The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

(Inneholder  affiliate linker) Etter å ha lest litt om  Myrkongens datter av Karen Dionne på nettet, endte jeg opp med å låne den på biblioteket og nå kommer omtalen. Beskrivelse fra forlaget Da mannen kjent som Myrkongen rømmer fra fengselet, mistenker Helena umiddelbart at hun og hennes to døtre er i fare. Ingen, ikke engang Helenas mann, kjenner fortiden hennes. De vet ikke at hun ble født i fangenskap, at hun ikke hadde kontakt med omverdenen før hun fylte 12 år. Eller at hennes far oppdro henne til å drepe. De vet ikke at Myrkongen kan jakte og overleve i villmarken bedre enn noen. Med ett unntak - hans egen datter. "Som om deres verden var såmye bedre enn min. Og at den var virkelig sivilisert. Det er lett å finne grunner til å bruke dette ordet om verdenen jeg oppdaget da jeg var tolv: krig, forurensning, grådighet, kriminalitet, barn som sulter, rasehat, etnisk vold - og det er bare en liten del av det." Mine tanker om boka Selv om jeg syntes at boka var b...

(This post contains affiliate links) The Burning Blue  is the second novel by James Holland I've read in a short period of time and today I'll post the review of the novel. Description from Goodreads Joss Lambert has always been a loner, constrained by a secret from his past, until he finds friendship and solace firstly with Guy Liddell, a friend from school, and then with Guy's family, who welcome him into their farmhouse home. Joss increasingly comes to depend upon the Liddells and treats Alvesdon Farm as the one place where he feels not only appreciated but also truly happy. The idyll cannot last. With war looming, Joss is forced to confront the past. He escapes through flying, becoming a fighter pilot in the RAF. But with the onset of war, even the Liddells's world is crumbling. As Joss is fighting for his life in the Battle of Britain, so he begins to fall madly in love with Stella - Guy's twin - but with tragic consequences. Leaving England and the Lidd...

Clowders by Vanessa Morgan Genre: Horror, Suspense Clervaux, Luxembourg. This secluded, picturesque town in the middle of Europe is home to more cats than people. For years, tourists have flocked to this place – also known as “cat haven” - to meet the cats and buy cat-related souvenirs. When Aidan, Jess and their five-year-old daughter, Eleonore, move from America to Clervaux, it seems as if they've arrived in paradise. It soon becomes evident, though, that the inhabitants' adoration of their cats is unhealthy. According to a local legend, each time a cat dies, nine human lives are taken as a punishment. To tourists, these tales are supernatural folklore, created to frighten children on cold winter nights. But for the inhabitants of Clervaux, the danger is horrifyingly real. Initially, Aidan and Jess regard this as local superstition, but when Jess runs over a cat after a night on the town, people start dying, one by one, and each time it ha...

(This post contains affiliate links) After watching quite a few episodes of the documentary series Nazi Megastructures, where the historian and author James Holland is one of the presenters, I ended up reading the novel A Pair of Silver Wings . Today I'll post the review. Description from Goodreads At the school where Edward Enderby taught for over forty years, there were few who knew he'd once been a successful fighter pilot during the war.It was not something he ever talked about - not even to his family. And for over half a century he had, for the most part, managed to put the memories of those years out of his mind. But fifty years on, he is alone - a widower - with a strained relationship with his only son, and a career behind him that has brought him respect but little affection. In 1995, Britain is celebrating the anniversary of the end of the war, and Edward finds himself forced to confront the tragedy he suffered during those years. Embarking on a journey of se...

It's Tuesday yet again, which means it's time for a new Top Ten Tuesday, courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl  and the theme of the week is books that take place in another country. My list includes; Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Chocolat by Joanne Harris An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George The Burning Blue by James Holland The Saffron Trail by Rosanna Ley Coffin Road by Peter May Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

(Dette innlegget inneholder affiliate linker.) Nå kommer nok en omtale av en diktsamling. Denne gangen er det  The Road Not Taken, and Other Poems av Robert Frost. Beskrivelse fra Goodreads "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." These deceptively simple lines from the title poem of this collection suggest Robert Frost at his most representative: the language is simple, clear and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations and rural imagery, Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. Now a selection of the best of his early works is available in this volume, originally published in 1916 under the title  Mountain Interval . Included are many moving and expressive poems: "An Old Man's Winter Night," "In the Home Stretch," "Meeting and passing," "Putting In the Seed,...

