Belated Update for Reading Quest Day 10 (is it?)

Oh dear. I wanted to post an update at the beginning of this week but failed. Oh well. Here it is, a little belated. Just imagine it's 6 days ago:

 Monday:
Almost a week later.. :D so I went hinking for several days last week, and so I didn't manage either much reading nor any posting.. Instead, I re-fell in love with forests... look how beautiful it was:

In order to celebrate this beauty, I read the very awesome graphic novel "Through the woods". It's a great collection of Gothic ghost stories, just right to give you a chill (or several) but will still let you sleep afterwards.. :)

 I also finished The Automobile Club of Cairo, which really is a great book, although I had to go to Wikipedia right after finishing it in order to understand the historical context a little better (wait, why do I list that as a disadvantage?! Education, bro! ;) )

 Today I listened to "Pünktchen und Anton" on audiobook and really enjoyed it as well. The funny thing is that the character Pünktchen from this one and the character Mitzi from The Automobile Club of Cairo were rather similar! They both are compassionate, over-dramatizing female characters that tend to romanticize poverty. Both of them sometimes got on my nerves, but I couldn't help liking them in the end..

 Sooo:

Overall
Pages (Novel): 565
Pages (Graphic Novels): 208
Audioobook minutes: 180 min
Books finished: 3
Experience Points: 45
Level: 1
Health Points: 95

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