I know that some of you, including my co-host, are extending German Literature Month through December. I am not keen on extending events, so this is my goodbye to GLM.
A usual, the event was a success. There have been 119 reviews so far. Normally I try to read as many reviews as possible but November was too hectic and upsetting to do so. I still hope to visit a few of you. In any case, thank you so much for participating.
I’ve done quite well with my reading plans this year, but I haven’t reviewed everything I’ve read. Tony wrote about Judith Herrmann’s collection Lettipark here. I felt pretty much the same about the book, so I skipped the review. I’ll return to some stories, but overall it left me rather cold.
I never got to reading the fantasy novel I intended to read nor another short story collection but that’s OK. I’m especially glad I read Walter Kempowski and Uwe Timm.
I loved Capus’ novel when I read it but it’s already fading. Not the best sign. I enjoyed returning to Ursula P. Archer aka Ursula Poznanski and will read more of her crime and YA novels.
Thank you again for participating.
Beauty is a Sleeping Cat 
I too have some catching up today. To be honest, I do some reading in German every month of the year (or I intend to), so it will go on, just not be linked to the review site.
Me too. French, German and sometimes others but when books haven’t been translated I often heistate to write about them. I don’t mind people still linking.
I only managed one short work, but I did enjoy it – thanks for co-hosting!
My pleasure. And I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I hope I can interest you in a project for next year. How would you feel about a Montaigne week?
I confess I’ve never read Montaigne – I’ll have a little look at his works and see what I think! 🙂
I was actually hoping that. I want to introduce him to more people. The great thing us that you can read as little as one or two of his essays and still get a lot out if it.
Sounds promising…. 🙂
Thanks for hosting, I really enjoyed participating and reading lots of great reviews! 🙂
I’m very glad to hear that. It was great that you could join.
I have another one to post. The month ran away from me.
I know. It went pretty quickly.
Many thanks to you and Lizzie for co-hosting another very successful GLM. It seems to get bigger with each year. 🙂
You’re welcome and thanks for joining.
I can’t remember how many participated in the last year’s but it’s certainly going strong.
I haven’t been involved at all but I am reading All For Nothing based on your recommendation – it’s quite an unusual book and great for reading slowly (which is just as well this time of the year).
I’m so glad to hear that. Yes, it’s unusual. I hope you’ll like it. Obviously, like might be the wrong word but you know what I mean.
Thank you for hosting the event! 🙂 I managed to read two books I loved: Transit, by Anna Seghers; and Manja, by Anna Gmeyner. The month ran away for me!
My pleasure and thank you for joining. I want to read Manja some day. It sounded so good.
Thanks for the hosting and the effort. It seems like the results ought to be random, just a bunch of arbitrary books, but no. It is interesting how the focus, on what I am reading and what other people post, gets me thinking.
My pleasure. It does turn into an almost organic event, doesn’t it? I alos like how books that have been discovered one year are then the focus in the following year. It’s interesting. Thank you for particpating. I always follow your post but I don’t always comment.
Didn’t read as much as I planned. But I finished Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum and read part of the Ursula Archer mystery (good, but my pile was too overwhelming–so will save it for next year now, I think). Even if I didn’t read nearly as much as I hoped–still fun to hear about the books others read and be part of the reading group!
Thank you for joining us. I read the Archer pretty quickly. I thought it had a great pace. And the idea was great too.