2015 - one year in reading

This is probably the most frequent jannuary post of all book blogs in existence. Well, I guess the internet can handle one more then!



As you can see in the picture above: I've read 12 books (actually, I'm lying, there are only 11 you can see in the picture above, one I had to give back to a friend who was so nice and lend it to me).
So twelve books in twelve months. Not the best of statistic. So much less then the years before, in which I at least scored 20 book. Should I be sad/disappointed/quitting my book blogging semi-career? I refuse.



I actually shifted my reading habits quite a bit last year. Less YA, less books that I was starting with a mediocre expectation to begin with, less books I didn't like (although there are exceptions to this rule of course. The Selection I'm looking at you).



 In general, I am very pleased with my last year readingwise. Although my reading game grew weaker in the second half of the year, I definitely had interesting journeys and took more risks, e.g. reading classics, a non-fiction book and even a play. I even started Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at some point. Put it on hold after 125 pages because the 6 weeks my library gave me to read it were up. Will return to it at some point hopefully(/maybe).



My main point is: I explored. And while I did this, I still managed to read 5 books off my to-be-read-pile.



What are my reading goals for 2016 then? After nearly 3 years of trying to reduce my TBR, I feel like I made enough progress to get back to allowing myself to read new releases or old classics/bestsellers that I have been looking forward to since forever (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte or Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegurt to name a few).



 I also sorted out my TBR pile: there is now a pile featuring books that I definitely want to read soon and one that I still want to read at some point in my life but will not pressure myself to read anytime soon. The latter one mostly features books from my teenage years that I either never started to read to begin with or stopped for no reason whatsoever after a hundret and something pages (damn it 15-year-old-me!) or quick YA reads that I bought impulsively over the last two years like the House of Night Series. The other (more relevant) TBR pile is going to get its own blog post in the near future (or at least I plan on it).

And now: I think, I owe it to you: all of my 2015 books in a nice overview situation (you earned it!):

1. Not That Kind Of Girl - Lena Dunham (partly interesting, partly mediocre as fuck)

2. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (kept me on the edge of my seat - and I never got what people meant with this phrase either)

3. The Beach - Alex Garland (def suspensful, probably even better if you haven't seen the movie already)

4. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk (breathtakingly amazing! even/especially if you love the movie!!)

5. City of Glass - Cassandra Claire (well, well. boring for most parts. still liking the characters enough to move on with the series)

6. Andorra - Max Frisch (definitely refreshing and clever... and yep, refreshing is a pun on the author's name which in english means fresh .... please don't judge me :D)

7. The Selection - Kiera Cass (not good! def not good! didn't want to continue this series... but from time to time I wonder what the characters are up to... damn it, curiosity! I'm still not sure yet)

8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (I HAVE AN ACTUAL BLOG POST ON THIS ONE, I HAVE AN ACTUAL BLOG POST ON THIS ONE! AND IT IS HERE. not my favorite classical literature experience but I'm glad I read it)

9. A Dance With Dragons (A Song Of Ice And Fire, Book 5) - George R. R. Martin (this incredibly long entry also corresponses to how amazing this book/series is/was!! excited for the next!!!)

10. Die Wellenläufer - Kai Meyer (german, english translation: Pirate Curse, The Wave Walkers #1) 
(definitely discovered Kai Meyer for me this year. His writing style brings me joy)

11. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (first Austen, first Austen! Ever! Definitely want to continue with some Austen this year, it was both entertaining and though provoking.)

12. Momo - Michael Ende (german children's book classic that I haven't read in my childhood, so I kinda fixed this.)

Thanks 2015. Here is to 2016! May the reading odds be ever in your favor.

books which I am dying to read - Autumn edition

I don't know if you feel me here - but if you love books you probably do - being too slow when it comes to reading but being QUICK AS FUCK when it comes to get excited about new books. There is this one pile (or more virtually speaking my Amazon wishlist) of classics/books that probably most of the online book community have already consumed, reviewed, talked and cried about and wouldn't hesitate to mention the book's ending in a random sub clause. This list contains monumental fiction as Pride & Prejudice as well as the Percy Jackson Series or Insurgent, so yeah, thanks for acknowledging that I'm behind. Book publishing could stop for several years without me being affected at all, because I can live off these resources for AGES.

But there is also this other pile of books, that nobody is really demanding me to read, like they are not mentioned on a regular basis in booktuber's most recent wrap ups and I am not more than the average amount afraid of getting spoilered. Somehow, I manage to get excited about these books without anyone mentioning it and want to read them on the spot - although this almost never happens since I'm always in the middle of reading another book. So this is my collection of books for the rest of the year :) Maybe you like
to read some of these along with me?

A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby Why don't I just read this book already? Bought it 4 years ago, read fifty pages and abandoned it - although it was really witty and well thought trough. Story about 4 people meeting at a roof top when trying to commit suicide just DEMANDS to be read.

FILTH - Irvine Welsh I was shocked and amazed and left without any hope in humanity and left with so many feelings after watching the movie a couple of weeks ago - it goes without saying that I needed to get more into the spoiled and layered character of Bruce Robertson (portrayed by the brilliant James McAvoy). VERY EXCITED FOR THIS ONE ACTUALLY.

Club Dead - Charlaine Harris My inner Sookie Stackhouse needs to be treated with the third part of the series. And since I started this one 3-4 years ago, I think it's about damn time.

The Selection - Kiera Cass Booktube made me buy it basically. Want to get into the story and make my mind about the characters that most people tend to find rahter annoying, am I right? Sorry guys but I'm used to Zooey Redbird (House of Night) and no one can possibly be more annoying than her.

Virginia Woolf - To The Lighthouse The summary of this one just sounds so nice and simple. Love, family, responsibility. I'd rather read this book today than tommorow.

What books are YOU dying to read this month/year? I always need insiprations to add to my pile of must-reads because the bigger the better, right?

enjoy reading & love hemingway!