christmas reading

hi lovies,

as you know i am a huge fan of books. no, i don't smell on them (some people do. i still think that kinda weird) but i do read them. i just had to clarify that, as my friend asked me just last week if i actually read them or just use them as decorating objects. i may have to say that this friend is a male friend. i don't wanna say guys don't read but i honestly don't have a single male friend (or then i wouldn't know of him) who would read a book by choice. but they should because in my opinon reading is sexy!
and you not only can learn from books but you also are able to escape the real life just for a little while. so if only one guy will read this post (it's a start, you've already read about 150 words) who truly likes to read, please, please leave a comment with your recommendations ;) i would love to know what kinda books you are interested in! of course this also applies for the female readers =)

and if you are looking for some inspiration check out my pinterest board "reading" (most of it is girly stuff but you may find something you like =)) holidays are close and next to eating reading is a perfect distraction...

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Book Review: Revenge Wears Prada

as i told you in the previous post i'm doing some serious reading here - just kidding. last thing i read was "revenge wears prada: the devil returns" by lauren weisberger and i gotta say: i am kinda disappointed. i really likes the first book but no so much the second. no doubt, it's always hard to live up to the earlier success, but since i've seen lots of recommendations on other blogs and websites my expections were high. but let's get to the story line:

andy and emily coincidentally meet at cooking classes, where they get to know that for one thing they share the same passionate contempt for miranda priesly and for another thing they both pretty suck at cooking. later on they found their own wedding magazine "the plunge" which readership grows day by day. emily's already married by then, but andy's big day is still to happen. you don't have to wait long for that event and by the time of the wedding day andy discovers a letter written by her mother-in-law, which of course doesn't approve of her precious son marring a woman like andy. during the whole story, andy doesn't seem confindent about the whole marrage thing with her now husband and even as a soon-to-be-mother she isn't quit happy with the outcome of her live. lauren weisberger discribes andy's life in about 200 pages - which actually is half the book - and miranda trying (and succeeding) to distroy "the plunge" and with that the achivement of emily and andy in another 200. overall you know andy's pregnant from page 62 but it's revealed only at page 124, you know miranda is going to ruin the magazine, you know andy's husband and emily are going to betray andy, you know andy will end up with her real prince a long time before lauren weisberger puts it down in words. you'd may call it predictable, i call it boring. 

but to be fair, i really loved "everyone worth knowing" also by lauren. that's why i'd rather recommend that one instead of the revenge.

let's see what "the best of me" by nicholas sparks is like. his books are usually making me cry like a baby. i truly am a hopeless romantic.

ready for cold winter days

hi sweethearts,

as i let you know in this post i'm a huge fan of books. last month i read "the 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared" by john jonasson which i really find impressive! i acutally learned something from it and even if i'm normally not really looking for this in books i truly enjoyed extending my knowledge of politics and history. additionally, i couldn't help but falling in love with the hundred year old man's attitute towards life.

Anyways, what could you possibly like better than cuddling up on the couch with a hot tea, your fluffy blanket, wool socks and a good book on a cold winter day? so don't forget to store books up! to make it easier for you, those are on my reading list:

revenge wears prada - lauren weisberger

the best of me - nicholas sparks

where we belong - emily giffin

the happiness project - gretchen rubin

the man who ate the 747 - ben sherwood

words on a page

hi sweeties,

i'm a glutton for books and while i am usually reading romances or novels (e.g. written by rachel gibson; lauren conrad) during the week, i like it a little more sophisticated on the weekends. I just finished khaled hossini's "a thousand splendid suns" and am going to read "the 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared" by john jonasson which lots of friends recommended me.

also on my list: 

Some Of My Books

Seduce Me by Carly Phillips - Everyone Worth Knowing & Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger - Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson - L.A. Candy & Sweet Little Lies & Sugar and Spice by Lauren Conrad - Wie Sie in High Heels Unfallfrei Eine Glühbirne Auswechseln by Camilly Morton- I'm Not In Mood For Love by Rachel Gibson - If You Have To Cry Go Outside by Kelly Cutrone