List of 100 books I would like to read

1. The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle 2), Patrick Rothfuss

2. ??? (Kingkiller Chronicle 3), Patrick Rothfuss

3. Stenhuggaren, Camilla Läckberg

4. Olycksfågeln, Camilla Läckberg

5. Tyskungen, Camilla Läckberg

6. Sjöjungfrun, Camilla Läckberg

7. Fyrvaktaren, Camilla Läckberg

8. Änglamakerskan, Camilla Läckberg

9. Syndafloden, Marianne Fredriksson

10. Maria, Maria, Anne Karin Elstad

11. Fjäril i Koppel, Zinat Pirzadeh

12. Vägen till Jerusalem, Jan Guillou

13. Idun. Sagan om Valhalla, Johanne Hildebrandt

14. The Wheel of Time 01. The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan

15. The Wheel of Time 02. The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan

16. The Wheel of Time 03. The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan

17. The Giver, Lois Lowry

18. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry

19. Ausgefressen, Moritz Matthies

20. Magician, Raymond E. Feist

21. The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien

22. Offen für alles und nicht ganz dicht, Florian Schroeder

23. Goldbrokat, Andrea Schacht

24. Die Gefährtin des Vaganten, Andrea Schacht

25. Die keltische Schwester, Andrea Schacht

26. Mit falschem Stolz, Andrea Schacht

27. Das Spiel des Sängers, Andrea Schacht

28. Die Blumen der Zeit, Andrea Schacht

29. The Ring of Solomon, Jonathan Stroud

30. Der gläserne Schrein, Petra Schier

31. Die Stadt der Heiligen, Petra Schier

32. Das silberne Zeichen, Petra Schier

33. Lycidas: Die Uralte Metropole 1, Christoph Marzi

34. Lilith: Die Uralte Metropole 2, Christoph Marzi

35. Lumen: Die Uralte Metropole 3, Christoph Marzi

36. Mein Leben, Bernhard Grzimek

37. Serengeti darf nicht sterben, Bernhard Grzimek

38. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think, Brian Wansink

39. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, Marion Nestle

40. Quäl dich, du Sau. Die Autobiografie, Udo Bölts

41. Jenseits der Norm - hochbegabt und hoch sensibel?, Andrea Brackmann

42. The Heroes of Olympus The Demigod Diaries, Rick Riordan

43. Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades, Rick Riordan

44. The Traitor Spy Trilogy 03. The Traitor Queen, Trudi Canavan

45. Der Genitiv ist dem Streber sein Sex: und andere Erkenntnisse aus meinem Leben 2.0, Markus Barth

46. Mettwurst ist kein Smoothie: Und andere Erkenntnisse aus meinem Großstadtleben, Markus Barth

47. Fettnäpfchenführer Schweden: Die ungeahnten Geheimnisse blaugelber Etikette, Delia Kübeck

48. Zeiglers wunderbare Welt des Fussballs: Gewinnen ist nicht wichtig, solange man gewinnt!, Arnd Zeigler

49. Keiner verliert ungern. Neue Sprüche und Weisheiten der Fußballstars, Arnd Zeigler

50. Taktik ist keine Pfefferminzsorte! Neueste Sprüche und Weisheiten der Fußballstars, Arnd Zeigler

51. Zeiglers wunderbare Welt des Fußballs: 1111 Kicker-Weisheiten, hochsterilisiert von Arnd Zeigler

52. Ein Tor würde dem Spiel gut tun. Das ultimative Buch der Fußball-Wahrheiten, Ben Redelings

53. Tausche Schwester gegen Endspielkarte - Das ultimative Buch der Fußball-Wahrheiten 02, Ben Redelings

54. Nach vorne!: Lästernde Kiebitze, spielentscheidende Stadionwürste, betrunkene Vorstopper - TORWORT-Geschichten über Fußball, Philipp Köster

55. Fußball. Das Allerletzte: Intrigen und Dummheiten aus der Welt des Fußballs, Marcel Dreykopf

56. Fussball unser, Eduard Augustin

57. Eier, wir brauchen Eier!: 500 Dinge über Fußball, 11 Freunde

58. Ich sag nur ein Wort: Vielen Dank!: Nochmal 500 Dinge über Fußball, 11 Freunde

59. Samuel August fran Sevedstorp och Hanna i Hult, Astrid Lindgren

60. Pippi Långstrump, Astrid Lindgren

61. Pippi Långstrump går ombord, Astrid Lindgren

62. Pippi Långstrump i Söderhavet, Astrid Lindgren

63. Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist, Astrid Lindgren

64. Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist lever farligt, Astrid Lindgren

