Category Archives: Book Reviews

My Experiences with Threats and Extortion Attempts on the “Goodreads” website

Over the course of the last three months (January – March 2024), I published 86 book reviews on this website which I’d previously posted on the “Goodreads” website from 2016–2023. This accounts for the majority of the book reviews written … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Coloured Stars: Versions of Fifty Asiatic Love Poems” by Edward Powys Mathers

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2023. My rating: 3 (of 5) “stars I bought a copy of this book online, I use AbeBooks and zvab.com to buy used/rare books. I recently (note: March … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Biography for Beginners” by E. C. Bentley

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2023. My rating: 5 (of 5) “stars” I bought a used copy online, at AbeBooks or zvab.com. It was first published in 1930 by T. Werner Laurie Ltd. … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Oscar Wilde. The Story of an Unhappy Friendship” by Robert Harborough Sherard

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2023. My rating: 4 (of 5) “stars” I bought a used copy online, at AbeBooks or zvab.com – I can’t remember. The book was first published privately in … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Heiteres Herbarium. Blumen und Verse” von Karl Heinrich Waggerl

My rating: 5 (of 5) “stars” Ich habe ein Exemplar des Buches daheim, es wurde im Jahr 1969 vom Verlag St. Benno in Leipzig veröffentlicht. Heute kann man das Buch nur mehr antiquarisch erwerben, z. B. von zvab.com. Resümee: Ein … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Verjüngung durch Diät. Ein Wegweiser für alle Magenfragen” von Dr. Juvenal

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2023. My rating: 3 (of 5) “stars” Das Buch wurde im Jahr 1956 vom Buchverlag Neues Österreich veröffentlicht. Ich habe ein Exemplar daheim, das ich geerbt und jetzt … Continue reading

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Book Review: “A Star Called Henry” by Roddy Doyle

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2022. My rating: 3 (of 5) “stars” I own a paperback copy of this book, which was published by Penguin Random House in 2005. A very violent story, … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Cyber Security Policy Guidebook” by Jennifer L. Bayuk, Jason Healey, Paul Rohmeyer, Marcus H. Sachs, Jeffrey Schmidt, & Joseph Weiss

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2022. My rating: 3 (of 5) “stars” I borrowed a copy from a library, you can buy it from the publisher, John Wiley & Sons. Interesting subject matter, … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Geschichten mit Marianne” von Xaver Bayer

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2022. My rating: 2 (of 5) “stars” Ich habe mir das Buch aus einer Bibliothek ausgeborgt, es wurde im Jahr 2020 vom Verlag Jung und Jung veröffentlicht. Die … Continue reading

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Book Review: “Nemesis” by Agatha Christie

Please note: I first published this book review on the “Goodreads”-website in 2019. My rating: 3 (of 5) “stars” “Nemesis” is one of Agatha Christie’s lesser books. The crime at the heart of the book is easily figured out early … Continue reading

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