1. Yup. A trip with my boo from Friday till Tuesday next week. Looking forward to that 😊
2.Nothing atm, as it's night outside and the blinds are closed. At daytime: neighboring houses, a backyard with some fir trees.
3. Stuttgart, Germany. It's been overcast today, about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. About an hour ago, a storm has broken loose... 🌬️☔
Perfect for reading on the couch!
#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12
#stormyweather #April #surprises

Gunhild is trying to prevent Ragnarok, i.e. The Great Battle and subsequent perishing of the Gods and the End of the World, with the help of Loki, trickster god par excellence of Old Norse mythology.
🔽

Thank you for the tag, @The_Pennyless_Author #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Nope. There are no heroes in humankind. If you'd like a better worded answer, take a look at @The_Pennilesss_Author 's post!
2. Done. Can highly recommend this. It offers great illustrations and a slightly feminist look on the Ancient Greeks, which you don't find too often.

Such a sweet book! Nearly all picture and wordless, the illustrator, Carolina T. Godina, cannot be praised high enough. The eponymous moon bear is the just the cutest little one and the stardust/moonlight he's made of adds magic sprinkles.
Moon Bear is a quick, magical read. 4,5/5⭐

Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing plc, for the chance to read a copy in exchange for an honest review! All viewpoints are entirely my own.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
+paperback
+fiction
+both, although both genres are a bit outside of my comfort zone
+both
+coffeeeee!
+physical
+print

Tagging everybody 😊💗

I just realized that two of my #weekendreads qualify for #ItTakesAllKinds
#F&NFWithSameTopic
= forensic psychiatry, forensic psychology

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs @rachelsbrittain

My #Bookspin list for April.
I included a lot of #Roll100 picks to somehow get me to finally read them - and a lot of mood pick opportunities in case that plan doesn't work... 😁

#April #spring #readinginspring #springishere #thrillers #backlogreads
@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

These three.
The Therapist is a Netgalley ARC;
The colour of blood is my March #Doublespin pick, an Irish hard-boiled mystery set in Dublin I'm not enjoying too much so far, sadly;
The tagged is a non-fiction about psychopathy in females by a very cool and well-known forensic psychiatrist in Germany.

Much #forensicpsychiatry this Easter!😂
#weekendreads #Bookspin #Ireland #Dublin #Netgalley #TheTherapist #psychopathy #LydiaBenecke

1. Tagged. The Earthquake Bird by Susannah Jones. I remember being obsessed by it some years ago. - I even once missed my commuter train stop on my way home from work at theatre in the middle of the night because I was so hooked 😅
2. Unheimlich (=eerie, uncanny), a YA romantic thriller omnibus by Ursula Isbel. Got it on my 13th b'day. Still reread it every once in a while.
3. After Dark and/or Dance Dance Dance, my two faves by Haruki Murakami.

Thank you for the tag @Eggs😊💖
These questions are not as easy as they seem at first🤔
1. Haruki Murakami, Mona Awad, Peter Swanson, Megan Abbott
2. Tagged. I have many fave genres, but I think 'soft', gothic psychological horror is 'my thing'. And my appreciation for Bunny knows no bounds.😄
3. Don't read series much, I'm afraid.
#WondrousWednesday #favourites #favouriteauthors #readinginspring
Tag @The_Penniless_Author @Enchanted_Bibliophile

An old seaside mansion. Dark gothic atmosphere. An exotic setting. Sinister locked-room mystery. Depraved and broken characters. A public prosecutor in search of the truth. Unreliable narrators.
Japan, unsettled nation during the aftermath of WWII. Multiple elaborate murders. Elegant, refined prose. An outstanding translation.
...

I've been participating in #Gottacatchemall hosted by @PuddleJumper since the beginning of 2024.
Until now, however, I wasn't sure about how I wanted to play the challenge. Did I want to use a book for multiple fitting prompts or did I want to do “1 book for just 1 exact prompt“?
I've now decided to do the 'One book = one prompt' approach this year, it's more difficult and more fun 😊
Just logged my first books and caught my first #Pokemon 🥳

#ItTakesAllKinds #TitleWith?or!
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#SophieHannah #mystery #thrillers

#Mythical
#TitleWith?or!
#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#RoadTrip
#Mythical
#War
#Fantasy
#WithMurder

I love love loved this book! 🐥🦵🏃🥀🖤🏚️💂📝🖋️🕯️🎻🪄🎭⚔️🚬⚰️🪦🗿🦿🐔🗣️

#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Mythical

Also, I've realized I've reached two milestones yesterday:
1. The 500th post with my latest drawing of the featured prompt for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
2. hit 10k Litfluence !!!
🥳🎉🩷

#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#War

Yep, I wrapped the book, as I lugged it around for months while I was reading it 😅

#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#Mythical
#WithMap
#Fantasy
An epic high fantasy, written by my best friend 😊.

