Top Ten Tuesday: Historical settings

Woha... This weeks challenge over at Broke and the Bookish is not one of the easy ones xD
It is a bout the past and the furture - and a good mix of what I already have read, and what I dream about. Quite an open task, in other words ;)

1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is, and will continue to be a big favorite of mine. The setting is in a not too far away future - but there is a good, dystopian atmosphere around it all. Love the book. Spent way to much money on the different editions of it aswell.. It is just awesome!

2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I loved this book, and I really want to read a bit more fiction like this from the 50s and 60s from the south!

3. A game of thrones by George R. R. Martin. This one was quite high up on my TBR list for a while, but after the TV series, and how popular it become, I found it a bit harder to get myself to read it for some reason...

4. Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Loved this universe. I should get around to read the rest of the series.

5. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Same as above. I should get around to read this one soon!

6. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. I am actually not sure why I gave this book a 4 star in the first place, as it is quite faded from my memory. But I loved the setting, and the idea behind the whole story.

7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ohh.. the 20s. I really should not have to say more!

8. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Loved the different view of WW2!

9. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It really makes me appreciate living in the time that I do..

10. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak... Yeah, more books from the way - but this one is a bit high up on my TBR list!

Mesterdetektiven Conan vol. 8

Titel: Mesterdetektiven Conan vol. 8

Originaltitel: 名探偵コナン 8 

Forfatter. Gosho Aoyama

Læst på: Dansk

Sider: 190

Rating: 4/5 stjerner

Det begynder som en leg. Et krimi-spil med ti deltagere på et luksushotel. Opgaven er at afsløre den gådefulde "Ondskabens Baron". Men da baronen pludselig falder ud fra en altan og spiddes på en rytterstatues sværd, er legen blevet til blodig alvor. Senere er verdens mindste detektiv gæst ved sin klasselærerindes bryllup. Hun elsker citronte, og det er der vel ikke noget farligt i...?

Her på det sidste stykke tid har jeg begyndt å læse flere tegneserier, og jeg nyder der virkeligt! Denne er nok helt bestemt rettet imod nogle der er lidt yngre end det jeg er, men det gør slet ikke noget! 

Stregen i tegneserien her er let, og tegningerne er klare. Historien er god til at holde en fanget, samtidig som om en meget hurtigt klarer at danne sig nogle tanker om hvem det nu er som er forbryderen - og hvordan mysteriet nu skal klare at løses?

Det er måske ikke de største overraskelserne undervejs - da det netop er et ret klassisk detektivhistorie - men jeg personlig er ihvertfald meget nyskerig på at følge med - og finde ud hvem det nu er som startede det hele her!

Top Ten Tuesday: Freebie week!

So.. A freebie! Did I mention I hate those? I love getting a specific idea to work with, but using my head coming up with something new? Ugh..

Anyhow - I decided to make a list over the books on my TBR list that have been there for the longest and owning them... This can be fun ;) (oh and really.. looking at the list there is 72 books there! omg... I gotta get around to read them soon..)

It should be noted that I have only marked books as read AFTER I started to use Goodreads - so there is a big possibility that I have read the books at some point - just not in the last 5 years at least.

1. If you could see me now by Cecelia Ahern. I gotta admit I cannot even remember having this book - but knowing myself right, I must have picked it up on the trainstation or something like that waiting on  the train (and then ended up watching a movie or just sleeping instead). This one have been on my list since 2013, so about the time I added my books into Goodreads by the look of it...

2. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. Pretty sure I stole this book from an ex. Also from 2013!

3. Beskytter by Christian W. Jensen.. Won it in a raffle orso (again back in 2013). I feel pretty guilty not coming around to have read this one yet..

4. Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James. ACUTALLY, I have started this one a few times. Just having a hard time enjoying it.

5. Death in holy orders P.D. James. I actually had to go find the book to remember which one it was. Impuslebying one again. Pretty sure we are talking about the trainstation again ;)

6. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding. Pretty sure I did read it at one point. Kinda waiting on getting around to read the first in the series again before this one.

7. Nobels testamente by Liza Marklund. Gonna read this one soon! Just started on the series again!

8. Flimmer by Anne and Even Holt. First in a series and stuff. I should read this one

9. The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman. I can't remember having this one. At all. No idea. I should look for it.

