stuff, like Sue Grafton, or Packing for Mars, or The secret life of bees. I will definitely look out for Grafton's books - the other two have interesting titles, but if I going to get them, I don't know.

Here some fotos by Albert Steiner, as promised:

a shepherd with his sheep in front of the Bernina:


the railway near the Berninapass


the cemetary of Maloja (the burying place of Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter, 1858-1899)


Lakes of Silvaplana and Sils


St. Moritz in winter

Today I received another book through Bookmooch (this time from Vienna):
Keine Gnade : Thriller by Daniel Annechino

We went to the doctor and got this message today: There is a cancerous lymph gland which is growing rapidly and the second is also 'shining' on the screen. The doctor wants to discuss now with his colleagues from the radiology and surgery (he himself is the head oncologist) how to fight these new cells: operation, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. We can decide next Tuesday based on their recommendations what to do...

I am glad that there is not a new epicenter/hearth of cancer cells, but that 'old' cells are growing again. So that means that there is no further offshoots of the original cancer. But it also means that the initial operation and chemotherapy were not as efficient as we first thought.

Hello Paul,
what wonderful pics you posted, they are almost magical the way they look *smile* and I see that you had again a brilliant bookhaul for free. I am still re-reading Anna Karenina but in English this time round and I do have A Town like Alice on my TBR.

I am very sorry to hear that your wife has to undergo treatment again. I will think about you two and keep you in my prayers to give send you some extra strength. I will cross my thumbs and all my limbs and will keep you in my mind next Tuesday.

Guten Abend Paul,

the pictures are beautiful. They have something very "painting"-like, e.g. "The Lakes of Silvaplana and Sils" looks almost like a painting by Caspar David Friedrich. And the railway looks like a model railway. Impressive!

I'm so sorry about the bad news. I'm sending good thoughts to Suki and you and hope that everything will turn out right. I'm sure you're going to make the right decision. All the best for the future - whatever it might bring. I'll be thinking about you and keeping my fingers crossed for Tuesday!

Good thoughts and all best wishes on their way to you and Suki. I hope that this round of treatment does a better job of erasing those bad cells once and for all!

Hallo Bianca, so many people seem to read Anna Karenina that I took the book as soon as I saw it - an wonder when do I have the time to read these 999 pages of my copy? (maybe I should dial the 9 9 9...)

Servus Kathy I like these photographs and you are right they look almost like paintings of Friedrich. And it is interesting that part of the landscapes are recognizable still today. And the Rhätische Bahn (the railway over the Berninapass) looks a bit like model railway, since they have a smaller gauge (? Spurbreite) than the other railways. I you ever have the chance to make a trip with that railway - go for it. It's great for sightseeing and has some of finest railway buildings (bridges, tunnels).

Hej Julia thank you for all the good thoughts and wishes. I am so pleased about all the wishes and support I get here at LT.

another picture of St. Moritz

LOL - yes maybe you should dial the 999. Actually, AK is quite an easy read not to dense. Although, there are some paragraphs on the economic situation which are a bit boring - but you just could skip that *grin*.

And another beautiful photograph. These photos are incredibly atmospheric. Thank you for sharing them :)

Dear Paul, best wishes for you and Suki. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Bianca - dialing 999 in Switzerland wouldn't be of any consequence, it would lead to nothing. Thanks for the encouragement to read AK.

Hej Diana, thank you so much for your good wishes and you're thinking about Suki

39) Der chly Prinz by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I reread the Swiss-German translation of this classic. Just great

Today I received another book from a bookmooch friend (this time from London):
New world by Chris Priestley

Hej Kathy, here are two pictures from Caspar David Friedrich:
Lonesome Tree (1822)


The Morning (1820/21)

Good morning Paul :)

Again very atmospheric and beautiful pictures. I very much like the bottom one called The Morning. There are soo many details on it you don't notice on first glance. Such as the man in the little boat fishing.

Count me to the ones who love The little Prince as well.

Hej Bianca

Freidrich's paintings are so detailed, and so rich in color nuances.

I read the Chly Prinz now in German, French and Swiss-German and I always find something new I haven't seen the last time.

#105: Hi Paul - I was thinking of exactly the "Lonesome tree"-painting, when I saw the "Lakes of Silvaplana and Sils"-photography! Friedrich's paintings are amazing. On the first glance they look like simple landscape paintings, but you can always find some special details! And how he catches the atmosphere - simply stunning!

Kathy, you're right, Friedrich is a stunning painter.

40) Orientexpress : Roman by Graham Greene. Different passengers board the train in Oostende and Köln in order to travel to Konstantinopel. Greene describes each person and their backgrounds and their interactions in the train. Fine, detailed descriptions of all the characters. What I didn't like so much was his remarks on the Jews: that they are always recognizable by their looks .... and only think in terms of money and business ... otherwise a good read.

Hi Paul, I got behind again, and I'm very sorry to read that Suki's cancer has returned. Sending up some prayers for you both as you face decisions about treatment and also about pensions etc.

The old photos and the Friedrich paintings are stunning, and the lists of free books acquired are very impressive too. My favourite Graham Greene is The Power and the Glory. Have you read that one yet?

Thanks for the prayers, Genny. Today Suki invited some Koreans for her birthday celebration (the one she organized because the kids and I were not saying a single word about her birthday). And next week we will hear again from the hospital.

I have only started to read Green because of the other Paul's recommendation - and started with those books I have: There is The quiet American and The captain and the enemy next on my pile. Let's see if I can get a copy of The Power and the Glory

I hope you have a good Sunday, Paul!

I was taking care of the little kids during church service today. Looking at picture books, building lego towers they then can destroy, singing 'Happy birthday' for a girl today, sniffing around who's got something in their pants/diapers ... a normal Sunday 'When I get older / sniffing around / in the church child care... could be handy / cleaning a nose / many years from now ...' (well I am not 64 yet)

Sounds a great way to spend a Sunday morning!

