Recent reading
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luzulaFarlig midsommar by Tove Jansson [Moominsummer Madness]
Oh, I have hearts in my eyes now. ♥ If you've never read these books, you really should! I found myself laughing out loud on the bus at this one. I just love the situations that arise and the characters' responses to them; it's all so perfectly delightful and it also makes you think. And the illustrations are great.
Syrien: revolutionen, makten och människorna edited by Per Björklund [Syria: the Revolution, the Power and the People]
A collection of essays about the civil war in Syria. Quite interesting! But not available in English.
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
A charming regency romance with added magic. Recommended if you're in the mood for something easy and entertaining. It was interesting how the magic was portrayed as a feminine accomplishment, like sketching and piano playing.
No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (original in Spanish, read in English)
Book-club-at-work has started up again. This one's a novella about an aging man fighting a futile battle against the state bureaucracy. It was...so-so, I guess? I don't know why I wasn't that gripped by it.
Oh, I have hearts in my eyes now. ♥ If you've never read these books, you really should! I found myself laughing out loud on the bus at this one. I just love the situations that arise and the characters' responses to them; it's all so perfectly delightful and it also makes you think. And the illustrations are great.
Syrien: revolutionen, makten och människorna edited by Per Björklund [Syria: the Revolution, the Power and the People]
A collection of essays about the civil war in Syria. Quite interesting! But not available in English.
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
A charming regency romance with added magic. Recommended if you're in the mood for something easy and entertaining. It was interesting how the magic was portrayed as a feminine accomplishment, like sketching and piano playing.
No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (original in Spanish, read in English)
Book-club-at-work has started up again. This one's a novella about an aging man fighting a futile battle against the state bureaucracy. It was...so-so, I guess? I don't know why I wasn't that gripped by it.
