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Hi, I am Ilana, multi-lingual #freelance writer and translator in love with books. When I'm not reading, l travel and write about this too. #amreading #booknerd wildwritinglife.blogspot.de

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Bookreview: The very best #Sukkah thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... #sukkotsameah #kidlit @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social

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The Very Best Sukkah by Shoshana Nambi illustrated by Moran Yogev

Sukkah, as many other Jewish holidays, offers a beautiful display of traditions and customs, adapted to the local histories and natural reso...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Audiobookreview: The Trial of Patty Hearst: wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... #amreading #booknerd #bookblogger

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The Trial of Patty Hearst dramatized by Céline Fitzmaurice

I am a big fan of true crime stories, but a dramatized true crime account is nothing to compete with. Listening for 90-minute The Captive...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Meanwhile, I did a bit of #Instagram re-branding and relatively happy with the results. Come by and say ´hi´: www.instagram.com/wildwritingl... #bookstagram

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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They are: @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social @jenlucas.bsky.social @bluebookballoon.bsky.social @annabookbel.bsky.social @easthullpete.bsky.social #ShotsBlog @wildwritinglife.bsky.social @madamebibi.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social & #Books’n’banter #TheButterflyHouse @marinasofia.bsky.social

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#Bookreview: Sisters of Fortune thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/09/sist... #amreading #syrianjews #bookblogger

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Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar

At the beginning of Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar , Fortune is sharing her thoughts and worries about her life as she is about to g...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Bookreview #collage: Der Beamte sagte wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/der-... #amreading #bookblogger

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Der Beamte sagte by Herta Müller

I am so sorry for not reading too much Herta Müller. Her creative force makes such a difference, both in term of style and language - as t...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#bookreview: Horror Date wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/horr... #amreading #bookblogger

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Horror Date by Sebastian Fitzek

Fitzek is one of Germany´s most successful thriller writers who also tried his literary hands to other genres, like children books or non-t...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Bookreview: The One Day You Were My Husband wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... #amreading #bookblogger #booknerd

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The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh

I am no stranger to Rosie Walsh and if I am not mistaken I probably read all her books so far . Her latest, The One Day You Were My Husba...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New by Teresa Solana on my blog: wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/cory... Thank you @ewashe.bsky.social @corylusbooks.bsky.social for the awesome opportunity #bookreview #catalanwriters

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#Bookreview: Next Stop thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/09/next... #amreading #scifi

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Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick

Next Stop , the debut roman by rabbi and writer Benjamin Resnick , is not the kind of book to start your Jewish New Year round of readings...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#Bookreview: Rapatriement wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/rapa... #amreading #booksinfrench

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Femme du ciel et des tempêtes wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/femm... #bookreview #booksinfrench #amreading

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Femme du ciel et des tempêtes by Wilfried N’Sondé

After reading and reviewing my first book by N´Sondé , which was very close from home because based in Berlin, I promised myself to read ano...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#bookreview Mating in Captivity wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/mati... #amreading #nonfiction #relationships

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Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel

Esther Perel belongs to a world of cultural rafinement and relationship knowledge hard to replicate. I´m following her on various social ...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#Bookreview: Heute ist Mittwoch wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/heut... #serbianauthors #booksingerman #bookblogger

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Heute ist Mittwoch by David Albahari, translated into German by Mirjana and Klaus Wittmann

One of the biggest downsizes of my many literary intersts is that I often ignore the literary realms that used to mean so much to me long ti...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Récits de certains faits: wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/09/reci... #bookreview #essays #truecrime #bookblogger

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Récits de certains faits by Yasmina Reza

I love reading essays because this art of nonfiction is rooted in the literary life of the authors as well. And if those essays to have so...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#Bookreview: The Cartographers wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-... #amreading #fantasy

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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

I am training my fantasy muscle lately, as cultivating a creative mind needs a lot of inspiration. The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd incl...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#Bookreview: Astronaut! wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/astr... #amreading #romania #bookblogger