It is a "challenge" to keep up with everybody on LT, it has been a little while since I have been on your thread. I am so sorry to hear of your wife's cancer. I will keep you both in my prayers daily that you have the strength to cope with the many trials you face right now. I can tell by your re-telling of how you spend your days that you are a kind and loving person and I know that anybody on LT that knows of your difficulties right now is sending all their positive and loving thoughts your way.

Re:your photos and pictures are gorgeous, what a pleasure to look at! I particularly love the pics of the steam engines, beautiful pieces of machinery, I think of them as works of art! I also enjoyed your story about Suki's birthday party and loved the photo of her wedding day. You can see all the joy she is feeling and all her happy anticipation of the days to come on her face!

Hej Genny, the time was flying, we were two 'carers' and five kids from 1-3. And then my daughter came in the afternoon and we made hottog (a Korean dish with red beans).

Hej Mary Beth, great to find you here - there are just too many threads and I can't keep up with everyone. I am very thankful for your prayer and good thoughts - we feel supported by friends and family; and also by LTs. I am pleased about the support we get here.

I feel honored for your high regard of my pictures. I like to share the beautiful things I can see. And this wedding picture is really a precious and well done one - it was taken by a friend of mine then (we couldn't afford a professional photographer, but this friend did a very good job, didn't he?).

My new dose of free books:
- Arabesk by Barbara Nadel
- Jesus : a story of enlightenment by Deepak Chopra
- Oskar und die Dame in Rosa : Erzählung by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- Sprung übern Zaun : Roman by Grete von Urbanitzky
- Schmutz und Sühne : ein Jane-Jeffry-Krimi by Jill Churchill
- Müsli für den Mörder : ein Goldy-Bear-Krimi by Diane Mott Davidson
- Süss ist der Tod : ein Goldy- Bear- Krimi by Diane Mott Davidson
- Die Tulpenkönigin : historischer Roman by Enie van Aanthuis
- Der Process : Roman by Franz Kafka
- Bewohnte Frau : Roman by Gioconda Belli
- Inspektor Jury besucht alte Damen : Roman by Martha Grimes

Ahh - I hope you enjoy those. I read a Barbara Nadel for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. I love Churchill's Jane Jeffrey series. I like some of the Diane Mott Davidson books better than others, but I usually end up reading them. I'm way behind on the Martha Grimes books, but I've read quite a few of them (mostly out of order).

I have been listing the books I acquired at the end of 2012 since I made a vow not to buy any books for as long as I can hold out this year. The link to the list is on my 2013 75 book challenge page as you read through the top of the page you will come to it. If you are interested in seeing the books I have most recently acquired they will be on that page although it is time for me to list some more books on there. I have been so busy reading the threads of others on here that I have not worked on my own threads. I will have to find some time for reviews today though as I am almost 2 or 3 behind!

Lori, I did already read a few Grimes' novels. The books by Churchill and Davidson are the first ones I have. Now I should just get enough time for reading all these books...

Mary, I had a look at your thread and you had some interesting acquisitions. I am always behind reading all the threads.

41) BRZPF die Wichtelfrau : eine Bildergeschichte rund ums Basler Münster by Regula Hess. A comic about a imp/gnome woman who lives in the Basler Münster. She is only visible to Lori when she is behaving naughty. She plays ghost in the Church, goes boating on the Rhine with the water gnomes, invites other gnomes ... Apparently a weekly comic with 52 strips. Nice but not overwhelming.

Paul - still very visually stimulating here. Nice to see your progress with Graham Greene also. The works by writers in the inter war years especially seem rent with disparaging remarks about jewish people which thankfully we don't see so much of nowadays.

ETA Paul book count - I make it you're up to 175 books already brought into your collection this year.

Hej Paul, I still got a few other Green(e) books on my pile, a Priestl(e)y ixs also around :) time permitting, they will be read.

I am reading Antigua, puce at the moment by Robert Graves - a bit a painstaking work to read, he is so detailed, so it is a slow reading pace ...

42) The world encyclopedia of calligraphy : the ultimate compendium on the art of fine writing history, craft, technique by Christopher Calderhead. Finished my last February book. A very nicely done and well illustrated book on calligraphy. It starts off with a little history of writing and alphabets, then gives an introduction on brushes, pens, and inks and the like. Calderhead and a few other contributors show how to write different scripts: Roman (Unical, Carolingian, Gothic, Italic...), Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Indic (Devanagari, Gujarati, Bengali), Tibetan, Chinese, Japanes, Korean, Armenian, Syriac. For each script they give hints about the tools to be used and how to use (for example they give the angle at which onme should hold the pen or the brush). If you like scripts or calligraphy - go for that book.

From the above mentioned book on calligraphy:

How to draw an O with the (East Asian) brush:


A poem in Korean:


Different styles of Korean:

Some statistics: I read 16 books in February (two by the same British author), these are 3439 pages, this time only two books were in English, the others in German and one Swiss German. I read books by 12 male and 3 female authors.
Nationalities:
USA 4
CH 3
D 2
GB 2
NL 1
IRL 1
PL 1
F 1

43) Arbeit im Wandel der Zeit : eine Ausstellung des Wirtschaftsarchivs Vorarlberg edited by Thomas Ernst Wanger. This little volume is publication of the Economic Archive Vorarlberg in Feldkirch, Austria, about an exhibition they had on work. There are articles on work in the household and in the society, the plight of women in the working process, the beginning of Arbeitsmedizin (Occupational Medicine?), and the description of the development of certain professions.

Here some pictures of workers from the above exhibition:

Ploughing


Police work


Spinning, weaving


civil engineering


Washing


Happy times to work then...

