Books read 2009

  • 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

  • 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

Books read 2007

(the lass was born in January, I did a lot of reading, but not so much blogging)

  • Special Topics in Calamity Physics – Marisha Pessl
  • The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
  • After the Quake – Haruki Murakami
  • Frost on My Moustache – Tim Moore
  • The Careful Use of Compliments – Alexander McCall Smith
  • Boksamlere forteller
  • The Imperfectly Natural Baby and Toddler – Janey Lee Grace
  • First Among Sequels – Jasper Fforde
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling
  • 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)
  • A Widow for One Year – John Irving
  • Death at La Fenice – Donna Leon
  • The Sound and the Fury – William Faulkner
  • Intimacy – Hanif Kureshi
  • So Many Books, so Little Time – Sarah Nelson
  • The World According to Bertie – Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Complete Polysyllabic Spree – Nick Hornby
  • Citizen Girl – Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
  • Nattelangs – Gro Jørstad Nilsen
  • Matilda, litt av en robot – Philip Newth
  • The Beet Queen – Louise Erdrich
  • Uncle Dynamite – P.G. Wodehouse
  • 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)
  • American Pastorale – Philip Roth

Books read 2006

  • Rambling on the Road to Rome – Peter Francis Browne
  • Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation – Lynne Truss
  • Faster, They’re Gaining – Peter Biddlecombe
  • A Good Man in Africa – William Boyd
  • The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Ikoner i et vindu – John Erik Riley
  • The Arm of the Starfish – Madeleine L’Engle
  • No Logo – Naomi Klein (reread)
  • Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
  • Pappa for første gang – Finn Bjelke
  • ABC for spedbarnsforeldre – Nina Misvær
  • The Baboons Who Went This Way and That – Alexander McCall Smith
  • The Outlaws of Sherwood – Robin McKinley
  • Spindle’s End – Robin McKinley
  • Vita Brevis – Jostein Gaarder
  • False Impression – Jeffrey Archer
  • Tales of a Female Nomad – Rita Golden Delman
  • Misfortune – Wesley Stace
  • Goodnight Mr. Tom – Michelle Magorian
  • Running with Scissors – Augusten Burroghs
  • Dødens drabanter – Gunnar Staalesen
  • Venezia – Kjell Ola Dahl
  • Friends in High Places – Donna Leon
  • I Know You’ve got Soul – Jeremy Clarkson
  • Draogonsinger – Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Dragonsong – Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  • Dragonflight – Anne McCaffrey
  • Dragonquest – Anne McCaffrey
  • Sorcery and Cecelia: Or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot – Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
  • The Grand Tour: Or the Purloined Coronation Regalia – Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
  • Encounters with Animals – Gerald Durrell
  • The Overloaded Ark – Gerald Durrell (reread)
  • Dope – Sarah Gran
  • Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby (reread)
  • JPod – Douglas Coupland
  • Sudden Wealth – Robert Llewellyn
  • Peat Smoke and Spirit – Andrew Jefford
  • A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian – Marina Lewycka
  • A Piano in the Pyrenees – Tony Hawks
  • One Hit Wonderland – Tony Hawks
  • Assassin trilogy – Robin Hobb (reread)
  • Liveship Trader trilogy – Robin Hobb (reread)
  • Her Mother’s Daughter – Marilyn French
  • Inkspell – Cornelia Funke
  • Love Over Scotland – Alexander McCall Smith
  • Dragondrums – Anne McCaffrey
  • Draogonsinger – Anne McCaffrey
  • Dragonsong – Anne McCaffrey
  • Pappan och havet – Tove Jansson
  • Three Dot-books – Inge Møller
  • The Lighthouse – P. D. James
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
  • My Uncle Oswald – Roald Dahl
  • The Wicked Winter – Kate Sedley
  • Lake Wobegone Days – Garrison Keillor
  • The Fourth Estate – Jeffrey Archer
  • Hver sin verden – Marianne Fredriksson
  • Something Rotten – Jasper Fforde
  • The Well of Lost Plots – Jasper Fforde
  • Lost in a Good Book – Jasper Fforde
  • The Eyre Affair – Jasper Fforde
  • De fire og han som gjør galt verre: begynnelsen – Hans Frederik Follestad
  • Frelseren – Jo Nesbø
  • Blue Shoes and Happiness – Alexander McCall Smith
  • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator – Roald Dahl
  • At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig: Travels in Paraguay – John Gimlette
  • Inkheart – Cornelia Funke
  • Going Solo – Roald Dahl
  • According to Queeney – Beryl Bainbridge
  • Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse – Brigid Keenan
  • Waltzing Through Flaws – Paula Sharpe (reread)
  • The Last Battle – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Silver Chair – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • Prince Caspian – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Horse and His Boy – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • The Magician’s Nephew – C. S. Lewis (reread)
  • A Perfect Match – Sinead Moriarty
  • The Baby Trail – Sinead Moriarty
  • 100 Shades of White – Preethi Nair
  • Our Hearts were Young and Gay – Emily Kimbrough and Cornelia Otis Skinner
  • The Business – Iain Banks
  • The Deep Blue Goodbye – Travis McGee (reread)
  • The Chronicles of Robin Hood – Rosemary Sutcliff (reread)
  • Lost for Words – John Humphrys
  • Wedding Season – Darcy Cosper
  • The Crocodile on the Sandbank – Elisabeth Peters
  • English Journey – Beryl Bainbridge
  • Warmly Inscribed – Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (reread)
  • Slightly Chipped – Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (reread)
  • Used and Rare – Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone (reread)
  • 84 Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff
  • (part of) A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin
  • Something Muffins – Stewart Clark
  • Broken English Spoken Perfectly – Stewart Clark
  • Typisk norsk – Petter W. Schjerven et. al.

