BookWyrm

Alexander boosted

velvet_shrimp wants to read A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe: A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. (Hardcover, 1724, Andesite Press)

A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe

Plates facing pp. 70, 157 and folded plate facing p. 259.

Alexander boosted

Niklas started reading Maldoror by Lautréamont

Lautréamont: Maldoror (Paperback, swedish language, 2001, Alastor Press)

Alexander started reading Pantopia by Theresa Hannig

Theresa Hannig: Pantopia (Hardcover, Deutsch language, 2022, FISCHER TOR)

Pantopia by Theresa Hannig

Eine bessere Welt ist möglich! Theresa Hannig, die Autorin von "Die Optimierer", hat eine Utopie für unsere Zeit geschrieben. Eigentlich …

Alexander commented on Mütter und amazonen by Bertha Eckstein-Diener

Bertha Eckstein-Diener: Mütter und amazonen (German language, 1932, A. Langen)

No rating

manchmal gibt es zu alten büchern gerne auch eine dreingabe. in diesem fall wohl eine alte to.read.liste. wäre das letzterscheinungsjahr aussagekräftig, wohl ungefähr aus dem jahr 1950. wie aus dieser zeit naheliegend, finde ich das nebeneinander so unterschiedlicher biografien spannend

...und das bei der freude an sachliteratur am ende etwas zur zerstreuung steht [die einschätzungen beruhen auf einer kurzen onlinerecherche]

Sir Galahad - Mütter und Amazonen, 1931 Freud - Totem und Tabu,1913 Benn - Kunst und Macht, 1934 Benn - Der (neue) Staat und die Intellektuellen, 1933 Fritz Usinger - Medusa. Aufsätze zu Bildern, 1940 [Kollaborateur] Bruno Frank - Tage des Königs, 1924 [Exilschriftsteller] Heinrich Blücher - Die Rolle der Gotik Giselher Wirsing - Der maßlose Kontinent, 1942 [Nazi]

zurück: Uzarski - Spanische Reise, 1921 [Emigrant] Leip - Abschied in Triest, 1949 [Kollaborateur] Valmore - Gedichte [Franz. Romantikerin] Vietta - Iphigenie in Amerika, 1949 [Innere Emigration] Tiedemann - Die Haut …

manchmal gibt es zu alten büchern gerne auch eine dreingabe. in diesem fall wohl eine alte to.read.liste. wäre das letzterscheinungsjahr aussagekräftig, wohl ungefähr aus dem jahr 1950. wie aus dieser zeit naheliegend, finde ich das nebeneinander so unterschiedlicher biografien spannend

...und das bei der freude an sachliteratur am ende etwas zur zerstreuung steht [die einschätzungen beruhen auf einer kurzen onlinerecherche]

Sir Galahad - Mütter und Amazonen, 1931 Freud - Totem und Tabu,1913 Benn - Kunst und Macht, 1934 Benn - Der (neue) Staat und die Intellektuellen, 1933 Fritz Usinger - Medusa. Aufsätze zu Bildern, 1940 [Kollaborateur] Bruno Frank - Tage des Königs, 1924 [Exilschriftsteller] Heinrich Blücher - Die Rolle der Gotik Giselher Wirsing - Der maßlose Kontinent, 1942 [Nazi]

zurück: Uzarski - Spanische Reise, 1921 [Emigrant] Leip - Abschied in Triest, 1949 [Kollaborateur] Valmore - Gedichte [Franz. Romantikerin] Vietta - Iphigenie in Amerika, 1949 [Innere Emigration] Tiedemann - Die Haut der Maske, 1949 Heatter - The Dim View, 1946

Alexander commented on Schlesische Sagen 2 - Elben-, Dämonen- und Teufelsagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #2)

Richard Kühnau: Schlesische Sagen 2 - Elben-, Dämonen- und Teufelsagen (1911, B.G. Teubner)

No rating

what's this about 'b' and 'f'? why is it called 'elben' but usually we say in german 'elfen'? looked up in the grimm, only to be more astonished: yes, there is the entry 'elben', but all of grimm's examples read 'elfen'. Can someone throw some light on the matter?