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I love those photos of working conditions in the old days compared to more recent - or in some cases, more or less obsolete (poughing with horses I guess is pretty rare these days, as tractors do all the work).

And that calligraphy book looks very interesting. I know a lot about Western calligraphy - I am very out of practice but I did once do quite a lot of calligraphy and studied the different styles, plus my doctorate was about scribes and manuscripts in approx 6-9th century AD in Ireland and Britain, so I know all about Roman and Uncial and Half-Uncial etc. But I am very ignorant about scripts from other parts of the world - the world-wide perspective of this book sounds very good - and I know that calligraphy is a highly valued art form in Eastern cultures. I shall have to look out for that book...

Nice pictures, Paul. And the calligraphy photos are so interesting.

Genny, I remember my grandfather ploughing with an ox, but when my uncle took over the farm, tractors came and I was sometimes sitting on it and steering - I was too small to actually reach the breaks or push the clutch (I was around 11 or so), so I always shouted like mad when I saw a hindrance or the end of the field or ... And working in tunnels or canals was not at all healthy ... One of my grandmothers had also such an old clothes-cooking-tool in which one had to bring the water to the boil - that was really hard work. Today I shove everything in the washing machine and hang it up the next morning.

I like calligraphy and 'learned' in school, too. The birth card from our first daughter was handwritten by me - every single card. Well, I had the time: My wife was in the hospital and I was alone at home - what else could I do during these days? My wife once gave me an ink stone and bowl (?) and a brush for Korean calligraphy but I didn't get any far *sigh*

Diana, They are nice, aren't they? I just thought, I am going to share these fine pictures of calligraphy and working people - maybe giving somebody else ideas about worthwhile subjects to read about (or just enjoy).

Here a book shelve for Americans:


The South is totally crammed, the North is unpopulated. A true picture?

Lovely calligraphy photos and the work-comparison photos are very interesting as well. As for the USA bookshelf, I'm not sure it quite reflects reality, but since my little bit (Iowa) looks pretty full with books I'm content.

Hej Julia, maybe the book shelf was started by a kid, and can only fill the 'higher' compartments when grown? So, Iowa is the 'highest' reachable place for now :)

Paul - The USA of bookshelves is interesting but maybe less practical than I am in urgent need of.

Have a wonderful weekend.

another private home library:

My goodness anyone with vertigo issues would have to give up reading! Splendidly impressive; a bookcased skyscraper.

That's Michael Guggenheimer's home, the pix was taken last year after the Literatur Days in Solothurn.

Well, Paul, a book shelf like that helps one to stay fit when getting books...

Wow, that is an amazing wall of books! I'm getting dizzy just looking at it.

Imagine you need books high up but you forgot which one exactly, climbing up and down, searching for it ... till you have forgotten which one you were looking for...

My last additions in February:
- Trübe Wasser sind kalt : Roman by Patricia Cornwell
- Bronzeschatten : Roman by Lindsey Davis
- Eisenhand : Roman by Lindsey Davis
- Mord in Londinium : Roman by Lindsey Davis
- Schüsse auf die Befreier : die "Luftguerilla" der Schweiz gegen die Alliierten 1943-45 by Peter Kamber
- BRZPF die Wichtelfrau : eine Bildergeschichte rund ums Basler Münster by Regula Hess
- Der Hexer von Salem : Band 1 by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Der Hexer von Salem : Band 2 by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Der Hexer von Salem : Band 3 by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Leben will ich : Roman by Benoîte Groult
- Die Teeprinzessin by Hilke Rosenboom
- Damals in Allenwinden : Roman by Jean Villain
- SPQR : ein Krimi aus dem alten Rom by John Maddox Roberts
- Der Fluch des Volkstribuns : SPQR by John Maddox Roberts
- Die Catilina-Verschwörung : ein Krimi aus dem alten Rom by John Maddox Roberts
- Procurator : Roman by Kirk Mitchell
- Liberator : Roman by Kirk Mitchell
- Der weisse Knochen : Roman by Barbara Gowdy
- Die brennende Gasse : Roman by Ann Benson

when cataloging these books, this Indonesian banknote fell out of one of the Roberts books:


First I thought 'Oh no, I've to find out who put these books there where I got them!', so I checked the currency and found that the Indonesian rupiah is not exactly of any value (10'000 idr = 1 chf). But this is a note from 1998. Anybody knows anything about that bank note? I probably take it to the library and ask people there.

No idea about the bank notes.

I see you have picked up some Lindsey Davis books; I love her Falco series! Have you read any yet?

Genny, no, there were a whole bunch of Roman books by Davis, Roberts, and Mitchell. I am not so keen on ancient Rome, but then, why not try one? I'll see.

Paul,

My heart goes out to you and your wife. Please know my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Thank you for posting the lovely photos. My partner lived near Darmstadt for a number of years. He returned to the states many years ago and often he states that he wishes he would have remained in Germany.

All the best to you Paul. Gentle hugs!

Paul the bank notes are worth about $1.50 each.

The Lindsey Davis series is fun. They are written in a deliberately modern style, kind of like a hard-boiled private-eye detective series, but with the ancient Rome setting. Falco is a private investigator who likes to think of himself as a really tough guy but actually has a pretty tender heart. His family and his relationships play an important part - and you do get to learn a lot about ancient Rome different parts of the Roman empire incidentally too.

Linda, thank you very much for the thoughts and the hugs. Suki cancelled work last Friday, but worked Saturday and today. She feels very tired. She started at 7 am this morning, has now a midday break and assumes work ar 4 pm again. And I will be at the Korean church teaching the Korean alphabet to only one person - the other man is accompanying his kids to a soccer match. Did you ever visit Darmstadt or Germany? There are nice places around for making holidays (scenery, hiking, spas...)

