Stikkord: summary

Books read 2015

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  • Den store Radio Gaga bok-boka! – Flis/Øyvind Sagåsen (25.12)
  • Pondus: Fjorten av samme sorten – Frode Øverli (24.12)
  • Comfort & Joy – India Knight (22.12 – reread)
  • Norsk øl- og bryggeriguide – Knut Albert Solem (20.12)
  • Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweet Shop of Dreams – Jenny Colgan (16.12)
  • The Strange Library – Haruki Murakami (13.12)
  • The Rat Queens, vol. 1 – Kurtis J. Wiebe (02.12)
  • Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch (21.10 – reread)
  • Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch (18.10 – reread)
  • Whispers Underground – Ben Aaronovitch (15.10 – reread)
  • Moon over Soho – Ben Aaronovitch (12.10 – reread)
  • Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch (10.10 – reread)
  • A Tree Grows in Brookly – Betty Smith (30.09)
  • Evna – Siri Pettersen (13.09)
  • Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen (05.09 – reread)
  • Blå er den varmeste fargen – Julie Maroh (30.08)
  • Vinternoveller – Ingvild H. Rishøy (05.08)
  • Hulder – Tonje Tornes (04.08)
  • Det skulle vere sol, vi skulle reise til Lódz – Marit Kaldhol (03.08)
  • Lumberjanes vol 1 – Noelle Stevenson (30.07)
  • Instructions for a Heatwave – Maggie O’Farrel (30.07)
  • The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga (22.07)
  • Ølbrygging fra hånd til munn – Thomas Horne (21.07)
  • Nemi X – Lise Myhre (18.07)
  • Septimus Heap Book 1: Magyk – Angie Sage (11.07)
  • Funny Girl – Nick Hornby (08.07)
  • Wandering Son, vol. 1-7 – Shimura Takako (30.06)
  • The 13-Storey Treehouse – Andy Griffiths (23.06 – aloud)
  • Burial Rites – Hannah Kent (20.06)
  • The Skies of Pern – Anne McCaffrey (17.06)
  • The Dolphins of Pern – Anne McCaffrey (07.06)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling (03.06 – aloud)
  • All the Weyrs of Pern – Anne McCaffrey (31.05)
  • The Renegades of Pern – Anne McCaffrey (23.05)
  • Dragondrums – Anne McCaffrey (18.05 – reread)
  • Dragonsinger – Anne McCaffrey (12.05 – reread)
  • Drangonsong – Anne McCaffrey (11.05 – reread)
  • Not That Kind of Girl – Lena Dunham (06.05)
  • Lou! Sommeridyll – Julien Neel (05.05)
  • The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls (05.05)
  • Lou! Busskirkegården – Julien Neel (03.05)
  • F-ordet. 155 grunner til å være feminist – Madeleine Schultz, Marta Breen og Jenny Jordahl (03.05)
  • Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch (02.05)
  • Lilla Berlin: Leva life – Ellen Ekmann (18.04)
  • Lilla Berlin: Mina vänner – Ellen Ekmann (17.04)
  • Lilla Berlin: So last year – Ellen Ekmann (16.04)
  • Den siste vostjakeren – Diego Marani (15.04)
  • Cirkeln – Mats Strandberg og Sara Bergmark Elfgren (11.04)
  • The Inheritance – Robin Hobb (31.03)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling (27.03 – aloud, reread for me)
  • Finne ly – Aina Basso (20.03)
  • Sandman vol 6 – Neil Gaiman
  • Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad – Bee Rowlatt and May Witwit (22.02)
  • De som ikke finnes – Simon Stranger (12.02)
  • Barsakh – Simon Stranger (06.02)
  • Unnskyld – Ida Hegazi Høyer (04.02)
  • Hope and Glory – Stuart Maconie (28.01)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling (24.02 – aloud, reread for me)
  • 1964 – Ragnar Hovland (20.01)
  • The Twits – Roald Dahl (13.01 – aloud)
  • Stillstand – Agnes Ravatn (05.01)
  • Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson (03.01 – reread)
  • Bonkers: My Life – Jennifer Saunders (01.01)

