Archive for June, 2007

I’m an uncle - again!

Posted by Edward on June 20th, 2007

As I was writting about the wedding my father phoned to say that I had become an uncle yet again. My sister gave birth to her second son at twenty minutes to eight this evening. Good for her! I wonder what they will name him?

Wedding of the Year

Posted by Edward on June 20th, 2007

Last weekend I went to the Wedding of the Year. Not only because it’s the only one I’ve been invited to this year, so far, but also because it was a most excellent wedding. Childhood friend Fredrik Wedén married his beautiful girlfriend Sophie von Stockenström in Åker kyrka (that’s Åker church for all you English […]

Nordiska guda- och hjältesagor

Posted by Edward on June 4th, 2007

This book is an anthology composed of nordic myth. Åke Ohlmark has selected nineteen sagas that he retells in this book. For those who are unfamiliar with Åke Ohlmark he is a Swedish writer and translator mostly remembered for his translation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings into Swedish. He has also translated and […]

An update on …

Posted by Edward on June 2nd, 2007

… “the read all unread books in the bookshelf” project. I’ve come to realize that I won’t have time to read all unread books before my assignment in Norrköping is at an end. In fact my reading has barely scratched the surface of the pile of books. So baring any life altering events (which may […]

Ken Follet: Night Over Water

Posted by Edward on June 2nd, 2007

Afte I had read the first chapter I realized that I had already read this book at some time in my life. Well, it got of to a good start and I couldn’t remember the plot so I kept reading.
The story takes place just before the outbreak of war in Europe (WWII). Chamberlain has […]