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Hi,

I'm making a tentative return, slowly getting better. Thank you for all your lovely well wishes.
I'll catch up with all tags and posts over the week. I've just posted the October #buddyreads for #NaturaLitsy and #VirginiaBloomsberries
I will post the discussion threads for both September 's reads over the weekend.
I'm looking forward to catching up.

I‘m back! My little man is almost 3 months old already, and I‘m slowly getting back into reading again, so I figured it‘s time to jump back on the Litsy bandwagon to hopefully get some inspiration. ๐Ÿฅฐ

I‘m taking things super chill, so I probably won‘t be participating in any challenges any time soon, but I am going to put together a short TBR for July. ๐Ÿ˜Š

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 105.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

This book is set in Berlin, 2011, where the 56-years-old Hitler unexpectedly finds himself. It is hilarious and morbid at the same time, and sometimes frighteningly realistic.
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๐Ÿ“ธ Photo was taken at the Hitler birthplace memorial stone in Braunau am Inn, Austria

I might have liked it better if there was an actual plot. It was amusing at the beginning, but there is only so much you can read of fictional Hitler‘s mad ravings (I gave up at 102 pages) before you just get bored.

I couldn‘t resist. XD (Also trying to get the hang of these photo editing options)

This might be a bit of a cliched joke for a book making fun of Hitler, but I still thought it was funny (Sue me and my unsophisticated humor).

Hysterical and delusional Hitler is surprisingly funny ๐Ÿ˜„

I have been trying to broaden my reading choices and decided to pick up โ€˜Look Who‘s Back‘ which is not one I would normally go for. A satirical and clever book. An interesting take on what society might think or do if someone came back claiming to be Hitler. It‘s worryingly believable, very humorous and highly compelling.

Not meant to offend the lovely morning people, but this quote just makes me ๐Ÿ˜„.
#temper #quotsynov17

For my #5fordinner I'm resurrecting Edith Wharton and Anne Caulfield. I'm also inviting Stephen King and Mindy Kaling plus Karl Ove Knausgaard to keep my husband entertained. Since this is fictional, Jamie Oliver is cooking for us. Who's your five, member of #TheCanadiantour ?

Babe is pretty excited about my little surprise for him. ๐Ÿ˜„

There is a Netflix movie of the same premise which piqued his interest a while back and when I found this on Amazon I had to get it for him.

#LitsyPartyOfOne for 2 ๐Ÿ’œ

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A new bullet journal means a new books to read page! Any recommendations? #bujo #bulletjournal

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A bit conflicted to start this book. Anyone read it before? What did you think? ๐Ÿ˜Š

#MayBookFlowers #Satire

I thought this satire about Hitler as a social media star was well-done.

There were many things in this modern world to which I had to accustom myself, based as they must be on new discoveries or a passion for outlandish design.

This morning I went for a walk and took this photo. As I walked I pondered the difficulty that is this book. It's not funny but it's amusing in a way that hurts. Maybe that's a good definition of satire?

I settled for a Pick rating as I think it's worthy and important. I'm sure I missed a lot as I'm not German, but what was clear is how horribly simple it is for society to allow a dangerous narcissist to gain power.

Maybe we already know this.

"Very early on I made it quite clear to Goebbels that I was prepared to play the fool if it enabled me to capture the attention of my fellow Germans. You won't win over a single soul if nobody is listening."

This feels frighteningly familiar.

I was nervous about reading this book. A book about Hitler that's supposed to be funny? The thought makes me cringe.

But (so far) this is a satire that points out how vital it is to be aware of and guard against fascism.

Hitler "wakes up" in Berlin in 2011. He hasn't changed. What would he do in the modern world? How would people now react to him? And just how ridiculous would it be if he became a reality TV Star?

From For Reading Addicts.

www.forreadingaddicts.co.uk

Trying to find some peace in the midst of Sunday afternoon soft play madness.

I'm officially giving up on this book. I did get 100 pages in before giving up so that's good for me.

There are some interesting parts and funny dialogue between Hitler and other characters but unfortunately Hitler tends to go on descriptive tangents that bore me to tears.

The writing is good but just not for me. I'll probably watch the movie when it comes out though.

So I was having a hard time believing that people would be ok with a guy walking around Berlin who is dressed liked Hitler and very committed to his character.What Hitler did was and is still horrible.

So I googled "Berlin laws regarding Hitler actors" because I've heard that stuff is illegal and found this. This book is being made into a film and I found this part of the article interesting.

A book about Hitler waking up in 2011 Berlin and becomes a YouTube star. Sign me up!

#currentlyreadinh

Interesting look at what would happen if Hitler came back in the present. Also a satire on today's obsession with the media and getting famous.

I don't have many books with faces on them and am terrible at selfies, but here is my #bookface. #readjanuary

Now I've never read Mein Kampf ( though I've read my share of Hitler biogs) but the Pooterish tone of the narrative voice here, totally devoid of irony or self-awareness, like a Germanic Trump, is exactly how I would imagine Hitler to speak. Amusing satire on our celebrity-obsessed world though the ending was a little disappointing.

โ€œHere we are: Adolf dot Hitler‘s gone,โ€ she said. โ€œAs is Adolf Hitler all one word and Adolf underscore Hitler, too ...โ€œAHitler and A dot Hitler have both gone too,โ€ she announced. โ€œJust Hitler and just Adolf as well.โ€ โ€œThen we will simply have to get them back,โ€ I thundered. โ€œYou can‘t get anything back,โ€ she said petulantly. โ€œBormann could!โ€œ "Would you rather Herr Bormann sorted out your e-mail address?โ€ Fräulein Krömeier asked.

Libro divertentissimo sul un ipotetico ritorno del Fuhrer nella Berlino del 2011!

Hilarious if worringly convincing account of Hitler waking up in modern day Germany and becoming a YouTube sensation.

The cover grabbed my attention when I saw it and it is definitely minimalistic #augustphotochallenge #minimalisticcovers #minimalist

Such delicious fun but also makes you think. A good take for today's political climate.

"What irritates me most of all about these morning people is their horribly good temper, as if they have been up for three hours and already conquered France."

"To begin with I thought we were driving around in circles until I realised that Herr Starbuck owned dozens of coffee houses."

Yep, that's the tone of the book. It's actually pretty great, and a very interesting take on the cyclical nature of history and that sometimes, you can't stop a force.

Popsugar reading challenge! I picked up Look who's back. Imagine Hitler returning in the 20th century but everyone thinking he's an impersonator and then giving him a platform...again! Some stark comparisons to politics in some parts of the world right now! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Before long I established that I kept arriving at the same address: a proto-Germanic reference work called Vikipedia, an easily recognizable compound of "encyclopedia" and those ancient Germans with exploration in their blood, the Vikings.

I was seized by the urge to call in the SA and have them lacerate this cretin's eardrum with his cursed bell.

Has anyone read this book?