Autumn is just around the corner and therefore the favorite season of all bookworms. 😉📚 After all, there is no better reading backdrop than the first falling leaves with drizzle and gusts of wind to sit on the veranda covered with tea and enjoy the scenery. The only thing missing is the appropriate reading! Therefore, five books that should not be missing on our window sill this fall. 🍂
It wouldn't be 55 Reading List without the obligatory memoire. 😉 Meg Kissinger talks about her family's experiences in Chicago in the 60s. An apparently functional, albeit large family, this is the story of two mentally ill parents and their eight children, who try not only to fight their way through the social repression of their time, but also to leave family problems in the shadow of humor. The rule here is: You cry behind closed doors, far away from the public eye.
The best memoirs draw the line between reality and fiction so razor-thin that, if careless, you forget to lose yourself in a true story, not a literary invention. A balancing act that Kissinger easily performs. An intimate family portrait is shown, which emphasizes the importance of acknowledging mental discomfort and the bright spots of today's progress. Kissinger offers a tragic story that always manages to inspire laughter and explains the importance of an open discussion culture on mental illness. However, those affected may wish to treat this book with caution. #triggerwarnung
It seems terribly long ago and yet strangely close when crypto currency put the Internet in a headlock and was discussion topic No. 1 of the digitization bubbles on LinkedIn, Twitter and Co. The next big thing, it was called so often and people wanted to argue for the potential of this new form of currency, often a name: Sam Bankman-Fried, the youngest billionaire of his time.
From one day to the next, Bankmann-Fried climbed the Forbes billionaire list and the imminent fall of the young entrepreneur was no less spectacular. Lewis explores the story of this enigmatic character, from his thinking and actions to the rise and fall on cryptocurrency waves.
With “Think Again”, Adam Grand has already landed a huge hit in nonfiction, which we also devoured and celebrated at 55BirchStreet — not surprisingly, his latest track is also eagerly awaited.
We live in a world that is obsessed with the idea of talent, as Grant states. Sometimes, however, our focus is so on universal geniuses, jack-of-all-trades and all-rounders that our focus on this undermines how far we can actually carry our own competencies. As is well known, talent alone does not replace hard work.
In Hidden Potential, Grant thus offers a basic framework for improving. According to Grant, growth depends less on natural talent than on the character we develop. A fairly basic insight and an execution of over 300 pages is called into question, as is so often the case in the genre, but Grant, as always, offers well-founded application methods combined with solid storytelling, which makes the learning application much more tangible. Definitely recommended.
Turtles are great. After all, they are nature's caravans. That's really cool — no one is going to disagree, right? So it breaks our hearts to have to say that turtles don't always have it easy either. 🐢
Sy Montgomery is dedicated to these diverse creatures in her latest book based on a personal account of her visit to the Turtle Rescue League, where she is greeted by a sign that says: “TURTLE LOVER PARKING ONLY. VIOLATORS BETTER SHUT THE SHELL UP.” Turtles that have been damaged by cars, environmental pollution and poachers end up here — sometimes so bad that even veterinarians have given up on them. But this is where you revive the armored comrades.
In this book, Montgomery not only addresses socially conscious topics of our time, she also interweaves philosophy, science and cultural memoirs based on this unusual reptile and explores what the tortoise — a living being that will eventually well and gladly live to over 200 years — has to say about the 21st century, always with an underlying optimism. Turtelly worth the read!
Of course, we also want to give you a scary classic for the Spooky Season 👻 Daphne du Maurier follows in the footsteps of Jane Eyre (also highly recommended, by the way!) and features elements of crime, horror novel and mystery all in one. The perfect book to get ready for Halloween. 🎃
Rebecca follows an unnamed protagonist, who is dating the mysterious widower Maxim de Winter, and accompanies her life on his no less mysterious estate: Manderley. Furthermore, the shadow of the first Mrs. De Winter, Rebecca, who died in a tragic sailing accident, lurks within the walls of the estate, not least in the form of the suspicious housekeeper Mrs. Danvers, who lets the protagonist learn again and again that them would not be an appropriate substitute for such a magnificent place and family name.
Piece by piece, the psychological pitfalls of the book unfold, secrets are revealed, while new ones follow immediately and no one seems to be what they pretend to be. Rebecca may be the blueprint of today's mystery texts and a prime example of suspense for the respective ups and downs of the book, which today's sequels continue to emulate.
As always, we hope that there is something for everyone and hope you enjoy reading. 📚
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