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 2018:

• 97. The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman
  
• 96. Der Tag, an dem Anton nicht da war by Edith Schreiber-Wicke (re-read)
  
• 95. Michel muss mehr Männchen machen by Astrid Lindgren (re-read)
  
• 94. Mädchentod by Julia Heaberlin
  
• 93. Todeskäfig by Ellison Cooper
  
• 92. Complicity by Iain Banks
  
• 91. The Quarry by Iain Banks
  
• 90. Ruhe Unsanft by Agatha Christie
  
• 89. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
  
• 88. Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman
  
• 87. Vater Morgana by Michael Niavarani
  
• 86. Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides
  
• 85. Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth
  
• 84. The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci &Nate Powell
  
• 83. Eene Meene by M. J. Arlidge
  
• 82. Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith
  
• 81. This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith
  
• 80. The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
  
• 79. The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
  
• 78. Questionable Content Vol. 1 by Jeph Jacques
  
• 77. A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith
  
• 76. Venezianische Scharade by Donna Leon
  
• 75. The Ghost Box by Patton Oswalt (ed)
  
• 74. Der Feind by Erich Maria Remarque
  
• 73. Weiße Nächte by Fjodor M. Dostojewski
  
• 72. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
  
• 71. Sturm im Mumintal by Tove Jansson (re-read)
  
• 70. Eine drollige Gesellschaft by Tove Jansson (re-read)
  
• 69. Three Japanese Short Stories by Akutagawa & Others
  
• 68. Der Mut des Rotkehlchens by Maurizio Maggiani (re-read)
  
• 67. And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker
  
• 66. The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton (re-read)
  
• 65. The Six Voyages of Lone Sloane by Phillipe Druillet
  
• 64. The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock (re-read)
  
• 63. Sabine's Notebook by Nick Bantock (re-read)
  
• 62. Griffin & Sabine by Nick Bantock (re-read)
  
• 61. Geschichten vom Franz by Christine Nöstlinger (re-read)
  
• 60. 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
  
• 59. Horror Stories by E. Nesbit
  
• 58. Honor Thy Father by Arkás
  
• 57. Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre
  
• 56. Station 16 by Hermann & Yves H.
  
• 55. Dead Girl Walking by Christopher Brookmyre
  
• 54. Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre
  
• 53. The Drop by Michael Connelly
  
• 52. Die Geschichten von der Geschichte vom Pinguin by Christine Nöstlinger (re-read?)
  
• 51. Forever . . . by Judy Blume
  
• 50. Wiener Straße by Sven Regener
  
• 49. Der Unfall und andere Fälle by Agatha Christie
  
• 48. Abe Sapien Vol. 3: Dark & Terrible & The New Race of Man by Mike Mignola et al.
  
• 47. Abe Sapien Vol. 2: The Devil Does Not Jest and Other Stories by Mike Mignola et al.
  
• 46. Abe Sapien Vol. 1: The Drowning by Mike Mignola et al.
  
• 45. Hellboy Vol. 5: Conqueror Worm by Mike Mignola
  
• 44. Hellboy Vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola
  
• 43. Hellboy Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola
  
• 42. Hellboy Vol. 2: Wake the Devil by Mike Mignola
  
• 41. Ich bin die Zwetschnik by Gerda Klimek
  
• 40. Tales of Terror and Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  
• 39. The Green Round by Arthur Machen
  
• 38. The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
  
• 37. Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
  
• 36. Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
  
• 35. Olympiade der Lausbuben by Karl Bruckner (re-read)
  
• 34. Ghost by Helen Grant
  
• 33. Nick and the Glimmung by Philip K. Dick
  
• 32. Masque Of A Savage Mandarin by Philip Bedford Robinson
  
• 31. The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
  
• 30. Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham by Mike Mignola et al. (re-read)
  
• 29. Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb et al.
  
• 28. Schulgeschichten vom Franz by Christine Nöstlinger (re-read?)
  
• 27. Orchideen für sechzehn Mädchen by Rex Stout
  
• 26. Die Plopper: Immer Zirkus mit Matz by Michael Schanze (re-read)
  
• 25. Die Plopper: Eine Torte im Rucksack by Michael Schanze (re-read)
  
• 24. Die Plopper: Was ist los in Halle 3? by Michael Schanze (re-read)
  
• 23. The Changeling by Victor LaValle
  
• 22. The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch
  
• 21. I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas
  
• 20. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
  
• 19. Ein Zeuge Verstummt by Rex Stout
  
• 18. Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
  
• 17. Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
  
• 16. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
  
• 15. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
  
• 14. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
  
• 13. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
  
• 12. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
  
• 11. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
  
• 10. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
  
• 09. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
  
• 08. Monstress Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
  
• 07. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
  
• 06. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
  
• 05. Der Löwe Hans by Janosch (re-read)
  
• 04. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
  
• 03. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
  
• 02. All the Colours of Darkness by Peter Robinson
  
• 01. The Most Dangerous Game (smbc) by Zach Weinersmith (re-read)
  

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DON’T BUY NEW BOOKS – KILL MT TBR CHALLENGE 2019