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Every once in awhile one comes across with a book that just surprises the reader. This is one of those books for me. The format is totally unique and beautiful. The style reminds me a bit of prose poetry mixed with nordic noir. It has been ages since I've read anything this refreshing. This will definitely not work for everyone but I recommend this for those who want to experience something new.

So I managed to reach a bit over half way in my #20in4 #readathon. I'm actually surprised that I read about 11 hours. That's much more than I expected! 😍

I feel like this book consists of small verbal photographs. They move backwards and forwards on the same timeline and involve the same people but they don't explain a lot about the context of the situation they are describing of. I have never read anything like this. I'm enjoying it a lot. 🤓

Started a new book. The beginning doesn't make any sense but I'm already hooked! I think it's a very suitable beginning for the story since the book is about life in mental hospital.

Some translated quality literature. These are called "yellow library" and every year they publish more translations. This has been going on for decades and decades. ??

Here is a picture 2/4

I have to go to work tomorrow, so I think that this is my too ambitious #WeeklyForecast Three books in progress: H.Mantel - Mirror and the Light, S.Stridsberg - Beckonberga J.A. Vargas - Dear America. Two books ‘just in case‘: F.Vallejo - Parallel Street (my translation) and E.Wharton - The House of Mirth.

Sliding into a new #24b4monday day with the new book. I messed up my stopwatch (like usually), so today I‘m time pressure free 😘

Such faux-delicate nonsense!

"Det är bara Lone som tar med sig speglar när hon reser. Kanske är hon rädd att glömma vem hon är."

"Only Lone brings along mirrors on her travels. Perhaps she is afraid she'll forget who she is."

This is my 2nd Stridsberg book & I still don't see what the fuss is all about. Her writing is always the same and it just annoys me. Everything has the same voice, everything is short, disjointed. I just find her books uninteresting. This one could have been OK if all the dialogue wasn't so stilted & unnatural. I tried imagining the dialogue in my head & I just cringed. And why all the American names all the time?! Isn't this Stockholm? Pan/So-So

Yeah I'm hating it. Can you be over already? (2nd book I've read and hated by this author that all of Scandinavia seems to LOVE. I don't get it.)

Next up! I've read one book by Stridsberg before that I actually hated, so we'll see what happens with this one. It starts out good though! (And our backyard patio is getting better and better)

Annorlunda, poetisk, vacker och sorglig.

Läser.