In this Blog I give (very) short summaries as well as short reviews of the books I read. Books will usually be reviewed in the language I read them (English or German). [Follow my blog with Bloglovin]
Monday, 6 May 2013
Kathy Reichs - Bones to Ashes
Additionally, Andrew Ryan, no longer her boyfriend, needs her help in cold cases involving 3 missing and 2 dead girls.
Tempes sister Harry comes to Montreal and gets involved in the search for Evangeline and her family, as usual getting herself into danger.
Well, every single line of the book seems to get down to the search for Tempes childhoodfriend, everything seems to be linked... All in all I liked the book, but one or two coincidences less would not have done any harm.
So I award 6 out of 10 for a good idea and a mediocre adoption.
I now have on my lifestand - matching the season - Oliver Uschmanns "Überleben auf Festivals".
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Kerstin Gier - Rubinrot
Eins gleich vorweg - meine Schwester war nicht sehr beeindruckt, dass ich Rubinrot lese, und hat mir gleich einen ganzen Schwall anderer Teenagerliteratur empfohlen...
Gwendolyn Shepherd kommt aus einer Familie, in der ein Zeitreise-Gen vererbt wird. Und statt ihrer gut vorbereiteten Cousine Charlotte, ist es Gwendolyn selbst, die auf einmal anfängt, unkontrolliert immer wieder für eine gewisse Zeit in die Vergangenheit zu springen. Sie erfährt von einer Geheimgesellschaft, der es mittels eine Chronographen möglich ist, die Zeitreisenden gezielt in die Vergangenheit zu befördern, wenn auch für maximal 4 Stunden. Da gilt es nun einiges an Geheimnissen in der Vergangenheit zu erforschen und auch das schwarze Schaf der Familie zu finden...
Rubinrot hat mich etwas weniger als 3 Tage beschäftigt, es hat sich sehr flüssig gelesen, und ich hab auch gleich mit dem 2. Teil 'Saphirblau' angefangen. Prinzipiell bietet Rubinrot nicht viel Neues, außer dass anstatt Vampiren diesmal eben Zeitreisende die Hauptrolle spielen. Es ist, zumindest bis jetzt, eine Standardteenieliebesgeschichte, aber ich mag sowas ja eh ganz gern.
Also ich vergebe 8 von 10 für zwar nicht sonderlich hochstehende Literatur, aber eine durchaus nette Geschichte!
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Jonas Jonasson - Der Hundertjährige, der aus einem Fenster stieg und verschwand
In Rückblicken wird Allans gesamt Lebensgeschichte erzählt, die im Jahr 1905 recht unspektakulär im tiefsten Schweden begonnen hat. Allan lernt im Laufe seines Lebens so ziemlich alle wichtigen Staatsmänner kennen, und nach dem Motto "es kommt wie es kommt" lässt er sich auf alle Dinge ein, die da eben kommen mögen.
Ich hab selten soviel lachen müssen bei einem Buch - was besonders in der UBahn nicht so toll ankommt, aber was soll ich machen :-). Mir hat es zum Großteil sehr gut gefallen, einzelne Passagen waren dann schon ein bissl langatmig. Alles in allem vergebe ich 9 von 10 möglichen Punkten.
Und um meine kleine Schwester zu beeindrucken, hab ich jetzt tatsächlich mit Rubinrot von Kerstin Gier angefangen.
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
George R. R. Martin - A Dance with Dragons
Jon Snow, elected 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch faces envy and pure hate from some of his brothers, and finally has to really grow up and fast.
Daenerys has conquered Meereen and decided to stay there, in order to lead her motley people and therefore refine her leading skills. But she faces problems as well, as not all of her folken want to be lead by her... she even needs to find a new husband to appease some part of the Meereen people.
Tyrion is travelling more or less around the whole known world, and not all of this travelling is done by his own free will.
One further learns what happened to Cersei Lannister, Asha and Theon Greyjoy, Arya and Bran Stark.
Much is going on in Westeros, and the fifth volume leaves the reader somewhere in the middle of nowhere, so let's hope that George keeps on writing :-).
