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The Saga of Witcher (2020, Orion Publishing Group)

Hard in the beginning, addicting in the middle

  • The main storyline of the Witcher, but not all books are included in that collection
  • Some things were familiar because I played some of the Witcher games and watched the TV Series
  • Was hard to read at the beginning especially while travelling in trains but silently at home in the bed it was way better
  • From the middle of the Saga onwards, I got addicted and couldn't stop reading
  • In The Lady of the Lake Ciri travels into the world of Merlin and King Arthur
  • It is a really good collection of books
  • I think the last book "Lady of the Lake" is my favourite
Robin L. Graham: Dove

One of the best sailing books

  • In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in a 24-foot sloop. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he returned to home port with a wife and daughter and enough extraordinary experiences to fill this bestselling book, Dove.
  • The beginning of the book starts with his sailing adventures with his dad
  • This also explains why it was possible for him to do that with such a young age: His dad supported him and already took him sailing when he was just a small kid
  • He also got support from the National Geographic which reported about his travels and not only paid him but also supported him on his journey
  • Some parts (maybe even most) of the book are more written like a Journal. So it is not like a novel, but more like I read someone else's diary.
Facebook - Weltmacht am Abgrund (Hardcover)

Very Detailed

  • Steven Levy basically reported about Facebook since the early beginning, he knows Mark Zuckerberg personally and met him multiple times for this book together with other people who worked on Facebook
  • He doesn't just write about Facebook, as you might think when reading the title, actually some parts are more like a Biography of Mark Zuckerberg. He even goes into details how Mark's parents met - all this reminds me more of the Biographies about Steve Jobs and Elon Musk I read.
  • He really describes the history and architecture of Facebook well
  • It gives a lot of details about the strategies Facebook used or still uses
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set (1986, Del Rey)

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel …

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

  • The Hobbit is a bit short
  • Lord of the Rings has some Chapters - especially the fights - which are hard to read

Other than that, I don't have any complaints, and it's one of my favorite series