1) Book(s) I'm currently reading

As probably most people do, I read multiple books at a time. When I get bored with a book or it's just too scientific for me at some point or something, I usually start reading another book. After a while I either continue to read the book or I decide that it's not worth it and put it back on the shelf. So here are the books I'm currently reading, starting with the one that I started reading first:

"Genome - the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters" by Matt Ridley. It's a very, very interesting and well written book that talks about a gene on one of the chromosomes in each chapter. The only reason it takes me so long to read is that it's quite complicated and I don't feel like reading complicated stuff most of the time when I'm also reading/studying/doing things for university. I feel too exhausted for it most of the time. Nevertheless, as I said, a very good book and worth reading, if you're interested in stuff like that. It's also a very sharp contrast to the other book that I've been "reading" forever:
"Black Dagger - Nachtjagd". This book was given to me by a friend and, well, it's a very good book do read during times of a lot of exams or while you're awake the whole night because you hurt your foot, because you thought it was a good idea to have a physical fight with a friend, because everyone needs to be in a fight once in their life, but you fail utterly, because you're a nerd. If either of this is true for you: read this book. Very easy to read, very predictable and a lot of sex. If you're not: don't. It's really not very well written and as I said very predictable. I don't know if I'm going to finish it. Maybe, maybe not. Oh, by the way, it's about vampires. And if you have to choose between Twilight and Black Dagger, I would definitely recommend Black Dagger. Maybe my lack of enthusiasm is also due to the fact that I'm very picky when it comes to Vampire-stuff. I love some of it and hate some of it.
Anyway, a third book I'm currently reading is the original version of the Fairytales by the brothers Grimm. As most people don't know, quite a bit was changed by Jacob Grimm after the first version was published, either because it seemed to make more sense that way or because it was less dirty. It's quite interesting to read the original, if you have the more common version in mind, but fairytale-porn is missing. But sometimes fathers marry their daughters. Or, to give an example of a fairytale that probably most of you know: The witch in "Rapunzel" finds out that she secretely seeing a guy, because she is pregnant. That doesn't happen in the version most people know. Also, the book has a hilariously stupid introduction by some psychoanalysis-guy, who tells the readers that they want to sleep with their mothers. Or that the people in the fairytales want to sleep with their mothers. Or maybe nothing of that sort. But it's hilarious. For that pleasure, however, you don't need to buy the book but can simply read the Wikipedia articles about various fairytales (e.g. Der Froschkönig) and check out the wacky interpretations of psychoanalysists.
On to the final book, which is the one that I'm reading the most. "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut. It's a classic and I'm all into that at the moment for some reason. Also it takes place in Dresden, where I study right now, and I know two people, who love Kurt Vonnegut, so I decided to give it a try. So far I do like it. His style of writing is very... hm... elegant, I would say. It's also pretty easy to read, which is nice, as I don't have that much brain capacity to spare at the moment. As I only just started to read it, however, I can't really say much about it and will thus quote the back of the book. "Slaughterhouse Five, an American classic, is one of world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most." and also "splendid art... a funny book at which you are not permitted to laugh, a sad book without tears".