The last two days I was in Berlin, for professional reasons, but I had ample time to exploit the beautiful weather. And the museums never get old. There is a magnificent Goya exhibition on right now, and they transferred the bust of Nefertiti from Charlottenburg to the Antikensammlung on the Museumsinsel, so that alone took care of many delighted hours. Well, in some parts shaken hours, because of course Goya’s drawings of war and misery have a particular resonance these days.

Visiting the Berlin bookstores yielded two treasures – the new Terry Prattchet, Thud, and the new Neil Gaiman novel, Anansi Boys. Which isn’t supposed to be sold until September 20, so I could hardly believe my eyes and grabbed it right away, before it could wonder off to the library of dreams again. Not many spoilers, but just to be on the safe side, I’ll hide my review under a cut:

( Anansi Boys )