Books read 2014

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  • Smoke in the Lanes – Dominic Reeves (26.12)
  • The Story of Tracy Beaker – Jaqueline Wilson (17.12)
  • Kunnskapens frukt – Liv Strömquist (13.12)
  • The Dragonsitter, The Dragonsitter Takes Off og The Dragonsitters Castle – Josh Lacey (11.12, aloud)
  • Jeg tror bestemor lå med Frank Zappa – Tine J. Sir (10.12) (2014-bok)
  • How to Build a Girl – Caitlin Moran (03.12)
  • Bullshitfilteret – Oda Faremo Lindholm (25.11) (2014-bok)
  • Manilahallen – Ruth Lillegraven (24.11) (2014-bok)
  • One Summer: America, 1927 – Bill Bryson (18.11)
  • Morfar, Hitler og jeg – Ida Jackson (06.11) (2014-bok)
  • Jellicoe Road – Melina Marchetta (30.10)
  • The Sleeper and the Spindle – Neil Gaiman (28.10)
  • Gangsta Granny – David Walliams (26.10, aloud)
  • Britt-Marie var här – Fredrik Backman (20.10)
  • Kjerringer – Helene Uri (17.10)
  • Råta – Siri Pettersen (13.10) (2014-bok)
  • Pølsefabrikken – Helene Guåker (04.10)
  • Født feminist; hele Norge baker ikke – Marta Breen (27.09) (2014-bok)
  • The Autograph Man – Zadie Smith (25.09)
  • Hver morgen kryper jeg opp fra havet – Frøydis Sollid Simonsen (22.09)
  • Folkelesnad – Agnes Ravatn (20.09)
  • Why Be Happy when you Could be Normal – Jeanette Winterson (18.09)
  • Snowdrops – A. D. Miller (15.09)
  • Disse øyeblikk – Herbjørg Wassmo (10.09)
  • Bobler! Smaken av fest – Ingvild Tennfjord (06.09) (2014-bok)
  • Doktor Proktor og det store gullrøveriet – Jo Nesbø (23.08, aloud – reread for me)
  • Factotum – Charles Bukowski (20.08)
  • The Book of Life – Deborah Harkness (10.08)
  • Du er viktigere enn du tror – Kristin Oudmayer (27.07) (2014-bok)
  • The Mystery of Mercy Close – Marian Keyes (20.07)
  • All I Want for Christmas is Planekonomi – Sara Granér (15.07)
  • Egenmäktigt förfarande: En roman om kärlek – Lena Andersson (14.07)
  • Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris (11.07)
  • Brevet til faren – Franz Kafka (03.07 – partly skimmed)
  • Used and Rare – Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone (02.07 – reread)
  • The Drunken Forest – Gerald Durrell (16.06 – reread)
  • The Bafut Beagles – Gerald Durrell (12.06 – reread)
  • A Zoo in my Luggage – Gerald Durrell (02.06 – reread)
  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo (30.05)
  • Urd – Ruth Lillegraven (25.05)
  • Countdown – Deborah Wiles (25.05)
  • Raw Spirit – Iain Banks (24.05 – reread)
  • Doktor Proktors tidsbadekar – Jo Nesbø (15.05 – aloud, reread for me)
  • Shakespeare Wrote for Money – Nick Hornby (07.05)
  • African Diary – Bill Bryson (06.05)
  • Dragonsinger and Dragonsong – Anne McCaffrey (30.04 – reread)
  • A Natural History of Dragons – Marie Brennan (05.04)
  • The Chronicles of Narmo – Caitlin Moran (01.04)
  • Just My Type – (27.03)
  • Fugletribunalet – Agnes Ravatn (25.03 – blogget i to deler)
  • Doktor Proktors Prompepulver – Jo Nesbø (24.03 – aloud, reread for me)
  • Horten’s Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery, & a Very Strange Adventure – Lissa Evans (17.03)
  • Fallvatten – Mikael Niemi (12.03)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling (16.02 – reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling (16.02 – reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J. K. Rowling (16.02 – reread)
  • The Witches – Roald Dahl (02.03 – aloud)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J. K. Rowling (27.02 – reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling (25.02 – reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets  – J. K. Rowling (22.02 – reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J. K. Rowling (16.02 – reread)
  • Skål! – Ingvild Tennfjord (14.02)
  • Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman (04.02)
  • Den onde arven – Thomas Enger (30.01)
  • Eksempel på liv – Helle Helle (28.01)
  • Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch (26.01)
  • Whispers Underground – Ben Aaronovitch (22.01)
  • Moon over Soho – Ben Aaronovitch (17.01)
  • Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch (13.01)
  • Matilda – Roald Dahl (10.01 – aloud)
  • The Thrift Book – India Knight (08.01)
  • Low Moon & andre historier – Jason (07.01)
  • Storspring – Lars Ove Seljestad (07.01)
  • The Twistrose Key – Tone Almhjell (06.01)
  • Bill’s New Frock – Anne Fine (04.01)