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Astronaut! by Oana Aristide

It is hard to evaluate the amount of trauma one may get while growing up in a dictatorship. Of how getting used to live with fear as the onl...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#Bookreview: Intimacies wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/inti... #amreading #bookblogger #bookreview

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Intimacies by Katie Kitamura

When I´ve started reading Katie Kitamura ´s books , I knew I will return to this writer. Intimacies is set in the Hague and the unnamed w...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#Bookreview: Passage from Aden thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/08/pass... #amreading #bookblogger #amreading #adenijews

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Passage from Aden by Sarah Ansbacher

Israel is a country of stories par excellence. Stories of remote past, survival and just human connections. Sarah Ansbacher , a writer whos...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

#Bookreview: The Cupid Index wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-... #dating #bookblogger

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The Cupid Index by Sheeva Moshiri

Soraya is young, rich - or at least her family is -, glamorous and with a lot of luxurious activities to do daily. But as a young lady in he...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

#Bookreview: Lightbreakers wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/ligh... #amreading #bookblogger #timetravel

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#Bookreview: Berlinoise wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/berl... #amreading #bookblogger #booknerd

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Berlinoise by Wilfried N'Sondé

Book set in Berlin must definitely have a story of two with before and after - the Wall, end of WWII, both. It is a literary stereotype that...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#Bookreview: Land Where I Flee wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/land... #booknerd #bookblogger

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Land Where I Flee by Prajwal Parajuly

Four grown-up grandchildren are gathering from London and US on the occasion of chaurasi - the celebration of the 84th birthday - of their s...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#Bookreview: The Storm We Made wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-... #amreading #historicalfiction #bookblogger

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The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

I can count on one hand the amount of books set in Asia under the Japanese occupation. For various traumatic reasons, such topics are rarely...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#Bookreview: Il mantello di Rut wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/08/il-m... #amreading #italianbooks #booksinitalian

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Il Mantello di Rut by Paolo Rodari

I´ve continued my Italian reading adventure with a very profound book about freedom and belief during terrible times. Il mantello di Rut ...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And the Bride Closed the Door: thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/07/and-... #bookreview #bookblogger #israeliauthors

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And the Bride Closed the Door by Ronit Matalon translated into English by Jessica Cohen

There is no better way to get from afar into the life of a country than through its literature. But when it comes to translations, the edi...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#Bookreview: The Christie Affair wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #bookblogger #historicalfiction

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The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

Abandoned by her husband Archibald, who left her for a secretary, shortly after the death of her mother, Agatha Christie disappeared for aro...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Bookreview Camping wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/camp... #booksinromanian #bookblogger

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Camping by Lavinia Braniște

Sofia, a Romanian who left in Spain for 20 years, is approaching her retirement. Living in the camping where she took care of the reception ...

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Samantha Ellis @samanthaellis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

#Bookreview: Blue Ruin wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/blue... #amreading #arts #bookblogger

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Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru

It was long since I´ve read something by Hari Kunzru but Blue Ruin , the last from the so-called ´colour trilogy´ - which includes also Whi...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Quello Che Ti Nascondevo wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/quel... #thriller #booksinitalian #italian

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Quello Che Ti Nascondevo by Marina di Guardo

Due to work and summer-related reasons, my reading slowed down the last weeks, and will keep this pace until the end of August probably. I a...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

#Bookreview: The Healing Season of Pottery wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #amreading #feelgood #bookblogger

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The Healing Season of Pottery by Yeon Somin translated by Claire Richards

Feel-good stories may differ from one language to another because such feelings are usually culturally defined. I am reading and reviewing...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#Bookreview: The Yahoo Boys wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #amreading #bookblogger #lovescams

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The Yahoo Boys by Carlos Barragán

´If I´m sorry, how I gotta get money?´ A single mother of three, the mother of Carlos Barragán attempted to find new love again. Through a d...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

#Bookreview: Die Kollaborateure wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/die-... #amreading #filipinoauthors #philippines

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Die Kollaborateure by Katrina Tuvera translated into German by Jan Karsten

I am struggling always with keeping straight with my plans, but there is one that I always follow carefully: expanding my knowledge on world...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#TheNanny wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/07/rand... #bookreview #booktour

