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Two interesting books I bought today in the second-hand bookstore close to the hospital. (OK so the bookstore is not that close) (yes, yes, it's on the other side of town in fact) (yes, visiting it meant I had to pay for the parking, which I don't have to at the hospital) (just don't tell my husband he will have to build more bookshelves a lot sooner than he thinks) Poppy Z Brite "Lost souls" Philippe Dijan "Betty Blue"

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1. I'm allergic to bees, and have even had to go to see the first aid nurse when I've been stung. 2. I've never been bitten by a snake, but the nurse told me I'd have to hurry to a hospital if that happens, since I'm probably allergic to that too. 3. I actually like liver. 4. I feel weird now when I wear something other than sweatpants and t-shirts. I look at my work clothes and can't really imagine that I used to wear them every day. 5. I read to my boys every night (7 and 9 years). Little brother's teacher told me that's very rare, that most parents have stopped reading bedtime stories by the time their kids are that age. That's a shame. We read Harry Potter number two now- it's just about what little brother can handle, it's a bit scary.

Two mysteries read. "The dead of winter" by Rennie Airth and "The delicate storm" by Giles Blunt. Both set in winter, both average.

This is lunch- it still counts right? I will go to a nice place where I used to eat lunch when I was working, and I'll have either their mediterranean pie, or their tuna pie, and salad with vinaigrette. I've been craving it for days but not had the energy to actually go outside my door.

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I've read my first book by Agatha Christie. "Appointment with death", with Hercule Poirot in Jerusalem. A rather unpleasant lady dies, and Hercule Poirot of course finds out who did it. Not quite sure what else to say. I also read "Bitter chocolate" by Lesley Lokko. This is probably what is known as "women's fiction". OK to read, this was also my first by this author. And, a third new-to-me author. Carin Hjulström, a Swedish author, and the book is called "Finns inte på kartan" ("Does not exist on the map", my translation). Quite funny, a journalist student gets an internship in a very small newspaper and gets word that the village she lives in will be excluded from the map in the next phone book because not enough people live there anymore. The villagers start a hilarious hunt for new inhabitants, and the journalist-to-be finds out who did a hit-and-run where a whole family was killed many years ago, dumps a bad boyfriend and gets her best friend out of, and then into trouble again.

Well, best update this a little again. Read "Dead of winter" by P J Parrish. OK police novel. A plus for the unusual romance bit. Also read "Twenties girl" by Sophie Kinsella. I never really liked her Shopaholic, and have never been able to understand how it became a series. On the other hand, "The undomestic Goddess" is one of my re-reads, maybe because I'm rather undomestic myself. "Twenties girl" is somewhere in between Shopaholic and the Goddess, I think. Clearly readable.

My husband IS good to me! And no, he doesn't care much for pictures.

Ooh, "The graveyard book"! Have you read it before? I think I'll re-read that soon. A little added for atmosphere!

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"Purge" takes place in Estonia, and is about two sisters, the pretty and perfect one who can do no wrong, and then the other one. A victim of trafficking turns up on one sister's doorstep, and only slowly does the reader realize it's no coincidence. It's a good story, and worth a read, but you won't learn about Finland reading it. You will learn a lot about Estonian history, though.

I really liked "The House at Riverton". What you are saying, then, is I should read "The Forgotten Garden" - well I have all this space in my brand new bookshelf, I'm sure that book too would like to live there!

Well, that would depend on the compensation.. naah, don't see enough of him as it is. We've lived in this house a little less than three years and this is the third time I have to make the bookshelf larger..

Look at this pretty bookshelf my dear husband made me! I have the best husband! I'm not quite finished with arranging the books yet. And also, there's clearly room for more books, so I have some work to do with that too.

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I finally read Purge by Sofi Oksanen. It was indeed her best book yet, the other two that I have read were good, but this one just seemed better put together. And all kinds of tragedies, plus a bit of uncertainty about just how everything will work out in the end. Sad, but excellent reading. Well worth what little I spent on it on my surprise visit to the booksale last week. I also think I made an excellent choice to buy this for my best friend's birthday, I always aim to find some special book that I think she wouldn't buy for herself, and extra credit if it's a Finnish writer since she lives abroad. ..and then to balance the tragedy, some lady detectives from Botswana. "Tea time for the traditionally built" by Alexander McCall Smith. A cosy read as always.

Maybe you should re-read some favourite parts of favourite books?

Oh dear, I'm so sorry to hear about your dog Chrissy.

"There is plenty of work for love to do. Yes. There was breakfast to be made, and letters to be answered, and the problems in clients' lives to be sorted out. There was quite enough to do without worrying about the sun consuming the earth." In the words of the lovely Mma Ramotswe, in "Tea time for the traditionally built" by Alexander McCall Smith

More books read! "Winter in Madrid" by CJ Sansom. Entirely different world than medieval monastaries, but nevertheless a very "Sansom" book. The attention to detail really makes Spain during the second world war come alive. I was also very engaged in the characters. On to something completely different: I can feel my seasonal reading habits returning to normal. Most of last year my reading followed no pattern at all. Now I'm starting to read detective stories, thrillers and mysteries. That's normal autumn reading for me. We'll see if I feel like ghost stories and fantasy in midwinter then. Good that I feel like mysteries now too, I still haven't felt like reading some of the books my dear colleagues gave me this spring.

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