I just started 'The City of Marvels' by the Catalan writer Eduardo Mendoza. It's about the rise of Barcelona from a rather unimportant provincial town at the Mediterranean coast to the thriving Catalan metropolis that it is today. It starts with the preparations of the first World Fair hosted by Bar...

In January I was so lucky to win a book, The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti. The title sounds lovely and makes believe the same about the story told in it, but this assumption proves completely wrong already in the very first chapter. The Almond Tree is the debut novel of Michelle Cohen Cor...

I just joind BookTalk and I'd better introduce myself before jumping into matters: As my first name - Edith - indicates to most people on this planet, but not to all, I'm female. I'm from Austria which also means that my primary language is German. My favourite hobbies are reading and writing. As fo...