Archive for the 'Litterature' Category

Björn Ranelid: Synden

Posted by Edward on May 12th, 2007

It’s a good thing I sat on a crowed train when I started reading this book or I would have tossed it in the trash straight away. My first impression was that this was some pretentious bullshit where the author tries to impress us with his ability to construct long, colourful sentences without any meaning. […]

A brief confused lesson in Swedish

Posted by Edward on March 20th, 2007

Sorry Hannes, no new code yet. Instead I give you this brief explanation of Swedish grammar to confuse any non-swedish reader of this blog; if there are any. There is no apparent reason for this blog but as I finished the last book and was considering translating the title to English or not my mind […]

J. A. Göth: Bergsrådet på Lessebo

Posted by Edward on March 9th, 2007

As you might have noticed I didn’t bother to translate the title of this book. There is a very simple reason for this; the term “Bergsråd” is an old title and I couldn’t be bothered to find a suitable equivalent in english. The title can be translated, literally, to mining advisor. From 1637 to 1857 […]

Death goes to an auction

Posted by Edward on March 1st, 2007

So, I finished yet another book on my quest to read all unread books in my bookshelf. I should make a point that I only intend to read all unread fictional books not the dictionaries and encyclopedias.
This book was in swedish and written by a swede. The title of this post is my […]

Ann Cleeves: Raven Black

Posted by Edward on February 22nd, 2007

I read a book I would not normally have read and all because of an assignment in the neighbouring town. I have a bunch of books I have gotten at christmases and birthdays and never read. My taste in books tend towards adventure, fantasy and science fiction. I also like reading most books in english […]