so-soI love Adler-Olsen. His Department Q series and other stand alone novel, The Washington Decree are fantastic. I couldn‘t get into this one. It is a very interesting concept: WWII and 2 British soldiers having to fake insanity to survive a mental ward behind enemy lines. Those aren‘t spoilers. The meandering pace and narrative is hard to follow. Maybe I‘ll return to it. But right now it is meh.
pickThis is a very good book - pt1. The second part dragged a bit.
Personally I feel like the author could have ended James's story much better, however, I did actually enjoy this book and would definitely recommend to others. Bit let down by the ending though and the plot. Nobody looks for a long lost friend after so long.
This book is translated, so the wording in English is a bit off.
bailedHad to DNF this one...
Actually I want to know what happens to the two MCs, but right now I don't really care about their backstories and that's a clear sign that I shouldn't be reading the book right now. I will keep it in my shelf, but not on my tbr list. (Just like some classics)
There might be a time for me to read this one... Or not... We will see ^^
Day 3 with this new readkng schedule and I think I like it.
Had to finish the Stroud book - too bad to spend more reading time on it than necessary. I loved Bartimaeus and Lockwood... But this is was now my second standalone by him and it almost bored me to death 😓😴
I just had to!!!
Alfabethuset and Washington Dekretet are stand-alones. Offer 2117 is the new Carl Mørk novel. I'm listening to Selfies (book 7 in the series) atm and looooove it. I'm curious what the next one has to offer. 😍 And maaaybe I finally manage to read it in danish... With the other ones I kinda switched to the german version cause I am a slow reader in danish (would get better the more books I'd read in danish🤣)
Here it is, the first four shelves by my bed (so I can lovingly gaze upon them when going to bed) with some of my fave authors: Jussi Adler-Olsen, Bernard Cornwell, Ken Follett, Sue Harrison, Elizabeth Kostova, James Rollins (Yes, he gets his own shelf), CJ Sansom, Wilbur Smith, Gunnar Staalesen (a husband fave but he has them all in Norwegian), and Beverly Swerling.
bailedI HATE bailing on books. I rarely do it. It makes me feel like I‘M failing. Even if I have to say I didn‘t like the book, at least I finished it. But the older I get, the less I feel like I have the time to waste on something that I‘m not jiving with. I spent 5 hours wanting to like this, but after that long, I did not care about any of it.
bailedThis was tough on audio. I couldn't get the characters straight & the story just dragged on. DNF this puppy but I really wanted to enjoy it. 😔
And just like that, we were never here! We had a nice couple of days camping, hiking and beaching right outside of NYC!!! We even found The Appalachian Trail! Started listening to The Alphabet House but didn't get far because I was beat every night!
Ahhhh! I was so happy to visit the local #library today! Alas! I couldn't check out anything new because the #stl library has been HACKED!!!! 😱😱😱 I do NOT like this attack on the written word and low income families! It does not bode well for me on this creepy day before Inauguration Day. 😦
I'm a little past the halfway mark. I always get to this dragging, bored point of reading around this time in books that are 400+ pages. I imagine it's like the wall that runners hit. I'm waiting for my second wind!
My first book for the #LitsyAtoZ challenge! I picked this for the letter A! Then I realized it had the word "the". Are there rules for this? I have always ignored a, an and the when I alphabetized, but I want to do things by the... BOOK! (I love puns.)
Day 2. January's TBR pile! *insert Homer Simpson salivating*
#readjanuary #thismonthstbr
I absolutely loved both of these #translatedbooks and would recommend either to anyone. #somethingforsept
#BookNDinner: tonight's dinner menu accompaniment consisted of: cheese ravioli in a garlic & basil tomato sauce, warm peasant bread, and a Coke Vanilla. And for dessert, we had vanilla fudge coconut gelato. MMMMmmm 😋! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookBookBabeKitchen. 😉😎👍🏻👌🏻
Always always always a sucker for historical fiction 📚 #vacationreadingisthebestreading #newbook
panI reeeeeeally didn't like this book when I read it for book club a while ago, so I cut it up for bookish crafts :-) #funfridayphoto
pick:) :) coollll
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