Leseåret 2013, en oppsummering

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All the cool kids are doing it.

Først, utfordringer. Jeg klarte å krysse av 20 punkter på kaosutfordringen, just. Det hadde vært lettere hvis jeg hadde hatt tid og ork til å begynne å sjekke hvordan jeg lå an litt tidligere enn 30. desember, da hadde jeg ikke sjekket siden mai… Men, done and dusted, og jeg er altså med igjen i år.

Boktolvan: Jeg leste mer enn tolv forfattere jeg ikke har lest noe av før, så sånn sett er den avklart. Men det tror jeg nesten jeg gjør hvert år uten å prøve spesielt hardt, så den utfordringen dropper jeg i 2014. Av de tolv jeg listet opp har jeg lest tre: John Green, Monika Fagerholm og André Gide. Resten står fortsatt og varmer hyllene. Vi får se om vi kommer til dem i år.

For mer detaljer om hvilke bøker jeg regner til hva i utfordringene, se utfordringssiden.

Ellers leste jeg 60 bøker i fjor i følge årsoversikten. Der mangler noen høytlesingsbøker og seriealbum, ellers er den nok ganske komplett. Med den som utgangspunkt har jeg lest 29 bøker skrevet av kvinner, 29 av menn og 2 av en kvinne og en mann. Det vil jeg hevde er en særdeles pen fordeling, særlig siden den er helt ubevisst. Det er bare 7 bøker som er gjenlesing også, uvanlig lite til å være meg.

Språkmessig er det 30 på engelsk, 21 på norsk og ni på svensk. Og når jeg begynte å telle oversatte bøker oppdaget jeg at Sommerboken manglet på årsoversikten, så da måtte jeg rette noen tall. Med den er det fire oversatte. Tror jeg. To av dem kunne jeg ha lest i orginal, men det var bibliotekslån, så det ble nå engang sånn.

Kjønnsfordelingen er spot on, geografisk fordeling, derimot, er det dårligere med… Jeg er blitt flinkere på Norden, eller kanskje helst Sverige, men dårligere ellers. 18 nordmenn, 17 briter, 11 us’ianere, 8 svensker, 1 kanadier, 1 finne, 1 nigerianer og 1 sør-afrikaner (og nigerianeren er vel egentlig us’ianer mesteparten av tiden, men boka er definitivt nigeriansk). Her må det skjerpes i 2014.

Sjangermessig er det flest romaner, 26 av dem pluss tre kortromaner. 6 av dem er fantasy, og ikke en eneste krim i år. Jeg leser riktignok ikke mye krim, men ingen på et år er uvanlig. Ellers ni barnebøker, seks ungdomsbøker, åtte grafiske romaner/tegneserier, en diktbok og åtte essays/non-fiction.

Neil Gaiman vinner 2013, i alle fall kvantitativt, med fem leste. Kvalitativt, tja, han er på lista med American Gods, men det var jo gjenlesing, men ok, Sandman fire og fem er selvsagt fantastiske. Ellers var årets favoritter, i tilfeldig rekkefølge: Bad Science, Odinsbarn, De usynlige, En mann som heter Ove, Min moromor hälsar och säger förlåt, Half of a Yellow Sun og Hyperbole and a Half.

