#fallintoreads Day 16: Red & Yellow Books. The German education system will definitely leave you with a collection of Reclam books in various colours (Yellow is German, Red is foreign languages). #Reclam #bookstagram #schoolreading #yellowandred ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 16: Rainbow Cover. Cate Tiernan’s Wicca series (15 books) come in all colours of the rainbow. #rainbowcover #wicca #yalit #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 15: Guilty Pleasure Books. Novelisations of my favourite shows, like #doctorwho. #10ismydoctor #tardis #thestorycontinues #booksandTV ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 15: Title with a Number. #bookstagram #jonasjonasson #100yearoldman ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 14: Big Books. The biggest one I own is an illustrates edition of Wilhelm Busch’s tales. #wilhelmbusch #bookstagram #booksandcoffee #ilikebigbooksandicannotlie ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 14: A cover with food. I don’t actually own a book with food on the cover, but I do own cookbooks and a book with pies in the title! #bookstagram #englishfood #northerner ©theliteratigirl

A writer’s motivation. Right in the middle of NaNoWriMo. These two prints are by thedreamygiraffe on Etsy and I’ve just hung them up behind my desk so I look straight at them! No more excuses! #writersofinstagram #writerproblems #writingmotivation #nanowrimo #novelistatwork ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 13: Read more than once. On the Road by Jack Kerouac. I actually bought this at San Francisco’s beatnik hangout City Lights Bookstore, while on a roadtrip across the US of A. #readagain #bookstagram #ontheroad #jackkerouac #roadtrip #beatnik ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 13: Happy Books. This is The Ducktales in comic book format. Their title “Lustiges Taschenbuch” translates to “Funny paperbacks” and there are hundreds of them, each containing about 3 stories. They’re fun and a big part of my childhood – this one is from 1990. #lustigestaschenbuch #Ducktales #funnybook #comic #graphicnovel #childhoodmemories #Bookstagram #Disney #donaldduck ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 13: Foreign Editions. As I’m bilingual with German as my native language, I have many books in English and German. These are German copies of The Never-ending Story by Michael Ende, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, and my 1960s copy of The Complete Fairytales by Bros. Grimm. #foreignbooks #germanbooks #foreignlanguage #grimmsfairytales #Bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

A bit late, but 11th November is St Martin’s Day in Germany. Tradition includes kids going door to door with lanterns (this is my papiermaché one I made when I was 4yo), singing Martin’s songs and getting candy in return. There might also be bonfires, lantern processions led by “St Martin” on a horse, and my personal favourite: roasted chestnuts. #stmartin #lantern #Germany #tradition #holiday #childhoodmemories ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 11: Favourite Book in a Series. The Fellowship of the Ring, the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien #bookstagram #fave #LotR #lordoftherings #fellowship #Hobbits #bagginsofbagend #bagginses ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 11: Military Romance on Veteran’s / Remembrance Day. On Edge by Albert Ashford #bookstagram #military #fiction ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 11: A Book About Love. Aristotle and Dante discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz #bookstagram #ya #yalove #aristotleanddantediscoverthesecretsoftheuniverse #lovetoread ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 10: Book with a Person of Colour as the Main Character. Really can’t beat the beautiful, powerful writing of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. #purplehibiscus #chimamandangoziadichie #poc #booklove #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 10: Tearjerker. The Time Traveler’s Wife. First read this on an overland trek across Africa 10 years ago and the story has been with me ever since. Actually traded a book so I could keep this one. #timetravelerswife #tearjerker #sadbook #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 10: Retelling. I’ve always been a fan of the Robin Hood stories, but then I discovered The Forestwife Trilogy. It’s Maid Marian’s story about strong, intelligent and independent women, the folks who live in Sherwood Forest, and Robin and hos men who occasionally come to seek their council. #womenpower #forestwife #robinhood #Retelling #classicliterature #folklegend #Bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

