Ameise1 (Barbara)'s 2nd tour (Part 9)
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1Ameise1
Welcome to my ninth thread.
We spent a few days in the Engadin which is the south part of the canton Grisons. It's a wonderful Alpine tableland and in autumn a wonderful place for hiking. Among other things we visited The Giovanni Segantini Museum at St. Moritz.
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We spent a few days in the Engadin which is the south part of the canton Grisons. It's a wonderful Alpine tableland and in autumn a wonderful place for hiking. Among other things we visited The Giovanni Segantini Museum at St. Moritz.
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2Ameise1
January
# 1 7343::The Photograph by Penelope Lively (4 stars)
# 2 Die Ballade vom traurigen Café by Carson McCullers (4 1/2 stars)
# 3 The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif (4 stars)
# 4 8179920::Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro (4 stars) audiobook
# 5 Unsuitable Job for a Woman by p. D. James ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (3 1/2 stars)
February
# 6 Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller read in German (4 stars)
# 7 Daisy Miller by Henry James (3 1/2 stars)
# 8 The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (3 stars)
# 9 Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (4 1/2 stars)
#10 Tod auf der Fähre by Anne Gold (4 stars)
#11 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (5 stars)
#12 Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo (4 stars)
#13 Signatures by James A. Hetley (3 1/2 stars) Early Review
#14 100884::Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (4 1/2 stars)
#15 Close to Destiny by Adria J. Cimino (4 stars)
March
#16 The Madonna of Leningrad by Debra Dean read in German (4 stars)
#17 A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (3 1/2 stars)
#18 Der Apfelbaum by Daphne du Maurier (4 1/2 stars)
#19 10249703::Black Diamond Martin Walker (4 stars)
#20 The Sanctuary Seeker by Bernard Knight ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
#21 11734157::Canada by Richard Ford (4 stars) audiobook (listened in German)
#22 Der Büchersack by W. Somerset Maugham (4 stars) audiobook (listen in German)
#23 Fear in the Sunlight by Nicola Upson ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
April
#24 Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich (4 1/2 stars)
#25 The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
#26 Snobbery with Violence by M. C. Beaton (3 1/2 stars)
#27 Tick Tock by James Patterson (3 stars)
#28 2102925::Amulet by Roberto Bolano (4 stars)
#29 The Calling of the Grave by Simon Beckett (4 stars)
#30 The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (4 1/2 stars) audiobook (listen in German)
#31 Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (3 1/2 stars)
#32 The Shadow Of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark (4 1/2 stars)
May
#33 Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (4 stars)
#34 House of Meetings by Martin Amis (4 1/2 stars)
#35 The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (3 1/2 stars)
#36 3090591::Only One Life by Sara Blædel (4 1/2 stars)
#37 A Season for the Dead by David Hewson ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
#38 The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (4 stars)
#39 15839017::The Finish by Angela Elliott (4 stars) Early Review
#40 Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (4 stars) audiobook (listened in German)
#41 Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (3 stars)
June
#42 All The Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner (4 1/2 stars)
#43 The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge (3 1/2 stars)
#44 The Bridge Of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 1/2 stars)
#45 The Legacy by Katherine Webb (4 1/2 stars)
#46 12816920::Dark Dawn by Matt McGuire ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
#47 8743756::Spiel mit dem Tod by Anne Gold (4 1/2 stars)
July
#48 nAd Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer (5 stars)
#49 The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson (4 1/2 stars)
#50 Waterblue Eyes by Domingo Villar (4 stars)
#51 The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker (4 1/2 stars)
#52 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (3 1/2 stars)
#53 The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (3 1/2 stars)
#54 Back Of Beyond by C. J. Box ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 1/2 stars)
August
#55 Sepulchre by Kate Mosse (4 stars)
#56 The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (4 stars)
#57 The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin (4 1/2 stars)
#58 Hollywood: A Third Memoir by Larry McMurtry ROOT - 2015 Read Our Own Tomes Group (3 1/2 stars)
#59 197015::The Third Man by Graham Greene (4 stars)
