Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye.
I Remain in Darkness by Annie Ernaux
Why I have it: Lizzy’s powerful review.
Summary: Ernaux describes her attempts first to help her mother recover from Alzheimer’s disease, and then to bear witness to the older woman’s gradual decline.
I’m thinking: Yes, even though it will make me cry.
My Berlin Kitchen by Luisa Weiss
Why I have it: Because I love her cookbook, Classic German Baking.
Summary: Luisa Weiss was working in New York when she decided to return to her childhood home in Berlin, and cook her way through her massive recipe collection.
I’m thinking: Yes – live my Berlin dreams vicariously (through cake).
I Choose Elena by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Why I have it: Because of Theresa’s review.
Summary: On track to be an Olympic gymnast, Osborne-Crowley was violently raped on a night out. The injuries she sustained that evening ended her gymnastics career, and eventually manifested in life-long chronic illnesses.
I’m thinking: Yes, although I’ll leave it a bit given that I’m still recovering from Know My Name.
Of these, My Berlin Kitchen has most appeal for me. Greed wins it seems. I’m not in the market for depressing reads at the moment when day-to-day life and news is unremittingly down-beat.
Living life through cake sounds an excellent plan 🙂
You have a sample because of me! This has made me all weepy now…
It’s been one of those days x eleven billion.
Definitely to the Weiss, which I read recently for my foodie summer challenge and loved. I’ve also read the Ernaux, for last year’s Women in Translation Month. She does a good line in short, harrowing memoir/autofiction, but I haven’t warmed to her style.
My Berlin Kitchen gets my vote. I share your love of Berlin.
I’ve heard so many good things about Annie Ernaux – so I say yes to that!
It’s been a mighty long time since I read a good foodie book. My Berlin Kitchen is definitely going on my TBR!
I’ve just read the Ernaux, and recommend it as much for the writing as for the story.
I loved My Berlin Kitchen! No pressure to click and read–here is my review https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/last-minute-books-for-the-foodies-on-your-list-theres-still-time/