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Schon am Donnerstag habe ich mit einem Buch über Bücher und Timbuktu begonnen, das von der Beschreibung her sehr interessant geklungen hat. Leider fesselt mich die Geschichte nicht wirklich. Mir gefällt der Schreibstil nicht besonders und mich stört einfach, das der Autor zwischen der Geschichte der Stadt Timbuktu und der heutigen Zeit und der Bedrohung durch Dschihadisten hin- und herspringt. Natürlich ist beides interessant, aber das hätte ich dann lieber in zwei verschiedenen Büchern gelesen.

Charlie ENGLISH
The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu

Description: The fabled city of Timbuktu has captured the Western imagination for centuries. The search for this `African El Dorado' cost the lives of many explorers but Timbuktu is rich beyond its legends. Home to many thousands of ancient manuscripts on poetry, history, religion, law, pharmacology and astronomy, the city has been a centre of learning since medieval times. When jihadists invaded Mali in 2012 threatening destruction to Timbuktu's libraries, a remarkable thing happened. A team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the precious manuscripts into hiding. Based on new research and first-hand reporting, Charlie English expertly tells this story set in one of the world's most fascinating places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable.

 

Morgen werde ich dann mit einer weiteren Fantasy-Story beginnen. Allerdings ist es wieder der Beginn einer Trilogie - und wenn sie mir gefällt, muss ich mir auch die beiden anderen Bände kaufen.

 

Stephanie GARBER
Caraval

 

Description: WELCOME TO CARAVAL, WHERE NOTHING IS QUITE WHAT IT SEEMS . . .

 

Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the audience participates in the Show.

 

Caraval is Magic. Mystery. Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved sister Tella it represents freedom and an escape from their ruthless, abusive father.

 

When the sisters' long-awaited invitations to Caraval finally arrive, it seems their dreams have come true. But no sooner have they arrived than Tella vanishes, kidnapped by the show's mastermind organiser, Legend.

 

Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But nonetheless she quickly becomes enmeshed in a dangerous game of love, magic and heartbreak. And real or not, she must find Tella before the game is over, and her sister disappears forever.