false 2719191 still, i'm writing a doctor thesis on cuban literature and so i have to do a lot of reading which is not always for pure pleasure - that's one of the points i don't like about being professionally involved with literature: if you have to do with books all day long, at night you long for a different kind of occupation and so i read much less non-cuba-related fiction than in former times...

besides reading, i like to play music on my guitar and my irish whistle, love concerts, meeting international people and my old friends, i enjoy having a good beer or a nice glass of wine, adore cooking and different cuisines (i'm especially fond of indian, italian, greek and asian cuisine, but interested in any new recipe...). whenever i've got the possibility to travel, i'm on my way usually travelling light, more backpacker style than to highclass hotels (also by choice, but also to save money, logically....).
i also love the nature and do lots of hiking in the beautiful austrian alps and the surroundings of salzburg and linz - no better way to relax and feel absolute happniess than standing on top of a mountain, breathe the clear air and feel one with nature around. ]]> 33 female Salzburg, 05, Austria 09/2009 12/2009 9 202 153 true 6606544 read 1 true 6606543 currently-reading 48 true 6606542 to-read 4 false 7026485 american-literature 3 false 8513514 nobel 3 false 9210732 abandoned 2 false 8278145 philosophy-religion 2 false 8691251 classics 2 false 8513529 south-american 2 false 7532369 easy-read 2 false 7086291 german-lit 2 false 8691246 victorian 2 false 7380499 japanese 1 false 9210655 norwegian 1 false 7086281 greece 1 false 9288414 mexico 1 false 8158881 november--09 1 false 7086284 philosophy--buddhism 1 false 9223549 christmas 1 false 7683910 political-lit 1 false 7683987 postcolonial-lit 1 false 9075181 brasilian 1 false 7685605 romania 1 false 9210650 romantic 1 false 7532390 sex-and-crime 1 false 8278113 animals 1 false 9263637 southern-states 1 false 7532365 spain 1 false 7683991 africa 1 false 9314790 turkey 1 false 9320635 19th-century http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/17332-what-one-did-you-just-start http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1189457607p2/970.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:32:20 -0800 Little Women & Good Wives by Louisa M. Alcott....I know the film version with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder, but somehow i've never read the book as a girl, and i find myself really enjoying it in a fluffy, girlish kind of way.....it's a lovely read when there's snow outside and one snuggles up in a cozy chair with a fire, and then just enjoy this simple tale. ]]> Little Women & Good Wives (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Louisa May Alcott]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82008512 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178734138s/828024.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:26:27 -0800 My Father's Suitcase: The Nobel Lecture (Paperback) by Orhan Pamuk]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81946721 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31U-s4pBvAL._SL75_.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:50:28 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/260226-frohe-weihnachten http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1239272375p2/17125.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:53:20 -0800 Before I Forget (Paperback) by Leonard Pitts]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81834904 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zvJLPzvDL._SL75_.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:10:59 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3913-which-one-did-you-just-finish http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1189457607p2/970.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:12:09 -0800 Gerald wrote: "Judith wrote: "I read "Watchmen" by Alan Moore yesterday. Impressive, but not as much so as I expected after all the rage about it." I enjoyed the book so rented the movie. The movie is terrible; ..."

Yes, the count is terrific...one of the most endearing villains i remember with his birds and white mice. i also really liked the "ugly" sister, Marianne, at least in the beginning until she became almost as boring as Laura....
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/255966-december-discussion-everything-that-rises-must-converge-flannery-o-c http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1189457607p2/970.jpg 2719191 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252501222p2/2719191.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2719191-julia Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:47:24 -0800