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Since I have sold my bookcases, and most other furniture, in conjunction with this move from Linköping to Stockholm all my books live in cardboard boxes (as do most other things as well). This limits my access to the books some what at the moment. Add to this that the ride to work takes 10-15 […]
The four weeks of lovely nothingness from the vacation seems to have permeated this blog. Actually quite a lot has happened and I have tons of stuff to write about. It’s just that I haven’t hade the time or will to sit down and write a blog entry. I’ll do better in the future.
Things to […]
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 […]
… “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 […]
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 […]
This book was a light read with enough suspense to keep you hooked to the end which thankfully wasn’t a typical hollywood ending. The entire book is like an action-adventure matinée. It isn’t a memorable book you will discuss at your book club but it’ll keep you satisfied while you read it.
The book is inspired […]
I dreaded reading this book, fearing that as a book written by a Nobel Prize Winner it would be extremly boring. It wasn’t! It was different from any book I would have picked myself since I mostly go for action and adventure in sci-fi and fantasy novels. It did however tell a compelling story.
This book […]
Oops, this book wasn’t in the must-read-all-unread-books-project but was lent to me by my younger brother who told me that it was worth reading. And he was right! Neal Stephenson is the same guy who wrote Cryptonomicon in 1996 but this book actually predates that by four years.
The story is set in a near distant […]
Yet another book by Mary Renault about ancient Greece. This time we have left the mythological era and moved on to “modern” civilization. The main character in this book is an actor named Nikeratos. We get to follow him as he moves through the theatrical hierarchy becoming a prize winning tragic actor. But his acting […]
This book begins with Theseus return to Athens from Crete and tells the story of life from then on. It’s a sequel to The King must die which tells the story of his youth. Mary Renault has made an effort to join greek history with greek myth and has in my opinion done a very […]