And here I am with my March #BookSpinBingo board and another Omnibus. Like with the one by Dan Abnett, I'm going to read in steps. For this first round I'm going to read the short stories set before book one.

My #DoubleSpin is another chunkster, that's why I've avoided reading it for a long time. But I'm glad I'm finally back in that world.

@TheAromaOfBooks

Not that easy to see, but my next roll in #BookishMonopoly brought me to "series vol 2". I had to think a little about this, until I realised that the next step in that giant of a book is the second Eisenhorn novel. So here we go!

@AkashaVampie

So many good books in February ❤️ Welcome, March 🍀

Happy #5JoysFriday 💛 My joys this week:

1) meeting with my bestie ❤️
2&3) travelling with @VaniBarelyReads ❤️
4) browsing the toy store with @VaniBarelyReads
5) actually feeling alive in the evenings, instead of just being dead 💪

Tiny bonus: two times of gender euphoria 🏳️‍🌈

@DebinHawaii

Soft pick. The story itself didn't grab me, even though I liked the idea of the Jedi Council mingling with normal people. There were many scenes that made me laugh out loud, but all in all there were just way to many characters. Whenever I stopped reading and picked the book up again, I had to look up who's who (except for the obvious ones). Guess I'm not that much of a Star Wars fan after all? 😭

#StarWarsBuddyRead @BookwormAHN

A more feminist version of “Goodnight Mister Tom“ with a pony instead of a dog. A book that crashed me in the best way possible. I barely managed to read the first chapter, but I had tears in my eyes when I saw how Ada and Jamie grew. And not only them, but also Susan. How this family grows stronger and stronger, and proves that family is not only made by blood. Highly recommend, especially now.

#bookishmonopoly @AkashaVampie

Who doesn't want a piece of Han Solo? Or Boba Fett? This comic was fun and a relaxing read (compared to what else I've been reading). It's just nice to lay back every now and then and enjoy how other people mind their own problems. Nice artwork, good Star Wars feeling all the way through. The story moves fast and things explode.

Joining @Deblovestoread at #MondayMood

Hope your name is Heidi - Heidi Reichinnek

We take a breath
Then we move on
Today was not an ending
But a begining

(After Germany's elections yesterday)

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Really excited for I'm A Queerfeminist Cyborg, Han Kang is always a hit, and how the f* am I'm going to translate Nr. 90? I don't even know what the German title means 🤣

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

A book for all Gravity Falls fans. I can't really decide on the age group this was intended for. Some lines are rather grown-up, some pages seem more for a child like audience. It drags a little in the middle, but it gets better at the end. Nicely made, eclectic and of course very much Bill Cipher.

No big words today (Germany is voting for a new government and you know...). So here's my #BookSpinBingo for March.
Happy moving @TheAromaofBooks

I might as well post that now, since I'm not going to finish any of the other books. But I managed one #BookSpinBingo anyway, yay!

@TheAromaofBooks

It's all just BLEH at the moment. So I felt like I need to buy a book for some happy feelings. That's why I preordered this and now I'm excited and my mood slightly better. See, books help. Buying books helps too.

Happy #5JoysFriday 💛 This week has been... A week. So I'll go for the tiny joys.

1+2 - Secco, Rossa & @VaniBarelyReads
3 - A friend made me vegan cocoa 😋
4 - The tiny car family is growing
5 - Valentine's day at the library 📚

@DebinHawaii

I'm not quite sure what to do with this story. At some point I got some tiny Catch-22 vibes, because of the way the narrator talks about warfare. Oh yeah, I did not expect to deal with so much war and fighting. The novella is only 93 pages long, but I still had a hard time getting into the setting and the plot. The ending was interesting enough, though.

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Such a beautiful story. Coming-of-age in Poland's 1980ties. Life was so different there back then. The book doesn't care about the reader, Ludwik tells his story to Janusz, not us. We're not important in this narration. Beautifully written (a very good translation), so I could hear Ludwik's voice the whole time. Feel his pain, his longing and the acceptance of how things turned out.

Translates as: 50 amazing Swiss Women

And yes, all those women in this book are amazing. They stood up for their rights, for others, their dreams. They were laughed at, ignored, hurt. But they never gave up. Some are long gone, some are still alive. Some I knew, most of them were new to me. But I'm impressed and amazed by them all.

