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My year wasn’t very exciting, but... okay there is no but. I want to present you a meme anyway! :)

Go to your calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2008 (not including memes of course). Post the first line/sentence of it in your journal, and that's your... idk it cuts off. wtf lol maybe itinerary?

January: [livejournal.com profile] night_songs_93 asked me to do this meme, so this entry is especially for her! :D (See how nice I am? ;D)
February: Zeugnisse, Zeugnisse, Zeugnisse sind coooo~hoool! XD (This was the headline, btw, it continued with: "... meistens jedenfalls. ^^;" Seems like I liked mine! xD)
March: I am so so very bored... clearly this can only result in... (Headline) ... MEME!! :D (Yes, that one’s common...)
April: Today I went to see "Juno"!
May: ... okay, actually the results are kinda non-existing since I didn't really do anything, but well, it's the thought that counts, right?
June: Long time no post, eh? (Headline) ... but that's just because I have nothing to say. :/ (and I still write an entry!)
July: We have a new car! \o/ (And I still miss our old one ;_;)
August: Man, yesterday sure was amazing! xD (IT WAS!)
September: Also, heute habe ich auch endlich mal mein "Cosplay" angefangen/fertig genäht. :) (About Connichi...)
October: So, yeah, I'm back. (I miss Amsterdam! ;_;)
November: So today I got my wisdom teeth pulled. (I only remember AGONY!)
December: Da Rossmann meine Fotos noch nich fertig entwickelt hat und ich mich jetzt höchstens suboptimal vorm Lernen für Kunst drücken kann, gibt's jetzt mal 'n Entry. xD (Haha, I suck...)

Now that was interesting, wasn’t it? I know it wasn’t, shut up. Proves how exciting my year was! XD


And now let’s proceed with a list of all the books I read this year. And let’s have my opinion on them, too. ;)


Books I’ve read in English are written in italics, German books in normal script. Things other than books are in parentheses. Original titles are given in squared brackets.

1) Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
10/10 - I’m not quite sure why, but this is one of my favourite books. It has everything a teenage fantasy novel should have and is certainly the best one I’ve ever read. I also love Howl. xD


2) Castle in the Air – Diana Wynne Jones
9/10 - The sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle, and I loved it, too. Abdullah was funny! xD


3) Faust, Erster Teil – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
6/10 – I liked it well enough... it’s just... I don’t like analyzing it.

4) Woyzeck – Georg Büchner
7/10 – I know, I know, it’s a fragment and should hardly be considered a book... Erm. I thought it was kinda cool.

5) Für immer vielleicht – Cecilia Ahern [Where Rainbows End]
10/10 – I liked it a lot! I was angry most of the time while reading it and thought "just get together!" a lot, and it was perfect for the kitschy part of me.

(Ars Amatoria – Ovid
Doesn’t really count, don’t read all of it, but most. Read it for Latin class. In Latin of course. Reads like a cheap women’s magazine.)

6) The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
8/10 - Loved the writing style and the non-linear way of story-telling!


(Cena Trimalchionis – Petron
Read in Latin, too, same as with "Ars Amatoria". Boring.)

7) Irrungen, Wirrungen – Theodor Fontane
5/10 - It was kinda boring, but I read it in only one day, so I guess it was alright.

8) PS, I Love You – Cecilia Ahern
1/10 – Hated it and found it boring. :/ Was really disappointed after reading "Für immer vielleicht”. I think it’s one of the most overrated books.


9) Die kleine House Apotheke – Michael Reufsteck und Jochen Stöckle
8/10 - Don’t know whether this really qualifies as a real book, but let’s count it anyway, eh? It was really fun. Read like a weblog and... well, I like it.

10) Drachenreiter – Cornelia Funke
8/10 – I read it first when I was around 11 and now I read it again and I still love it. A nice fantasy novel with cute ideas.

11) The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
6/10 – Didn’t think it was exceptionally good, but it wasn’t bad either.

12) The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster – Bobby Henderson
6/10 – I like Pastafarianism! :D The book was funny, but the website is even funnier. :)


13) Ronja Räubertochter – Astrid Lindgren [Ronja Rövardotter]
9/10 – I love Astrid Lindgren’s books! She is my favourite author. This one was great, too, bought it after last having it borrowed and read when I was seven. The nature disriptions are awesome.

