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Day 12 – A book or series of books you’ve read more than five times
I haven’t re-read a book or series that many times since I was about 12 so… my reply will have to be the ever glorious Sagan om Isfolket by Margit Sandemo. I always re-read at least one of the books when I stay over at Becka & Josef’s place since they still have them. I sold mine off on Tradera ages ago, sadly. Have contemplated buying them back but they would take up so much space (it’s a series of 47 books) and also I am not really too keen on keeping that much tantsnusk around anymore. The books are historical erotica with loads of magic pretty much.
Johanna & I still talk a lot about the persons in the books when we see eachother, haha!
Day 11 – A book that disappointed you
Yeah. I thought I’d love this book. A lot of people told me I would over the period of years since it first came out. And when I fnally read it like a month ago I thought both the main characters were so dull & lame / spoiled & annoying I could hardly finish it. And I don’t really like reading about women who wait their whole life for one man feeling disappointed & trying to give up pretty much everything including their health to stay close to them… Don’t find it particulary romantic. Which was a shame on a good storyline!
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
I didn’t think I’d like Selma Lagerlöf a bit until I sat down and read Jerusalem just for the sake of being well-read. But it was fantastic & made me read (or at least stock up for later use) pretty much every book of hers I could find from that moment on.
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I’m too sleepy to write more about Jerusalem, it’s been a long day with lots of errands & two wonderous thrift store findings & some free books found outside. Then we went to Drömmas goodbye party & I got a beautiful dress since Lotta & I have made a little clothes swap, met Linnea & Johanna, Evelyn and Anton and a few other friends & drank some wine. Then Frej and I went to Tre Indier and had loads of indian food. Very full & sleepy now.
Day 10 – A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 09 – Best scene ever
Probably when the pig Blasius escapes from the barn in Torgny Lindgrens Ljuset (Light) or when Jaspar goes to Nordingrå to find an imaginary woman called Maria (in the same book) and instead comes back with a plague infested pregnant rabbit. And many other scenes from Torgny Lindgren’s books. Almost every single short story in Merabs skönhet.
Via Bookshelf Porn
Day 08 – A book everyone should read at least once
Well, that means it would have to have some kind of relevance to “everyone”. Which means I’ve been thinking about this the whole day (!) without coming up wth anything. I think everyone should read at least one serious book about environmental issues and/or sustainable development however. That was my main conclusion. Then I was thinking about which one and I do not know. There isn’t one that covers everything at once. It is not enough to read a book about the specifics. I will think more about it. Some suggestions for now: Gaia – James Lovelock / Environmental Ethics – Joseph R. Des Jardins / Ecocities – Richard Register / Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Both thrifted for 5 kr each. Both are in danish. I don’t care.
Tre Lystspel - Henrik Hertz
De to baronesser - HC Andersen
Day 07 – Least favorite plot device employed by way too many books you actually enjoyed otherwise
I have seriously no idea. Sorry!
The Circus party yesterday was pretty excellent even though we got there quite late since a tram had derailed & there was a lot of standing around waiting. Got there like two hours too late. We got to see a few of the performers anyway, and got my destiny told by a fortune teller (she said I was going to do seriously good things for the earth..!?) Apparantly Kirsten Dunst & Alexander Skarsgård were at the party too but I totally missed them. I also don’t have any pictures since I didn’t remember that I had brought a camera but we got photographed by others and it will be my mission to find them!!!
Oryx in bed by Mollie Little.
Day 06 – Favorite book of your favorite series OR your favorite book of all time
Ok, I’ll have to do the first one then, since I already answered the other question. Can a series be two books, then? Cause in that case I choose Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood. Just finished reading Year of the Flood which followed it, and it was nearly as good but I still like Oryx & Crake just a tiny bit more. It’s a dystopia and a really really good one (I prefer when people elaborate more on what has gone wrong and how and people’s stories, not being short and dramatic like The Road for instance), and being bad at summarizing books myself I will just quote Wkipedias summary of it;
“Oryx and Crake explores developments in science and technology such as xenotransplantation and genetic engineering, particularly the creation of transgenic animals such as “wolvogs” (with the appearance of domestic dogs, the viciousness of pit bulls, and the feral nature of wolves), “rakunks” (pet-like hydrids of raccoons and skunks), and “pigoons” (pigs with bodies shaped like balloons bred to grow extra organs for human transplantion). This society promoted an extreme commercialization of life, the commodification of sex and all forms of pornography, and exacerbated the gap between rich and poor. Oryx and Crake examines the social, economic, scientific, and ethical consequences of such technology.”
READ IT NOW.
Day 05 – A book or series you hate
I generally stop reading books I start to read that seem ridiculous.
I absolutely hate/love Fredrik Reinfeldts book Det Sovande Folket however. You can download it here, it’s so worth reading, takes only an hour or so.
Quoting from Alliansfritt Sverige!
Kapitel 1, ”Sovhjärnorna”, börjar med att en 28-årig man dör – en otroligt skicklig litterär blinkning, redan i den första strofen. Mannen har dött ”välfärdsdöden”, i ett framtida samhälle pacificerat och försoffat, där allt sköts från TVn, mat intas i pillerform och Socialdemokraterna och Folkpartiet har gått ihop till ett parti som nu förslavar mänskligheten – ”sovhjärnorna”. Allt kontrolleras av staten, till och med vädret. Känslor är förbjudna. Ingen är någonsin utomhus. Huxley och Bradbury för de som inte tycker om subtilitet.
28-åringens far är dock välfärdsstatens ansvarige för bidragsfrågor, och får en känslomässig reaktion när han märker att avkomman av hans donerade sperma har avlidit som får honom att ifrågasätta hela statsystemet. Detta gör att han går till ”Mästaren” som är hans gamla lärare, och berättar det för honom. ”Mästaren” väljer in honom i ett upplyst hemligt sällskap där alla genomskådat välfärdsstaten. Ridå.
Day 04 – Your favorite book or series ever