Empress Matilda of England The Legendary Women of World History Book 7 127 pages Born in 1102 to King Henry of England and Queen Matilda of Scotland, Matilda's uniquely royal Norman, Saxon, and Scottish heritage was meant to unify an England still divided by her grandfather's conquest in 1066. When the 1120 White Ship Disaster made her the only surviving child of her parents, Matilda suddenly became heiress to the English throne in a time when the old Saxon Witan, not the king's Will, still decided the succession. Discover the true story of the first woman to claim the throne of England in her own right and be inspired! Includes Matilda's family tree, a detailed timeline, and a suggested reading list so you can keep learning. Add to Goodreads Amazon * Apple * B&N * Kobo * Smashwords Hypatia of Alexandria The Legendary Women of World History Book 8 105 pages As the western world ...

For en stund tilbake fikk jeg tilsendt et leseeksemplar av romanen Hviskingenes bok av Varujan Vosganian fra forlaget og nå kommer omtalen av boka.   Beskrivelse fra forlaget Det var mange ting vi ikke hadde lov til å snakke om. Men framfor alt ble vi strengt advart om vi ikke hadde lov å fortelle noen, ikke i barnehagen, ikke til noen ukjente, at hjemme hos oss hvisket vi av og til. «Hva hvisker du?» spurte jeg. «Jeg leser,» svarte bestefar Garabet. «Leser hvordan da? Hvor er boka?» «Jeg trenger den ikke. Jeg kan den utenat.» «Ja vel, men hva heter den boka? Hvem har skrevet den?» «Kanskje det er du en vakker dag.» Og se her, det er det jeg gjør nå. Og den heter det også: Hviskingenes bok.  Det ble hvisket i mange familier i Romania om ting det ikke var lov å fortelle om på 1960-tallet. Men for armenerne i Romania var det ikke bare forbudte ting det ble hvisket om. Mange kom fra familier som hadde bodd i landet i flere hundre år, og noen hadde kommet etter 1915. Me...

It's Friday again, which means it's time for a new Book Blogger Hop post, thanks to  Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer . The question of the week was "When meeting with friends, do your discussions usually turn to books?". Book Blogger Hop It's fair to say that it often turns to books, though it happens more frequently with some friends than others. One of my friends from university and I sometimes have "bookshopping dates", so then it's pretty natural that our conversations turn to books. I might add that not all of my friends are equally as much bookworms as myself, so in some cases books are more mentioned than actually talked about.

The Captive Reader  and  Silly Little Mischief  are hosting the weekly feature Library Loot and today I wanted to show you a few books I've borrowed at the library recently. Caraval by Stephanie Garber The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa Heavy Metal and You by Christpher Krovatin Blid er sommarnatta av Jógvan Isaksen Jenta uten hud av Mads Peder Nordbo

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for a new My Favourite... post thanks to  Maureen's Books  and the theme of the week was favourite hobby next to reading. Apart from reading and being a huge coffee drinker, some of my favourite hobbies includes knitting, cooking and baking. The benefit of baking is of course that sometimes I end up having yummy treats to eat while reading.

It's Tuesday again, which means it's time for a new Top Ten Tuesday post, courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl . The theme of the week is books on my TBR. My list includes; Gyllen sol av Shilpi Somaya Gowda Vi som er annerledes av Veselin Markovic Det som ventet meg av Parinoush Saniee Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona A Place Called Milagro de la Paz by Manilo Argueta The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara A Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Faceless by Amma Darko The Dog Who Dared to Dream by Sun-Mi Hwang Blid er sommarnatta av Jógvan Isaksen