I award 8 out of 10 for many unexpectant turns and a character development which was much appreciated - at least from my point of view.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Stephen King - The Wind through the Keyhole
When all things are settled (fire made, doors and windows barred...) Roland starts to tell them a story from when he was a newly made gunslinger: he and his friend Jaime went to a small village in order to find out who or what is killing people there. A 12-year old is found and tells that a skinchanger is, who is doing the killing, and that he might be able to identify the person. So Roland, Jaime and a group of locals take the likely ones and bring them to the village. During this time, Roland tells the afraid Boy a Story he often heard as a child - 'the Wind through the keyhole'... So the story in the story begins: little Tim leads a very lovely life with his parents at the edge of the forest. One day his father does not come home from work, he was seemingly killed by a dragon in the forest. So Tims mom - in order to be able to pay her bills - his fathers best friend, who turns out to be not as nice as he seems. Well long story told short, Tim goes on a long journey and finds out what really happened to his dad... He is able to safe an imprisoned Person, to safe his mom from further evil and to safe hisself.
Roland switches then back to his own story, and then the reader goes back to the ka-tet and herewith to the end of the Starkblast.
I really really loved this book! Not only finally an eigth volume of the dark tower, but a very good story (stories...) too. Everything perfect, so 10 out of 10, and guess what! I finished the Vampiracycle AND the 5th volume of Game of Thrones as well (review coming soon) so I already started (nightstand book) 'bones to ashes' by Kathy Reichs, and my standard-with-me-book will be 'der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand' by Jonas Jonasson.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Christopher Marzi - Lumen
Hier die Kurzbeschreibung von www.amazon.de:
Mysteriöse Gestalten huschen durch die Winternacht, Menschen verschwinden vom Angesicht der Erde und fremde Nebel suchen die Stadt der Schornsteine heim. Erneut muss das Waisenmädchen Emily, begleitet von ihrem Mentor, dem mürrischen Alchemisten Wittgenstein, in die geheimnisvolle Welt unterhalb Londons hinabsteigen und der Spur eines dunklen Rätsels folgen. Alle Zeichen deuten nach Prag, der düsteren Stadt mit dem Tor zur Hölle ... Doch bevor Emily ihre Geschichte beenden kann, trifft der gefallene Engel Lycidas eine schicksalhafte Entscheidung, glaubt Emilys Freundin Aurora, Tote zu sehen, und muss Emily selbst einen gefährlichen Weg gehen, um die zu retten, die sie liebt ...
Ich finde, Christoph Marzi hat durchaus Potenzial, aber irgendwie will er auf Biegen und Brechen unbedingt der deutschsprachige Neil Gaiman sein, und davon ist er halt einfach zu weit entfernt. Ich hoffe, ich habe daraus gelernt, dass man nach dem 1. Teil den 2. kauft, und nicht gleich den 2. und den 3. Den bereits erschienenen 4. Teil werde ich mir glaub ich überhaupt sparen. Ich vergebe 1 von 10 möglichen Punkten.
Inzwischen liegt übrigens "The Wind throug the Keyhole" auf meinem Nachttisch, und ich bin bereits wieder voll im Midworld-Fieber.
Monday, 4 February 2013
E. L. James - Shades of Grey (Trilogy)
Anastasia Steele has to help out her ill friend, and gets to meet attractive millionaire Christian Grey, who seems to be first annoyed, then interested in Ana. A few days after their first encounter, Christian makes clear, he wants to be Anas dom - meaning her sexual superior and BDSM-Master. Ana - not having any sexual experience - hestitates to sign the necessary contract, and turns Christian mad by not doing what she is told :-). Well, as anyone might have guessed, Ana - as she is very much attracted to Christian - wants to do whatever Christian tells her, but soon discovers her hard limits.
Very surprisingly, the end of volume one is not a happy one. So, eager to know what is going on between the two, I immediately started with volume two. Part 2 is far more relaxed than part 1. There is much more story and a little less sex, but I liked it all the same. Part 3 turns the events into a thriller with sexual elements and leads to a nice ending, with the possibility of a further volume...
I don't want to reveal too much of the plot, that's why my summary is even shorter than usual, but really, it is surprising at times, and one gets to know some serious secrets about Christian... so, well, Ladies, go and read it :-) (not that you expect too much, it is a nice story to read, but not too special - all the same, very likeable) - I award 8 out of 10.
I now go back to Westeros and started already "A dance with dragons", the last of the already published books of George R. R. Martins "Song of Ice and Fire".