1. Spending time with my hubby and with my boo, going to the cinema and have a time as quiet & chill & lovely as possible (which has to be enough as I've been in a deep depression phase for - what now? years?)
2. Murder on the Christmas Express by Alexandra Benedict
3. Andrea und das Schlossgespenst (Andrea and the ghost of the castle) by Klaus Wolff, which was a childhood book from my mother, published in 1966. (Not translated into English).

Another 24th has come, therefore it's time for the drawing of #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge 's featured prompt of March/April from my impromptu prompt jar 😁
Remember, it is completely optional whether you try to prioritise the prompt or not! It's a bit of added spice for those who feel like it.
This month the prompt is 20: Big Ed & Norma - a book with star-crossed lovers.
#TPRC #TwinPeaks

Love this! @TheSpineView

1. a Yuki Onna (the Japanese Snow Woman) 😎 or a vampire.
2. so many! tons of bestiaries - the tagged one is one of my favourites. in fiction, there are loads as well: American Gods, Dracula, Carmilla, Thistlefoot, Folklore - a Dark Anthology, Swamplandia!, Spirits Abroad, the Odyssey, fairy tale collections, so many ghost stories, etc. etc. etc.

#Two4Tuesday #mythology #mythicalcreatures #classics #bestiary #fairytales

#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

1. a) go to 2 gigs (of the same band) on Tuesday and Saturday with my boo & b) enjoy my holidays 🥳
2. That depends on whether I work or not. On days I work: 30 mins max. On days off: 1,5 hrs on average.
3. I do, atm. 😇 My second novel. Don't know whether I'll be able to finish it, but I'll surely try. It's an exploration of a trauma, and doesn't belong to any genre...

#ItTakesAllKinds
#Mythical
#WithMap
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#mythicalcreatures #bestiary #adventure #childrens

#ItTakesAllKinds
#Mythical
#WithMap
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#mythicalcreatures #bestiary #adventure #childrens

#ItTakesAllKinds
#Mythical
#WithMap
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#mythicalcreatures #bestiary #adventure #childrens

#ItTakesAllKinds
#Mythical
#WithMap
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#mythicalcreatures #bestiary #adventure #childrens

#ItTakesAllKinds
#WithTherapist
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#psychiatrists #literaryfiction

#ItTakesAllKinds
#Mythical
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
My first book by a Malaysian author. Wow. Simply wow. Short stories of various genres - literary fiction, #fantasy, ghost story, #romance, all steeped in Malaysian myths.
Grouped, very cleverly, in Here (various folk groups in Malaysia), There (Malaysians emigrated to Great Britain) and Elsewhere (spirit world), a compendium of very strong stories and a glimpse into foreign worlds. 4,5/5⭐

#ItTakesAllKinds #WithMap @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
A high-voltage sci-fi adventure story in a Disneyland-like amusement park of the future. The computer programming starts to glitch increasingly, pixel-holes, a few hushed-up attacks & accidents happen. Soon the AI goes fully awry and the remaining guests and staff of the park have to fight for their lives against attractions turned unpredictable & murderous to find a way out of the madhouse.

#ItTakesAllKinds
#Shelfie
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

One side of one of my bookshelves (the good thing of these IKEA ones is that they can be filled from two sides) ... 😇😇😇
#WasteNoSpace 🧐

#ItTakesAllKinds
#RoadTrip
#Mythical
#War
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#roadtrips #UnitedStates #NeilGaiman #gods #mythology #heritage
Yeees, my friend used a Depeche Mode poster to wrap the book😊 which makes it look even better, imho 😇😋

#ItTakesAllKinds
#RoadTrip
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#roadtrips #highways #UnitedStates #photography

#ItTakesAllKinds
#RoadTrip
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#roadtrips #fatherandson #drugs

#ItTakesAllKinds
#RoadTrip
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#roadtrips #UnitedStates #highways #pregnancy #YA

#ItTakesAllKinds
#WithTherapist
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#psychiatrists #Denmark

#ItTakesAllKinds
#WithTherapist
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#depression #medication #hibernating

1. Nope. Thank goodness. Though Samantha is my middle name, I go by that.
2. Tagged.😁

#Two4Tuesday #Bunny #names @TheSpineView
Tag my Bunny @BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author

#TheNewSon is a #Netgalley #ARC,
#Thistlefoot is already published and fab.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
#psychologicalthrillers #folklore #GreatBritain #UnitedStates #Yiddish #darkfantasy #BabaYaga

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

'Behold: Kali Tragus, the Russian thistle.'

