The first book I read and finished this year is "Ladies` Detective Agency No.1" by Alexander Smith. It was a quick and pleasant read; a bit too superficial and simple but there is a charm in it, definitely.

Now I started reading "Am Beispiel meines Bruders" by Uwe Timm ("For example, my brother", I read it in Bulg.translation). This is a story about writer`s brother who served as a soldier in SS brigade during the Second World War and died from his wounds when he was 19. Uwe Timm tries to understand why Carl became a soldier, how did he view the war, the Russians, the killings. This is also a memory about his parents and about himself as the younger one.

I also continue to read "Blue Suburbia" and "A Gathering Light".