#BookSpin @TheAromaOfBooks

Translates as: In the most beautiful colours

As soon as I layed eyes on this book, I knew I was going to love it. And yes, I did. Maybe even a tiny bit more than expected.
It's a cute and fluffy romance between two trans boys, written by an author who's trans himself. So he knows what he's writing about. And it shows. So beautiful 💖

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

How could I restist? 😆 I think Pinterest really got me. And yeah, me eating ice cream all year round is a thing. Love the third one 😉

@TheBookHippie

The first part of this huge collection is done. Read the first two short stories as my #DoubleSpin this month. Both stories are good and very Warhammer-ish, but too similar if read directly after each other. The first story is set before Xenos, the second one after. The stories are recommended for fans of Eisenhorn, especially since we learn how he lost his hand in the second one.

@TheAromaofBooks

How can Angie Thomas's books just get better and better? So glad I listened to this as an audiobook. It has all the vibes, all the depth and all the pain. Honestly, I, once again, felt ashamed to be born as a white person. Seriously, there's so much going wrong in this world, but this book still sends out a huge message of hope.

Went into this without knowing anything particular about it. But it didn't take long until I was hooked. Enzensberger talks about a cult in Germany's near future, living far out at sea. We follow the daughter of the leader on her way to find the truth and herself, and an artist who has lost her way and a lot more. I loved the way we're navigating Germany after a flood, practices to hold people down and small, and the person growth of both MCs.

My next move on #bookishmonopoly led me to our library, which was perfect because they organised a Blind Book Date for Valentine's day 💖

I had to choose between two books and ended up with The War That Saved My Life. Not a book I had chosen without this.

Now I need your help, Littens. I want to find out what book the other one would've been. The card said: Words are worth their weight in silver in this historical fantasy book. The industrial⬇️

Happy #5JoysFriday 💛 I hope you're all talking good care of yourselves 💛

1. Staying at home and having some days off
2. @VaniBarelyReads taking care of me while I was feeling sick
3. Little tiny flowers along the way
4. ADS medication is working and it feels so good to have a clear(er) mind
5. @VaniBarelyReads ordering these beauties as a Christmas gift for me 😁🧑‍🎄🎁

@DebinHawaii

This might be my favourite volume of the series so far. It's the story about the fish and the robot creature that takes care of it. A lot of depth is revealed here. The philosophical ideas that flew into this chapter, deeply moved also touched me.

Read this as a Buddy Read with my bookish bestie and was totally stunned by the inclusivity of the story. I'd expected a typical fantasy setting with typical romance - but no. The characters are deep and they all have their own packages to carry. The world building is stunning and I can't wait to read the next part in this story.

Is this an escapist read? Yes. Did I read this to escape reality? Absolutely. Did it work? 100%

Enjoyed it so, so much. And maybe, only maybe, I accidentally hit the preorder button for the next book? Maybe?

@PuddleJumper #roll100

I got sick and now I'm totally behind with my reviews 😬 My boss, cool as he is, gave me some extra days off, so this is the state I'm in now. I should probably post some reviews, but instead I'm starting my next book 🤣📚

A soft pick, because I learned a lot about Switzerland's history by reading this book. But all in all it's too long and totally forgets about Show Don't Tell. More than once I thought that no person in real life talks like the characters in this book.
In this story we dive deep into Switzerland's far right extremist groups. Therefore, we hear the N-word, we have to face sexism and all that comes with that.

Happy #5JoysFriday 💛

1. Got to try Báhn Mì 🥪
2. It's starting to feel like spring
3. My results for BBC ADD are pretty clear and I got some medication to try
4. Random guy showing up in our store, wanting to take pictures of everything connected to HR Giger. And I happen to work basically next to his birth house 😁
5. Surprise book mail from @fabienne.luethi ❤️ including an extra box for Secco

@DebinHawaii

This was recommended to me by one our best customers. I've heard about this book quite a lot, but thought it wasn't for me. When I started it, I still thought it wasn't for me. But the more I listened to the audio book, the more I got invested. It's interesting how the author mixes up memoir, biography and biology in one book. Without it being overloaded.

@PuddleJumper #roll100

This book was not written for me, so of course I struggled with it. And I'm totally fine with that. I think for those who need this story, it'll give them a lot. I was a bit lost between the Nigerian ghosts and gods, but also somehow fascinated. It's a unique read for me, but I'm not sure if I would another book by this author.

