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Berlin - Zehlendorf, Berlin Germany

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Growing up, I spent most of the school vacations at my grandmother's bookstore, I even ended up doing an apprenticeship in that bookstore to become a bookseller. Now I work in IT, but I never lost my love for books. I am fluent in both English and German. At the moment, I prefer reading books in English, but I also read in German, of course. I read a lot of historical fiction, especially mediaval English and Wales history. Also some mystery. And I love reading novels that are placed in other cultures. But there is so much more out there to read, and I'm open for almost anything. It's great to sometimes read a book that I would never have bought for myself but someone gave to me.

Authors I really like are Sharon Kay Penman, Edith Pargeter (aka Ellis Peters), Philippa Gregory, Elizabeth George, Isabel Allende, Dan Brown.

For my christmas buddys (and other gift exchanges): If you are looking for something else but books to give to me, I love tea, I like to knit and crochet (though I don't have much time for it), I like "typical items" from other countries, I enjoy any kind of decorative item. And play the piano. I am always happy about piano sheet music for 4 hands (my daughter has been playing for 5 years now, so "middle level" would be perfect for the two of us). My husband and I like doing puzzles together, like crossword, word searches, sudoku, etc. Really, I'm not too picky. :-)

I am a member of the 1001 library and have the following books to offer for anybody interested:
The Sound of Waves
Fools of Fortune
Silence
The Scarlet Letter
Go Down Moses

And in German
Gösta Berling
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Abbitte (Ian McEwan)

I'm currently hosting the following bookrays/bookrings:
1. Sushi for Beginners (Marian Keyes) (it looks like this book got lost. I got a new copy and am sending it out again)
2. All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
3. Shanghai Girls (Lisa See)
4. Island Beneath the Sea (Isabel Allende)

All rays are still open, if you want to join just PM me.
I list my bookrings at The Bookring Directory!

Rings I previously hosted:
A Year in the Merde (Stephen Clarke)
The Tenth Circle (Jodi Picoult)
Plain Truth (Jodi Picoult)


By the way, I also trade books through BookMooch. If interested, here is my bookmooch inventory.

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