Finished this 19th century travelogue by famous German poet Theodor Fontane back in Troon. The routes of the tourists in Scotland did not change that much, we did the same one, only the other way round. It was quite interesting to read Fontane‘s descriptions of the countryside abd the different places and compare it to today - especially Edinburgh. I will definitely take it with me again next year when I am going to do second Scotland trip.

I was reading this 19th century travelogue by famous German author Theodor Fontane while travelling Scotland.

Back on my daily commute - what else than cozy murder mystery? I enjoyed this one, especially Beryl‘s entrance into the story. And in contrast to the Agatha Christie murder mysteries I was able to catch some hints and guess the murderer correctly. 💪💪💪

Unfortunately, my ebook doesn‘t seem to have a proper cover, so I copy this one off Amazon. When you look at the cover you expect something completely different - Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Red Eyes or something. 🤣🤣🤣 Even though it is somewhat misleading, I still like the major plot line because it was interesting.

Did anyone else stumble across the basement recreation room in the Drew‘s house? Or should I say mansion? Villa? Castle? How big is this house? And how big must this room be to have enough space to practice tap dancing? 🏰🏰🏰

Well, this was unexpected. Weird story, but have never heard anything like that before. Especially the colloquial language used. 💪

My last post about Robert Burns. This is the Poet‘s Path in Arroway. Can you guess what‘s in the bottom right picture?

It seems like I caught the flu at the end of my holiday. I am home now, pretty sick. Not even being able to read. 🙈
This is the house Robert Burns was born in Alloway.

Even though I am back now, I will be posting about the last days in Scotland. This is the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway.

I wanted to be prepared for today‘s discussion and planned to read the next Nancy Drew on my flight back from Scotland to Switzerland. But guess what, I forgot to download it. 🙈🙈🙈
I will participate tomorrow then.

My bookish Scottish holiday continues… Harry Potter Part IV: Glenfinnan Viaduct - Can you see the Hogwarts Express coming??? 🚂🚂🚂

What a tricky plot, I definitely didn‘t see this end coming. But so didn‘t Poirot - at least for a long time.
While travelling Scotland, I only able to listen to audiobooks so far, even though I brought Scottish literature as well. 🙈

Or in German: Zeigt dem Hund den Knochen? 🤣🤣🤣

My bookish Scottish holiday continues… Harry Potter Part III: The real Hogwarts (University of Glasgow)

My bookish Scottish holiday continues… Harry Potter Part II: Official shop for HP merchandise in Edinburgh

My bookish Scottish holiday continues… Harry Potter Part I: Thomas Riddell‘s grave in Edinburgh

My bookish Scottish holiday continues… The Writers‘ Museum Edinburgh: Robert Burns & Sir Walter Scott & Robert Louis Stevenson

Bookish holiday - Part I
Which one did I get?

When you booked a bookish Bed & Breakfast - Part II 💪💪💪

As I already mentioned - unexpected, flowery language. YAY!!! 🥰🥰🥰

I enjoyed this classic very much. It had been on my reading list for some time now and I wanted to read a easier version with my students, so I dived in. I did not know that the actual part surrounding Gatsby is this short, but I enjoyed the very detailed descriptions of his feelings. Fitzgerald used a very flowery language I didn‘t expect.

When you booked a bookish Bed & Breakfast - Part I 💪💪💪

Trying to read on the plane to Edinburgh. 🙈🙈🙈

Looks very unsteady! 🤣

What an introduction to a novel. 😍

I don‘t know - really. I‘ve only read the graphic novel and I liked it, but it only focussed on the love story. Now I listened to the audiobook and thought the whole story was pretty good. But I ended up pretty annoyed by Winston being whiny and insecure. The Winston actir in the audio play was this good, the whining was almost unbearable. 😳😳😳

Rich men are fished out of River Thames - all of them drowned in weird circumstances and their inheritances go to the same charity… 🧐🧐🧐 Definitely a case for Inspector Holt. I love those old crime mysteries.