It’s official guys!! I got my Master of Arts Cross-Cultural Communication from Horizons University! As of today, I am officially a graduate once more. Now I’m just waiting for my official diploma and transcript, which are in the post!! #happydance #masterofarts #crossculturalcommunication #horizonsuniversity #graduate #graduation ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 8: Black & Yellow Books. #bookstagram #likeabee ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 8: One Word Title. Tape by Steven Camden. I grew up with cassettes and tape recorders and I miss good old-fashioned mixtapes. I also miss vinyl records, to be fair. #music #booksandtunes #mixtape #reading #Bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 7: Favourite Prince. It is and will always be Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I got this German copy as a Christmas gift 1996 from my primary school teacher Frau Crewett, but I also own a French and an English version of this book. It’s one of the books I think every child should read. #foxandprince #lepetitprince #thelittleprince #derkleineprinz #saintexupery #Bookstagram #childhoodmemories ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 7: Bookstack. There’s nothing better than a comfy couch, a cup of tea or coffee ☕ and a pile of books 📚 to read. #bookstagram #oldbooks #booksandcoffee booksandcoffee #bookstack #pileofbooks ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 7: A Book with a Name. I love, love, love Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore! I wish a place like that really existed, with a Way-Back-List and the most intriguing book club ever. Oh, and btw: a penumbra is the outer fringe of a shadow #bookstagram #challenge #mrpenumbras24hourbookstore ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 6: Character most like you. I’d like to think that I’m like Hermione. I love to learn and value knowledge, I’m loyal to my friends, resourceful, compassionate, stand up for what I believe in, and people tend to underestimate me just because I’m quiet. #bookstagram #hermionegranger #studylikegranger #HarryPotter #harrypottergeneration ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 6: Sweet Sunday. Bridget Jones’ story is definitely sweet. I can definitely identify with Bridget and her clumsiness and putting her foot in it in awkward situations. #bookstagram #bridgetjones ©theliteratigirl

You guys… That’s my address!!! After 90 years this book has found its way home!!! It’s Soll und Haben by Gustav Freytag. I found it in grandma’s attic and because it’s all still in Old German Typeface I decided to keep it safe. Flipped through it and found the envelope and birthday wishes to Mr Ewald Stöpfgeshoff from his brother Otto, 21 September 1926. #oldbooks #familytreasure #coincidence #Bookstagram #pieceofhistory ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 4: Book covers with dresses. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. #bookstagram #historicalfiction ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 4: Favourite series this year. I haven’t read a full series this year, but I love the Lucifer Box trilogy by Mark Gatiss. It’s like mix of Victorian Sherlock Holmes and an Edwardian, bisexual James Bond. It’s hilarious and definitely worth the read, especially if you’re familiar with Mark Gatiss’ TV career. #luciferbox #markgatiss #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

#bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 4: A Book with Stars. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. #okay #tfios #johngreen #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Following up on a conversation with @tlclark13, here’s why I don’t let people borrow my books anymore: This is how a “friend” returned my beloved copy of The Hobbit. Creases and proper folds on the front and back covers, bent page corners – some haphazard, some properly dog-eared, and unidentifiable stains. I assume she spilled water on or near it. This is NOT how you treat someone’s treasured property. The only people allowed to still borrow my books are friends with a proven track record of treating their books right (and I WILL have checked their bookshelves discreetly) and people who work with books all day. #treatbookswithrespect #rant #reader#treatbooksright #bookstagram #booklover ©theliteratigirl

Just received a First Edition of FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson, and it’s SIGNED! Thank you so much @thebloggess for kindly signing a stack of books @bookpeople so that even readers in a different country got the chance to own one of these! I’ll cherish it! #bookstagram #happymail #firstedition #signed #authorsigning #furiouslyhappy ©theliteratigirl

#happymail today all the way from Texas! The perfect cure for grey and ugly days! #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Another November challenge #bookstagram

