Do me a favour:
You take this book
and read it some time.
And then later on,
you can tell me what you think.

(Ghost Dog)

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RABCK information:
I read books in English and German (and easy ones in French), in almost any genre (except chicklit and most books that count as "romance"). Whenever possible, I prefer to read books in their original language. I'm especially fond of SFF and anything with tentacles, and recently I find myself picking up a lot of nonfiction and auto/biographies, too. When I'm having a bad day and need some cheering up, I eat chocolate and/or pastries and binge on comics/graphic novels/manga. I also have a growing collection of international myths and fairy tales.

I'm a vegetarian. If you send sweets in a RABCK, swap or sweepstakes parcel, please make sure they don't contain gelatin. I like chocolate (milk and white is fine, nuts and fillings too, dark not so much, and chili is out of the question - also please real sugar, not stevia), flavoured hot chocolate, cookies, and salted caramel anything. And I love (original red) Twizzlers (which I can't get around here) and mochi (especially taro or pandan flavour). I also like all kinds of teas and tisanes.

For anyone wanting to send me something as a surprise while RABCK.com is down, please contact linguistkris or Plum-crazy, who hold my address for this purpose.

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BOOKS READ (i.e. finished reading) IN 2019:
(titles in red = REDUCE MT TBR CHALLENGE 2019)

• 48. Strength of Water by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy
  
• 47. Wenn Licht ins Dunkel fällt by Rex Stout
  
• 46. Doe Lea by M. John Harrison
  
• 45. Nichts: Was im Leben wichtig ist by Janne Teller
  
• 44. Nur über meine Leiche by Rex Stout
  
• 43. Schwarze Orchideen by Rex Stout
  
• 42. Living with Intent by Mallika Chopra
  
• 41. The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel by Khaled Hosseini
  
• 40. The Devil's Feather by Minette Walters
  
• 39. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
  
• 38. Tears of the Trufflepig by Fernando A. Flores
  
• 37. Miffy at the Gallery by Dick Bruna
  
• 36. Das Glücksprinzip by Spencer Johnson
  
• 35. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
  
• 34. They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
  
• 33. Wonton Soup by James Stokoe (re-read)
  
• 32. The Prestige by Christopher Priest
  
• 31. The Ice House by Minette Walters
  
• 30. Die Pyramide by Henning Mankell
  
• 29. Tales of the Slayers (BTVS) by Joss Whedon et al.
  
• 28. Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
  
• 27. An Advancement of Learning by Reginald Hill
  
• 26. Endless Night by Agatha Christie
  
• 25. Borkmann's Point by Håkan Nesser
  
• 24. N or M? by Agatha Christie
  
• 23. Die fabelhaften Heldentaten des weisen Narren Mulla Nasrudin
  by Idries Shah
  
• 22. Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy
  
• 21. By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
  
• 20. Rain (Blackwater #6) by Michael McDowell
  
• 19. The Fortune (Blackwater #5) by Michael McDowell
  
• 18. Ragged Alice by Gareth L. Powell
  
• 17. In the Woods by Tana French
  
• 16. The War (Blackwater #4) by Michael McDowell
  
• 15. The House (Blackwater #3) by Michael McDowell
  
• 14. The Levee (Blackwater #2) by Michael McDowell
  
• 13. The Flood (Blackwater #1) by Michael McDowell
  
• 12. Close Range: Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories by Annie Proulx
  
• 11. Inverted World by Christopher Priest
  
• 10. The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin
  
• 09. Butter, Brot und Läusespray by Wigald Boning
  
• 08. Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
  
• 07. Triton by Samuel R. Delany
  
• 06. Maigret et la vieille dame (en français facile) by Georges Simenon
  
• 05. The Smoke by Simon Ings
  
• 04. The Woman and the Ape by Peter Høeg
  
• 03. The Moon Moth (Graphic Novel) by Jack Vance & Humayoun Ibrahim
  
• 02. Tentacle by Rita Indiana
  
• 01. Monster Portraits by Del Samatar & Sofia Samatar