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I have some people around me who read- my parents, though not as much as I do. The older one of my boys reads a lot, and he will probably read as much as I do in a few years. My former boss might read even more than I do. Many friends and acquaintances read, but none of them read as much as I do, but they seem to like talking about reading with me..

To answer Frankie's question: Since my Mum worked at the library when I was a kid, yes, a parent was almost always there when I borrowed books.. I am also almost always with my children when we go to the library, but that's for a different reason: living on the countryside in Finland nowadays means there is almost no service available on a walking or biking distance, everything requires a car ride. The library I used to borrow my books from when I was a kid is long gone. And no, I don't think the librarians would say no to a kid wanting to read an adult book in our library.

For me the best book so far this year is "Strong poison", my first book by Dorothy L Sayers. A real classic. "Paper towns" by John Green deserves to be mentioned as well (John Green is on his way to becoming a favourite author of mine), and if you read in swedish I recommend "Lex bok" by Sara Kadefors, about a girl who invents a blog personality, and what happens when reality crashes with this fake blog person .

I don't remember anyone ever telling me I couldn't read a book that I wanted to read. I know I was 12 when I read my first Stephen King. One of my sons is 12 now, occasionally I pick books from my shelf for him if he complains he doesn't have anything to read. But you know, what Mum reads is automatically "not cool" so it doesn't always work.. haven't tried giving him Stephen King yet, though. Maybe I should.

Oh, I hope your husband finds another job really soon!

I have only read "The fault in our stars" by John Green. I definately liked that one. Nice to see there might be more books by him to read!

Quiet time, I hope. We'll be at our summer cottage, if it's at all possible- we have heating, but if there's too much snow then the roads aren't cleared all the way to the cottage.

Awful thing!

Oh, I loved this series! One day I'll visit the Shetland islands, and that will be thanks to Ann Cleeves.

Chrissy, sounds like you had a lovely time in Belgium. November is almost over. Looks like I'll make it through this year, too.. it's Christmas soon!

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Do you know, I think I've read all of them. AND the picture books. And most, if not all, of those books that never were translated to anything but Swedish. And I never really thought about it, that Astrid Lindgren is one of the few writers I've read almost everything of.

Guns n' Roses - . Also suitable for the season.

Congratulations, babies are wonderful!

Lovely news about the bookshop!

Max looks like a sweetheart, Rachel!

Oatmeal porridge.

Welcome back!

Very good point!

Thank you Athena for the handy tip! I had to try of course, and now you can see my new cat, 7 months old now but 4 or 5 months in the picture. His name is Tuss ( basically means something fluffy or furry, named so because all his other siblings were short haired, and according to my sons he looked like a fluffy ball of fur next to them.) Oh yes, he's gorgeous. And doesn't he know it.

It was a nice little book, don't remember too much about it now, but I remember that I've felt like running away from various events (like weddings) and that it was nice reading about someone who actually did run away.

So, I edited my first post. I'm still doing this challenge. It's going to take me a lifetime to complete this. But then, I'm in no hurry!

A remedy for sore throat: Icecream. Ice cubes work too, but frankly- who would want icecubes when you could have icecream? Seriously, try this if your throat is sore, the general reasoning behind this idea is that your throat is a bit swollen, and ice will make it feel better for a little while, since the swelling goes down. Also good as remedy for kids, since they usually loose their appetite if they have the flu, but they tend to eat icecream anyway, appetite or no.. For cold and general flu warm drinks are nice, though. Tea, with lemon and honey for example. Also- whatever your mum used to give you (or do) will make you feel better.

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