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as is everything, eh?Okie then. I read a decent amount of books (yay) but have a memory as functional as a sieve (boo). So I decided to track the books and my opinions of them here. Yay again! I'm hoping this will help me 'member a bit better. Hope, hope, hope.
My fiction preferences are towards the mystery/suspense genre so it's likely that most of my 'reviews' will be along those lines. Over the last year, I have delved into books by Arnaldur Indridason, Karin Fossum, Kerstin Ekman, Michael Robotham, Jacqueline Winspear, Rennie Airth, Sean Doolittle, and of course the ever so alluring Ken Bruen. There are plenty more I can't think of right now (sieve, I cry!) but will drag out later.
I've also been reading some war novels - A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry and In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien both consumed over the last month. I have a couple more in the works but they can't be read in rapid succession for mental health purposes. I'll never understand why humanity continues to pour its sons and daughters into the horrors of war and I never want to forget. Somehow these stories have helped me see that which I'll never comprehend.
I love, lerv, luv PG Wodehouse. And John Mortimer. Love them. LOVE! Their books take me the first half of forever because each line is rich with literary sustenance. I progress slowly so as not to miss nor to overdo them. I love them. LoOoOoOvE! Don't mess with my Rumpole or my Mulliner or my Jeeves and Wooster.
Then there's Sigrid Undset. Over Christmas break I am going to read the Kristin Lavransdatter series. I love her work though of course the titles I have read escape my pea brain now. (grrr)
Myth/cultural lore is also a big interest of mine. A bit more than half of my roots are Swedish and the rest of them are Irish and Scottish so I've developed quite the fondness for Scandinavian work and lore - Norse myths, the Sagas of the Icelanders, Celtic folk legends are all on my shelves. I have books of myth and tales from a variety of cultures both modern and past but the northern European are most intriguing to me, at least for now.
I'm not into romance novels and I'm not really smart enough for anything like Shakespeare, poetry, most of the classics, Umberto Eco or anything really challenging. I wish I could claim otherwise but I can't. Alas. Woe. Etc.
posted by chickie @ 11:34 PM
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