10. Maddy goes to Hollywood by Maureen Martella. Feelgood deluxe. Loved it when I read it 10 years ago orso.

Hedebølge

Titel: Hedebølge
Originaltitel: Studio Sex
Serie: Annika Bengtzon, #1
Forfatter: Liza Marklund
Læst på: Dansk
Sider: 358

Rating: 3/5 stjerner

Nå, dette er måske ikke det aller bedste tidspunkt til at læse en bog om sommer og en hedebølge, når temperaturen siger -7,6 grader udenfor, men det var nu jeg plukkede bogen med hjem fra biblioteket! 

Kender I det, når en vågner op og bare har lyst til at få læst noget krimi? Nej? Nåh - så er det måske bare mig;) Efter en lille tur på biblioteket, og en kig i deres hylder, falder jeg for Liza Marklund igen. Det er mindst en 5-6 år siden jeg sidst rigtigt har læst noget af hende, så bestemte mig for at give hende et forsøg igen. Jeg blev ikke skuffet;)

For mig skal krimier ikke være for tunge, og også kunne kommes hurtigt igennem. Det er fedt at blive overrasket undervejs, men også sjovt at gætte! Denne bogen gav mig flere overraskelser - og plottet vendte lidt rundt i ring. Elsker når det er sådan! 

Annika er ikke min favoritkarakter når det kommer til hovedpersoner - og specielt i denne bogen har jeg svært ved at ku' li' hende - men det passer til historien! 

Top Ten Books I've Recently Added To My TBR

As I finally got back into writing some more on this blog, I also enjoyed starting up with the Top Ten Tuesdays posts again. I love the hosts, I love clicking in on other peoples blog and read their entries - and getting pleacently (is that a word?) when I find people with the same books as I have on my own list - or was thinking about putting up on my list!

This weeks challenge is, as the title says, what I have recently added to my TBR list. Here is Goodreads just awesome, I love that page. Though. It is not good for my TBR list. It grows WAY to fast. At a point I tried to keep it under 1000 books... Yes... Well.. That didn't happen! Worst part is that I have stopped added all the books in series etc aswell, and it doesn't really seem to be helping!

Looking at the last 10 added to my list, I can see that I was looking for new science fiction books that can relate somehow to be beloved Ready Player One. No luck fo far though! Anyhow, my list, going from the 10th last - and ending up with the (currently) last book on my list:

1. Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds. It got good ratings, looks like a fine plot etc etc.

2. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

4. The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. Oh, second time for the writer!

5. Blackout by Connie Willis.

6. Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan

7. Gridlinked by Neal Asher

8. Singularity Sky by Charles Stross. I like his last name!

9. The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton

10. Gummi Tarzan by Ole Lund Kirkegaard. Finally something completely different to the others on the list. Most likely gonna read this one with my little girl - loving the fact that she is finally starting to get intersted in book and reading - though still struggling a bit with the reading part herself. But, we are getting there!

The Martian af Andy Weir

Title: The Martian
Format: Audible - audiobook
Read by: R.C. Bray
Writer: Andy Weir

Rating: 4,5/5

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him, and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark is not ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engierring skills - and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit - he steadfastly confrnts one seemengly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

I LOVED this book! The story, the format, the narrator... You name it! I had some trouble with the format for the first 15-20 minutes orso, as I had gotten used to hearing Matt Damon (When we are on the subject Matt Damon, watch THIS. Love it!) beeing the voice of Mark Watney. 

Considering the fact that I had seen the movie before I actually read/listened to the book, did so that the book itself didn't bring on that many suprises. The story is quite similar, though the movie is a bit more friendly to the big screen. 

The boo though. There are SO many details. Everything is explained. There is so much science talk, This is REAL science fiction - and one of the best I have ever read in this genre. Now, this might sound a bit dull, but for a book like this, It is perfect! 

Yes - sure - I am pretty confident there is many, and major, flaws in the science, and how he got eveyrthign to work - buuut... It felt real. It really did.
The way the book swapped between Watney, the crew, NASA, helpers and the log entries worked wonder for this one! (Again.. Only thing I actually missed about it, is... Matt Damons voice. Mhm.. He got a nice voice;))

The only reason I didn't up it to 5 stars here (Though I did so on Goodreads) is the ending. It felt a little unfinished. Here I must say I did like the movies ending better, though.. No, I'm not sure, it just didn't feel right. No idea how I would have wanted it to end though. Basically, it just wrapped it up a little bit too fast for my taste!