Making slow progress through this one, yet it's a steady one with much pleasure. So far, it's fabulous.
A dark modern fantasy steeped in Yiddish folklore, a road trip through the vastness of the USA and the heritage, myths and memories of its immigrants.

#folklore #fantasy #myths #legends #Ukraine #EasternEurope #Russia #BabaYaga #legacy

1. Go to work again - and only it it's just for a few days (been on sick leave for months again😓) and go to the cinema tomorrow with my boo (They're showing Donnie Darko again tomorrow for this one night).😊
2. Tagged.
3. Though... Hmmm. Think I'll go with gothic. Gothic lit is mostly well written and offers plenty of atmosphere, suspense and thrills without being too crass.
#MotivationalMonday #springiscoming #gothicliterature @Cupcake12

My March #Bookspin list.
Can you tell l tried to add a lot of Irish writers? ☺️
🍀🍀🍀
#Ireland #TheEmeraldIsle #springiscoming #spring #Bookspinbingo #March2024
@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper
Going to combine this with #TPRC #Gottacatchemall #Roll100 and a few other #readingchallenges, as usual...
- edited for typos-

Well now:
1. Samantha Heather Mackey , because she is me. She is.
2. Hmmm... Dracula? Walter Hartright?
3. Done. I just finished the #Netgalley ARC and while I didn't like the last two chapters and Epilogue too much, I really really liked this insanely twisty book. It often went directions that had me literally gasping out loud.

#Bunny #ThePerfectFriend #psychologicalthrilers #horror #surrealism
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
@BeeMagical My Bunny🖤

Well, just decided to DNF Mirrorland, at least for now. Can't get into the writing style. After two weeks now I am still just 60 pages in. But I tried, right? This one is also my #Doublespin of February @TheAromaofBooks

The middle one is Beneath the Moon, a beautifully illustrated fairy tale/myth collection.

The Perfect Friend is a #Netgalley ARC and my #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge #TPRC choice for The Double R.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

So, this is part 1 of 2 of the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge prompt list.
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To add a bit more spice/variation, I put all the prompts in a jar and will randomly draw one of them on the 24th of every month which I will *try* to prioritise.
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This month's prompt is: 8 - The Double R: Book title has 2 'R's exactly.
I'm excited about this as that one offers me a few book choices I'm actually looking forward to read!😅
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This is part 2 of 2 of the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge prompt list.
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It's a very laid back, low-pressure reading challenge I thought of to get a few books off my shelves read I might never read otherwise.
Play this as it works for you. Create a TBR for the prompts, combine it with other reading challenges, or simply tick off a prompt when you happen to read a book/novella/manga/graphic novel/children's book etc. that fits the prompt for you.

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Hey everybody!
Today sees finally the start of the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge or #TPRC
as it's the date on which Agent Cooper arrived in Twin Peaks!
It will run till February 23rd next year (if I make it till then).
All are welcome to join! Tell me if you want to be added to or removed from the tag list.
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Have joined #FabulousFebruary hosted by @Andrew65
I've waited for this!

Goals? To make as much time for reading in these six days and maybe finish the tagged book.
The writing style makes it terribly hard for me to get into it. I've considered DNFing so often, but somehow I'd like to finish it. Maybe #FabulousFebruary will help.

September 5th, 1998
The sky was pink.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
#WeekendReading

#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

1. Survival. Launch my year-long #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge #Readathon, if I find the strength.
2. Friend or Foe? by Riverside
3. Depeche Mode - They're touring Germany again atm., went to see them twice last year, but the 2024 dates are too far away to visit on a weekday.
Riverside. Apoptygma Berzerk.

The tagged. A new #HarukiMurakami book is always exciting for me.
It was published in Japan last year, but the German translation (Die Stadt und ihre ungewisse Mauer) just came out at the end of January 2024.
(I'll wait for the paperback before I acquire it, though).

@BookmarkTavern #SundayFunday