Sunday, August 31, 2008
Den Vita Massajens Dotter - Corinne Hofmann
Jaha, detta ar alltsa uppfoljaren till Den Vite Massajen och berattelsen blir inte pa langa vagar lika spannande eller exotisk nar hon och dottern flyttat till Schweiz. 5
Den Vita Massajen - Corinne Hofmann
En sann berattelse om en schweizisk kvinna som traffade en massajkrigare i Kenya och blev foralskad eller snarare besatt. Hon har sjalv skrivit boken och skriven som det vore en dagbok. Hennes liv och kulturen hon levde i ar intressanta att lasa om men efter ett tag tycker man nog att hon verkar lite naiv och tillochmed lite korkad. Kanske 6.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Two sisters' (Olanna and Keinene) struggle with love and family relationships during difficult years of war in the Republic of Biafra. They suffer through the military coups, the creation of Biafra, famine and sanctions as well as the fall of Biafra and return to Nigeria in the late sixties. Very powerful. Very different. I learned some history and geography I certainly didn't know before. 8
Berlinerpopplarna - Anne B. Ragde
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Seducing the Boys Club - Nina DiSesa
A successful woman gives advice oh how to advance in a business world run by men. Tinki was reading this book, so I picked it up to see what she was reading. It was interesting but the author is a little full of herself. It seems like mostly stories of her own greatness interspersed with some advice like below:
• Learn to appreciate men. Men like women who like them.
• Remember that women are biologically wired to succeed.
• If you want to make a name for yourself, find a mess and fix it. A secure and comfortable job only holds you back.
• Don't assume that men never listen. They listen like a dog does.
• Don't be a quiet achiever.
• Act brave and you will look brave.
• Screw the rules. Make up your own.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Away - Amy Bloom
I didn't care for this book. The style of writing was not focused but all over the place. I really didn't care for the style at all. Not at all. No good descriptions of characters and no buildup of them. I disliked finding out what happened to everyone who was not a main person. The main person Lillian is interesting enough and the story could have been compelling by a different author. She flees Russia when her whole family is murdered because they are Jewish. She ends up on the U.S. living life as a semi-prostitute until she finds out that her 3-year-old daughter might still be alive and she sets off to find her encountering more misery and prostitution along the way. Yuck. Nope. 4
Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Rest of Her Life - Laura Moriarty
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Mogen for skrubben - Solja Krapu
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson
The nasty bits : collected varietal cuts, usable trim, scraps, and bones - Anthony Bourdain
Financial peace revisited - Dave Ramsey
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