Himlen falder ned! - et indisk Jataka-eventyr

Titel: Himlen falder ned! - et indisk Jataka-eventyr

Originaltitel: The Rumour: A Jataka tale from India

Sider: 32

Forfatter: Jan Thornhill

Læst på: Dansk

Genfortælling efter gammel, buddhistisk fabel om haren, som tror at himlen falder ned. Den får alle de andre dyr til at flygte fra katastrofen, indtil de møder den kloge løve.

Dette er også en bog lillepigen selv har taget med hjem fra biblioteket! 

Historien og moral i fortællingen i denne fortællingen er ikke noget der er særligt nyt i sig selv. Tænke efter, og ikke bare følge massen!

Men var meget glad for måden var bygget op på, og parret med de flotte illustrationene, var bogen er fornøjelse at læse.
(Altså, helt til vi nåede det punkt hvor vi skulle TÆLLE alle dyrene... ugh)

Loke af Robert Rodi

Titel: Loke

Originaltitel: Loki

Forfatter: Robert Rodi

Sider: 100

1/5 stjerne

I tusinder af år har den vise Kong Odin suverænt regeret over Asgård, hjulpat af sin modige søn Thor og den smukke Sif. Sammen har de beskyttet Asgård mod alverdens farer, såsom nedrige intriger fra den udspekulerede skælmgud Loks side. Drevet af sit had og sin jalousi mod sin halvbror Thor, planlægger Loke den ene komplot efter det andet for at få magten over Asgård. Således er det blevet fortalt i utallige legender.
Men hvad nu hvis disse legender kun fortæller en side af historien? Måske er Odin, Thor, og alle de andre guder slet ikke så noble som først antaget? I denne overraskende fortælling beskrives Asgård fra en ny vinkel, nemlig Lokes. Efter en uendelighed af ydmygelser har Loke endelig opnået det, han altid har ønsket sig højest: magten over Asgård. Odin, Thor og Sif er alle sat i fængsel, og Loke hersker enerådigt over Asgårds rige. Det er med Asgårds fremtid i sine hænder, at Loke endelig erfarer sandheden om sig selv og sin skæbne.

Jeg må bare indrømme med en gang, at denne bogen ikke rigtigt var noget for mig. Jeg er ellers blevet meget glad for graphic novels det sidste års tid, men denne faldt ikke rigtigt i smag.

Illustrationerne var for mørke og dystre efter min smag, og alle figurerne så bare rigtigt grimme ud. Og gamle! Det var slet ikke alle figurene som gav mening for selve historien - for eksempel slave-pigerne Loke mødte undervejs. 

Sproget føltes tungt og forceret - det kan være at det er bedre på originalsproget, da jeg læste en dansk oversættelse - men efter at have kigget lidt rundt på nettet, kan jeg godt læse mig frem til at jeg ikke er den eneste der har haft den følesen. 

Selve ideen bag historien kunne jeg godt lide - det er ofte lidt romantiseret og fra Thors side fortællinger fra Asgård kommer - så for et andet bilde er det en god vinkel. Måden den er lavet på fangede mig bare slet ikke.

Top Ten 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn't

Oh... This one... There was SO much I planned on reading in 2015 - but overall I didn't really end up reading that much - specially in the fall. Hit a dead end, and had to discover my joy of reading again!
Luckly I managed to do so - but it did take some time!

Anyhow, the new releases in 2015 I meant to read, but never got around to do must be:

1. Mere blod (Blood on snow, 2) by Jo Nesbø... Read the first one as soon as it got out, but never got around to get the 2nd one. And as I refuse to read Jo Nesbø in anything other than norwegian, the original language... Yea... I should see if someone I know have bought it!

2. Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, 2) by Marissa Meyer. To be honest I completely forgot about it. Gotta check if the library got it!

3. Geminiderne (Spektrum, 2) by Nanna Foss. Loved the 1st one in the series. Currently waiting on the library edition to read, as my budget is quite low these days.. (Living of oatmeal works like a wonder, right?:p)

4. Crimson Shore (Pendergast 15) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Again.. Low on money these days - and hard to get such a new (not danish, even worse) book from the library

5. Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike 3) by Robert Galbraith/JK Rowling. Same reasons as above. Low on money and not a danish book = hard to get from the library!

6. Efter dig (Me before you 2) by Jojo Moyes. Stepmother got it for christmas - so just waiting on her to finish it as we speak!

7. You're never weird on the internet (almost) by Felicia Day. I can pick it up from the library next week! Love it when they buy in the books I request!