Thanks, Paul. So there is no need to make any attempt to find the owner of the banknote, so I keep it as a reading mark.

Hej, Genny, that sounds like interesting reading. I got a few books I should finish first: Graves Antigua, Penny, Puce, Mantel The giant O'Brien, Sapkowski Das Schwert der Vorsehung, and Yates Zeiten des Aufruhrs. I hope to read Falco after these.

44) "Antigua, penny, puce" and They hanged my Saintly Billy by Robert Graves. Jane and Oliver are siblings who quarrel about a stamp-album. Jane is so intriguing in getting Oliver hurt that I thought of skipping the book and read something else. The only purpose in life she has given herself is making Oliver's life miserable. The characters are well described and worked out. There are a lot of side steps about stamps and legal matters. It is well written but I didn't like Jane ...

There is a quote by Graves I don't want to keep to myself:
'What was Dickens? It is better not to say. To breathe a word about Dickens is like sitting down when the band plays "God Save the King". Nobody has really read Dickens, just as nobodv reallv knows the words of "God Save the King".'

I read Dickens and I don't know "God Save the King" - I feel left out.

45) Schweizer Alltag in den 1950er-Jahren by Rudolf Baumann. A booklet about life in Switzerland in the 1950s with a lot of pictures showing different things of everyday life then. Switzerland was a poor country then and had to struggle with the aftermath of World War II ( she was not destroyed but didn't get any money for rebuilding). There was also a change in economy away from agriculture to industry and service sector. My father was studying at the university then but had to leave his studies in order to stay home, help on the farm and earn his own money (that's how he became a librarian). He never finished his studies.

Some picture of goods from the 1950s:

cars and locomoives


watching tv and listening radio


making pictures and playing with toys


the Muba (Mustermesse Basel, a fair for new goods) was built then:

March addons:
- Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry
- Die Fahrt des Sternenpflugs by Sergej Snegow
- Der Ring der Gegenzeit : 3. Buch des Romans 'Menschen wie Götter' by Sergej Snegow
- Letzte Reise : Roman by Anna Enquist
- Staub im Wasser : Kriminalroman by Ernst Solèr
- Los Alamos : Roman by Martin Cruz Smith
- Ritt in die Freiheit by Judith Pella
- No Fyrobigs : puretütschi Gschichtli, Gedichtli, Rym und Ränk by Josef Roos
- Festliche Tischdekorationen by Emita Zimmermann
- Das bittersüsse Leben : Roman by Sara Evans
- Juwel des Orients by Lori Wick
- Zuflucht für Melissa James by Beverly Lewis
- Das Siegel der Sahara by Roger Frison-Roche
- Der König von Sainte-Pélagie : eine Novelle by Robert Faesi
- Das Erbe der Marquesa : Roman by Catherine Gaskin
- In der Höhle des Kraken : Marseille-Krimi by Olivier Descosse
- Stiller Ruhm : Roman by Danielle Steel

134> New York should definitely be more populated.

138> Paul Cranswick is going to need some shelves like those if he keeps buying books at his current rate.

Hi Lori, the shelf in 134 is not practicle - well, one could take different subjects and put those in the appropriate 'state category' -> would leave quite some room for conclusions ...

I already sent some shelves to Paul, but I can't build them as fast as he buys books :), and I am not so convinced that his wife would accept such a 'Chinese Wall' of books in the house ...

Hi Paul, have a good weekend!

Have a good weekend, too, Diana.

Hej folks, I am laying in with fever and Stirnhöhlenentzündung. I don't feel like writing nor reading. So, excuse for me for not writing in your threads. I did read most of them today, but that tired me out already.

I hope I will be back to work on Wednesday. I will try to read a bit here on the threads, otherwise just don't feel like it.

Have all a good start into the working week.

Gute Besserung!

Sorry to hear you are not well. Get better soon!

I hope you feel better soon, Paul!

Auch Paul, get better soon!

Stirnhöhlenentzündung initially sounded very worrisome to this non-German speaker, but I'm relieved to learn that it translates into "frontal sinusitis" in English (not pleasant, but not life threatening either). I hope that your symptoms improve soon, Paul.

Peg, Genny, Julia, Diana, and Darryl, I am up again, well weak, still a bit coughing and feeling my limbs. Tomorrow afternoon it means back to work. Vielen Dank für alle guten Wünsche.

Thanks Darryl for the translation. I was too tired to as little sis google to translate so I just wrote the German, for my flu-beaten fingers German was easier than English.

We have some news form Suki's surgeon: When she was operated almost two years ago, there were 7 lymph nodes out. Then she complained about pain the shoulder and arm. Now it cam to light, that this doctor (actually a gynecologist, not a surgeon) is not entitled to 'operate' at this hospital anymore. And he did apparently do a wrong cut, (or a style/method which is outdated), so that the impairment came about. So they have to examine her shoulder and old wound in order to decide if there is a possibility to operate again without making it worse - next week.

The medcation has stopped for the time being, and she is still part time working. And next Saturday the Korean food seller comes to town and she can order some fresh Korean food *yummie*

I'm glad you're on the mend, Paul. How frustrating for you and Suki to find that the surgeon did not do such a good job with her operation. I hope they are able to make it better without too much trouble.

Enjoy your fresh Korean food! It's making me hungry just thinking about it. One of the students in the office where I work studied abroad in Korea, and once a year he makes kimchi pancakes for us. They are divine! I always wish he would make them a little more often. :-)

Hej Julia, I am back in bed. I went this morning to see the Ilogist (read: Ophthalmologist ?) and came back worse. Well, it was cold, wet, and snowing. So, I stay home the whole week. I will have to present a medical attest to my employers. I am happy that the fever is gone.