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Random Things Tours: The Nanny by Heather Burnside

The Nanny by Manchester-based bestseller author Heather Burnside starts very slowly, introducing the reader to such a homely ambiance ...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

#Bookreview: Cast Out thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/06/cast... #mizrahim #history #middleeast

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Cast Out. The History of the Jews of Arab Lands by Lyn Julius

´850,000 Jews, more than 99% of the Jews living in Arab states, fled their countries of birth, in one of the largest displacements of non-...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Reckoning with the GDR past - myacademicadventure.blogspot.com/2026/06/reck... #amreading #academicreview #brandenburg

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Reckoning with the GDR past

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#Bookreview: Dear Debbie wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/dear... #crimestories #housewives #bookblogger

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Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

´I am about to cross a line. And once I do, I won´t be able to go back. Then again, this has been a long time coming´. Very very late, but s...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Revolution and international order myacademicadventure.blogspot.com/2026/06/revo... #amreading #bookblogger #academicreviews

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Revolution and International Order

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

#Bookreview: Ein russischer Roman thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-... #amreading #booksingerman

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The Blue Mountain by Meir Shalev translated into German by Ruth Achlama

I was recently looking to update my list of recommended Israeli literature reads and from one reference to another, I´ve got T he Blue Mount...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Nicht ohne meine Kippa! thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/06/nich... #juedischindeutschland

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Nicht ohne meine Kippa! by Levi Israel Ufferfilge

'Für Antisemiten habe ich überhaupt keine anderen Eigenschaften. Keine eigene Geschichte´. Levi Israel Ufferlige grew up in North Rhein West...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#Bookreview: Le Perfezioni wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/le-p... #amreading #bookblogger #booksetinberlin #italianbooks

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Le Perfezioni by Vincenzo Latronico

Although with less speed as in the previous months, I´ve conntinued this month my Italian reading agenda. This time, I got Le Perfezioni/L...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

#Bookreview: The Persian wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-... #amreading #spynovel #bookblogger

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The Persian by David McCloskey

There is a new generation of ex-CIA analysts who turned into (very talented) spy (what else?) novels writers and them leaving the Agency enr...

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WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

#Bookreview Roman Stories #shortstories wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/roma... #bookblogger

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Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri translated into English by Jhumpa Lahiri and Todd Portnowitz

There are authors that emotionally connect me with my carefree times, when reading and discovering myself through various languages were tak...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

#Bookreview: Gaslight wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/gasl... #crimenovel #nigerianauthors #amreading

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Gaslight by Femi Kayode

While requested to investigate the disappearance of the wife of a powerful priest based in Lagos, accused of killing his wife, detective psy...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

#Bookreview: Chopping Onions on my heart thinknow-thinknow.blogspot.com/2026/06/chop... #memoir #judeoarabic #baghdadijews

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Chopping Onions on My Heart by Samantha Ellis

I am always happy to discover new books about the rich heritage of Iraqi Jews , as each book brings more information about a world that once...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#Bookreview: Lucky Girl wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/luck... #amreading #bookblog

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Lucky Girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

´I wanted to live a big life too´. Some books may ignite mixed reactions in the reader, but the challenge may just encourage the precious c...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#Bookreview: Lost in Mecca wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/06/lost... #amreading #bookblogger #thriller

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Lost in Mecca by Bothayna Al-Essa translated by Nada Faris

´Was there a hidden meaning behind this hell?´ Literary journeys are even most open minding as the simple discovery travel. They open up the...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Lázár #bookreview wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/05/laza... #bookblogger #swissauthors

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Lázár by Nelio Biedermann

Lázár by Nelio Biedermann is like on everyone´s German speaking book list this summer and as usual, I couldn´t resist such a bookish temp...

WildWritingLife @wildwritinglife.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

#bookreview I´m a fan wildwritinglife.blogspot.com/2026/05/lets... #amreading #bookblogger

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I´m a Fan by Sheena Patel translated into German by Annabelle Assaf

Let´s say that some books better would have not find me. At all. I am interested in books about relationships, dysfunctional, abusive (in bo...