I've been doing Throwback Thursdays for a while but I noticed that I wrote a lot of reviews in a short time when I first started. One of my blogger friends always posts the reviews of one month but that would be too much. So, these are my reviews from the fourth part of December 2011.
Fontane, Theodor "Effi Briest" (GE: Effi Briest) - 1894
The story takes place in the late 19th century. Fontane managed the description of the society excellently.
Handford, Martin "Where's Wally?" (aka Where's Waldo) - 1987
I guess Wally is known worldwide because he is going everywhere. Mind you, he is also hiding everywhere, so I'm surprised anybody knows him at all.
I have spent many many happy hours with my boys trying to find Wally and a lot of other things in the strangest places. This is a wonderful book to share with your children.
Haynes, Melinda "Mother of Pearl" - 1999
The Deep South of the US in the 1950s. Joody Two Shoes is a bit of a fortune teller, someone who knows everything, she brings some mysticism into this novel that heavily verges on Magic Realism.
Hesse, Karen "Out of the Dust" - 1997
Karen Hesse has a great style to write about the problems of ordinary people throughout history. Here she describes the life during the Great Depression in the 1930s in the US.
A book about philosophy. Richard David Precht manages to make a subject as exciting as a thriller. He offers a lot of knowledge for the average citizen that you would not find otherwise in such a vivid and entertaining way.
The Precht book is new to me... Looks interesting!
ReplyDeleteHe is a very famous philosopher in Germany who brought his subject to the masses, Kitten. The fact, that this was translated into English says a lot. I'm sure you would like it.
DeleteI like Karen Hesse's writing.
ReplyDeleteI've only read two of her books, Lark, though I really liked both of them.
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