#bookishscavengerhunt16 I’m participating in this challenge! #bookstagram

#novbookstagram Day 2: Favourite Literary Sidekick. Definitely my favourite Baker Street Boy – Dr John H Watson! #bookstagram #holmesandwatson #sherlock #johnwatson #sherlockandjohn #bakerstreetboys #221bbakerstreet #forever1895 ©theliteratigirl

#fallintoreads Day 1: My November #TBR #bookstagram #richardcastle #johngreen ©theliteratigirl

#novbookstagram Day 1: Most Anticipated November Read #americanah #chimamandangoziadichie #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Joining the #bookishscavengerhunt16 Day 1: A title with the word “You.” I chose “We Love You, Charlie Freeman” by Kaitlyn Greenidge #bookstagram #reads #ereader #instabooks #challenge #November ©theliteratigirl

One of my all-time favourite books. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by @neilhimself. Though I prefer the English version, the German version does it justice! #bookstagram #neilgaiman #oceanattheendofthelane #multilingual ©theliteratigirl

Gotta love #richardcastle! Got my hands on the latest #nikkiheat novel High Heat which was published on October 25, 2016. Love #Castle and that the show not only made writers look cool again but also that they actually DID write the books Rick claims to have written. Also kudos to @natefillion for not only doing a marvelous job portraying Castle, but also for attending Richard Castle book events! #bookstagram #highheat #Caskett #Beckett #awriterandhismuse ©theliteratigirl

Yes, I fully made use of the glorious autumn weather today and the fact that I had a book in my handbag. #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Linen bag by Waterstones. #bookswag #bookbag #Waterstones #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. Great book with green-edged pages. I like! New book for my flight home tomorrow! #bookstagram #newread ©theliteratigirl

Let’s pretend The Three Broomsticks does Pumpkin Spice Frappuccinos now, shall we? ©theliteratigirl

Just my kind of geeky jewellery 🙂 Hermione’s timeturner! #Hogwartsismyhome #harrypotter #proudgryffindor ©studyreadwrite

Trying to get onto Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross, London. Some idiot wizard crashed his trolley into the wall. The muggles have started to notice. Plus that owl is really inconspicuous, mate… I’m off home. And by “home” I clearly mean #Hogwarts! ©studyreadwrite

German sentences in Man In The Corner. The top one should read “Ich wurde zum Geschlechtsverkehr…” (instead of “in Geschlechtsverkehr”), while the bottom one should be “Jugendliche unter achtzehn.” Capitalisation is very important in German. #grammarcheck #translation #german #nerdmode ©theliteratigirl

Weekend is off to a good start at Düsseldorf Airport 🙂 #fieldtrip #düsseldorf #coffeebreak ©theliteratigirl

Master Thesis and a glass of red wine. As it says on the clip: Erledigt! (Done!) Putting my feet up with a well-deserved glass of red. Better pic in the morning, right now I just wanna relax. 😊©theliteratigirl

Almost done! Finishing up in the sunshine! #masterthesis #AustralianLiterature #study #studying #studygram ©theliteratigirl

One of my favourite travel quotes! #exploredreamdiscover #theroad #travelmakesyouricher ©theliteratigirl

“There’s no post on Sundays… except when next door signed for it yesterday!” 😀 #bookstagram #happymail all the way from Australia: Nathan Besser’s Man In The Corner by #vintagebooks, recommended by none other than @snappytoes who has optioned the rights to the screenplay (neither of which I knew about when I ordered, but all the more awesome now)! Can’t wait to get into this story!! ©theliteratigirl

It’s #Zöppkesmarkt weekend (annual city-wide #fleamarket) in my hometown #Solingen, Germany and I managed to find some English-language books. My #bookhaul includes 8 #penguinbooks! #weekendreadingsorted #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Finding my #peace, calm and balance in the #summer #sun with #yoga #meditation and #creativejournal to counter the stress from #gradschool ©theliteratigirl

