February Reads

Last year I read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and on my last visit to the library I discovered Persepolis 2. Had to borrow it of course. It's just as good as number one. I love the irony and the sarcasm in the text and the pictures. It's a joy reading it.

The Act of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker is another book where the main character has to leave his or her normal life to search for answers about his or her past. So in this book too. Julie's dad goes missing and she travels to Burma in search of his past to find out what life he lived back in Burma. It's a nice book, but I'm starting to get a bit tired of everybody writing about past and present stories. Well, this was a bit interesting since it was from Burma. I know some refugees from Burma so that makes it interesting to read about Burma.

Det har blitt litt krim i det siste også. Har lest Sankta Psyko av Johan Theorin. Den er litt anderledes enn de første krimbøkene fra Øland. Denne er mer psykologisk og handler om en som starter å jobbe i en barnehage tilknyttet et psykisk sykehus. Motivene til Jan for å begynne og jobbe der er andre enn dem han åpent viser. Det viser seg også at flere har skjulte motiver for å jobbe akkurat i den barnehagen. Theorin skriver godt.

Har også lest Den eneste ene av Jørn Lier Horst. Har lest flere av barnebøkene han har kommet med, Clue-serien. Fikk lyst til å lese noen av de krimbøkene han har skrevet for voksne også. Startet med Den eneste ene, siden den var en av de som var inne da jeg var på biblioteket. Den handler om Kajsa Berg, håndballspiller, som forsvinner sporløst. Den er ganske oppskriftmessig, men ikke noe dårligere krim av den grunn.

Har også lest Siste detalj av Harlan Coben. Det er en Myron Bolitar-bok, og jeg liker Myron. Som andre krimhelter, litt uslepen og vass i kantene. Fengende krim og ganske spennende. Jeg liker å lese krim når jeg skal slappe av, og jeg tror jeg fikk påskelesinga på forskudd her nå.

A lot of books

Yes, I've been reading even though I forgot to update this blog. I have read more books so far this year than I did at the same time last year. It's just so easy to forget to write about the books I read.

My seventh book this year was The Untold Story by Monica Ali. The book cover startled me a bit, since it looked a bit like Lady Di, but hey, it was Monica Ali who wrote the book. It couldn't be a book about her, could it? Well, I was wrong. It's not a true story of course, since in the book Lady Di just made up her own death to disappear and live a normal life away from the paparazzi's. And in the book Lady Di doesn't die in a car accident but she drowns. Still, the book is a surprising book from Monica Ali. I didn't expect her to write a speculative and dreamingly book about Lady Di. I can't help but to think about all the theories about how Elvis is still alive. It's not a bad book, and I like Ali's writing and her style. It's just the theme and the idea behind the book I don't like that much. And it might be a bit weird since I like the idea of somebody in trouble running from them and to be able to create a new life. I like the idea of the friends she meet, and the fact that they are willing to offer a lot to make her stay and be able to still live that life. But still, not her best book.

Jeg har også lest nok en grafisk roman, Den første dagen i resten av mitt liv av Ulli Lust. Hun utleverer livet sitt da hun som syttenåring reiste nedover i Europa. Dette er en helt usminket versjon og den sparer ikke på noen ting. Den er naken, rå og ærlig. Den falt absolutt i smak, og jeg innser at jeg bør finne fram til flere grafiske romaner, så om noen har noen anbefalinger, tar jeg dem gjerne. Dette er en sjanger jeg absolutt ikke er stø i.

The last book I read in January was Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. I still say I'm not that much into fantasy, and I still mean it even though I've read my fair share of fantasy. I've only read one book by Neil Gaiman before, Neverwhere, and I really liked that one. Anansi Boys is about two boys who grow up not knowing that they are brothers, or Fat Charlie doesn't know he has a brother. His brother on the other hand, knows. It appears that their father is a god and that his brother, Spider, has a lot of his fathers powers. I liked the book.