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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ATTENTION: I JUST MOVED FLAT! (Feb 2020)
Please don't use my old address (Grabenstraße) anymore. PM me or my address buddies for an update.

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 mysteries or 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 2020:

• 36. The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin
  
• 35. Wunder wirken Wunder by Eckart von Hirschhausen
  
• 34. The Searcher by Tana French
  
• 33. Mord im Gurkenbeet by Alan Bradley
  
• 32. Paper Girls Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan et al.
  
• 31. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
  
• 30. Collective Gravities by Chloe N. Clark
  
• 29. The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
  
• 28. Mord auf Widerruf by Reginald Hill
  
• 27. Victory Point by Owen D. Pomery
  
• 26. Die großen Vier by Agatha Christie
  
• 25. Friends in High Places by Donna Leon
  
• 24. Tarepanda Goes on an Adventure by Hikaru Suemasa (re-read)
  
• 23. The Trespasser by Tana French
  
• 22. The Secret Place by Tana French
  
• 21. Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
  
• 20. More Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl (re-read)
  
• 19. Asterix and the Soothsayer by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo
  
• 18. Broken Harbour by Tana French
  
• 17. Philbert Desanex' 100,000th Dream by Gilbert Shelton
  
• 16. A Tale of Truths by Berit Ellingsen
  
• 15. Franka, Vol. 3: Das Geisterschiff by Henk Kuijpers (re-read)
  
• 14. Faithful Place by Tana French
  
• 13. And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave (re-read)
  
• 12. The Likeness by Tana French
  
• 11. Trees Volume 3 by Warren Ellis
  
• 10. Oma Luzie gründet einen Indianerstamm by Janosch
  
• 09. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean
  
• 08. Calypso by David Sedaris
  
• 07. The Wych Elm by Tana French
  
• 06. Der Glöckner von Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
  
• 05. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (re-read)
  
• 04. The Lovecraft Anthology, Vol. 2 by Dan Lockwood et al.
  
• 03. The Lovecraft Anthology, Vol. 1 by Dan Lockwood et al.
  
• 02. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 2 by Leah Moore, John Reppion et al.
  
• 01. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 1 by Leah Moore, John Reppion et al.
  

BOOKS READ (i.e. finished reading) IN 2019:

• 60. Goblin by Ever Dundas
  
• 59. The Book of Ballads by Charles Vess et al.
  
• 58. Herr Sokrates und die veilchenblaue Dame by W. J. M. Wippersberg
  
• 57. Death of a Peer by Ngaio Marsh
  
• 56. Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh
  
• 55. Das Yogasutra: Von der Erkenntnis zur Befreiung by Patanjali
  
• 54. Wenn Schnuddel in die Schule geht by Janosch
  
• 53. Die Geschichte vom kleinen Siebenschläfer, der nicht einschlafen konnte by Sabine Bohlmann & Kerstin Schoene
  
• 52.Winterkartoffelknödel by Rita Falk
  
• 51.Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf
  
• 50.The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout
  
• 49.Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma
  
• 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