Books read 2013

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Books read 2012

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  • 100 % fett – Liv Strömquist (28.12)
  • Pondus: 11 i hatten – Frode Øverli (26.12)
  • The Night Before Christmas – Scarlett Bailey (26.12)
  • The Possesed – Elif Batuman (20.12)
  • Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad (03.12 – reread)
  • The Casual Vacancy – J. K. Rowling (01.12)
  • Lille Ingrid og store Ingrid – Annik Saxegaard (24.11)
  • Hitta vilse – Carin Hjulström (22.11)
  • Charliblogg – Eldrid Johansen (06.11)
  • Nattsyn – Max Estes (05.11)
  • Moranthology – Caitlin Moran (05.11)
  • 100 år – Herbjørg Wassmo (22.10)
  • Slightly Chipped – Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (15.10 – reread)
  • Used and Rare – Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (12.10 – reread)
  • Lyse utsikter – Marie-Sabine Roger (30.09)
  • Candle for a Corpse – Ann Granger (26.09)
  • The White Dragon – Anne McCaffrey (20.09 – reread)
  • Dragondrums – Anne McCaffrey (13.09 – reread)
  • Dragonsinger – Anne McCaffrey (12.09 – reread)
  • Dragonsong – Anne McCaffrey (10.09 – reread)
  • Finns inte på kartan – Carin Hjulström (08.09)
  • Coraline – Neil Gaiman (30.08)
  • Made in America – Bill Bryson (28.08)
  • Abandoned on page 35: Ghost Light – Joseph O’Connor (27.08)
  • The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom – Alexander McCall Smith (26.08 – reread)
  • The Great Escape – Monty Halls (23.08)
  • Made in America – Bill Bryson (19.08)
  • Allahs tårer – Rikard Spets (18.08)
  • Honningkrukken – Gert Nygårdshaug (12.08)
  • The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith (12.08 – reread)
  • Once Upon a River – Mary Jo Campbell (10.08)
  • In the Midst of Life – Jennifer Worth
  • Hark! A Vagrant – Kate Beaton
  • Farewell to the East End – Jennifer Worth
  • Shadows of the Workhouse – Jennifer Worth
  • Not Buying It – Judith Levine (21.07)
  • How to be a Woman – Caitlin Morgan (17.07)
  • Bertie Plays the Blues – Alexander McCall Smith (12.07)
  • The Woman Who Died a Lot – Jasper Fforde (10.07)
  • Mud, Sweat and Gears – Ellie Bennett (05.07)
  • To Hull and Back – Tom Chesshyre (01.07)
  • A Truth Universally Acknowledged – Susannah Carson (ed.) (22.06)
  • Drabant – Øyvind Holen & Mikael Noguchi (15.06)
  • Mansfield Park – Jane Austen (20.06 – reread)
  • Fallteknikk – Inga Sætre (27.05)
  • Vi håller på med en viktig grei (26.05)
  • Här ligger jag och blöder (26.05)
  • The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection – Alexander McCall Smith (20.05)
  • Hockeysveis fører til dårlige rim – Siv Wyller (19.05)
  • Hoppsan! Jag är död – Aarto Paasilinna (16.05)
  • Universets engler – Einar (15.05 – reread)
  • Ja til Liv! – Liv Strömquist (12.05)
  • Prins Charles Känsla – Liv Strömquist (10.05)
  • Pudder? Pudder! – Tor Åge Bringsværd (07.05)
  • Verdensredderne – Simon Stranger (26.04)
  • Ikke forlat meg – Stig Sæterbakken (17.04)
  • Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg – Skomsvoll
  • The Library Book
  • Outside of a Dog – Rick Gekoski (08.04)
  • Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares (05.04)
  • De beste blant oss – Helene Uri (29.03)
  • The Forgotten Affairs of Youth – Alexander McCall Smith (21.03)
  • The Charming Quirks of Others – (15.03)
  • Last Chance to See – Douglas Adams & Mark Cawardine (13.03 – reread)
  • The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul – Douglas Adams (09.03 – reread)
  • Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams (05.03 – reread)
  • Mostly Harmless – Douglas Adams (03.03 – reread)
  • So Long and Thanks for All the Fish – Douglas Adams (29.02 – reread)
  • Life, the Universe and Everything – Douglas Adams (27.02 – reread)
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams (26.02 – reread)
  • The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (25.02 – reread)
  • Biler og Dyr – Helle Helle (22.02)
  • Tegn – Anne Ch. Østby (19.02)
  • Mercury Falls – Robert Kroese (20.02)
  • Cinderella Ate My Daughter – (18.02)
  • Sandman vol. 1, 2 & 3 – Neil Gaiman (12.02)
  • En komikers uppväxt – Jonas Gardell (09.02)
  • Var det det det var – Linde Hagerup (05.02)
  • Mats kamp – Mats Johansson
  • Adventures on the High Teas – Stuart Maconie ()
  • Annalisas dagbok – Mariangela Cacace (23.01)
  • A Winter in Ravensdale – Kate Fielding (16.01)
  • Hey Princess – Mats Johansson
  • Persuasion – Jane Austen (17.01 – reread)
  • Hey Dolly – Amanda Svensson