Kimchi pancakes are delicious. Does your student also make his own kimchi? It sounds great that he apparently invites you a treat once a year. with hot pepper paste? sesame oil?

My wife sometimes puts seafood stuff into it as well, or often makes two kinds: a seafood pancake and a kimchi pancake.

Here Kimchijeon from a cookbook (but Suki doesn't use it for cooking, just for looking at the pictures):

46) New Zealand landscapes : photographs by Andris Apse. Paul mentioned that book in February and I got it from the Zentralbibliothek Zürich. A great picture book, really impressive pix from this photographer. The New Zealand landscape as such is impressive and then Apse comes along and pictures it in most scunning moments. I thought of scanning one or two pix here as representatives, but I couldn't decide on which one, so, please go to http://www.andrisapse.com/ and see for yourself.

You know, I can't remember if he makes the kimchi himself, but I don't think so. We have a couple of very good Asian grocery stores in Iowa City (the benefits of living in a university town is that the population is quite diverse. We have a fair number of Korean students attending.)

I think John offers the hot pepper paste on the side. I'm pretty wimpy about super-hot food, so I only use a tiny bit. Seafood kimchi pancakes sound wonderful, too!

I hope you feel much better soon. I hate being sick, especially when the weather is cold and snowy and miserable. I hope spring comes soon!

I feel a better, but still ill :)
We have relatives in the USA (California and South Carolina) and both sides tell of large Korean neighbourhoods and Korean food stores etc. when in Nashville students took me along to a Korean restaurant, too, and then later I went there by myself. But they didn't serve any kimchi, when asking in English for it, they didn't seem to know what I am talking about. In the end I asked them with my little Korean vocabulary for kimchi and - tada - they brought me a little bowl for free (and then they were peering around the corner how I would manage eating that kimchi with chopsticks ... )

some addons:
- "K" is for killer by Sue Grafton (through bookmooch)
- U is for undertow by Sue Grafton (through bookmooch)
- The house at Riverton by Kate Morton
- Gallows thief by ernard Cornwell
- Room : a novel by Emma Donoghue
- The king of torts by John Grisham
- Found wanting by Robert Goddard
- Die Therapie : Psycothriller by Fitzek Sebastian
- Die Satteltasche : Roman by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
- Väter des Glaubens : Lebensbilder by Friedrich Hauss
- Noras grosser Traum : Roman by Christin Busch
- Der heilige Erwin : eine Weihnachtsgeschichte in 24 Kapiteln by Jasna Mittler
- Schattenjagd : Roman by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Die Mondschwimmerin by Brunonia Barry
- Australien liegt gleich um die Ecke by Margot Kreuter
- Schwarze Frau vom Nil : Roman by Brigitte Riebe
- Brüder by Angela Elwell Hunt
- Kegel und Kugel : Bilder und Texte zur Ausstellung by Schweizerisches Sportmuseum
- Leopard : Kriminalroman by Jo Nesbø
- Donna Ottavia : historischer Roman aus dem ersten Drittel des 17. Jahrhunderts by Johann Andreas v. Sprecher
- Die Schlucht der Wölfe by Christopher Ross
- Der Menschenmacher : Thriller by Cody McFadyen
- Red Fox : Roman by Anthony Hyde
- Das Jahr des hungrigen Tigers : Roman by John Gordon-Davis

47) The giant, O'Brien by Hilary Mantel. An Irish giant leaves impoverished Ireland in order to make some money by exhibiting himself in 17th century London. At the same time a surgeon is always looking for fresh corpses to cut up.... A rich language and a full description of life in London then, which one can almost see and smell.

When I worked in Cincinnati, we had a graduate student from Korea who made the most flavorful beef dish. I saw a recipe on Pinterest last night that looked like it and pinned it. I am going to have to try it.

Okay, caught up again. Love your pictures (of course).

Hej Lori, which dish is it? Let me know how it worked.

Welcome Ren, thanks for coming by.

Paul> The Pinterest recipe is Korean Sizzling Beef.

Mmmh, very tasty, a sort of bulgogi (fire meat) - enjoy that food, that is delicious!
you may use a table grill but that would leave a lot of smell in the room

48) Agnes : Roman by Peter Stamm. A Swiss author comes to Chicago IL in order to write a book about luxury railway carriages. He meets a maths student in the library and they get to know each other. She urges him to write 'their' story. But the story develops its own dynamics... An unspectacular little tail about love and how the different expectations and perceptions influence each other.

49) Zeiten des Aufruhrs : Roman by Richard Yates. A suburban couple slip into a marriage crisis. A very good description of two persons who live together since ages but actually never to got to know each other or themselves.

Hello Paul, wow that took me a long time now soo many posts.

However, first of all I think it is absolutely choking that the doctor messed up Suki's shoulder and I sincerly hope that they will be able to perform the surgery without causing too much damage. I keep you both in my thoughts and hope that everything will go smoothly for your wife.

I hope your frontal sinusitis is still getting better. I know that can be very painful and unpleasant especially when accompanied by a fever. I hope you are doing regular inhalations for it, but with your wife being Korean I am sure you do *smile*.

I love all the photos you posted, especially the ones about the working conditions and out of them my fave is the spinning and weaving one. Both activities I very much enjoy.

And I can't believe how many more books you got over the past few weeks. I wished I would have a "free" bookstore where I live.

Well, I wish you and Suki a lovely remaining Sunday evening. *smile*

Hallo Bianca, Suki has got the next date in April, but some tests should be made beforehand and she has to have physiotherapy. Till then she works two days a week. Thanks for all your thinking about her, she is very helpful for all her friends who support her.

I am still at home, not feeling up to work. The doctor gives me another Arztzeugnis for the next week. I didn't go to church nor the Korean training.

Yesterday the Korean foods came, but since Suki had to work we could only enjoy the crab meat which already came ready made.