14) Nora (Ein Puppenheim) – Henrik Ibsen [Et dukkehjem]
9/10 - Awesome play, would love to see it performed.

15) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
10/10 – Reread it after I bought all the Hitchhiker books. It’s a classic and very loveable! ;) I love Arthur Dent and the humor in this book..

16) Othello – William Shakespeare
7/10 - When I read the annotations I realized: it’s all about sex!

17) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
9/10 - Don’t know what to say except: love the humor!


18) Das Reich des König Lustik - Jérôme Bonaparte in Kassel – Jörg Adrian Huber
4/10 – Got that book as a present from the publisher where I made my "praktikum". It was... sorta interesting.

19) Aufgewachsen in Hannover - Die 40er & 50er Jahre – Michael Schnelle
3/10 – And there start the bookd I had to read during my praktikum. I don’t know what to say about them, so I’ll just rate them.

20) Aufgewachsen in Dresden - Die 40er & 50er Jahre – Dietmar Sehn
5/10

21) WIR vom Jahrgang 1979 - Kindheit und Jugend – Christiana Jahnke und Patrica Baumann
4/10

22) WIR vom Jahrgang 1985 - Kindheit und Jugend – Anna-Lena Roth
3/10

23) WIR vom Jahrgang 1989 - Kindheit und Jugend – Caroline Heil
2/10

24) Vatikan und schwarzes Gold - Geschichten und Anekdoten aus Castrop-Rauxel – Falko Pyck und Heike Zielasko
5/10

25) Aufgewachsen in Mannheim - Die 40er und 50er Jahre – Helmut Fiedler
3/10 – And that was the last one of them. Phew, boring... xD

26) Buddenbrooks – Thomas Mann
6/10 - Found it pretty dull, but there where some elements I liked, for example thie foreshadowing with this saying: „Wenn das Haus fertig ist, kommt der Tod.” or when Hanno makes two lines under the family tree.

27) Leben des Galilei – Bertolt Brecht
7/10 - The subject is interesting and I like Brecht’s style.

28) Life, the Universe and Everything – Douglas Adams
9/10 - I don’t really know what to say abou this... Liked it.

29) So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish – Douglas Adams
9/10 - I liked Fenny!

30) Mostly Harmless – Douglas Adams
9/10 - I was sad when I was finished reading all the books! D:

(shortstory: Young Zaphod Plays It Safe – Douglas Adams
9/10 - Fun!)

31) Winnie-the-Pooh – A.A. Milne
8/10 - Cute! I love Eeyore and Kanga! Pooh is adorable, too, even though slightly annoying. ;)

32) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Caroll
10/10 - Loved the way of writing dreams, I dream similarly weird. xD

33) Through the Looking-Glass – Lewis Caroll
9/10 - Uhm. Same. :)

34) The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
8/10 - Didn’t expect to like it that much! Read it after [livejournal.com profile] flamie_chan said I should. Really didn’t regret it! :) Liked the ending.

35) Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
0/10 – The book itself sucks so much! But reading it was kinda fun. XD But not as fun as the other ones because the last one of the series sucked the hardest. xD


36) Die Verwandlung – Franz Kafka
7/10 - A really morbid story and at times I really found it disgusting (in a good way). The end killed me, so cruel!

(Kafka-Kurzgeschichten
10/10 - Love Kafka! Didn’t like "Die Verwandlung" as much as I like his other stories. "Der Aufbruch", "Kleine Fabel" and "Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" are my favourite ones!)

37) Pompeii – Robert Harris
7/10 - Full of suspense and historic facts! Liked it. :) I though the ending was really good, too, and despite what you might think, that’s not a thing I do often.


38) Salve Papa! - Wladimir Kaminer
9/10 - Love Kaminer’s stories. I can’t quite explain why, they’re just fun and the writing style is awesome in how... dry it is.

39) Follow The Rabbit-Proof Fence – Doris Pilkington
3/10 - I guess it’s supposed to be a classic or something, but I found it incredibly bland.


40) Der kleine Bruder – Sven Regener
9/10 - Loved it! Love the writing style, the characters, the humor, the way of story-telling, everything! :)

41) Focus on Australia - Tough choices for the clever country – Understanding Global Issues Reports
It’s a specialised book, so I won’t rate it. Kind of interesting, but... I’m just not very interested in Australia’s economy.


