The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

For en stund siden leste jeg boka Skamløs av Amina Bile, Sofia Nesrine Srour og Nancy Herz, som var fjorårets bok innen "Hele Rogaland Leser" og i dag kommer omtalen. Beskrivelse fra forlaget Kjære deg som blir fortalt at du må være stille og ta liten plass som ikke får ha de vennene du vil, eller velge utdanning og jobb selv som aldri blir myndig eller får eie ditt eget liv som blir fortalt at forelskelse er en synd som må leve et dobbeltliv i frykt og med dårlig samvittighet som blir skamgjort for å gå med, for å gå uten og for å ta av deg hijaben som blir kalt innvandrerdritt og svarting, skamløs og vantro som blir fortalt at rasisme og sosial kontroll er et ikke-problem som må bære familiens ære som ikke får bestemme over din egen kropp som har opplevd overgrep og blir fortalt at det er din skyld som må leve med at jomfruhinnen definerer din verdi. Kjære deg som ikke får være fri. Denne boka er til deg. Mine tanker om boka Skamløs er en viktig, ærlig og aktuell...

For en stund siden leste jeg boka Kvinnekamp - historia om norske motstandskvinner av Kristin Hatledal og i dag kommer omtalen av boka. Beskrivelse fra forlaget Historikaren Kristin Hatledal syner at norsk motstandskamp under krigen også var kvinnene sin kamp. 26 norske kvinner miste livet på grunn av motstandsverksemd, og alt frå husmora med 14 ungar til ungjenta på 15 år kasta seg inn i kampen mot okkupantane. Forfattaren gir oss det breie biletet av norske kvinner sin innsats, samstundes som ho portretterer sentrale motstandskvinner som Anne Marie Breien, Dagmar Lahlum, Ingeborg Refling Hagen og systrene Helga og Aasta Stene. Mine tanker om boka Det er en innsiktsfull bok som belyser at også kvinner var med i motstandskampen på flere nivå og på flere områder. Det er en bok som bør leses, da kvinnene fortjener sin plass i historien også.

I came across this fun Wonder Woman Book Tag over at  The Book Dutchesses  (originally made by  Amber's Books and More ) and I couldn't resist. Wonder Woman: your favorite badass female book character Hermione from the Harry Potter series. Fantasy Island: a book setting you want to escape to Hogwarts for sure. London: a hyped book that let you down The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Steve Trevor: A book that has a beautiful cover and a great story (i.e. good personality) The Laird of Duncairn by Craig Comer Lasso of Truth: a book you hated The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway Wonder Woman’s Shield: a book so sad, you need a shield The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Ares: a villain that is scary, but you can’t seem to hate them Professor Snape from the Harry Potter series. The Amazons: a book you wish had more/better LGBT+ representation The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton Justice League:...

It's Friday and time for a new Book Blogger Hop post, courtesy of  Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer . The question of the week was " Other than book reviews, what do you feature on your blog ?". Book Blogger Hop I feature various book related stuff, mainly weekly/monthly features such as Top Ten Tuesday, TBR Mix 'n' Mingle, Book Blogger Hop. Sometimes I do some other stuff as well and I've even hosted a couple of reading challenges.

Last year I was fortunate enough to recieve an ARC of Dutch Girl - Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards, but I haven't published my review until now. Description from Goodreads Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. According to her son, Luca Dotti, “The war made my mother who she was.” Audrey Hepburn’s war included participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor’s assistant during the “Bridge Too Far” battle of Arnhem, the brutal execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of 1944. She also had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-...

Early next month, it's Easter. In Norway, Easter often means watching crime shows on TV or reading crime novels. It's even a tradition called Easter Crime (more about it  here , for those of you who's a bit curious). With Easter and crime novels in the back of my mind, I wanted to create a laid back and hopefully fun readathon. From today and until April 14th will be a Easter Crime Readathon. You can read crime, mystery, thriller, non-fiction about crime, whatever floats your boat, as long as it's something in the line of those genres (or similar). Audio, e-book, phyiscal books, graphic novels, I'm not going to stop you. I want this to be a fun readathon without any pressure. You can read one book, you can read a double digit number of books. As I said, I want it to be fun. Also, feel free to use the tag #TrykksverteEasterReadathon2020 on Instagram if you want to to show off what you're reading.

Last year, I was fortunate enough to recieve an ARC of the biography Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer by Emily Arnold McCully through Netgalley. I read it shortly afterwards, but I haven't published my review until now as it it Women's History Month in March. Description from Goodreads This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain's most infamous Romantic poet, became the world's first computer programmer. Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen, Ada met eccentric inventor Charles Babbage, a k...