Since I’m sick* and way behind on reviews, I’ve realised the only way to catch up is to make them speed reviews and post a whole batch at once.
The Age of Napoleon; Alistair Horne, eng, 235
Interesting, but a little choppily written, and also the author assumes you know certain things and never explains them, [...]

Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Book Blowout, C, Classics, D, English, GLBT interest, Historical, History, Lifestyle, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Sex, sexuality & gender, Speed reviews, Swedish, To Be Read, Young Adult | 1 Comment »

I Am America (And So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert

For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
iPod audiobook
First line: Hi, I’m Stephen Colbert and I am no fan of books.

Back cover blurb:
Realizing that it takes more than thirty minutes a night to fix everything that’s destroying America, Colbert bravely takes on the forces aligned to destroy our country [...]

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Humour, Politics, Religion, Sex, sexuality & gender | 3 Comments »

Phonephucker
by Tanja Suhinina

Swedish
203 pages
Hydra förlag
ISBN: 978-91-976885-0-5
First line: Fan i helvetes jävelkuken!
Back cover blurb:
Tanja Suhinina tar dig in i den svettiga världen av telefonsex. Långt in. Som smart, ung, blivande psykolog filéar Tanja telefontorskarna på löpande band. I sin självupplevda debutroman skildrar hon hur kampen för det nattliga brödet kan ta sig många, vitt skilda, [...]

Posted on November 14th, 2007 by Love
Filed under: B, Sex, sexuality & gender, Swedish | No Comments »

Faghag
by Linda Leopold

Swedish
263 pages
Atlas
ISBN: 978-91-7389-318-3
First line: Året är 1985.
Back cover blurb:
“Man lär känna en och sen lär man känna en till. Sen upptäcker man att den tredje också är supertrevlig. Och sen börjar man liksom samla på dem.”
Faghag är en reportagebok om det speciella förhållandet mellan heterosexuella kvinnor och homosexuella män. Den utspelar sig [...]

Posted on November 12th, 2007 by Love
Filed under: F, GLBT interest, Sex, sexuality & gender, Swedish | No Comments »