#queerbc @Puddlejumper

Last book read in January and it was a good ending for a good reading month. Discovered this book thanks to Erin's Book Challenge on FB. It's a queer historical crime novel set in 1942 and it showed me that queer people (and all other targeted people) always have overcome obstacles and have always been fighting for their rights.
I really hope that there'll be more stories with Detective Molly Malone.

My #BookSpinBingo for February. My #BookSpin is a book from my mother's shelf, and I chose a book about 50 Swiss women one should know. And for my #DoubleSpin ... 😱

Monthky wrap-up for January. Even though I rated A Scatter of Light higher, I'd go with Tears of the Nameless as #BookOfTheMonth

#botm

Managed one #BookSpinBingo this month. I'm happy I tried this, but I realised that I prefer to do my bingos online. Learned something new this month, too.

@TheAromaOfBooks

Happy #5JoysFriday 💛

1&2: Rossa and Secco being Rossa and Secco. Secco had to see the vet and is now back to his old self.

3: my new Gideon The Ninth shirt. House VI of course 💀📚

4&5: the little things that make you laugh 💛

@DebinHawaii

George Mann did an awesome job here (after reading the afterword it's even more impressive and moving). These books are getting better and better and better. And there's always a character I loose my heart to. Here it was Amadeo.
And I LOVED Dorian's part. I imagined a young, maybe confused kid reading this and finally finding some answers. Just all the hearts, really.

#StarWarsBuddyRead @BookwormAHN

No the tagged book, but by the same author and set in the same universe

I have a weird fascination for the Order of the Sacred Rose. These women are just so hardboiled. And fanatics, but most of the characters of the 40K universe are. But for some reason I find these women to be really inspiring.

This books ends like there might be another part to it, and I really hope there will be more stories with Avaline.

It's T. Kingfisher. So it's good. It really is. I loved the characters, especially Hester and Penelope. And I loved the fact that the females make the stories, the males are barely there to be there and help out. Everything else is true Kingfisher. Magic, humor, fantasy. Can't get enough of her.

Not in the Litsy database. “Nachwasser“ is a new word creation by Frieda Paris, and could be translated as “AfterWater“. It's a long poem and it's deeply impressive. The way Paris uses words, creates new ones and evokes pictures and emotion is unforgettable. At least to me. It took me some time to get used to the style, but it was so worth it. There must be so much time and work put into this poem and it shows.

This second book is a sequel and a prequel in one. Which I thin is a brilliant idea. We learn about the original Ambrose and Kodiak, and about their kids. It's part cuteness and part heartwrenching. I did prefer the first book, but I still loved learning more about the characters and their worlds ❤❤❤

One month almost done! So here's my #BookSpinBingo list for February.

@TheAromaofBooks

Every now and then, I do enjoy reading Ruth Ware. This one was another eerie book that I indulged in. It's about things, that have the power to hunt us our whole lifes. Things, that change our lifes lifes. I loved how involved the baby was, which gave the story an interesting touch (poor little one, though).

#bookishmonopoly @AkashaVampie

These are my #roll100 picks. I decided to go for #62 because I need some fluff and cuteness in my life. The MacDonald one was a tip from a customer and I so can't wait for the last one 😍

@PuddleJumper

Happy #5JoysFriday 💛 First, I wanted to leave this over empty (you know why), but then I decided that I won't let them win. Finding joys is a tiny act of rebellion, because they want us to be afraid.

1) Tasty Italian dinner with @VaniBarelyReads and FIL
2) Stupid mental health walk with @VaniBarelyReads
3) Actually doing what's on my to do list
4) These little Dodge cars @VaniBarelyReads gave me
5) two cups of Koawach each day

@DebinHawaii

I think for now five adventures are enough. The stories all work pretty much the same way, if you know one book, you know them all. Usually, I think that's pretty fun, but right now I'm not in the state of mind to listen to Cain. Also, I got tired of the Male Gaze pretty fast. And even though I really like Jurgen, it's not enough to keep me going. This series is paused for now.

#roll100 @Puddlejumper

Another book that is so good, that it's hard to write a review about. I had a lot of thoughts and emotions while reading this, but it's a whole other thing to put these into words. It's a beautifully written story and kudos to Ki-Hyang Lee, who translated the book to German. The author works with symbolism and magical realism to create strong images and scenes. Some of them we might won't forget again.