#happymail for my #bookstagram today, to be read in the glorious sunshine! And as much as I’d like to see #thenightmanager on TV and #highrise on film starring the amazing @twhiddleston, I’ll have to read them first. I’m afraid my motto will always be #booksbeforefilms #sorrytom 🙂 ©theliteratigirl

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, my owl Tabea and my time-turner… and my Gryffindor colours, of course! Back to Hogwarts! See ya #Muggles! #HarryPotter #harrypottergeneration #backtohogwarts #Gryffindor #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

This beauty arrived in the post today. #eveningsorted #shakespeare400 #shakespearelives I think every teacher should show this to their students so they’ll see Shakespeare is so much more than dry and old-timey rhymes. If school had taught me how fun Shakespeare can be and how diversely his works can be interpreted, I’d have become a fan much, much earlier! ©theliteratigirl

Sound advice from Mr Patrick Jane. Sunday night, putting my feet up with a nice cup of tea and an episode of The Mentalist. Yup, tea always hits the spot. #teaappreciation #thementalist #sundaynight #milkytea #alltheway #cantgowrong ©theliteratigirl

My brand-spanking new Uni Wuppertal library card. Found out that the local university, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, issues library cards to non-students as well! So I went and got this baby to research for my MA thesis. #thingswhatilearnedtoday #library #accessknowledge ©theliteratigirl

Bring it on!! My ‘physical’ reading material for my MA thesis about culture in Australian Literature. I’ve got loads more eBooks and articles to read too. #readingforgradschool #crossculturalcommunication #bookstagram #novels #textbook #AustralianLiterature #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Awesome #happymail today! I’ve been doing #DDPYOGA for a while and now I’m doing the self-experiment to change my eating habits too. The lovely @staceymorris11 not only shares her incredible weightloss and healing journey in her book Clean Comfort, she also provides yummy recipes for you to try! Review after I’ve tried a few!! #cleaneating #glutenfree #dairyfree #DDPYOGA #changeyourlife #bookmail #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Harry Potter shelfie with my collection of English and German Harry Potter books and a few owls. #shelfie #HarryPotter #bookstagram ©studyreadwrite

#bedtimereading #shakespeare #richardiii #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Scored a ticket to see Martin Freeman live on stage as Richard III at Trafalgar Studios, London in July 2014. Gotta study up on the play #Shakespeare #winterofdiscontent #RichardIII #MartinFreeman #bookstagram ©studyreadwrite

#Happymail today!! Can’t wait to try out these amazing Book Lover’s Soy Candles by Frostbeard Studio! The big one is “Don’t Panic (Fresh Towel), just in time for today’s #TowelDay! The others are the Bibliophile Sample Pack (scents: Old Books, Oxford Library, Book Cellar, Bookstore), British Sample Pack (scents: Sherlock’s Study, Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey, Through the Wardrobe, Hatter’s Tea Party), Fantasy Sample Pack (scents: The Shire, Wizardry Buttery Drink, Headmaster’s Office, Winterfell) & Book Nerd Sample Pack (scents: Gatsby’s Mansion, Cliffs of Insanity, Reading at the Café, Bookworm). #BookNerd #bottlethatscent ©theliteratigirl

Front and Back of my new Reading Tracking Cards. Playing around with the Book Club stamp set by @sweetstampshop. #plannerstamps #plannergirl #readinglife #booknerd #bookblogger ©theliteratigirl

Sharing a school photo to celebrate the importance of #school and #education for children living in crises worldwide. This is me, in my 7th Form uniform when I was an exchange student at Waitakere College in Auckland, New Zealand in 2003/2004. I was incredibly lucky and incredibly honoured to go to school abroad and it furthered my education and personal growth beyond measure. And – coming from Germany where students don’t wear uniforms – I wore my uniform (and Manawanui House colours) with pride. Many children, and especially girls, around the world still don’t have access to basic education, let alone opportunities like high school graduation or exchange years abroad. We take our education for granted, when many children don’t have a school to go to, or their parents have no means of even affording primary education. Especially in a crisis, it is important to ensure that children have access to teachers and resources, so that they have a chance in life and the right skills once they overcome the crisis and make their own way. #righttoeducation #Emergencylessons #unicef #waitakerecollege #manawanui ©theliteratigirl