#60 Friends Lovers Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars)
#61 Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths (4 1/2 stars)
#62 A Bodkin for the Bride by Patrice Greenwood (4 stars) Early Review
September
#63 Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel (4 stars)
#64 Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie (4 1/2 stars)
#65 7325::Small Island by Andrea Levy (4 1/2 stars)
#66 908950::Restless by William Boyd (4 1/2 stars)
#67 The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor (2 stars)
October
#68 Nacht im Central Park by Guillaume Musso (4 1/2 stars)
#69 Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (4 stars)
#70 Quicker Than The Eye by Ray Bradbury (5 stars)
#71 Das Jesus-Video by Andreas Eschbach (4 1/2 stars)
3Ameise1
American Author Challenge 2015
January (Carson McCullers): Die Ballade vom traurigen Café (2015-01-03)
February (Henry James): Daisy Miller (2015-02-03)
March (Richard Ford): Canada (2015-03-25)
April (Louise Erdrich): Shadow Tag (2015-04-03)
May (Sinclair Lewis): Main Street (2015-05-04)
June (Wallace Stegner): All The Little Live Things (2015-06-08)
July: skipped
August (Larry McMurtry): Hollywood: A Third Memoir (2015-08-15)
September (Flannery O'Connor): The Violent Bear It Away (2015-09-27)
October (Ray Bradbury): Quicker Than The Eye (2015-10-09)
January (Carson McCullers): Die Ballade vom traurigen Café (2015-01-03)
February (Henry James): Daisy Miller (2015-02-03)
March (Richard Ford): Canada (2015-03-25)
April (Louise Erdrich): Shadow Tag (2015-04-03)
May (Sinclair Lewis): Main Street (2015-05-04)
June (Wallace Stegner): All The Little Live Things (2015-06-08)
July: skipped
August (Larry McMurtry): Hollywood: A Third Memoir (2015-08-15)
September (Flannery O'Connor): The Violent Bear It Away (2015-09-27)
October (Ray Bradbury): Quicker Than The Eye (2015-10-09)
4Ameise1
British Author Challenge 2015
January
The Photograph by Penelope Lively read in German (2015-01-01)
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro audiobook (2015-01-16)
February
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2015-02-11)
Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh audiobook in German (2015-02-12)
March
Der Apfelbaum by Daphne du Maurier (2015-03-08)
April
Der Büchersack by W. Somerset Maugham (2015-03-27)
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (2015-04-04)
May
House of Meetings by Martin Amis (2015-05-05)
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (2015-05-07)
June
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (2015-05-31)
the Girl in the Polka-dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge (2015-06-13)
July
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (2015-07-13)
August
The Third Man by Graham Greene (2015-08-16)
September
Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie (2015-09-14)
Small Island by Andrea Levy (2015-09-20)
October
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2015-10-08)
November
Restless by William Boyd (2015-09-26)
January
The Photograph by Penelope Lively read in German (2015-01-01)
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro audiobook (2015-01-16)
February
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2015-02-11)
Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh audiobook in German (2015-02-12)
March
Der Apfelbaum by Daphne du Maurier (2015-03-08)
April
Der Büchersack by W. Somerset Maugham (2015-03-27)
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (2015-04-04)
May
House of Meetings by Martin Amis (2015-05-05)
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (2015-05-07)
June
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (2015-05-31)
the Girl in the Polka-dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge (2015-06-13)
July
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (2015-07-13)
August
The Third Man by Graham Greene (2015-08-16)
September
Shalimar The Clown by Salman Rushdie (2015-09-14)
Small Island by Andrea Levy (2015-09-20)
October
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2015-10-08)
November
Restless by William Boyd (2015-09-26)
5Ameise1
Take It or Leave It Challenge
January
6: Read a book by an author who died in 2014
Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P. D. James (2015-01-25)
9.: Read a book whose title contains "yes" or a synonym thereof
The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif (2015-01-04)
10.: IOU challenge: Read a book by someone whose name ends in I, O, or U
8179920::Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015-01-16)
20.: Read a book by an author that has won the Booker Prize but not a book that won the Booker Prize
7343::The Photograph by Penelope Lively (2015-01-01)
22.: Read a book in which one of the author's names has 6 or more letters
Die Ballade vom traurigen Café by Carson McCullers (2015-01-03)
February