8. Go set a watchman (To kill a mockingbird 2) by Harper Lee. I was really excited by this one. Read so many poor reviews. Not sure if I want to read it anymore.

9. Grey (Fifty shades of grey 4) by EL James. Well... Yes. I never got that far. Maybe this year

10. So you've been publicly shamed by Jon Ronsom. Again - low budget and not a danish book. Planned as an audiobook in the nearest future though!

Hvordan skildpadden fik sit skjold

Titel: Hvordan skildpadden fik sit skjold
Originaltitel: Hvordan skildpadden fik sit skjold
Forfatter: Jan Mogensen
Sider: 32
Læst på: Dansk

En gang for længe siden havde skildpadden ikke noget skjold. Og den nåede ikke altid af vejen, når de store dyr kom brasende. Men så en dag møder den en opfinder, der lige har opfundet lerskålen..

Jeg ELSKER det faktum at lillepigen er startet i 0. klasse - og i den forbindelse også kommer hjem med bøger fra biblioteket. Desværre kommer vi ikke så tit afgårde sammen til biblioteket mere på grund af mine skiftende arbejdstider - så nyder virkelig at hun selv kommer hjem med bøger!

Denne er en af hendes favoritter for tiden - tror det er tredje gang den er komme med hjem siden starten af December, så det siger sit - og derfor bliver den også læst igen og igen!

Bogen handler som sagt om hvordan skildpadden endte op med at få sit skjold - og som fabler ofte er, giver den et ret humoristisk bud på hvordan det skete!
Så er I glad for at læse bøger der hjemme - specielt dem der forklarer ting på en sjov måde - go for it siger jeg bare!

PS: Jeg elsker dig af Cecelia Ahern

Titel: PS: Jeg elsker dig (PS: I love you)
Forfatter: Cecelia Ahern
Sider: 480
Læst på: Dansk
Forlag: Bazar

Rating: 4/5 stjerner

Holly og Gerry havde det perfekte liv. De var lykkelig gift, boede i Dublin tæt på deres venner og familie, og med fuld fart på hverdagen havde de verden for deres fødder. Troede de. Troede Holly.

Et par måneder før hun runder de 30, bliver hun forladt af manden der var hendes elsker, hendes bedste ven og faste holdepunkt, og uanset hvad hun gør, kommer han ikke tilbage. Og alligevel gør han. Et par måneder efter hans død dukker hans sidste gave til gende op: "Listen" - ti breve, hvor manden, der kender Holly bedre end nogen anden, lærer hende at livet går videre. Og med lidt hjælp fra vennerne og familien, der både elsker hende og driver hende til vanvid, bliver vejen til et nyt og spændende liv brolagt med tårer og latteranfald. 

Jeg er ret sikker på at jeg har læst bogen før - men det kan godt være at jeg "bare" har sæt filmen! Det er ikke utænkelig! (Edit: efter at have sæt filmen, er jeg nå klar over at jeg har læst bogen før.. Filmen er ikke akkurat samme historie - selv om det godt nok er bygget på bogen!)
Det er to ret forskelige historier. Ja - det er samme mennesker og Listen er også med - men det er også omtrent det.

Bogen i sig selv er kategoriseret som chick-lit - men det er definitivt ikke din normale chicklit! Den er ret dyb, og berører emner der man ikke finder i den dagligdagse chick-lit! Den er fantastisk skrevet - og dyb. Det er nok det faktum at den føles så realistisk som gør at den netop bliver så tung å læse som det den var.

(Åh - og forfatteren var 22 da hun skrev den. Wow, siger jeg bare)

Top Ten Of Your Auto-buy Authors

So... writers that I auto-buy, no matter what? I am not the biggest on buying books, buuut there are a few writers anyway that come to my mind!

1. Jo Nesbø Childrens, grownup.. Doesn't matter. I'll read it, and most likely buy it aswell!

2. Karin Slaughter

3. Lars Kepler. Mainly because I never manager to wait the time untill the book is free in the library.

4. Jussi Adler-Olsen is also a good candidate

5. It is not unlikely that Jennifer Weiner is coming home with me either.

6. Camilla Läckberg

7. Liza Marklund

8. Sophie Kinsella

9. Marian Keyes

10. Tove Jansson The Moomins <3

Top Ten Authors I've Read The Most Books From

This weeks topic over at Broke and the Bookish - and again - the title pretty much sums it up. While writing this list, I took Goodread to use, as there is no way I remember what else I have been reading while growing up. Because of this, the list is most likely not 100% accurate, as I know i read ALOT of series while younger, and guessing they would use more space on the list if I actually had remember it all.
But - here we goes:

1. Margit Sandemo with 47 books. No suprises there, as I have read (one) of her big, big, big series: Sagaen om isfolket. And since there are 47 books in there...