Books read 2005

Books read 2004

Books read 2003

Books read 2002

  • Luck of the Wheels – Megan Lindholm
  • The Limbreth Gate – Megan Lindholm
  • The Windsingers – Megan Lindholm
  • Harpy’s Flight – Megan Lindholm
  • Ole Aleksander på flyttefot – Anne-Cath. Vestly
  • Ole Aleksander og bestemor til værs – Anne-Cath. Vestly
  • Ole Aleksander får skjorte – Anne-Cath. Vestly
  • Ole Aleksander på farten – Anne-Cath. Vestly
  • Ole Alexander Filibombombom – Anne-Cath. Vestly
  • Autobiography – Sylvia Beach
  • A Primate’s Memoirs – Robert Sapolsky
  • Rescuing the Spectacled Bear – Stephen Fry
  • Babyville – Jane Green
  • Skipper Worse – Alexander Kielland (reread)
  • Garman & Worse – Alexander Kielland (reread)
  • Sult – Knut Hamsun
  • Evelina – Fanny Burney (reread)
  • Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stephenson
  • Thrones, Denominations – Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill (reread)
  • Busman’s Honeymoon – Dorothy L. Sayers (reread)
  • Gaudy Night – Dorothy L. Sayers (reread)
  • Have his Carcase – Dorothy L. Sayers (reread)
  • Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers (reread)
  • I et speil – Gunnar Staalesen
  • Breakfast in Brighton – Nigel Richardson
  • The Road to McCarthy – Pete McCarthy
  • Watermelon – Marian Keyes
  • My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell (reread)
  • The New Noah – Gerald Durrell (reread)
  • The Prisoner of Zenda – Anthony Hope
  • The Dutchess of Bloomsbury – Helene Hanff (reread)
  • 84 Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff (reread)
  • The King is Dead – Sarah Shankman
  • Native Stranger – Alastair Scott
  • Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson (reread)
  • Faintheart – Charles Jennings
  • I Still Miss my Man, but my Aim is getting Better – Sarah Shankman
  • The Kingdom by the Sea – Paul Theroux
  • Two Feet, Four Paws – Spud Talbot-Ponsonby
  • Ina og Ingolf – Annik Saxegaard (reread)
  • The Story of O
  • Uten en tråd – Jens Bjørneboe
  • Arthemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer
  • Populärmusik från Vittula – Mikael Niemi
  • Don’t You Want Me? – India Knight
  • No Logo – Naomi Klein
  • Thrones, Denominations – Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh
  • Hornblower
  • The Book of Lights – Chaim Potok
  • Lord Peter – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The Bookman’s Wake – John Dunning
  • The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Have His Carcase – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Busman’s Honeymoon – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Gaudy Night – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The Gift of Asher Lev – Chaim Potok (reread)
  • The Promise – Chaim Potok (reread)
  • The Chosen – Chaim Potok (reread)
  • My Name is Asher Lev – Chaim Potok (reread)
  • Kakerlakkene – Jo Nesbø
  • Death in Holy Orders – P. D. James
  • The Nine Taylors – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Lord Peter Views the Body – Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Shamela
  • Pamela – Richardson
  • 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)