My daughter is drawing up a businessplan for deli Korean restaurant in Switzerland... it's part schoolwork part real life (she finished school in summer and hasn't got a job, yet). Well, let's see how seriously this plan will be.

Wish you all a good night.

Hi Paul, glad to hear you enjoyed The Giant, O'Brien - I have that one on the TBR pile.

And I'm sorry to hear that you've continued to not feel well and to be off work and other activities. I do hope you get better soon. And sorry too to hear about the mis-handled operation that Suki had; I hope that the physio helps and that they can sort out the problem eventually.

I trust you've been enjoying those Korean foods - sounds like your daughter may have a good idea for a business there...

Hej Genny
At places I found the giant, O'Brien boring - but that may have to do with my English (i didn't check all the words I didn't know, so I guess I missed a few things)

I feel better and am back to work since yesterday. Tomorrow I'll take part in the mission conference of the Kontakt Mission somewhere in the Black Forest (ca. 4 hours drive). That's the mission which supports the Bible school in Lithuania I worked for their library. So, no Kofrean food for me this weekend....

So glad you're feeling better, Paul. Have a safe trip to the Black Forest. I hope it's a good weekend for you.

Paul

Thanks for keeping us posted regarding your wife. I continue to hold you both in my prayers.

Thanks also for the lovely images of the 1950's. I was born in 1952 and thus much of what was posted brought back great memories.

The Giant O'Brien is now on the tbr pile.

Hallo Paul, just stopping by to wish you and your family a fab weekend.

I hope that you are finally feeling better now and I would like to wish your daughter good luck with her business plans :)

Hej Linda, Suki has got another appointment with a bones specialist (not Tempe Brennan, I hope :) ) next Monday, they think they can do a better therapy now so that the shoulder shouldn't be hurting anymore - and then in the late afternoon she has a wellness appointment with our two daughters - that will do them some good.

So, you are my senior since I am born 1956, my wife '53.

Hej Bianca, Suki enjoys a weekend without me, and I am in Wüstenrot in the Black Forest for a mission conference. Esther has first to finish school and then goes to Korea for several months, and then maybe can realize her restaurant dream - but at the moment it looks very much like the way for her to go

Here some pixs from the hotel in Wüstenrot where we had our supper:

the dining hall from the outside (yes, it's still under construction)


there are stairs from the entrance hall with a little water stream on the edge


coming up the stairs


the dining hall

Nice photos, Paul!

Thanks, Darryl, we had a nice lunch there within a nice ambiente.

That dining hall looks lovely. I love the tree trunks inside betweent he tables, and all the windows. It looks like there is a spectacular view outside those windows.

Hej Julia, we had a frosty welcome - it was slightly snowing with -1° C, so the view was grey. The wooden 'steles' in the hall are filled with wine bottles and glasses.

Wow, really cool photos Paul! And I could spot the lizzard in one of them.
How old is your daughter when she still has to finish school?
Aaargh, I see it's still snowing where you are as well.
I WANT spring! I am soo tired of winter and dark and cold *sniff*

Good morning, welcome to a new day of drizzling, cold, wet, grey weather.... just the kind of office day so you don't notice the weather outside.

Esther was born in 87, she finishes a Fachhochschule for Design Management (a mixture of university and professional training). We have a lot of schools like that in Switzerland: a lot of professions have their own high schools, so one gets a specific training there for the future job - and not just an academic university study which leaves you clueless about work in the real world ;)

Paul - Just got myself all caught up before I go off to the UK and get way behind again.

I make it that you have now added 235 books this year thus far which would be whipping me if it had not been for the book sale recently in KL.

Enjoyed seeing that you read the book by Andris Apse. You may or may not know that Andris is the father of Megan (Ireadthereforeiam) one of my dearest pals in the group. She would get a huge kick from knowing that you had read her dad's book. You ought to pop along and let her know!

Have a great week mate.

Hi Paul. thanks for coming by before flying to England. I wish you a good trip and a splendid stay in your old home. How much weight do you plan for taking books home? I remember when in England, having been to several church/mission feasts where they sold very cheap used books. (I got another three bags full of books from the neighborhood).

Apse's fotografs were really great, I enjoyed that book very much and will go over to Megan's place to let her know about it. Thanks for the hint.

Wish you a blessed Easter week.

Some add-ons:
- The best a man can get by John O'Farrell (from a bookmoocher)
- Baltimore's mansion : a memoir by Wayne Johnston
- Blutiges Eis : Thriller by Giles Blunt
- Feuer : Roman by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Kein Ticket für den Tod : Krimi aus Paris by Léo Malet
- Stoff für viele Leichen : Krimi aus Paris by Léo Malet
- Die englische Erbschaft by Catherine Gaskin
- Die Krone von Opar : Fantasy-Roman by Phillip José Farmer
- Nachtschrei : Roman by Jeffery Deaver
- Blondinenträume : Roman by Milena Moser
- Mein Herz so weiss : Roman by Javier Marías
- Baudolino by Umberto Eco
- Im ersten Glanz der Sonne : Roman by Beverley Harper
- Botschaften des Herzens : Roman by Katie Fforde
- Kaffee oder das Aroma der Liebe : Roman by Anthony Capella
- Akte Atlantis : Roman by Clive Cussler
- Die Maske des Dimitrios : Roman by Eric Ambler
- Eine Art von Zorn : Roman by Eric Ambler
- Das Intercom-Komplott : Roman by Eric Ambler
- Eine fast perfekte Affäre : Roman by Elizabeth Subercaseaux
- Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste by Maj Sjöwall
- Das Ekel aus Säffle by Maj Sjöwall
- Und die Grossen lässt man laufen by Maj Sjöwall
- Sterbenskalt : Kriminalroman by Tana French

50) Kleine Leute in der weiten Welt : die internationale Strassenkunst by Slinkachu. A great little book about little people: Slinkachu buys model train figures, paints or otherwise modifies them, puts them in an interesting surrounding and then photographs his arrangement. I like his street art work.

