Sanna historier om andra världskriget
by Paul Dowswell
Original title: True Stories of the Second World War
For the A-Z challenge.
Swedish
160 pages
Historiska Media
ISBN: 91-85057-78-9
First line: Trots att det nu gått mer än sextio år sedan andra världskriget rasade kommer det hela tiden nya filmer, tv-dokumentärer och böcker om kriget som vittnar om ett fortsatt starkt intresse för [...]
Posted on March 4th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, History, Non-fiction, Swedish, Young Adult | 1 Comment »
Dragon’s Bait
by Vivian Vande Velde
For the Here Be Dragons and A-Z challenges.
English
196 pages
Magic Carpet Books
ISBN: 0-15-216663-7
First line: The day Alys was accused of being a witch started out like any other.
Back cover blurb:
It is going to eat her… All because the villagers in her town think she is a witch and have staked her [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, English, Fantasy, Here Be Dragons, Young Adult | 3 Comments »
När kommer du tillbaka?
by Marika Kolterjahn
Title translated to English: When Are You Coming Back?
For the Young Adult and A-Z reading challenges.
Swedish
202 pages
Tiden förlag
ISBN: 91-88879-77-1
First line: Innan jag hunnit längta eller ens tänka på det är tiden inne att flytta hemifrån.
Back cover blurb:
“Vi sätter oss på några stenar och ser ut över en åker. Vi [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, Fiction, Swedish, YA Challenge 2008, Young Adult | 1 Comment »
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
For the Decades ‘08 (first performed in 1967) and the A-Z reading challenges.
English
77 pages
e-book
First line: “Heads.”
Back cover blurb: n/a
Thoughts: A couple of years ago I saw bits and pieces of the 1991 film adaption of this play. I don’t remember a lot of it, just that it seemed [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, Decades '08, English, Humour, Plays | 1 Comment »
Den hemlösa sexualiteten: en antologi
by a number of different authors
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For the A-Z and To Be Read reading challenges.
Swedish
286 pages
Bokförlaget Libris
ISBN: 91-7195-402-3
First line: n/a
Back cover blurb:
Homosexualitet är en av de mest brännande frågorna i kyrkorna i dag. Ämnet väcker starka känslor. Många tycker att det är svårt att ta till orda, andra [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, D, GLBT interest, Religion, Swedish, To Be Read | No Comments »
Duty and Desire
by Pamela Aidan
For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
304 pages
Touchstone
ISBN: 978-0-7432-9136-1
First line: Darcy recited the collect for the first Sunday in Advent, his prayer book closed upon his thumb as he stood alone in his family’s pew at St. ——’s.
Back cover blurb:
Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice is beloved by millions, but little [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, C, English, Historical, Romance | 5 Comments »
The Gum Thief
by Douglas Coupland
For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
277 pages
Bloomsbury
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9188-7
First line: A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age—regardless of how they look on the outside—pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.
Back cover blurb:
Meet Roger, a divorced, middle-aged ‘aisles associate’ at a [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fiction | No Comments »
A Countess Below Stairs
by Eva Ibbotson
For the Back to History and A-Z reading challenges.
English
383 pages
Speak
ISBN: 978-0-14-240865-0
First line: In the fabled, glittering world that was St. Petersburg before the First World War there lived, in an ice-blue palace overlooking the river Neva, a family on whom the gods seemed to have lavished their gifts with [...]
Posted on February 10th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A, A-Z Reading Challenge, Back to History, English, Historical, Romance | 4 Comments »
Clouds of Witness
by Dorothy L Sayers
For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
279 pages
Harper Mystery
ISBN: 978-0-06-104353-6
First line: Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hôtel Meurice.
Back cover blurb:
Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt—until the game turned up human and [...]
Posted on February 10th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Historical, Mystery | 2 Comments »
Dream Boy
by Jim Grimsley
For the A-Z reading challenge.
English
195 pages
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0-684-82992-4
First line: On Sunday in the new church, Preacher John Roberts tells about the disciple Jesus loved whose name was also John, how at the Last Supper John lay his head tenderly on Jesus’s breast.
Back cover blurb: n/a
Thoughts: I really hate when there’s [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2008 by Love
Filed under: A-Z Reading Challenge, B, English, Fiction, GLBT interest | No Comments »