2. Henning Mankell with 25 books. Again, mainly from a series here, Wallander, with 11 (10,5) books. I've also explored some of the other stuff he have been writing - all from the childrens books and other stories. Wallander is my favorite though!

3. And here is Jakob Martin Strid with 24. ALOT of childrens books here. And some comics. He writes AWESOME books for kids!

4. Patricia Cornwell with 20 - and first non-scandinavian on the list! Kay Scarpetta all the way here (and looking at the list now, I can see there have been some new releases since last time I looked!)

5. Karin Slaughter with 18 - and my first favorite on the list! LOVE her. Specially the GC/Will Trent series, but the other stuff is not bad either.

6. Jo Nesbø with 17 books - and the 2nd norwegian on the list. Love him. Period. Books for kids? Crime? Plain awesomeness!

7. Douglas Preston with 14. I am specially fond of the Pendergast-series, but his stand-alone stuff is not bad either.

8. Elsebeth Egholm with 13 books read. I mainly like her crimeseries with Dicte, but that is just me. This one will get upped in just a little bit, as she just released a book here the 1st. Must read!

9. J.K. Rowling with 11. Harry Potter is surely the winner here, but I do like her crime books aswell. The other one. Not so much.

10. Ooh - this one seems to be a shared. With 10 books each I can mention writers such as: Maj Sjöwall with the Martin Beck series, Camilla Läckberg with her books about Patrik Hedström, Jussi Adler-Olsen with his series about Departement Q, but also his stand-alone books, Helene Tursten and her books about Inspector Huss and last, but not least Marian Keyes and her deepish, chicklit books. Alot of swedes it seems! 

Fuck, en lækker røv!

Titel: Fuck, en lækker røv!

Forfatter: Susanne Staun

Forlag: Gyldendal

Læst på: Dansk

Sider: 112

Rating: 3/5 stjerner

Fuck, en lækker røv! er en superforenklet guide til den svigtede sprogbruger. Du lærer alt det basale, som du burde have lært i folkeskolen - også at sætte kommaer uden at dø af kedsomhed. Og du kommer til at forstå, hvorfor det er vigtigt.

Bogen kan let og smertefrit redde dit liv - i hvert fald kan det redde dit omdømme, jævne vejen til drømmejobbet og i det hele taget gøre dig mere skinnende lækker på skrift, end tilfældet allerede er.

Fuck, en lækker røv! er en sproglig makeover med turbo for alle, der hver dag dummer sig, når de skriver.

Ok. Bogen her blev kun taget ned fra hylden på biblioteket på grund af titlen - så er det sagt allerede! Jeg er oprindelig fra Norge (det kan også til tider ses meget nemt på hvordan jeg skriver) - og har derfor selvfølgelig aldrig deltaget i den danske folkeskolen, på nogen måde. Det at jeg har været lidt i praktik i en tredje klasse i forbindelse med min pædagoguddannelse, er jo en helt anden sag. Det eneste jeg husker fra det er hvor meget børn egentlig taler. Fik fin respekt for læreren dog!

På grund af dette, har jeg hellere aldrig taget del af den danske kommaundervisning. Jeg har selvfølgelig haft den norske, men det er ligsom ikke helt det samme. Mange af mine huskeregler duer ikke mere. (Og de er ellers flotte! Se fx: "'Alltid skriv alltid med to L'er, og aldri skriv aldri med 2" eller "I'en og Y'en gikk en tur i byen, så møtte de J'een, og ville ikke se'en". Så fine, og så useless her i Danmark). Jeg har syntes ellers jeg har OK styr på det der med kommaregler, men har blevet MEGET usikker når folk taler om "de gamle" og "de nye" regler. Jeg har ellers passet på at ikke dræbe hesten, pustet undervejs og de delte sætninger. Men tror ikke det er nogle rigtige regler. Ergo. Denne bog!

Den er sjov, forklarer ting MEGET simpelt - og kommer med fantastiske illustrationer (Se under)!