Some pix from Slinkachu:
Darf's ein bisschen mehr sein? A (Worst Wurst) Stuttgart, Germany


Darf's ein bisschen mehr sein? B (Worst Wurst) Stuttgart, Germany


Chinesische Mauer (Great Wall) Peking, China


Industrielle Revolutionen (Industrial Revolutions) Amsterdam, Holland


Abenteuerliche Seereise (Fantastic Voyage) London, UK


Unentdeckter Star (All-Star Nobody) New York NY, USA


In freier Wildbahn (Wild Life) Cape Town, South Africa


Geschichte (History) Berlin, Germany

Hi Paul, the pictures from the Slinkachu book are great. I love it when artists are able to change your perspective, to change the way you perceive the world!

Greetings from an absurdly snowy Austria!

PS. Congratulations, another great book haul! I was in two second-hand-shops, but succesfully ignored the book section. I'm so proud of my self-control. ;)

Hej Kathy - Switzerland isn't better off at the moment; wet snow and cold.

I wanted to post more pix by Slinkachu - but that too much work then. There are two more books by him.

I am glad I got these books for free :)

Have a good evening

51) Das Schwert der Vorsehung by Andrzej Sapkowski. I nearly forgot to mention that fantasy I finished last week. It's the 2nd part of Geralt von Riva's tale: a witcher who is there to help anybody against any monster which plagues the world. The chapters seem to be quite independent of each other, telling an adventure of Geralt, often with the bard and his friend, the witch. Good description of a whole new fantasy world with all sorts of strange beings.

J had to fill in/out my tax declaration - arghh - I had to call them and redo a part. Life without tax declarations would be so much more fun. I should get a job with FIFA (football) or BIS (Bank for International Settlements) because these people don't pay taxes here. Why o why did I become a librarian who has to pay taxes?

Frustrated by the tax I added some books:
- Der Gast aus der Zukunft : Anna Achmatowa und Sir Isaiah Berlin ; eine Liebesgeschichte by György Dalos
- mit dir : Partnerschaft in der Erprobung by Walter Trobisch
- Wie ein Blatt im Herbstwind : Erzählung by Janette Oke
- Was der Frühling verspricht : Erzählung by Janette Oke
- Jeder Winter geht vorüber : Erzählung by Janette Oke
- Hungrig nach mehr von Jesus by David Wilkerson
- Heimkehr ins Land der Väter : Naemi im 20. Jahrhundert by Traudel Witter
- Blutspur : Roman by Sidney Sheldon
- Diamanten-Dynastie : Roman by Sidney Sheldon
- Pusteblume : Roman by Marian Keyes
- Der kleine Knuddeltherapeut by Kathleen Keating
- Der Sportreporter : Roman by Richard Ford
- Die seltsame Tochter : Kriminalroman by Louis de Wohl

still frustrated:
- The magus : a revised version by John Fowles
- Sheba by Jack Higgins
- Die Strasse : Roman by Cormac McCarthy
- Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins : Roman by Milan Kundera
- Ullsteinroman : Roman by Sten Nadolny
- Eternity : Roman by Meg Cabot
- Gib Gummi, Baby! : Roman by Janet Evanovich
- Der Erzfeind : auf der Suche nach dem Heiligen Gral ; Roman by Bernard Cornwell
- Goldene Zeiten : Roman by Rita Mae Brown
- Das andere Kind : Roman by Charlotte Link
- Mit Risiken und Nebenwirkungen : Roman by Kristan Higgins

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Dear Paul, I hope you're feeling better today. :) I had to laugh when I read that train of though: "I'm frustrated. Oh, I'll buy that book - I earned it." I use this kind of justification for my book hunts, too.
Have a great, frustrationless evening!

I love your frustration-fueled book-buying binge, Paul! Looks like a mighty fine collection you've made.

I'm dealing with some tax stuff too, Paul - very overdue in my case, but I do so struggle to make it a priority! I understand your frustration!

Servus Kathy, every year they want these tax papers - and every year I get frustrated. There are people who like doing that .... I'm into keeping books, not book-keeping

Julia, luckily I didn't have to pay for the books - I got them for free from a second hand store - and because I was frustrated I didn't care too much what I got :) (we say: Don't look into the mouth of a gift horse - Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul)

Genny - thanks for the sympathy - I am still in time with it, and since I do it every year, I should take it a bit easier. I hope, that you find some quiet time and strength to deal with it.
(Talking of sympathy: When I first came to London, a friend in college got severely ill. I bought a card with the 'With deep sympathy' and asked our fellowship group to sign the card and send it to that person - no reaction - half a day later, the leader of the group took me aside and explained why - I thought of Mitgefühl and choose Beileid - English has its traps...)

Oh, that's very funny Paul - though I hope the card didnt' get sent to the sick friend, as they might not have found it funny. It would be like reading your own obituary when you have not died. THat is definitely a trap to confuse the unwary!

We use 'sympathy' in all kinds of situations - it is fine to say 'you have my sympathy' when commiserating with someone about all kinds of difficulty, but for some reason 'With deep sympathy' on the front of a greetings card does imply a bereavement in particular.

Yes, I learned that - others expressed their sympathy when they heard that our luggage got lost because of a strike at the harbour - also when they learned about my father's death... but, well, these are the things which make languages interesting. I had another experience when someone asked me to give him a hand, and I replied: Which one? I just didn't know what he was talking about...

