{"id":43,"date":"2014-12-17T12:28:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T12:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesestunden.de\/?p=43"},"modified":"2018-12-07T22:07:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T21:07:36","slug":"lesestunden-ein-neuer-buchblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesestunden.de\/en\/2014\/12\/lesestunden-a-new-book-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesestunden a new book blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

For a long time, I\u2019ve been thinking about it, but now I\u2019ve decided to start a book blog. Books are something very personal. Something quite private that initially concerns only oneself\u2014and sharing that is rather difficult. How can you really share the great adventures, the vivid and emotionally charged images that form in your own mind? In my view, that\u2019s not easily possible. At this point, a quote from \u201cThe Shadow of the Wind\u201d<\/em> by Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n fits perfectly:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Every book has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it, and the souls of those who have read it, lived it, and dreamed about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Nevertheless, I\u2019m starting this blog. Because it\u2019s quite difficult to find good books. And because it\u2019s interesting to share thoughts about a book with others and to reflect on one\u2019s own impressions again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This is a picture of my fully packed bookshelf (or rather a section of it). I\u2019ll post a better one later, since the books are arranged by color, which looks stylish and invites browsing. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll be doing over the next few days\u2014to get started with a few reviews. Because, of course, that\u2019s supposed to be the main focus of this blog: book reviews.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

How This Blog Came to Be<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I read a lot. My commute to work takes more than an hour one way, and the S-Bahn ride is exclusively reading time. Every day. So I have plenty of time to devour books. Thanks to my iPod, I\u2019m undisturbed and dive day after day into foreign worlds, great adventures, and exciting ideas from both well-known and lesser-known authors. But I don\u2019t want to write too much about myself just yet\u2014I\u2019ll catch up on that later, of course.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Now there are two more questions I absolutely want to clarify at this point:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

How the Name \u201cLesestunden\u201d Came About<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I spend many hours reading. Mostly on the S-Bahn, but often at home as well. This blog is all about those hours. The name, therefore, says it all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Which Genres Will Be Covered Here<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When it comes to books, I do have a general line, but I\u2019m still quite inconsistent at times. That\u2019s why my reading queue is usually rather short. It can easily happen that I come across an interesting topic somewhere, and then I start looking for books about it. So you\u2019ll get a good mix here. Sometimes I read commercial bestsellers, sometimes completely unknown books. Sometimes stories, less often (but occasionally) nonfiction. In general, I\u2019ll be covering genres like classics, fantasy, historical novels (less often recently), novels, short stories, an occasional light read, and nonfiction. Excluded for me are thrillers, crime novels, biographies, science fiction, and poetry\u2014you won\u2019t find any of those here. But I don\u2019t want to ramble too much: soon there will be the first reviews, and it\u2019ll quickly become clear what I like.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Well, I\u2019ve written and talked quite a bit now. I hope you\u2019ll enjoy my new blog. Feel free to give me feedback, share your thoughts, and discuss with me. I\u2019m definitely looking forward to sharing my treasures with you and hope that one or two of you will be inspired to pick up a great book.<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a long time, I\u2019ve been thinking about it, but now I\u2019ve decided to start a book blog. Books are something very personal. Something quite private that initially concerns only oneself\u2014and sharing that is rather difficult. How can you really share the great adventures, the vivid and emotionally charged images that form in your own … <\/p>\n

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