5: Read a book with a number in the first sentence
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2015-02-11)
8: Read a book with something you could love in the title
Daisy Miller by Henry James (2015-02-03)
11: Read a book with a pitch or a catch
Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh (2015-02-12)
12: Read A Book With a Three Word Title but the first word cannot be "The"
Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo (2015-02-15)
13: Rolling Challenge: Read a book which title starts with the letters H, A, R, or T
Tod auf der Fähre by Anne Gold (2015-02-14)
16: Read a book with the letter U, V, or W in the title
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller (2015-02-01)
March
2: Read a book whose title includes the name of a country other than the one in which you currently reside
11734157::Canada by Richard Ford (2015-03-25)
3: Read the third book in a series
10249703::Black Diamond by Martin Walker (2015-03-14)
6:Read a book where the author's last name has more syllables than his or her first name
Der Apfelbaum by Daphne du Maurier (2015-03-08)
10: Read a Book Where the Author's Last Name Could also be a First Name
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean (2015-03-01)
15: Read a book of which at least three books in the "LibraryThing Recommendations" section are featured in your collections
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (2015-03-07)
April
4: Read a book whose title or author includes a job title or occupation
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (2015-04-04)
9: Read a book that has been published by a small press
Schattenfangen (Shadow Tag) by Louise Erdrich (2015-04-03)
May
7: Read a regional novel
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (2015-05-04)
8: Read A Book That Has A Word In The Title That Means A Female
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (2015-05-31)
14: Read a book about systemic oppression
House of Meetings by Martin Amis (2015-05-05)
18: Read a book by an author whose first name starts with a J, or whose surname starts with a D
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (2015-05-07)
June
6: Read a book with a summery cover
All The Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner (2015-06-08)
12: Read a book with a word in the title that starts with either D, I, or Y
The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge (2015-06-13)
July
2: Read a book with a connection to water
Waterblue Eyes by Domingo Villar (2015-07-04)
12: Read A Book That Was Originally Published Before the Year 2000
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (2015-07-13)
20: Read a book that has to do with a maze or labyrinth
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (2015-07-24)
22: Read a book with the name of a city in the title
The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker (2015-07-11)
August
1: Read a book with an insect named on page 33
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (2015-08-13)
2a/b: Read a book with a title which contains a word that makes you think of marriage
Friends Lovers Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (2015-08-23)
A Bodkin for the Bride by Patrice Greenwood (2015-08-29)
3: Read a work featuring a character from folklore
Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths (2015-08-23)
6: Read a book which fits a category of the Seattle Public Library's Summer Book Bingo
Hollywood: A Third Memoir by Larry Mc Murtry (2015-08-15)
10: Read A Book With Numbers in the Title
197015::The Third Man by Graham Greene (4 stars) (2015-08-16)
September
1: Read a book with a one-word title containing one set of duplicate letters
908950::Restless by William Boyd (2015-09-26)
5: Read a book whose title includes something you might find on a map
7325::Small Island by Andrea Levy (2015-09-20)
10: Read a book with at least 3 consecutive vowels in alphabetical order in the title
Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel (2015-09-07)
21: Read a book which title contains a word relating to music
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor (2015-09-27)
October
1: Read a book whose author's last name contains a three-letter combination which is an English word if spelled backward
Nacht im Central Park by Guillaume Musso (2015-10-03)
8.: Read a book with a coloured object in the title
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2015-10-08)
17.: Read a book where one (and only one) of the title words has 4 letters
Quicker Than The Eye by Ray Bradbury (2015-10-09)
January
6: Read a book by an author who died in 2014
Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P. D. James (2015-01-25)
9.: Read a book whose title contains "yes" or a synonym thereof
The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif (2015-01-04)
10.: IOU challenge: Read a book by someone whose name ends in I, O, or U