65. Kalle Blomkvist och Rasmus, Astrid Lindgren

66. Rasmus på luffen, Astrid Lindgren

67. Rasmus, Pontus och Toker, Astrid Lindgren

68. Madicken, Astrid Lindgren

69. Vi på Saltkråkan, Astrid Lindgren

70. Ronja Rövardotter, Astrid Lindgren

71. Wir müssen den Kindern mehr Deutsch lernen: Weise Worte aus Politik und Gesellschaft, Jule Philippi

72. Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond

73. Daddy-Long-Legs, Joan Webster

74. The Colour of Magic: The First Discworld Novel, Terry Pratchet

75. Pollyanna, Neil Reed

76. Peter Pan, James Matthew Barrie

77. Marina, Carlos Ruiz Zafón

78. Jan un Greetje: Ostfriesische Vornamen nebst Redensarten, Neckreimen und Schimpfnamen zwischen Ems und Weser, Theo Schuster

79. Namengebung in Ostfriesland, Manno P. Tammena

80. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

81. The Time Keeper, Mitch Alborn

82. Das Astrid Lindgren Kochbuch

83. Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitsch

84. Wie, wer, das?: Neue Abenteuer eines Amerikaners im Sprachlabyrinth, David Bergmann

85. So lügt man mit Statistik, Walter Krämer

86. Planet Germany. Eine Expedition in die Heimat des Hawaii-Toasts, Eric T. Hansen

87. Planet Mittelalter: Ein Amerikaner auf Zeitreise in Deutschland, Eric T. Hansen

88. City of Dragons: Volume Three of the Rain Wilds Chronicles, Robin Hobb

89. Blood of Dragons: Volume Four of the Rain Wilds Chronicles, Robin Hobb

90. The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince, Robin Hobb

91. Eldbärare, Anders Björkelid

92. Förbundsbryterskan, Anders Björkelid

93. Little Lord Fauntleroy, Frances Hodgson Burnett

94. This Golden Land, Barbara Wood

95. The Divining, Barbara Wood

96. Ernst beiseite!: 500 Namen, die Sie Ihrem Kind besser nicht geben sollten, William Wahl

97. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One, George R. R. Martin

98. A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two, George R. R. Martin

99. A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three, George R. R. Martin

100. A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four, George R. R. Martin





(Some already read while compiling this list over several months)

Jan 12 - ilove2smile

Feb 12 - sent

Mar 12 - Jetske

Apr 12 - Betze

May 12 - geminiscp

Jun 12 - selphie

Jul 12 - dogma7911

Aug 12 - turtles

Sep 12 - eidrache

Oct 12 - Weltenbummler

Nov 12 - Jamie1972

Dec 12 - Andrea

Jan 13 - mondkind

Feb 13 - Hexentrio

Mar 13 - Dollart

Apr 13 - duplevista

May 13 - Tjitske

Jun 13 -

Jul 13 -

Aug 13 -

Sep 13 -

Oct 13 -

Nov 13 -

Dec 13 -

Jan 14 -

Feb 14 -

Mar 14 -

Apr 14 -

May 14 -

Jun 14 -

Jul 14 -

Aug 14 -

Sep 14 -

1. Überbackene Spitzpaprika mit Käsefüllung

2. Sauerfleisch

3. Spaghetti all‘Amatriciana

4. Guacamole

5. Herzhafte Blätterteigtaschen (http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/747691177316252/Herzhafte-Blaetterteigtaschen.html - with some variations, added some corn, roasted bellpepper etc.)

==> 03.08.2012 list is gone...