I enjoyed the fairytales very much and the comments of Dumbledore have been guite funny sometimes. Especially while talking about the Elder Wand - we know better. 😊

Well, the gothic short story itself was very interesting - with content mistakes (from my point of view of an amateur egyptologist 😜). The „illustrated“ ebook was not. Best example is the stretched cover. 🙈

Illustrated version they said - illustrated version my …. Google picture search for cheap licenseless drawings, I assume!!! 🙄🙄🙄

This is the radio drama version of the German parody of The Ringer by Edgar Wallace. The movie made gun of the weird villains Wallace used and was quite funny. For the radio drama they even the sounds of the movie and gave it a voiceover of the main character. I liked it.

The history of Quidditch itself was quite interesting and funny. Along with the audiobook of the „Hogwarts schoolbook“ came two short stories of Quidditch championships which have been quite boring - like warching or listening the live ticker of any football match.

Reading the background information on Styles. A few weeks ago I bought the new „Poirot“ by Aldrigde only to realize I have an older version of this kind of background info book by Anne Hart already on my bookshelf. 🙈🙈🙈 Okay, this way I can check out the development of the Agatha Christie research from 1990 to 2022. 😜 #offtheshelf

I could not help but hear the voice of Peter Dinklage while I read it. 🙈 Definitely a good start into monthly reading of Poirot novels. I like the way Hastings was introduce with a story that concerne his life.

Poirot - the old matchmaker! 🤣🤣🤣

Oh my God, how good is Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot? His way of crying „Hastings!“ is perfect. This is definitely the best adaption ever.

Too much golf and a Carson Drew case which he is not even trying to solve, a haunted bridge the plays a major role in the title. I like the cover because it‘s spooky, …

Preparing for today‘s discussion. 💪💪💪

When you prepare your lessons with one edition and your students receive another edition… 🙈😤🙈
This definitely an interesting play about the hovering danger of an atomic bomb in the 70ies. I don‘t think it‘s funny, as it is declared a comedy, but definitely worth reading/watching. And unfortunately, it is quite up-to-dare again.

Dürrenmatt did write the 11th hour on the atomic clock directly into our memory - with satanic, ridiculous laughter.

uThis is the accompanying book to the Egyptian exhibition at Highclere castle. I liked the information about Lord Carnavon‘s life before the disovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. But in general it was suited for readers very much interedt in Egyptology - like me. 😂

Currently falling back into my old passion for Egypt. I learned about this book in a documentary about the discovery of Tutankhamun‘s tomb. Unfortunately the original cannot be found on Litsy, I choose the one that‘s closest.

Finished listening to this over the weekend. A nice story of a magicker girl accidently stumbling over a conspiracy and ending up fighting for her town with the help of tower-size gingerbread men and a vicious sourdough starter. 😂😂😂 Definitely entertaining.

This is somehow the early 2000s version of „Fie Königin“ by Sebastian Conrad, which came out last year. Tyldesley examines the story of Nofretete (Nefertiti) be becoming icon throughout the 19th century, whilst Conrad throws light on her influence in the modern day mass media as well.

As archaeologists and anthropologists we are arch-appropriators of material cultures. The objects we collect from ethnographic contexts, the artefacts we find in the earth, are no longer a part of the material culture to which they once belonged. From the moment of collection or discovery they become part of our material culture, our systems of cultural significance.

As part of my Christmas listening, I wasn‘t able to liste to it during Christmas time - it was too stressful. I took a few longer walks in the last days and enjoyed listening to it while passing through village and the little snow left. I did not remember that Scrooge already realized his mistake during the visit of the first ghost. 🙈 Definitely a classic.

Found this older edition in our village‘s little free library. It had some notes of the former owners, mostly some underlined quotes. In general I found the poems as light as a feaver and definitely suited for children. This is a good introduction to poetry.

When the sun
Shines through the leaves of the apple-tree,
When the sun
Makes shadows of the leaves of the apple-tree,
Then I pass
On the grass
From one leaf to another
From one leaf to its brother
Tip-toe, tip-toe!
Here I go!

This Christmas I gave myself a present - a book journal. I never kept one, but wanted to try it. I am starting it today. 😊

This is nice collection of Moraccan short stories. As the title already gives away, it concentrates mostly on funny stories of kif-smoking Maroccans. The culture of smoking is explained in the foreword. I did not expect some of the stories to be this saucy since Marocco is an Islamic country.