Messenger
by Lois Lowry

For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
English
186 pages
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0-385-73253-8
First line: Matty was impatient to have the supper preparations over and done with.
Back cover blurb:
For the past six years, Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man known for his special sight. Once, [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, D, English, Fantasy, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »

Flambards Divided
by KM Peyton

For the Young Adult and Decades ‘08 (first published 1981) reading challenges.
English
283 pages
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-257055-6
First line: Christina had dreamed of Will again.
Back cover blurb:
When Christina marries Dick, she hopes that life at Flambards will settle down at last. But the village gossips find it scandalous that she, a rich landowner, [...]

Posted on January 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: D, Decades '08, English, Historical, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »

The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters

For the End of Year Mini Challenge.
English
506 pages
Virago Press
ISBN: 978-1-84408-241-4
First line: So this, said Kay to herself, is the sort of person you’ve become: a person whose clocks and wrist-watches have stopped, and who tells the time, instead, by the particular kind of cripple arriving at her landlord’s door.
Back cover [...]

Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Love
Filed under: D, English, GLBT interest, Historical, Personal challenges | No Comments »

Kaninernas kulle
by Robert Lawson
Original title: Rabbit Hill

Swedish
140 pages
En bok för alla
ISBN: 91-7448-685-3
First line: Hela kullen kokade av upphetsning.
Back cover blurb:
It has been a while since Folks lived in the Big House, and an even longer time has passed since there has been a garden at the House. All the animals of the Hill are [...]

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Love
Filed under: Children's lit, D, Fiction, Swedish | No Comments »

Historiens största mordgåtor
by Andreas Nyberg (ed.)

Swedish
214 pages
Bokförlaget Semic
ISBN: 91-552-3186-1
First line: I det dagliga livet har vi ett stort behov av ordning.
Back cover blurb:
FN:s kontroversielle generalsekreterare Dag Hammarskjöld dog i en flygkrash i Kongo 1961. En olycka menar många. Andra hävdar att en bomb placerats i planet. 1998 fick den sydafrikanska säkerhetskommissionen dokument som tyder [...]

Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Love
Filed under: D, Swedish, True crime | No Comments »