6. Blumekohl-Bolognese http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/855111190969153/Blumenkohl-Bolognese.html (with some variation, I added cubed potatoes and curry powder to give it an Indian touch)

7. Dirty Rice

8. Putencurry mit Mango

9. Kycklingpaj

10. zuccini-sweet potato creamsoup

11. Spinach feta muffins

12. Pizza muffins

13. Zucchini bacon muffins

14. Mexican corn muffins

15. Frango Guisado com Tomate e Massa - Anja style, used chicken stock instead of wine and cooked all in one pot (including the pasta)

1) Das kleine Reiseandenken

2) Nina, so gefällst du mir

3) Ondvinter

4) Das Pergament des Himmels

5) Heimwärts

6) Wir Tillermanns sind so

7) M wie Melody

8) Seventeen against the Dealer

9) The Runner

10) When she hollers

11) Stein für Stein

12) Izzy, willy-nilly

13) Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero

14) The Lightning Thief

15) The Sea of Monsters

16) The Titan's Curse

17) Battle of the Labyrinth

18) The last Olympian

19) Sons from Afar

20) Pforte der Verdammnis

21) Das verlorene Labyrinth

22) Come a Stranger

23) Chronicles of Narnia

24) The Son of Neptune

25) The Mark of Athena

26) The Red Pyramid

27) The Throne of Fire

28) The Serpent's Shadow

29) Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige I+II

30) The Name of the Wind. Kingkiller Chronicle Day 1

31) The Wise man's Fear. Kingkiller Chronicle Day 2

32) Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

33) Stenhuggaren

34) Olycksfågeln

35) The Planet Savers/The World Wreckers

36) Tyskungen

37) Sjöjungfrun

38) Fyrvaktaren

39) Änglamakerskan

40) The Drovers Road Collection

41) A Dangerous Fortune

42) Der, die, was? Ein Amerikaner im Sprachlabyrinth

43) Schweden für jeden

44) Die Kinderkarawane

45) Sturmjahre

46) So lügt man mit Statistik

47) Perfect Harmony

48) Bitteres Geheimnis

49) Nachtzug

50) Herzflimmern

51) Das Paradies

52) Fjäril i koppel

spring - dome somewhen in May

56/56



First 80€ that were put away were stolen

09.11.2012: Put something away in advance (want to save it for vacation next year)

Bought a milk tetra pack purse at a flea market in Hamburg 02.06.2013

31.05.2013: Fell back on rank 60 due to not sending many cards at all...

1) 04.02.2012 (Göttingen)

2) 28.04.2012 (Münster - bought herbs & spices)

3) 01.09.2012 (Göttingen)

4) 25.05.2013 (Göttingen)

1) Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon (Portugal) 10.06.2012

2) Cultural Landscape of Sintra (Portugal) 11.06.2012



Planned for July 2013: Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland, Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå and perhaps Engelsberg Ironworks

A - alien poo cake

B - bedroom window view

C - Chaos (my living room...)

D -

E -

F - firefighters cutting part of the tree infront of my office window

G -

H -

I -

J -

K - Kölner Dom (the jigsaw puzzle I just finished 11.01.2012)

L - little Anja, took photos of old photos

M - meerkats at the zoo in Hannover

N - Nina, my sister

O -

P - pizza muffuns

Q -

R -

S - snow, quite much of it this winter

T - tomatoes (homegrown)

U -

V - virus (screen of my computer at work…)

W - Weihnachtsbaum

X -

Y -

Z - zeronic at the Bielefeld meeting

19.05.2013: 1723 cards sent

Done - 16.05.2013, After Eight Cake for a colleague

1) Nutella-Sockerkaka (a variation of a classic Swedish cake)

2) Gefüllter Osterhefekuchen

3) After Eight Cake

1) Der, die, was? Ein Amerikaner im Sprachlabyrinth

2) Schweden für Jeden

3) So lügt man mit Statistik

1) 14.04.2012: Bayer04 Leverkusen - Hertha BSC Berlin 3:3

We didn't win but it was a great match!

2) 18.08.2012 DFB-Pokal Carl Zeiss Jena - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:4

Was a great match in hot&sunny weather

3) 12.10.2012: U21 Play-offs Germany-Switzerland in Leverkusen 1:1

4) 01.12.2012 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Nürnberg 1:0

5) 11.05.2013 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Hannover 96 3:1 - perfect last home match of the season!