Some numbers for 2011

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It’s all the rage, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon:

I read 74 books in 2011 – not counting children’s picture books, but counting everything else (that I can remember).

30 were written by women, 44 by men, which is around 40% women, 60% men. Had I not reread Patrick O’Brian it might have been closer to 50-50, but those twenty books were a hefty chunk.

The British, unsurprisingly, dominate. 49 books were written by Brits, and I guess they could take some credit for Bryson, Hamid and Aboulela, too, though I’m going to assign them to their origins. So: USA: 8, Norway: 7, Sweden: 3, and 1 each to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Peru, Japan, Pakistan and Sudan. Which doesn’t add up to 74. What did I miss? Oh, Ireland.

Language-wise it’s even more skewed towards English, with an additional 11, giving a total of 61 books in English and 13 «other».

So I guess it’s a good thing I’m doing this Nordic challenge. In fact, since I started that, 5 out of 15 books have been in other languages than English.

I should still read more from other parts of the world, though. Since I have a few on the waiting list, perhaps I should make that the focus of the «off the shelves» resolution.

And genre: 45 «standard» novels, 14 child/YA novels, 2 graphic novels, 4 memoirs and 9 other non-fiction (mostly travel).

Books read 2011

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(more or less complete)

  • When God was a Rabbit – Sarah Winman (28.12)
  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Barbara Robinson (27.12)
  • Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami (27.12)
  • Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen (reread)
  • Alma Mater – Gwendolen Freeman
  • Minaret – Leila Aboulela
  • Stardust – Neil Gaiman
  • Bankstræde nr. 0 – Einar Már Guðmundsson (13.12)
  • Jentene gjør opprør – Frøydis Guldahl (reread)
  • Lille hjelper – Cesilie Holck
  • De hengte revenes skog – Aarto Paasilinna
  • Fru Björks öden och äventyr – Jonas Gardell
  • Comfort & Joy – India Knight
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Moshin Hamid
  • Ned til hundene – Helle Helle
  • Hårfine floker! – Tania Kjeldset
  • Bluestockings – Jane Robinson
  • Doktor Proktor og verdens Undergang. Kanskje. – Jo Nesbø
  • En kupa av kristall – Annika Hedström
  • Only Time Will Tell – Jeffrey Archer
  • Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter – Mario Vargas Llosa
  • Bak Mumme bor Moni – Gro Dahle
  • Kva tåler så lite at det knuser om du seier namnet på det? – Bjørn Sortland
  • M – Marzan og Opars juveler – Mads Eriksen
  • I Left my Tent in San Fransisco – Emma Kennedy
  • The Last Dragonslayer – Jasper Fforde
  • Blue at the Mizzen – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Hundred Days – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Yellow Admiral – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Commodore – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Wine-Dark Sea – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Clarissa Oakes – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Nutmeg of Consolation – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Thirteen-Gun Salute – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Letter of Marque – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Reverse of the Medal – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Far Side of the World – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Treason’s Harbour – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Ionian Mission – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Surgeon’s Mate – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Fortune of War – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Desolation Island – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Mauritius Command – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • HMS Surprise – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Master & Commander – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Great Western Beach – Emma Smith
  • The Rune Blade Trilogy – Ann Marston
  • One of Our Thursdays is Missing – Jasper Fforde
  • At Home – Bill Bryson
  • That Old Cape Magic – Richard Russo
  • The Bridge of Sighs – Richard Russo
  • Ketchupmamman – Karin Lindell
  • The School at the Chalet – Elinor Brent-Dyer
  • Great Bus Journeys of the World – Alexei Sayle and David Stafford
  • Travels with my Radio – Fi Glover
  • Whisky Blues – Per Erik Tell og Börje Berglund
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret
  • The Brightest Star in the Sky – Marian Keyes
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Started Early, Took my Dog – Kate Atkinson
  • The Worst Date Ever – Jane Bussmann
  • The Tent, The Bucket and Me – Emma Kennedy
  • Pies and Prejudice – Stuart Maconie
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
  • The Other Hand – Chris Cleave
  • Generation A – Douglas Coupland
  • India – Torbjørn Færøvik