Finally got round to making a proper #blogplan in my homemade #fieldnotes sized #agenda. #bookblogger #Plannerlife ©theliteratigirl

My #Midori #travelersnotebook is getting Chunky!! Love how it’s shaping up for 2016! #plannergirl #plannerlove ©studyreadwrite

#LiteraryAnniversary Remembering the Fallen of the Battle of Hogwarts #onthisday #battleofhogwarts #Literature #bookish #HarryPotter #Hogwarts #Gryffindor #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Did some redecorating to reflect my love for #theatre. ©theliteratigirl

Different kind of reading: #academic. #studytips as I’m working on my Master Thesis. I always start important papers by compiling a bibliography of all books and resources I’ve got for it. That way I can later go through and delete what I don’t need and don’t risk leaving a reference off the list. ©theliteratigirl

David Duchovny live on stage during his Hell Or Highwater Tour in Cologne, May 2016. ©studyreadwrite

Watching #DavidTennant in #Hamlet is always a treat. Such passion in his performance. #Shakespeare ©theliteratigirl

Rereading a favourite in honour of #shakespeare #sommernachtstraum #AMidsummernightsDream 😍😍 I could only find the bilingual version 😀 #shakespeare400 #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Hot chocolate and a great book #saturday #booklover #neilgaiman #goodomens #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Today’s entry in the April #atozchallenge for H: Holy Cow by David Duchovny #Muldercanwrite #blogger #booklover #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

G for Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Today’s entry in the April #AtoZChallenge. Only had my German copy for the photo-op. Check out my book reviews on Literati-girl.com ©theliteratigirl

Today’s entry for F in the #Atozchallenge: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Today’s #AtoZ book review: Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan. This is my family’s 1961 German version of the book. https://literati-girl.com/2016/04/02/bonjour-tristesse-by-francoise-sagan-atoz/ #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Yesterday’s book review in the #atoz Challenge: A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. https://literati-girl.com/2016/04/01/a-study-in-scarlet-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-atoz/ #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Inside 221b Baker Street’s sitting room at the Sherlock Holmes Museum. #sherlock ©studyreadwrite

Meeting the fabulous Louise Brealey after the final performance of Constellations at Trafalgar Studios, August 2015. #theatre #London #constellations ©studyreadwrite

Met actor John Simm last night after a brilliant performance as Rakitin in Three Days In The Country at the National Theatre #JohnSimm #NationalTheatre #ThreeDaysInTheCountry #theatre ©studyreadwrite

Can’t believe I met the amazing actor Mark Gatiss, who plays Dr Shpigelsky in Three Days In The Country at the National Theatre, London #NationalTheatre ©studyreadwrite

My gorgeous custom, #doctorwho inspired River Song Diary #fieldnotes #midori by the talented Chris from #Altguild is finally here! Charm by #Quotefangirl “We are all stories in the end.” Can’t wait to fill this with memories of trips, novel research and blogpost drafts! #hellosweetie #riversong #spoilers #plannergirl ©theliteratigirl

Received some happy mail today in the form of a new book as part of the #savetheculture book exchange. Don’t know this one yet and can’t wait to get into it! #booknerd #readingissexy #happymail #bookstagram ©theliteratigirl

Clasp on my Midori Traveler’s Notebook: My favourite quote by J.R.R. Tolkien. “Not all those who wander are lost” ©studyreadwrite

Outside the famous Shakespeare & Co. bookstore on Rue de la Bûcherie in Paris. #shakespeareandco #paris #bookstagram ©studyreadwrite

My living room suddenly looks so big. Got rid of my very old, broken TV, which used to dominate the sideboard behind the coffee table. 🙂 #shelfie ©studyreadwrite