Det er slet ikke alt jeg er enig i - og med en gang det gik gang i lidt diagrammer faldt jeg ud. Og så blev jeg også ret overrasket over hvad "folk" tager fejl af. 

Men - en hurtig, dejlig lille bog! Og provokerende sprog, som måske også kan være med at fange nogle.
Har jeg dog lært noget? Egentlig ikke;)

The Gun Seller - Hugh Laurie

Titel: The Gun Seller
Forfatter: Hugh Laurie
Sider: 340
Læst på: Engelsk

Rating: 1/5

Cold-blooded murder just isn't Thomas Lang's cup of tea. Offered a bundle to assassinate an American industrialist, he opts to warn the intended victim instead - a good deed that soon takes a bad turn. Quicker than he can down a shot of his favorite whiskey, Lang is bashing heads with a Buddha statue, matching wits with evil billionaired, and putting his life (among other things) in the hands of a bevy femmes fatales. Up against rogue CIA agents, wannabe terrorists, and an arms dealer looking to make a high-tech killing, Lang's out to save the leggy lady he has come to love... and prevent an international bloodbath to boot.


Denne bog var definitivt ikke mig. Den ville alt for meget, på en alt for forstyrrende måde. Den eneste grund til at jeg fandt bogen i det hele taget, var 100% fordi den var skrevet af Hugh Laurie. Ikke den bedste grund til at læse en bog;o

Humoren i bogen er ok, om man er til den tørre, men det er også det jeg kunne lide med bogen. Den kedede mig, og det var humoren der gik som en konstant hele vejen igennem der gjorde at jeg i det hele taget klarede at læse videre. Bogen er forøvrigt bygget op på det klassiske "Folk tror han ved mere end han gør, prøver å redde verden, bliver forelsket efter ca 5 min.." Man har læst det hele før.
Jeg ved godt bogen er skrevet som en parodi, men det kunne godt nok blive lidt meget..
Den sidste halvdel af bogen flød nemmere - og føltes måske lidt mere "ret" i det.. Men.. Nej.
SLET ikke en bog for mig!

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Fairytale Retellings I've Read/Want To Read

This is this weeks topic from Broke and the Bookish. The title just sums itself up quite clear, doesn't it?
I love fairytales, but I must admit that lately it have been more of the Disney-versions of them, than anything else. I do have quite a knowledge about the norwegian folk-tales, but after reading and spending my head around, thinking about this one - I think it is clear, at least for me, that I should read more of those. Specially the classic Grimm ones, and maybe some more H.C. Andersen aswell, living in Denmark and all.
These books are my bid for top ten - and I chose to bundle Marissa Meyers books all together. If I hadn't, her books would have filled half my list, as they are some of my favorite, retelling, books.

1. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. She re-tells alot of the old, classic, fairytales in a world set in a dystopian future, with cyborgs and stuff. I havn't read all of the series yet, but I am well on my way!

2. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (and the rest of the series) have been on my TBR-list for a while. It is based on greek mythology, as far as I can see.

3. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. Been wanting to read this book since I saw the movie!

4. Loved the Cinderella-retelling shown in Sarah J. Maas' novel Throne of Glass

5. I WANT to read this Peter Pan retell: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

6. Den Lilla Møghætte og Pulven (and the rest of the books in the same series by Rune T. Kidde. The language is awesome, and it have made my little girl asking to read alot more books lately.

7. I have to mention another childrens book, namely Frozen. Yes, it is a movie. Yes, this is a book based on the movie. But I still love the retelling of the original, quite dark, fairytale.

8. Confessions of an ugly stepsister by Gregory Maguire

9. A court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas looks awesome!

10. Dorothy must die by Danielle Page

Min juli - 2015

Min juli i år har været præg av dårlig vær, flytning og ferier - og slet ikke så meget læsning! For i juli har jeg kun læst 8 (!!) bøger, hvor en av dem har vært en lydbog.
Jeg startet ut med Løvetæmmeren som jeg havde lånt af en veninde - og nød at besøge Fjällbacka igen. Det fulgtes op med lidt grammatik og andre skriveregler i Fuck, en lækker røv. Efter dette hoppet jeg på lidt krimi igen med Dødsenglen - og afsluttet den første læseugen her hjemme med Den sygeste løgnehistorie!
Ugen i Norge blev, ud over is, dyr og ren hygge, fugt med Glasklokken. Dette var en TUNG bog - og satte igang mange tanker. For å bryde lidt med det, hoppet jeg videre med The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy. Det er altså en mærkelig bog. Sidste bog jeg fysisk læste færdig i Juli var Lola and the happily ever after - en dejlig, nem romance som alle kan blive glad i lågen af. Sidste bog der blev afsluttet, var lydbogen Den Klareste Stjerne. Satte også nogle tanker igang.

