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4 for: Batman [Recommendations! Good places to start!]
1: Scott Snyder: “Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls” [The New 52] 2: Jeph Loeb: “Batman: The Long Halloween” 3: Greg Rucka: “Batman: No Man’s Land” [a novelization of several graphic novels] 4: Scott Snyder: “Batman: The Black Mirror” … Continue reading
Underdog Literature, April 2013: 15 fresh or urgent, off-the-wall titles
. Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately. Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention: . 01: RON CURRIE, jr.: “Flimsy little plastic Miracles”, 340 pages, February 2013. 02: HELEN GARNER, “Monkey Grip”, 245 … Continue reading
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Tagged Batwoman, book recommendations, Buchtipps, Chester Hies, Dana Johnson, Dezsö Kostolanyi, Frank Deford, Golda Fried, Helen Garner, Irene Sabatini, J.H Williams III, Jakov Lind, Julie Kibler, Karen Boye, Lawrence Thornton, Literature, Michael Kimball, Natacha Appanah, Pater Nathaniel Malae, Recommendations, Recommended, Ron Currie jr., Shusako Endo, Sonali Deraniyagala, Steve Abee, Tobias Wolff, Tyler McMahon, Vikki Wakefield, W. Hayden Blackman
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Underdog Literature, June 2012: 15 fresh or notable, off-the-wall titles
. Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately. Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention: . 01: JONATHAN EVISON, “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving”, 290 pages, 2012. 02: MICHAEL CHABON, “Telegraph Avenue”, 480 pages, … Continue reading
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Tagged book recommendations, Claire Legrand, Dietmar Dath, Elizabeth Wein, Eowyn Ivey, Für immer in Honig, Goodreads, Graham Joyce, Guy Delisle, Ismet Prcic, Jonathan Evison, Liza Klaussmann, Michael Chabon, Michel Turnier, Monoceros, Neil Abramson, Patrick Flanery, Recommendations, Recommended, Requiemroman, Ruth Klüger, Sasha Sokolov, Sergej Dovlatov, Suzette Mayr, Telegraph Avenue, The Snow Child, Underdog Literature
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Geschenke 2012: Bücher, DVDs und Comics
. [für eine Übersicht über die besten Bücher, die ich 2011 gelesen habe... hier entlang (Link)!] [für eine Übersicht aller Geschenke, die ich 2010 machte... hier entlang (Link)!] . die zehn Bücher, die ich am häufigsten verschenke: Kevin Vennemann: “Nahe … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. King, Alan Ball, Alexa Hennig von Lange, Alison Bechddel, Alissa Torres, All-Star Batman and Robin, American Gods, An Education, Andrew Niccholl, Anne Lamott, Annika Scheffel, Apostolos Doxiadis, Avatar, Avatar: Her der Elemente, Ayelet Waldman, Before Sunset, Ben Schott, Billy Wilder, Bird by Bird, Björn Kern, book recommendation, Buchtipp, Catwoman, Catwoman: When in Rome, Cormac McCarthy, Cube Books, David Foster Wallace, David McCandles, David Small, Daytripper, Die Titanic und Herr Berg, Dogville, Dr. Seuss, E.B. White, Ed Brubaker, Ein Herz und eine Krone, Empfehlungen, Eric Carle, Ernest Hemingway, Ethan Hawke, Evan S. Connell, Fabio Moon, Felicitas Hoppe, Fiona Maazel, Frank Capra, Frank Miller, Frans Lanting, Fréderic Martel, Gabriel Ba, Gary Shteyngart, Gattaca, Geoff Johns, George R.R. Martin, Geschenke, Geschenktipps, Geschenktipps Weihnachten, Gotham Central, Green Lantern, Greg Rucka, Harper Lee, Haruki Murakami, Howard Cruse, Hunger Games, Inside Job, Isabell Allende, Jörn Morisse, Jenny Erpenbeck, Jeph Loeb, Joan Didion, John Updike, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Judd Winick, Judy Blume, Kathryn Stockett, Kavalier & Clay, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kevin Vennemann, Kisten Fuchs, Kiyohiko Azuma, Kolja Mensing, Lady Oscar, Lars von Trier, Last last Chance, Letters from Iwo Jima, Logicomix, Lois Lowry, Mad Men, Marjane Satrapi, Matthias Stolz, Max Brooks, Michael Chabon, Miriam Toews, My so-called Life, Nadja Einzmann, Nahe Jedenew, Naomi Klein, Nausicäa, Neil Gaiman, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Neue Vahr Süd, Nintendo DS, One Week, Patricia Briggs, Paul Auster, Pedro, Rabbit Angstrom, Rachels Hochzeit, Randy Pausch, Rasmus Engler, Raymond Chandler, Recommendations, Recommended, Richard Ford, Richard Yates, Rick Moody, Rose of Versailles, Saree Makdisi, Scott Pilgrim, Scribblenauts, Sergej Lukianenko, Shannon Hale, Simone de Beauvoir, Six Feet Under, Stephen Chbosky, Stewart O'Nan, Stuck Rubber Baby, Susan J. Douglas, Suzanne Collins, Sven Regener, Tal der Winde, Türkisch für Anfänger, The Cove, The Giver, The Hurt Locker, Tove Janson, Tree of Life, Truman Capote, Tucker Shaw, Ugly Betty, Vanilla Sky, Vladimir Kaminer, Wallace Stegner, Waltz with Bashir, Where the Girls are, Wild Palms, World War Z, Yasushi Inoue, Yotsuba
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Underdog Literature, May 2012: 15 fresh or remarkable, off-the-wall titles
. Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately. Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention: . 01: RICHARD FORD, “Canada”, 432 pages, 2012. 02: JOSHUA HENKIN, “The World without you”, 336 pages, 2012. 03: … Continue reading
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Tagged A Short Stay in Hell, Andri Snaer Magnason, Annett Gröschner, book recommendations, Brad Kessler, Carol Brunt, Carol Rifka Brunt, Dirk Wittenborn, Francis Spufford, Jhumpa Lahiri, John van de Ruit, Joshua Henikin, Junichiro Tanizaki, Kazushi Hosaka, Liz Moore, Lynne Tilman, Mark Oliver Everett, Matthias Senkel, rachel maddow, Raymond Federman, Recommendations, Recommended, Richard Ford, Spud, Stephen L. peck, Tell the Wolves I'm home, The Namesake, The Unmooring of America's Military Power, Tschick, Underdog Literature, Wolfgang Herrndorf
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Summer Reading List – 29 good… and 29 *great* books
. My reading list, this summer? Here are 29 books… that I suspect to be pretty good. And another 29 books… that I suspect to be great. Update, spring 2013: I managed to read a good number of the books. … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit", Adam Levin, Alison Bechdel, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Anders Nilsen, Andre Dubus, Art of Racing in the Rain, book recommendations, Catherine Chung, Claire Bidwell Smith, David Markson, Dorothy Baker, Dorothy Canfield-Fisher, E.L. Doctorow, Eowyn Ivey, Eric Walters, Everything happens today, Francis Spufford, Guy Delisle, Ismet Prcic, James Salter, Jeanette Winterson, Jesse Browner, Joachim Meyerhoff, Jose Manuel Prieto, Junichiro Tanizaki, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Liz Moore, Makiota Sisters, Patrick DeWitt, Reading List, Recommendations, Recommended, Red Plenty, Robert Boswell, Rules of Inheritance, Sharon M. Draper, Sloan Wilson, Summer Books, Summer Reading, Suzette Mayr, The Descendants, The Snow Child, Tim Wise, Tony Earley, Tove Jansson, Walter Tevis, William Maxwell, Youth in Revolt
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Underdog Cinema! 15 Asian Movies / Dramas… worth your time?
. I’m a book critic. But I love good movies, too. Here are some fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious Asian (non-Japanese) dramas from the last 20 years… that might deserve more attention: [to watch the trailers... click here!] . 01: … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-Iron, 6tynin9, A Moment to Remember, Aftershock (Movie), Alice Wu, Asian Cinema, Asian Drama, Blue Gate Crossing, Brother of War, Chang-Dong Lee, Chih-Yen Yee, Chinese Drama, Edward Yang, Hae-Sung Song, Korean Cinema, Korean Drama, Memories of Murder, movie trailers, Pen-Ek Ratanaburang, Recommendations, Recommended, Saving Face (Movie), Secret Sunshine, Syndromes and a Century, Tae Guk Gi, Thai Drama, The Road Home, Yi Yi, Yimou Zhang
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Underdog Cinema! 15 Sci-Fi Movies… worth your time?
. I’m a book critic. But I love good movies, too. Here are some fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious Science-Fiction Movies from the last 20 years… that might deserve more attention: [to watch the trailers... click here!] . 01: RICHARD … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Earth, Chronicle, District 9, Ditto, Equilibrium, FAQ about Time Travel, Gattaca, Happy Accidents, I'm a Cyborg but that's ok, La Antena, Moon, Mr. Nobody, Pi, Recommendations, Recommended, Summer Time Machine Blues, The American Astronaut, The Man from Earth, Thomas in Love, Timecrimes, Underdog Cinema, V for Vendetta, Vanilla Sky, Wild Palms
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Underdog Literature, January 2012: 15 fresh or amazing, off-the-wall titles
. Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately. Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention: . 01: MATTHEW NORMAN, ‘Domestic Violets’, 352 pages, 2011. 02: PIERS BRENDON, “The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Fletcher, Alexander Maksik, Andrew Smith, Anna Funder, book recommendations, Brian Farrey, Carole Maso, Caroline Preston, Douglas Kennedy, Eden Robinson, Elizabeth McCracken, Emfephlungen, Hans Fallada, Jane Gardam, Jerry Spinelli, Jordan Rosenfeld, Literature, Marilyn French, Matthew Norman, Michael Lesy, Naomi Klein, Piers Brendon, Recommendations, Recommended, Scouting, Suzette Mayr, Tucker Shaw, W.G. Sebald, YA literature
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Best Books of the Year: My personal Top 20
. (After a quick teaser / similar list in October [Link]…) …here are the 20 very best books I’ve read in 2011: . 20: LEIF RANDT: “Schimmernder Dunst über CobyCounty”, (German) Novel, 2011. 19: JASON: “I killed Adolf Hitler”, Norwegian … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, best books, books, Empfehlung, Goodreads, literary criticism, quick list, Ranking, reading, Recommendations, Recommended
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