Beiträge von Jada84

January 2006. In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene.

Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: Her grandparents, the Andréns, are among the victims, and Birgitta soon learns that an Andrén family in Nevada has also been murdered. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an Andrén ancestor—a gang master on the American transcontinental railway—that describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers. The police insist that only a lunatic could have committed the Hesjövallen murders, but Birgitta is determined to uncover what she now suspects is a more complicated truth.

The investigation leads to the highest echelons of power in present-day Beijing, and to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But the narrative also takes us back 150 years into the depths of the slave trade between China and the United States—a history that will ensnare Birgitta as she draws ever closer to solving the Hesjövallen murders.

arter : San Francisco war für mich auch lange die schönste Stadt der Welt, ich durfte dort eine Zeit lang leben.
Momentan liebe ich Hamburg mein neues Zuhause.

...ich freue mich weil ich so wunderbare Menschen um mich habe
Es kann einfach nur ein tolles Jahr werden.

Hey
Vorsätze habe ich nicht wirklich, aber ich hoffe dass 2012 genauso schön wird wie die 2. Hälfte von 2011.
Einfach mal sehen was so kommt.
LG

...weil ich so schöne Feiertage hatte und ab morgen mein "langes Wochenende" beginnt...
...und weil ich morgen zu meinem Freund und seiner Family fahren darf

Catherine has been enjoying the single life for long enough to know a good catch when she sees one. Gorgeous, charismatic, spontaneous - Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. And her friends clearly agree, as each in turn falls under his spell. But there is a darker side to Lee. His erratic, controlling and sometimes frightening behaviour means that Catherine is increasingly isolated. Driven into the darkest corner of her world, and trusting no one, she plans a meticulous escape. Four years later, struggling to overcome her demons, Catherine dares to believe she might be safe from harm. Until one phone call changes everything.

...weil ich seit gestern weder Strom noch heisses Wasser habe (Starkstrom-Kabel durchgeschmort) und ich keine Ahnung habe, wann es repariert werden kann...

uuuund noch ein Personalgespräch...mit meinem direkten Chef....alles wunderbar und morgen geht's nach Husum! Und heut abend Weihnachtsfeier....ach ja ich bin so happy

... ich freu mich weil ich seit eben nicht mehr in der Probezeit bin ...ich bleibe in Hamburg...ok, DAS war sowieso klar

Alles Gute auch von mir!

Andrea Levy's award-winning novel, Small Island, deftly brings two bleak families into crisp focus. First a Jamaican family, including the well-intentioned Gilbert, who can never manage to say or do exactly the right thing; Romeo Michael, who leaves a wake of women in his path; and finally, Hortense, whose primness belies her huge ambition to become English in every way possible. The other unhappy family is English, starting with Queenie, who escapes the drudgery of being a butcher's daughter only to marry a dull banker. As the chapters reverse chronology and the two groups collide and finally mesh, the book unfolds through time like a photo album, and Levy captures the struggle between class, race, and sex with a humor and tenderness that is both authentic and bracing.

...weil ich mit meinem Freund nach Berlin fahre erst im März, aber immerhin!

Soo... also gekauft hab ich noch nichts, aber bin fertig mit der Planung.
Zumindest...erst mal.
Mama: was von Lush, Burts Bees Handcreme und ein schönes Tshirt.
Stiefvater: irgendwas lustiges aus Hamburg, TouriTshirt etc., er mag sowas
Freund: tja...wir wollten uns nichts schenken sondern Möbel zusammen kaufen.
Trotzdem bekommt er das Buch "100 Reiseträume für zwei" oder wie das heißt, weil wir noch so viel zusammen sehen wollen.
Schwester & Bruder..noch nicht klar, vermutlich selbstgebackene Kekse
und die Kollegen bekommen die Kekshäuschen.

Bright, popular, pretty and successful, Grace Bowman had the world at her feet. So what drove her to starve herself nearly to death at the age of 18? And what, more importantly, made her stop? A grippingly honest account of life with anorexia nervosa, A Shape of My Own is Grace's hearbreaking, shocking and, finally, inspirational memoir. An extraordinary story, it is also a common one - is there a woman in the western world who has a normal relationship with food? A compulsive read, essential for anyone hoping to understand more about eating disorders and overcoming addiction.

...weil ich morgen "Kurzurlaub" in Flensburg mache
...weil ich einfach glücklich bin

Valerie's sister was beautiful, kind, and sweet. Now she is dead. Henri, the handsome son of the blacksmith, tries to console Valerie, but her wild heart beats fast for another: the outcast woodcutter, Peter, who offers Valerie another life far from home.

After her sister's violent death, Valerie's world begins to spiral out of control. For generations, the werewolf has been kept at bay with a monthly sacrifice. But no one is safe. When an expert wolf hunter arrives, the villagers learn that the creature lives among them - it could be anyone in town.

It soon becomes clear that Valerie is the only one who can hear the voice of creature. The Wolf says she must surrender herself before the Blood Moon wanes . . . or everyone she loves will die.

warten auf Feierabend

@ Leseratte: diese Häuschen sind total süß, so etwas bekommen meine Kollegen auch, oder vielleicht was anderes selbstgemachtes

After a date on Halloween, Lainey Emerson disappears, along with a new boyfriend. This individual, known only by the nickname of El Captain, is the obvious suspect. Bobby Dees, the tenacious special agent of Florida’s crack Crimes Against Children squad, is the one person who may be able to find her -- and he is both helped and hindered by the fact that he knows only too well how it feels to lose a child. But all of his resources are called upon by a nemesis who always seems to be one step ahead – and time is running out for the missing girl.

ich will Feierabend! was für ein Tag!!