Books read 2010

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(incomplete, as I was a bad, bad blogger in 2010)

Books read 2009

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  • Last Chance to See – Mark Cawardine, foreword by Stephen Fry
  • The Private Patient – P. D. James
  • The Comfort of Saturdays – Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Ladies of Grace Adieu – Susanna Clarke
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J. K. Rowling (reread)
  • Packaging Girlhood
  • Consumer Kids
  • Tea Time for the Traditionally Built – Alexander McCall Smith
  • This Charming Man – Marian Keyes
  • The Brontes Went to Woolworths – Rachel Ferguson (reread)
  • Paths of Glory – Jeffrey Archer
  • A Prisoner of Birth – Jeffrey Archer
  • The Thirteenth Tale – Diana Setterfield
  • Until I Find You – John Irving
  • Terra Incognita – Sarah Wheeler
  • Blue at the Mizzen – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Hundred Days – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Yellow Admiral – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Commodore – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Wine-Dark Sea – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Clarissa Oakes – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Nutmeg of Consolation – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Thirteen-Gun Salute – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Letter of Marque – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Reverse of the Medal – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Far Side of the World – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Treason’s Harbour – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Ionian Mission – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Surgeon’s Mate – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Fortune of War – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Desolation Island – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • The Mauritius Command – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • HMS Surprise – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Post Captain – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Master & Commander – Patrick O’Brian (reread)
  • Twenty Chickens for a Saddle – Robyn Scott
  • Martha Jane & Me: A girlhood in Wales – Mavis Nicholson

Books read 2008

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  • Sahara – Michael Palin
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Scones – Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Tales of Beadle the Bard – J. K. Rowling
  • Freedom’s Landing- Anne McCaffrey
  • Nød – Are Kalvø
  • The Queen of Subtleties -Suzannah Dunn
  • Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy – Fiona Neill
  • Den lille stygge sjokoladeboka – Simen Sætre
  • Ut å stjæle hester – Per Petterson
  • Police at the Funeral – Margery Allingham
  • Portnoy’s Complaint – Philip Roth
  • The Chronicles of Prydain – Lloyd Alexander
  • Sputnik Sweetheart – Haruki Murakami
  • Under the Duvet – Marian Keyes
  • Angels – Marian Keyes
  • The Other Side of the Story – Marian Keyes
  • The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox – Maggie O’Farrell
  • The Tale of Desperaux – Di Colofello
  • Small Wars Permitting – Christina Lamb
  • The Bafut Beagles – Gerald Durrell
  • Fillets of Plaice – Gerald Durrell
  • The Stationary Ark – Gerald Durrell
  • A Zoo in my Luggage – Gerald Durrell
  • Catch me a Colobus – Gerald Durrell
  • The Dunken Forest – Gerald Durrell
  • Himself and Other Animals – David Hughes (biography)
  • The Book of Lost Things – John Connolly
  • Anybody Out There? – Marian Keyes
  • Under the Duvet – Marian Keyes
  • Downsize This – Michael Moore
  • Slam – Nick Hornby
  • American Gods – Neil Gaiman
  • A Ramble Round the Globe – Tommy Dewar
  • The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid – Bill Bryson
  • The Undomestic Godess – Sofie Kinsella
  • Hoggerne – Roy Jacobsen
  • Harlequin Valentine – Neil Gaiman & John Bolton
  • In a Glass Darkly – Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Stiff – Shane Maloney
  • Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson – Paula Byrne
  • The Tea Rose – Jennifer Donnelly
  • The Black Magician Trilogy – Trudi Cavanagh
  • Renegade’s Magic – Robin Hobb
  • Forest Mage – Robin Hobb
  • Shaman’s Crossing – Robin Hobb