42) Ausländisch für Notfälle
5/10 – Fun! A lot of fun! Useless but fun!

43) Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf (Ärzte Biografie) – Markus Karg
7/10 - Ehm... interesting? xD And with pretty pictures, too! *g*

44) Herr Lehmann – Sven Regener
10/10 - One of my favourite books of all time. :) I only like "Neue Vahr Süd" more!

45) Medea. Stimmen – Christa Wolf
7/10 - Interesting way of writing, but I just didn’t find the story itself very interesting. Good book nevertheless.

46) NEON: Unnützes Wissen: 1374 skurrile Fakten, die man nie mehr vergisst
7/10 - Really kinda useless if you don’t want to use the facts to be a smartass (which I am), but such a lot of fun! :D

47) Echt zauberhaft – Terry Pratchett [Interesting Times]
8/10 – Heeh, loved it! :D Have to read another book by Terry Pratchett now that I think of it.

48) Bockmist – Hugh Laurie [The Gun Seller]
5/10 - Was okay, but kinda strange at times. The translation was weird, too.

49) Die Liebe in Zeiten der Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez [El amor en los tiempos del cólera]
7/10 - Loved the writing style, but have to say, I found it long-winded at times. And really, it was all about sex.

50) To Kill A Mackingbird – Harper Lee
9/10 - Another book which I didn’t expect to like as much as I did! Again awesome writing style and way of story-telling. The moral was annoyingly obvious at times, but I can forgive that.


51) Tintenherz – Cornelia Funke
1/10 - Another one of those books which everybody seems to love and I just find it boring and had to force myself to read it.

52) Wandelgermanen (Hartmut und ich stehen im Wald) – Oliver Uschmann
8/10 - I love the Hui books! :D Strange but fun. And Bob Ross’ part was awesome!

53) Murp! (Hartmut und ich verzetteln sich) – Oliver Uschmann
10/10 - One of the best books I’ve read this year! I agree so much woth the moral in this! Außerdem murpe ich auch oft und bin sehr unperfekt. Oder auch hartmutesk. :)

54) Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt Vonnegut
9/10 - Wanted to read that one in English class but we didn’t so I read it at home. Crazy.


55) Frühstück bei Tiffany – Truman Capote [Breakfast at Tiffany’s]
7/10 - Love Capote! :) Interesting character this Holly Golightly. Didn’t watch the movie yet.

(3 Kurzgeschichten von Truman Capote
10/10 - ♥)

56) House of Many Ways – Diana Wynne Jones
8/10 - Interesting fantasy which has awesome ideas! But I didn’t like it as much as "Howl’s Moving Castle" and "Castle in the Air". :)


Wow, that was a lot! xD Does that now prove how well-read I am? ;D

If you’ve got any questions or want to discuss, please do! :)

Date: 2009-01-01 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isegrim-chan.livejournal.com
December: Da Rossmann meine Fotos noch nich fertig entwickelt hat und ich mich jetzt höchstens suboptimal vorm Lernen für Kunst drücken kann, gibt's jetzt mal 'n Entry. xD (Haha, I suck...)
- Not at all. I think that's awesome and human! ;D


5) Für immer vielleicht – Cecilia Ahern [Where Rainbows End]
- I know that's what they say in the book, but the English title is actually "Rosie Dunne". :) If you don't believe me, look at my book shelf. ;D


Yays! You did it - more than fifty books!

Date: 2009-01-01 10:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
- Not at all. I think that's awesome and human! ;D
Danke... xD Nur weil du mein Leiden teilst. ;D Oder eben meine Menschlichkeit! xDDD~

Rosie Dunne ist der amerikanische Titel! :)

Isch bin schooo toll! ;D

Date: 2009-01-01 10:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isegrim-chan.livejournal.com
xD Genau!