Min juli har helt klart haft lidt andre ting på programmet end ren læsning, så kan jo bare håbe at august byder på lidt mere!

Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds

Mm... Booknerds! I LOVE to read, and LOVE to meet and talk to people that read, so of course I love to read about people that loves to read(or just love books) aswell!.

Edit; Wow - it was harder than I thought it would be to find 10 - and specially any guys that actually reads...

1. Hermione from Harry Potter. Gotta start with her!

2. Sara from Læserne i Broken Wheel anbefaler!

3. Matilda from Matilda. <3

4. Annie Wilkes from Misery. Creepy - but yet a booklover!

5. Clay from Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. Bookstore book!

6. Owen Quine from The Silkworm. His book are coming to life!

7. Isla from Isla and the Happily Ever After. Loves comics and adventurebooks!

8. Jo in Little Women

9. Belle in Beauty and the Beast - ok this one is mainly from the movie, but I've read quite a few adaptions with it, so I have go add it!

10. Bella in The Twilight Saga. Girl loves to read!

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Titel: Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the french kiss, #3)
Forfatter: Stephanie Perkins
Sider: 339
Læst på: Engelsk (ikke oversat)

Rating: 4/5

Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on introspective cartoonish Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And after a chance encounter in Manhatten over the summer, romance might be closer than Isla imagined. But as they begind their senior year back in France, Isla and Josh are forces to confront the challenges every young couple must face, including family drama, uncertainty about their college future, and the very real possibility of being apart.

Stephanie Perkins har et talent - det er sikkert og vidst! Hun setter en setting - og jeg VED hvad jeg får! Så læser ikke akkurat hendes bøger for at blive overrasket.
Dette er tredje, selvstændige bog i serien som startede med Anna og det franske kys.
Bogen er latterlig sød - for at sige det mildt. Den fanger ALLE de ting jeg elsker og husker med teenagerkærlighed: Kærligheden, intensitiviteten - samt alt drama der også følger med;o
Isla er kompleks, hvor det smarte er blandet med det usikre, kombineret med charme og lidt "geekyness". Josh er nok modsat på mange måder, med oprørskhed og kunstneriske tendenser.
De har dog en fantastisk kemi, og tager det på den gode, gamle måden! Sagte og sikkert!
Det er måske ikke den helt oplagte kærlighedshistorie - det startet jo trods alt med lidt... Stalking!
Men JEG syntes bogen var fantastisk, og læste den på ingen tid! (Og - hun elskede at læse - PLUS i mine ører!)
Læs den!

Ten Books That Celebrate Diversity/Diverse Characters

Oooh... This one is quite hard actually! Coming to think about it, alot of the books I do read have some of it, I just don't really think about it that much! But, than again, there is alot of different ways to define what diversity really is.. And I'll use it quite wide, and than just see what books that pops into my head. But, I will use We Need Diverse Books' defintion, just to start somewhere: "We recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural and religious minorities". 
It is the diversity that makes the world!

(Edit: wow - this one was hard:o - and I still don't think I understood it quite:p) Basically... It is not something I look after when I read books!

1. The first one that pops up into my head is Lola and the boy next door by Stephanie Perkins. Sure - the diversity is not the main theme, but i LOVED how she put the in the 2 dads like it was totally normal (as it should be, but that is an entirely different discussion).

2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio. This weird, loving, disabled little boy, just trying to be "normal"(whatever that is). Loved it!

3. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Depression is a way to silent disease!

4. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. A Cyborg-Cinderella<3 Cinder and her "herd" of misfits are going to save the world!

5. Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Indias diverse culture. It is a different than "normal" culture at least! Oh - and the fact that he practices like three different religions. Yey.

6. Me before you by Jojo Moyes. LOVED this book! Will has paraplegia and have no wish to live.

7. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Racism at its "best".

8. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I REALLY love this book, so any chance to include it;) Mm... Socioeconomic status it is!

9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. (And the rest of the series). Misunderstood genious!

10. Legend by Marie Lu. Well.. I start to run out of books! But with an asian in the book, that is not something I ususally reads at least!