Alexander wants to read Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla (2000)

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire …

Alexander wants to read Kamogawa Food Detectives by Jesse Kirkwood

Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood: Kamogawa Food Detectives (2024, Cengage Gale)

Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood

Alexander reviewed The Fisherman by John Langan

John Langan: The Fisherman (Paperback, 2016, Word Horde)

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the …

review: the fisherman

3 stars

well, now: this is some kind of 'how would S. King write a Lovecraftian story', even with the obligated sex scene, which surprises you. it's not a bad book, i just don't really like this style. I get everything told, what appears vaguely at the edges of the field of view. and, to start a discussion about the 'true' genre of cosmic horror, it is not in the spirit, but uses expertly the staff and leitmotifs to write something about grieve and loss.

despite what i just said, it's fine and the old-man-narrator of the audiobook converts it into quite an enjoyable experience.

Alexander started reading Heldensagen des Firdusi by Adolf Friedrich von Schack (Heldensagen des Firdusi in drei Bänden, #2)

No cover — Abū-al Qāsem Firdousi, Adolf Friedrich von Schack: Heldensagen des Firdusi (Hardcover, german language, Cotta, Stuttgart)

Heldensagen des Firdusi by Abū-al Qāsem Firdousi, Adolf Friedrich von Schack (Heldensagen des Firdusi in drei Bänden, #2)

Alexander finished reading The Fisherman by John Langan

The Fisherman by John Langan

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it …

Alexander boosted

loppear started reading Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot

Four Quartets is a set of four poems written by T. S. Eliot that were …

Library sent me what appears to be an original 1943 printing.

Alexander finished reading The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, Vol 1 by Anne Lister

Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread: The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, Vol 1 (2012, Little, Brown UK)

The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, Vol 1 by Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread

When this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of …

Alexander boosted

reading tofu wants to read Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

Patricia Eckermann: Elektro Krause (Paperback, Deutsch language, 2021, tredition)

Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

„Wer ist die denn?! Wo ist der Krause?“ „Ich bin Krause“, antwortete ich und registrierte, wie mein Herzschlag sich spontan …

Alexander wants to read Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

„Wer ist die denn?! Wo ist der Krause?“ „Ich bin Krause“, antwortete ich und registrierte, wie mein Herzschlag sich spontan …

Alexander wants to read James: A Novel by Percival Everett

Percival Everett: James (2024, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

James: A Novel by Percival Everett

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from …

User Profile

Alexander's books

To Read (View all 323)

Currently Reading (View all 5)

Read (View all 476)

2024 Reading Goal

User Activity

velvet_shrimp wants to read A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe

A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe

Niklas started reading Maldoror by Lautréamont

Maldoror by Lautréamont

Alexander started reading Pantopia by Theresa Hannig

Pantopia by Theresa Hannig

Alexander commented on Mütter und amazonen by Bertha Eckstein-Diener

Alexander commented on Schlesische Sagen 2 - Elben-, Dämonen- und Teufelsagen by Richard Kühnau (Schlesische Sagen, #2)

Alexander wants to read Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Alexander wants to read Kamogawa Food Detectives by Jesse Kirkwood

Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood

Alexander reviewed The Fisherman by John Langan

review: the fisherman

3 stars

Alexander started reading Heldensagen des Firdusi by Adolf Friedrich von Schack (Heldensagen des Firdusi in drei Bänden, #2)

Heldensagen des Firdusi by Abū-al Qāsem Firdousi, Adolf Friedrich von Schack (Heldensagen des Firdusi in drei Bänden, #2)

Alexander finished reading The Fisherman by John Langan

The Fisherman by John Langan

loppear started reading Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot

Alexander finished reading The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, Vol 1 by Anne Lister

The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister, Vol 1 by Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread

reading tofu wants to read Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

Alexander wants to read Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

Elektro Krause by Patricia Eckermann

Alexander wants to read James: A Novel by Percival Everett

James: A Novel by Percival Everett