24 Sep 20
@ponderable saidI will read it.
Jonas Jonasson: "Die Analphabetin, die rechnen konnte" (schwedish Analfabeten som kunde räkna)
A funny read, if sometimes a bit on the grotesk side
12 Oct 20
@cheesemaster saidThis is an old one. It occurred several times already…
This thread.
I am now reading (reareacding in fact): Batya Gur: Im Anfang war das Wort (orig. Hebrew, English Translation: Literary murder: a critical case)
17 Oct 20
@torunn saidIt says in the reviews "‘A great book, truly hard to put down..." and I also expect truly hard to read - 'Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times'.
The girl in the letter by Emily Gunnis (2018)
The story is about St Margaret's - a place where unmarried, pregnant girls are sent in disgrace and locked away to work under slave-like conditions. It begins in 1956.
19 Oct 20
@torunn saidI didn't like reading this book, I don't like the way it is written, maybe I will after a time.
It says in the reviews "‘A great book, truly hard to put down..." and I also expect truly hard to read - 'Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times'.
The story is about St Margaret's - a place where unmarried, pregnant girls are sent in disgrace and locked away to work under slave-like conditions. It begins in 1956.
Meanwhile I start with Kate Atkinson 'Transcription' (2018)
23 Oct 20
@ponderable saidPonderable, that is a very good book.
Anthony Doerr: All the light we cannot see
A very interesting book, intertwinning two fates in alternating chapters. I am through About a fifth and report later.
01 Nov 20
@torunn saidIt is indeed. I took a break to read
Ponderable, that is a very good book.
Ben Kiernan:
Blood and Soil. A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur
I was to hold a lecture on the topic, which was cancelled now, I still read through the book, maybe the need arises again 😉
