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I had to wait a few weeks for my new IMM post as books have been coming in only slowly. But here they are….
I swapped
- A chance acquaintance by Charles Chadwick
I bought
- Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
- The careful use of compliments by Alexander McCall Smith
I got as a gift
- Wunsiedel by Michael Buselmeier
I won this novel, shortlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis 2011, at Lizzy’s Literary Life’s recent giveaway. Thank you, Lizzy!
From the library
- The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
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Love the covers of the Alexander McCall smith books! I’ve never heard about the author before so imagine my surprise when I checked out the Goodreads links to the books just to find out those are mysteries … makes them all the more interesting to me
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Birgit’s last post ..Blogoversary Giveaway #6
I’ll post the review of the first one soon, Birgit. It was really VERY enjoyable.
I keep wanting to read my McCall Smith but I never seem to get round to it. Looks like you’ll be enjoying these books, they look great.
Leeswammes (Judith)’s last post ..Book Review: Garden Spells by Sarah Allen
You’re going through a McCall Smith period, eh?
Like Judith, I keep thinking I have to start sometime, but so many other books to read first :s I like this “grown-up” cover as well as his more colourful ones. As for the German books, isn’t there a German author challenge somewhere? I’d love to read more! Happy reading 
You probably mean the German literature month which was hosted by Caroline and Lizzy in November. At Caroline’s site (Beauty is a sleeping cat) you will find lots of suggestions and reviews.
Thanks for the link! I don’t think I’ve got them on my feedlist/Twitter, but I’ll go and check them out now.
Judith and Chinoiseries, yes, those covers are wonderful. I ordered the books on amazon marketplace and one of them was not the proper one. I was livid,
. Will rant about this next week.
Yes, the other covers are rather corlorful and fancy, I prefer those illustrations here, they look so sophisticated.
Getting the wrong cover on an ordered book is so annoying indeed! How come (online) booksellers don’t understand that?? At least you got the right one in the end?
Actually, I haven’t gotten the right one yet, and I can’t even complain to the seller because of a strange mix up of ISBN numbers. But I will get it eventually!
I noticed you are in the mood for McCall Smith. I haven’t read anything by him, it just didn’t happen although there have been some books on sale a few years ago… I had my Murakami phase this summer, but I have taken a break from him till next year
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Nothing in my mail box, since I can’t buy any book till next year, but I am getting scared of the long list lurking in the darkness of my folder
Ally’s last post ..The European Reading Challenge
I have only ever read one book by Murakami and even though I didn’t dislike it I never got into the mood for more. It was his first one I think, in German it is called “Wilde Schafsjagd”.
An Alexander McCall Smith kick – fun! It’s a luxury to read through an author’s backlist like that – enjoy!
Dawn – She Is Too Fond of Books’s last post ..It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas cookie season!
Yeah, you could call it that, Dawn, I am totally into him right now!