Dan Brown & The lost symbol: Robert Langdon must die!
Posted by admin on Sep 22, 2009
Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. Yikes.
Oh my, I am being very unfashionable indeed, following up John Grisham with Dan Brown. If it pleases my reader, I read quite a lot of stuff in between, including Love in a cold climate, which I will review, but as Dan Brown is such a hype I thought I’d throw my two cents in.
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John Grisham – Bleachers review
Posted by admin on Aug 25, 2009
Bleachers John Grisham
I know reading John Grisham is about as unfashionable as reading Dan Brown right about now. There´s a scene in Third Rock from the sun where they´re all reading John Grisham and they´ve accidentally switched books and hadn´t even noticed.
“What´s yours about?”
“Mine is about a young Southern lawyer struggling against justice”.
“So is mine!”
John Grisham has written stacks of legal thrillers and I actually quite like ´em. But he has also written books on sports. Football to be exact.
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Agatha Christie – The Big Four
Posted by admin on Aug 24, 2009
I love Agatha Christie novels. I´ve read ´em all, several times and in fact, I love her so much that when I grow up, I want to be Miss Marple. She is my favorite heroine. Sharp as a needle, righteous, and she´s always knitting something soft and woolly. More than simply being about cleverly solving murders, Miss Marple is part of a small community, and always visiting distant cousins and writing to her family. Read the rest of this entry »
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Top Ten Summer Rereads
Posted by admin on Jun 21, 2009
Pure escapism for the summer! On holiday you´ll finally have time to read all those books you´ve been meaning to read for decades. But don´t be too hard on yourself. I´ll always remember the teenage guy who pitched his tent next to mine on a Spanish beach and had only brought Great Works of Literature: Die Leiden des Junge Werther, Faust and Der Zauberberg. (it was a German boy. He wanted to start a mustard shop when he grew up). He looked thoroughly bored and miserable all the time. So maybe bring one sturdy classic and don´t forget to bring some old friends as well, like my
Summer reread top ten
. The only way to really know a book is to read it and read it again!
My Summer Reread top ten:
Little House in the big woods
1) Little House on the prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder´s true story about her childhood as a pioneer´s daughter in the endless forests of Wisconsin. It´s such a comforting read! As long as Pa plays the violin, the bears will stay away and all is right with the world.
2)Emma
I´ll take mr. Knightley over Mr. Darcy anyday. Maybe not quite as much of a romantic hero, then again, not moody or conceited! A proper, grown up hunk of a man. Also, personally, I think the story of Emma is better than that of Pride and Prejudice. Knightley loves Emma inspite of her flaws and her annoying father.
I, Claudius
3) I, Claudius
Robert Graves´classic story about poor, stammering Claudius who ends up being emperor because his family has been killing each other and simply forgot about him.
Read it the first time in high school. I got so hooked that when disturbed I would need a moment to stop thinking everybody around me was plotting against me. On second thoughts, maybe I should keep that story to myself!
4) Anne of Green Gables
Ahhh. To fall asleep in Anne´s little room at Green Gables, under crisply starched sheets, eat Marilla´s plum jam, argue with Gilbert Blythe… I guess what I like about Green Gables is the simple life. They bake, they tend the hens, they drink lemonade.
5) Snow Falling on Ceders
Brillant literary whodunnit by my hero, David Guterson. The man has yet to write a book I didn´t love. Ceders is about a small very traditional fishing community where a dead fisherman ends up in some nets. Especially suited for those swelteringly hot days, because a lot of it is about snow and cold. Kept me up many a night!
Brideshead Revisited
6) Brideshead Revisited
Sadness and decay in a British aristocratic family. I have to travel to Venice by sea one day, just because Charles and Sebastian did.
7) Time Traveler´s Wife About to be made into a motion picture, so you really should (re)read the book! It´ll cool you down by the vast amount of tears you´ll pore over the story. I know I sobbed my way through it. Loved it. But my husband asked me not to read it when he was around, because of all the tears.
Little Women
I still secretly hope that Jo will pick Laurie this time around.
9) Lace
Ahhh. The mother of all beach reads! I´ve known for over twenty years who Lily´s mother is and still Shirley Conran ´s storytelling gets me every time!
10) Double play
On the island of Curaçao, four men languidly play their usual game of dominoes. Their lives will never be the same again. Brillantly funny and insightful book by Curaçaoan writer Frank Martinus Arion.
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Jane and the unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
Posted by admin on Jun 19, 2009
Jane Austen Mystery
I love all things Austen. I´ve read all the books countless times, seen all the films, the tv shows, the websites…
So when I read about Jane and the unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery, I figured I´d give it a go. I like Austen, I like a nice whodunnit, let´s roll!
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What is the what? – Dave Eggers (review)
Posted by admin on Jun 17, 2009
Reading Dave Eggers´ true story about a Sudanese fugitive boy reminded me of eating carrots. Now I like carrots, they´re healthy, crunchy and pleasantly orange. Whenever I´ve eaten a carrot I always feel I´ve done something good, somehow earned some brownie points. It is, however, not the kind of food that keeps you up at night craving more.
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