30.04.2013: rank 58

didn't send that many cards this months but funnily made my way up by 4 ranks

3weeks course in Uppsala is booked! :D

Private Note

19.04.2013: 1707 cards sent

1) to Linda 05.02.2013

2) to Elina 11.02.2013

3) to Elina 15.04.2013

1. Got my Fachabitur as second best in class

2. Got my Diplom

3. Got the best mark possible for the oral exam about my thesis

4. Was admitted to the doctoral course of studies

5. Reached the level of being fluent in both speaking and writing English

6. Moved out of my parents’ home

7. Moved to a new city – twice

8. Organized all my moves myself

9. Live completely on my own

10. Lived away from home for a year before I turned 18

11. Found a job I love

12. Survived two weeks of vacation with my sister…

13. Travelled abroad completely on my own without knowing anyone at the travel destination

14. Learned to swim

15. Learned to ride a bike

16. Learned to ice-skate

17. Learned to roller-skate

18. Learned Spanish

19. Learned Swedish

20. Published my first scientific paper

21. Attended national congresses on nutrition and obesity

22. Did PowerPoint presentations at different congresses

23. Attended the ICO 2010 in Stockholm

24. Did a poster presentation at an international congress

25. Did fluent presentations in Swedish with very little preparation (for Swedish course)

26. Donated blood

27. Donated thrombocytes

28. Got registered as bone marrow donor

29. Made postcards of a photo I took myself

30. Saw a soccer match at the stadium

31. Saw an American football match at a stadium

32. Worked as a volunteer at a youth sports event

33. Was a team member at a holiday camp for children from 6 to 12

34. Organized a big international Postcrossing meeting

35. Saw Starlight Express

36. Saw The Lion King (musical, German version)

37. Swam in the Mediterranean

38. Organized a scavenger hunt

39. Organized a day-trip for a group of 25

40. Collected money for charity

41. Learned to play volleyball properly

42. Grew my own tomatoes

43. Learned to cook

44. Learned to bake

45. Learned to sew (but hated it all the time)

46. Learned to play the flute

47. Never started smoking (after 20 years of growing up in a smoker family)

48. Never got drunk

49. Flew on a plane

50. Won a prize on a drawing competition as a child

51. Worked at a canteen kitchen for a year

52. Attended a Chinese class

53. Attended an Italian class

54. Grew my hair halfway down my back

55. Had my hair cut short from being quite long

56. Got my ears pierced (twice)

57. Attended Postcrossing meetings in 6 European capitals

58. Went to the international Postcrossing meeting in Helsinki in 2009 despite not knowing anyone and my fear of big groups of people I don’t know

59. Been co-author on a paper published internationally

60. Was listed as weight loss expert in a women’s magazine

61. Learned to work with SPSS all by myself

62. Seen the Sistine Chapel in Rome (wasn’t that impressed, though, too dark & too crowded)

63. Walked through the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

64. Been to two different German capitals (Berlin and Bonn when it still was a capital)

65. Stayed up all night (and slept about 16 hours straight afterwards)

66. Been to 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

67. Stayed at a 5* hotel

68. Travelled first class on a train

69. Travelled on a train that travelled on a ferry part of the way

70. Went out of the country by train

71. Did my tax declaration completely on my own

72. Visited 12 European capitals

73. Been to the 13 biggest German cities

74. Read 40 books in just 3 weeks (as a child during vacation)

75. Stopped biting my nails when I was 10 (only reason my mother allowed me to use nail polish at that age)

76. Found a best friend that has the same way of crazy thinking as I do

77. Managed to keep a friendship with someone living I another country for almost 15 years

78. Tried rowing

79. Tried artistic gymnastics (yes, really!)

80. Took part in a soccer school competition – and failed miserably

81. Helped a classmate to pass the final exams by tutoring

82. Managed to break my elbow at an office job…

83. Found 100 things that make me happy

84. Organized and cooked dinner on my sister’s confirmation all on my own

85. Assembled my IKEA furniture on my own

86. Sent over 1600 official Postcrossing postcards

87. Designed my own rubber stamp to use on postcards

88. Been unofficial travel agent for many Postcrossers

89. Attended a live taping of a TV show

90. Sang in choir at primary school

91. Finished a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle

92. Learned to eat with chopsticks

93. Learned to say Thank you in 10 languages

94. Decided what I want to be when I grow up

95. Learned to work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a quite good level

96. Learned how to use Photoshop (and still hate it)

97. Organized a class activity at open day at school

98. Organized hotel rooms, travelling plans etc. for business trips with colleagues

99. Took a self-defense class

100. Spoke in front of a crowd of more than 100

101. Found 100 things I achieved for this list

1. Stockholm (again)

2. Barcelona

3. Oslo

4. Dresden

5. Salamanca

6. Istanbul

7. Hong Kong

8. Seville

9. Cordoba

10. Kyoto

11. Florence

12. Straßbourg

13. New York

14. Prague

15. Shanghai

16. Washington DC

17. Tallin

18. Sydney

19. Sienna

20. Florence

21. Budapest

22. Uppsala



to be continued...

