MembreLaia

I add the books I read for entertainment - no work related ones.

The tag "Vor LT" marks the books I read before joining LT. The older ones from the nineties neither had an evaluation nor a read date, but I found it fun to add them - nice to see how my book taste evolved. Later, I recorded only the month I finished reading each book, so the read date is the last day of that month.

As of August 2021, we are back in Germany, living right in the middle between Frankfurt and Würzburg. I love having seasons again.

Mexico (summer 2018 - summer 2021) was our family adventure, we lived in Lerma, close to Toluca, at an elevation of close to 2500 meters. We all learned Spanish and needed some time to getting used to living abroad. I'm impressed by the friendliness of people. The food is so good! It was a lovely time, but of course Covid-19 let to our last 1.5 years being spent mostly at home.

2010 to 2012 we moved around a bit in Germany: Hanau, Leipzig, Mannheim. 2012 we settled in Stuttgart. In July 2013 our daughter and in July 2016 our son joined our family. Everyday life has gotten way busier. Since Christmas 2015 my backlit E-reader is my greatest book related pleasure - I read all evenings while I bring the children to bed. I should have gotten one way sooner! Combined with our very affordable local library E-book lending, I enjoy reading more than ever.

I loved living in Stockholm/ Sweden (2002-2003) and liked Blacksburg/ Virginia (2006-2008) fine, but College Station/ Texas (2008-2010) is just not for me. I missed having 4 seasons. It is very unlikely that I could ever get used to the over-sized cockroaches, YUCK. Or the "cool" 35C/ 95F humid summer mornings. My husband and I married in Bryan/ TX in August 2008, which is a great memory. Being back home, I missed my friends from abroad, the easy way of living in the States, the wonderful university libraries and TexMex food.