From My Mental Library

Every now and then, I come across a piece of mystery or crime fiction I find so gripping that I need to pay attention on my train trips to a...

"Ruth Robinson's Year of Miracles" is, as far as I know, Frances Garrood's fourth novel, and also the fourth I have rea...

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins This mystery novel, originally published in 1869, was my train travel reading for several we...

Mark Twain by Thomas Ayck From time to time, people ask – themselves or others – questions such as „If you could choose one person, ...

Today (3rd of October) is a National Holiday in Germany, to remember the reunion of East and West Germany. For most people (including myself...

On Thursday, the 13th of September, we had our last breakfast at the hotel.  Just before 8:00 on our balcony After packing our bags an...

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo This was a birthday gift from a Mexican friend of mine. She wrote on the first page that it is one o...