What was more disturbing are the cases nobody ever told me, because the English not often explained their sayings or my utterings - only when I insisted in getting to know what's going on, they sometimes pointed out a certain expression or the use of a word. But often they tactfully circumvented my small knowledge of English

LOL Paul, sorry by I had to laugh at your experiences with the English language. Well, I had so many similiar one's!

Just stopping by to wish you and yours Fröhliche Ostern!

Hello Paul, I have to agree with Bianca: Your language experieneces are hilarious. I'm always so glad and thankful when someone tells me that I'm using a word in a wrong way or context...
But it's also important that the native speakers are not too strict or easily offended: Fortunately I have only met very patient English- and French-speaking friends who know what I try to say (or they are good at guessing).

P.S. At the French university I talked about fifteen minutes about "l'isolation" (=Wärmedämmung, heat insulation) instead of "l'isolement" (=Vereinsamung, isolation)...
So... you have my sympathies - not deep, but personal! :)

Oh, foreign languages can be tricky indeed, especially when one ventures off the path of literal meanings into the thicket of idioms. But I must say, I have nothing but admiration for all of you — Paul, Bianca, Kathy, Samantha_kathy, and all the others — who are unafraid to jump in there and converse in a crazy language (English) that isn't your own. You all express yourselves so well I often forget you are not native speakers. My reading life is much the richer for having all of you as a part of it.

Hej Bianca, go on laughing, it was fun (most of the time). After some time I learned how to ask back in order to understand what I said wrong. But the beginning was pretty tough: I had to take a bus from London to High Wycombe - but my pronunciation of 'High Wycombe' was apparently so bad, I showed the inviting letter to the bus driver ... and since I didn't understand the fare, I handed him the highest Pound note I had ... luckily I didn't understand his mutterings, but I ended up with two handfuls of coins

Hallo Kathy, thanks for the sympathy - since you experience similar situations. After a while I started to play with the languages, and we translated expressions word by word: 'Don't beat around the bush' became 'Don't talk around the hot porridge' (Red' nicht um den heissen Brei)... French is also weird sometimes - here we often say 'huitante', 'nonante' (80, 90) and confuse the French; they see 'sale' as something dirty, and a librairie is not a library. But still, the best use of French is in the language of food and cuisine

Hej Julia, thanks for the compliments. I was very careful in the beginning, but lost my fear of making mistakes after some time and now I often just talk or write what comes to mind. I miss certain nuances in English and so sometimes my way of saying something may be a bit crude. I enjoy reading English, and always discover new words and expressions. Thanks for reading our gibberish (?) and still coming back ;) I am thankful for all your comments.

Paul, I'm just stopping by to wish a happy and blessed Easter to you and Suki!
I hope you can spend a calm weekend together with your family.

Some more add-ons:
- Steine des Himalaja : faszinierende Menschen in der Gebirgswelt Nepals by Thomas Hale
- Geheimnisvolles Nepal : die unglaublichen Erlebnisse eiens Arztes im Himalaja by Thomas Hale
- Eine geschlossene Gesellschaft : Roman by Anne Perry
- Wechselhafte Jahre by Kenneth Sollitt
- Der Vogel ist ein Rabe : Roman by Benjamin Lebert
- Der Grundstein der Freimaurerei : Erkenntnis und Verkennung by Jan Karl Lagutt
- Bettmümpfeli für Grosse : Band 2 by -minu
- Bettmümpfeli für Grosse : Band 7 by -minu
- Zwei Leben : Roman by Warwick Deeping
- Wo Tränen verboten sind : Roman der Wandlungen by Alice M. Ekert-Rotholz
- Schloss aus Glas by Jeannette Walls
- Gralszauber : erster Band der Camelot-Trilogie by Wolfgang Hohlbein
- Ein Engel im Winter : Roman by Guillaume Musso
- Die Tage vor Los Alamos : mit einer Krimi-Analyse der ZEIT-Redaktion by Joseph Kanon
- Die Flucht der Ameisen : der Geologie-Krimi ; mit einer Krimi-Analyse by Ulrich C. Schreiber
- Tod einer hochgestellten Persönlichkeit by Henry R. Keating
- Jagd im Nebel : Roman by Graham Greene
- Die Herren auf Cashemara : Roman by Susan Howatch
- Die fliegende Groma : Roman für Kinder by Lukas Hartmann
- Die Nacht der Schlange : ein aventurischer Kriminalroman by Bernhard Hennen
- Luchsmond : Erzählungen by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Die Göttin der Sümpfe : Roman by Jane Routley
- Das Haus der Donna : Roman by Nora Roberts
- Das Mädchen aus Dublin by Maura Laverty
- Hasenherz : Roman by John Updike
- Das Eulenhaus : Roman by Agatha Christie
- Die fernen Stunden : Roman by Kate Morton
- Die Bedrohung : Roman by Vince Flynn
- Für immer der Deine : Roman by Nicholas Sparks
- Tod am Zollhaus : ein historischer Kriminalroman by Petra Oelker
- Die Jäger : Thriller by David Baldacci
- Wer Asche hütet : Roman by Helga Glaesener
- Der reinste Kindergarten! by Renate Alf

- The electric city : the Stehelins of New France by Paul H. Stehelin
- "E" is for evidence : a Kinsey Millhone mystery by Sue Grafton (from a bookmoocher)
- The haunted mesa by Louis L'Amour (from Paul the bookmoocher in Colorado)
- Isle of Dogs by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
- Back Spin by Harlan Coben
- Cross country by James Patterson
- The almost moon : a novel by Alice Sebold
- The gift by Danielle Steel

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Hej Kathy, thanks for that nice picture, that's an old greeting card, isn't it?

Suki and I may go to the Easter special they do in Basel where they re-enact Jesus' death and resurrection (I just heard about it, and don't know what exactly they will do). But it's cold and wet here, so I feel more like staying home.

Gesegnete Ostern!