SaraPepparkaka

Hello Bev!

I'd say about 80% of what I read is escapism. There's a certain amount of reading to be done to keep up with changes in my work as well. Funny enough, I almost never comment on that reading here. I also enjoy nonfiction books, especially about historical subjects, but I have no serious goal for that reading so I consider that "pleasure reading" too. I don't mind if my reading "advances my knowledge" but that's never the main reason I choose a book. The main reason for choosing is that I think I will enjoy it in some way.

Today's book is read. A Swedish mystery, Camilla L

I have to say that I read the "The lovely bones" also without hearing so much about it, only that it might be worth looking at. It's not even close to Markus Zusak, but it's a small-scale lovely story. Today I've read "In

I've read a Norwegian police story, "The Redeemer" by Jo Nesbo. Norwegian mystery/detective/police stories might not be as famous as the Swedish ones, but I find them quite similar in style. This was a Croatian hit man, but the true criminal was in the Salvation Army. Quite a complex story. For some reason Swedish books are quite cheap to buy in Finland,so I have some Swedish mysteries unread as yet, and also another Norwegian. I'll be allowed home for a short visit this afternoon, so I'll take the opportunity to bring some books from the decreasing TBR pile. The thought- I might actually be totally without a TBR pile of books if this goes on. I found "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold on the bookshelf here in the hospital, a pleasant surprise since I had planned to read it at one point but not gotten around to it. So, now I have. A very original idea, and if I were to write a book like that there would certainly be a lot of bitterness, but I'm glad this book didn't have that element of bitterness. Instead it painted a lovely picture of what connects people to each other and also what separates them.

Mashed potatos, fish and salad.

Well, Kelley Armstrong is probably just what one needs to find a lost mojo! So it's back now stronger than ever?

So, books read since last time: R A Macavoy, "Damiano's lute" and "Raphael", books two and three in a fantasy trilogy about Damiano Delstrego, a witch (male) from Italy. I tend to enjoy RA Macavoy's books, and have to say that book #1 in the trilogy was the least interesting of the three. And there's nothing standalone about these books, they need to be read in order. A good reading experience. I have also read a Danielle Steel-book, "Lone Eagle", but unfortunately it was as I suspected, that I would have been better off not going back to Danielle Steele since I'm way past my teens. So, what makes RA Macavoy so much better than Danielle Steele in my opinion is that the former has her characters grow and change and develop, while in this DS book at least, there was no character development after the first few pages, when it was established that the main character was just perfect in every single way. Rich, beautiful, self-confident, funny, clever.. you get the picture.

Welcome to the forum. But I just have to warn you- your house structure may suffer more because you joined! Hope you will like it here anyway.

I'm thinking of doing something I haven't done for years- reading a Danielle Steel book. Haven't done that since I was a teenager. I got it from a friend who doesn't read all that much, but thought I needed some distraction now that I'm in hospital. For the kind thought I will give the book a try, but if memory serves me right, it would perhaps be better if Danielle Steel was left in the hazy memory of my teen years. I finished RA Macavoy's "Damiano's Lute" and enjoyed it immensely, more than part one of the trilogy. Let's see how I feel about part three. After a quick dip in the world of Danielle Steel. Well, I might be surprised by that one of course.

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I've read two mysteries, one by Robert Goddard that I can't find an English title for just now- funny enough since it must be written originally in English. Anyway- a guy finds out that his uncle isn't dead as he was always told, but rather has been in jail in Ireland for over 30 years. The uncle is mysterious of course and won't tell why he's been in prison and the adventure takes us to Antwerpen and involves paintings and diamonds. And then "Taste for death" by PD James. I can't say if I've read any other Adam Dalgliesh-mystery, but it's certainly a police I've heard of. I found the book to be on the slow side. On the other hand I have all the time in the world to read right now. And if you want to know why I have that- check my personal thread.

Always glad to have informed insights- it seems I have ordered the rest of the series now if there are only four books.

I just finished "Anansi Boys" by Neil Gaiman, and I enjoyed it very much, no surprise there. I think my least favourite Neil Gaiman book is "American Gods". I've also read "Dissolution" by C J Sansom, a historical mystery (murders in a monastary- yay!). I thought the main character Matthew Shardlake was very sympathetic, and I have ordered more books in this series, since it really seemed to fit my reading taste right now.

A banana.

This is exactly how I feel.

Well, Sara is my first name and I really really like "pepparkakor" (gingerbread cookies). Simple as that!

Well, I still haven't been reading so much. Mostly coughing and sneezing. I went "winter-swimming" yesterday, and I really think I left the flu in the water, I'm feeling so good today. I expandend my horizons and read a graphic novel- "Death- the high cost of living" by Neil Gaiman. Since I love what Neil Gaiman writes, I guess it wasn't that much of a new thing, though. I sure liked the story. I've also read "A thousand splendid suns" by Khaled Hosseini. I wasn't prepared for it to be so melodramatic, but an OK read and lots of new things to learn, it's not like I knew all that much about Afghanistan. I was inspired by my Secret Santa gift ("Persepolis"- Marjane Satrapi), and will try to do a challenge to read a book from every country in the world. OK, so I settled for every country that is a member of the United Nations, and a writer who's born in that country. It will be a long-term challenge, but still nice to have a reason to look for new authors that otherwise wouldn't cross my path. By the way, if anyone knows any good Albanian writers, do tell me. I've also read "Demon bound" by Caitlin Kittredge, and I recommend the "Black London"-series to fans of Harry Dresden. And I read the first book in the trilogy about Damiano Delstrego by R A Macavoy (called "Damiano")- thank you very much Bookmooch for that trilogy, and the person from New Zealand who found it in his/her heart to send those books around the world.

Mushroom soup- just made it- new recipe for me!

I got three books yesterday through bookmooch. R A Macavoy, "Damiano", "Damiano's lute" and "Raphael". I've read the first few pages of "Damiano", and it seems it's just what I want to read now.