Oh verdammt. D: Wehe, da sind große Veränderungen drin... Ich hab mich schon gewundert... Wenigstens weiß ich jetzt warum. ;)

Du bist wuuunderbaaaaar! :D

Date: 2009-01-01 11:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
Glaube nich, dass die das ändern... wär ja komisch. Aber zuzutrauen wärs denen schon! xDDD

Danke danke! Dito! ;D

Date: 2009-01-02 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jurindel.livejournal.com
Oh WOW, that's a LOT!
If you like Douglas Adams, his Dirk Gently books are great as well, at least the first one (the only one I read I have to confess, it's called Dirk Gently's Holisitic Detective Agency), I think I liked that even more.
Am I repeating myself, or do I have a déjà vu???

Date: 2009-01-03 12:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
I didn't really seem like a lot while reading... xD Well, a year is long (and many of these books were quite short! xD).
Oh, have to ckeck it out! :D Thanks for the rec. :)

Date: 2009-01-06 01:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ai-chi.livejournal.com
51) Tintenherz – Cornelia Funke
1/10 - Another one of those books which everybody seems to love and I just find it boring and had to force myself to read it.


D= Du bist schon die zweite Person die das sagt.
Nur so aus Interesse, gibts was bestimmtes was dich gestört hat? Ich mag das Buch nämlich, auch wenn ich es nicht fertiggelesen hab (was aber nichts heißt weil ich Bücher irgendwie nie fertig lese xD;; *howls moving castle auch noch beenden muss* xD;)

Und es ist ja KRANK wieviel du gelesen hast!! XDDD

Date: 2009-01-06 11:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
Also... da gibts eigentlich viel Gründe und sie sind alle so gemein! xD
Ich fand die Charaktere flach und die Geschichte hat sich ewig gezogen, ohne dass was Spannendes passiert ist und dann war alles so langwatmig beschrieben und hat mich zu Tode gelangweilt. Darüber hinaus fand ich nicht mal die Idee interessant, sondern nur doof und vor allem in der Ausarbeitung hatte alles Mängel. Ne ganze Menge Plotlöcher gab's da...

Wieso denn krank?! xD Ich lese nun mal gern. <3

Date: 2009-01-14 10:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ai-chi.livejournal.com
Also mit dem ewig langgezogenen hast du schon recht. Das war eh so lustig als ich den Film gesehen hab. Der Film fängt mit der Fahrt der beiden an. Und ich nur "WTF die haben ca. 100 Seiten weggelassen" und dauernd dachte ich "Toll, diese Szene hat beim Lesen einen ganzen Nachmittag gebraucht und hier grad mal 2 Minuten" XDDDD Aber auf der andren Seite war der Film nicht zu hektisch oder zu gekürzt. Es lag also auch wirklich dran dass die Szenen an sich nicht mehr hergaben xDD

"Krank" im Sinne von "beeindruckend" xDDD

Date: 2009-01-14 03:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
Jaa, was ja eine Bestätigung für meine Bemängelung wäre. xD Aber ich habe ja gehört, manche mögen das...

Na dann bin ich ja beruhigt! xDDD

Date: 2009-01-25 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ai-chi.livejournal.com
Mir isses ehrlich gesagt beim Lesen nie negativ aufgefallen. Nun les ich auch wirklich kaum Bücher, weil ich ein ganz dummes Hobby habe - nämlich nach spätestens der Hälfte des Buches AUFZUHÖREN. Egal wie spannend es ist >_< Deshalb fang ich meistens gar nich erst an XD'

Date: 2009-01-26 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
Aber wieso hörst du denn nach der Hälfte auf? xD

Date: 2009-02-01 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ai-chi.livejournal.com
Tja, wenn ich das wüsste. Das ist eine GANZ dumme Angewohnheit xD; Ich mach das nichmal mit Absicht, es passiert einfach *lol*

Date: 2009-02-02 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
Vielleicht solltest du mal versuchen, das zu überwinden! xD

Date: 2009-02-02 06:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ai-chi.livejournal.com
Ja, sollte ich wohl xD Ich versuchs *lol*
(Mach ich bei Mangas übrigens nich, was wohl daran liegt dass die schneller durchgelesen sind als ich überlegen kann sie wegzupacken >D)

Date: 2009-02-03 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urania-chan.livejournal.com
Bitte berichte mir vom Ergebnis! xD
(Sonst würdest du ja auch nie über den ersten band hinauskommen... xD)

Date: 2009-02-03 08:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ai-chi.livejournal.com
Werd ich machen! xD
(Das stimmt xD)

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