In rather random order...



1. an unexpected good mark in a language course

2. a baby/little child smiling or laughing at me

3. beautiful postcards in my mailbox

4. making someone happy with a sent postcard

5. reading a good book

6. laughing with friends

7. yummy chocolate

8. getting positive feedback at work

9. receiving a nice letter from a penfriend

10. sunshine on a winter day

11. watching Mamma Mia (the movie)

12. spending time with people I like

13. Postcrossing meetings

14. spamming at the Alien talk, having fun chatting there and annoying Foxy ;)

15. planning trips (even those that are just ideas and won’t be realized in the end)

16. Bayer 04 Leverkusen winning a match

17. receiving a card showing a UNESCO site new to my collection

18. seeing a baby or little child laughing like mad about ordinary things (like sneezing)

19. watching an interesting documentary about foreign countries, nature, animals etc.

20. reaching another step when learning a new language

21. being at a stadium to see a Bayer 04 match

22. going to the zoo

23. just being silly with my best friend

24. being silly with little children

25. a challenging task at work

26. the first homegrown tomato

27. Astrid Lindgren books & movies

28. finding a photo in my snapshots that turns out to be a really amazing picture

29. finishing a task on one of my lists

30. sunny summer days with low humidity

31. Bayer 04 Leverkusen finally beating Bayern München in München after 23 long years

32. making someone happy with a gift

33. making a bargain when buying postcards

34. Swedish knäckebröd with prästost – soooo good!

35. happy Hurray messages from Postcrossing

36. cute animal babies

37. a friendly dog

38. a beautiful view

39. Sweden

40. Stockholm

41. Postcrossing in general

42. my lists

43. finding a piece of clothing that fits AND that I like

44. the classic Disney movies

45. a new recipe/cooking idea that turns out yummy

46. fresh baked, still warm cake

47. little kids

48. vacation in another country

49. happy ending books

50. happy ending movies

51. buying postcards

52. the first signs of spring

53. magnolia trees in full bloom

54. golden trees in autumn on a sunny day

55. getting a million options for breakfast at a hotel stay and choosing half of them

56. re-reading childhood books

57. Moccaschokoküsse

58. McDonalds Sundae with chocolate sauce

59. stretching my mind

60. my favorite ROFL smiley

61. things/series/movies etc. from my childhood

62. having done something useful/productive

63. finishing a project/paper etc. at work

64. watching funny animals

65. reading my favorite books for the umpteenth time

66. being asked for advice because someone respects my opinion

67. one of my favorite players scoring a goal

68. dayzero lists

69. Pizza

70. Pasta

71. travelling to new places

72. eating with my fingers

73. exploring a new place/city on vacation

74. knowing that someone likes you despite being weird or crazy

75. being optimistic

76. visiting Linda in Sweden

77. ripe strawberries, cherries and nectarines at the supermarket – because they are yummy and it means that it’s finally summer

78. Höhner feel-good songs

79. popping bubble wrap

80. watching squirrels or birds in the trees

81. passion fruit

82. mango

83. discovering a beautiful thing in an unexpected place in an unexpected moment

84. grilled chicken

85. tomatoes

86. eating Nutella right from the glass

87. Turkish apple tea

88. laughing till I cry

89. writing exactly the same at the same time when chatting with my best friend

90. learning something interesting

91. funny and absolutely useless facts

92. maps, globes and Planet Earth

93. interesting museums

94. writing with fountain pens and different colours of ink

95. Nescafe Frappé

96. Spanish tapas

97. funny comments from my 3 years old nephew

98. saving enough money to do a vacation trip as planned

99. the smell of rain on a warm summer day

100. being done with this list ;D

31.03.13 - still 62nd