8179920::Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015-01-16)
20.: Read a book by an author that has won the Booker Prize but not a book that won the Booker Prize
7343::The Photograph by Penelope Lively (2015-01-01)
22.: Read a book in which one of the author's names has 6 or more letters
Die Ballade vom traurigen Café by Carson McCullers (2015-01-03)
February
5: Read a book with a number in the first sentence
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (2015-02-11)
8: Read a book with something you could love in the title
Daisy Miller by Henry James (2015-02-03)
11: Read a book with a pitch or a catch
Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh (2015-02-12)
12: Read A Book With a Three Word Title but the first word cannot be "The"
Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo (2015-02-15)
13: Rolling Challenge: Read a book which title starts with the letters H, A, R, or T
Tod auf der Fähre by Anne Gold (2015-02-14)
16: Read a book with the letter U, V, or W in the title
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller (2015-02-01)
March
2: Read a book whose title includes the name of a country other than the one in which you currently reside
11734157::Canada by Richard Ford (2015-03-25)
3: Read the third book in a series
10249703::Black Diamond by Martin Walker (2015-03-14)
6:Read a book where the author's last name has more syllables than his or her first name
Der Apfelbaum by Daphne du Maurier (2015-03-08)
10: Read a Book Where the Author's Last Name Could also be a First Name
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean (2015-03-01)
15: Read a book of which at least three books in the "LibraryThing Recommendations" section are featured in your collections
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (2015-03-07)
April
4: Read a book whose title or author includes a job title or occupation
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter (2015-04-04)
9: Read a book that has been published by a small press
Schattenfangen (Shadow Tag) by Louise Erdrich (2015-04-03)
May
7: Read a regional novel
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (2015-05-04)
8: Read A Book That Has A Word In The Title That Means A Female
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (2015-05-31)
14: Read a book about systemic oppression
House of Meetings by Martin Amis (2015-05-05)
18: Read a book by an author whose first name starts with a J, or whose surname starts with a D
The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (2015-05-07)
June
6: Read a book with a summery cover
All The Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner (2015-06-08)
12: Read a book with a word in the title that starts with either D, I, or Y
The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge (2015-06-13)
July
2: Read a book with a connection to water
Waterblue Eyes by Domingo Villar (2015-07-04)
12: Read A Book That Was Originally Published Before the Year 2000
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (2015-07-13)
20: Read a book that has to do with a maze or labyrinth
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (2015-07-24)
22: Read a book with the name of a city in the title
The Crowded Grave by Martin Walker (2015-07-11)
August
1: Read a book with an insect named on page 33
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl (2015-08-13)
2a/b: Read a book with a title which contains a word that makes you think of marriage
Friends Lovers Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (2015-08-23)
A Bodkin for the Bride by Patrice Greenwood (2015-08-29)
3: Read a work featuring a character from folklore
Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths (2015-08-23)
6: Read a book which fits a category of the Seattle Public Library's Summer Book Bingo
Hollywood: A Third Memoir by Larry Mc Murtry (2015-08-15)
10: Read A Book With Numbers in the Title
197015::The Third Man by Graham Greene (4 stars) (2015-08-16)
September
1: Read a book with a one-word title containing one set of duplicate letters
908950::Restless by William Boyd (2015-09-26)
5: Read a book whose title includes something you might find on a map
7325::Small Island by Andrea Levy (2015-09-20)
10: Read a book with at least 3 consecutive vowels in alphabetical order in the title
Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel (2015-09-07)
21: Read a book which title contains a word relating to music
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor (2015-09-27)
October
1: Read a book whose author's last name contains a three-letter combination which is an English word if spelled backward
Nacht im Central Park by Guillaume Musso (2015-10-03)
8.: Read a book with a coloured object in the title
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell (2015-10-08)
17.: Read a book where one (and only one) of the title words has 4 letters
Quicker Than The Eye by Ray Bradbury (2015-10-09)
