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theswede

I´m a middleaged swedish "wordworker" who love to read and write. I have just started out on my bookshelf.
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  • Christen R

    christen r says

    I haven't read Comfort: A Journey through Grief yet. It's on my "Plan to Read" shelf.

    posted 13 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Erin B

    erin b says

    Nope I haven't read it yet but it sounded interesting a review.

    posted 13 days ago. ( send a note )
  • readbooks144

    readbooks144 says

    I haven't read it yet. I really want to, but I couldn't get the book out of the library. I heard that Oates was good from a friend and the story of the new book sounds good. Is she a good author?

    posted 2 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • AuntieAnnie

    auntieannie says

    Hi - I'll add your recommendation to my list of "shoulds" for the future. Unfortunately (or not), books/reading is my vice. I inherited quite a collection from my brother and father and even if I quit working and read full time, I'm not sure I could get through everthing. I still get caught up in all the new stuff coming up as well. I am hoping for a "reading vacation" this summer -- a little spot in the mountains or at the beach where I can just read all day. Have a good one!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • JoJo

    jojo says

    Hi. Thanks for your notes. Your shelf is very interesting. Which books on there would you recommend?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Ebershoff

    ebershoff says

    Hi--

    I've heard all about THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. It comes out here in the fall; I can't wait to read it.

    I'm just finishing AMERICAN WIFE by Curtis Sittenfeld. It's very rich and moving. It's inspired by the life of Laura Bush. Fascinating.

    Enjoy--

    David

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    hi swede, hope you are doing well. i have looked at that book from time to time and it will definitely go on my wish list now. i see you read the year in provence. mayle's are fun books.
    take care.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Ebershoff

    ebershoff says

    Hi Swede--

    I see you read Joyce Carol Oates's THE FALLS. She's a brilliant writer. I recommend her new novel, MY SISTER, MY LOVE.

    David

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • politivi

    politivi says

    Hello! I actually just started reading Harry, Revised - so far, so good! If you haven't already, you should check out Mark Sarvas' blog as well.

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sharon Fawcett

    sharon fawcett says

    Hi Swede,
    How are you doing? I see you've read A YEAR IN PROVENCE. How I would like to spend a year there!! I haven't read the book but I have the series based on it on DVD. It's quite amusing. Have you read any of Frances Mayes' books on Tuscany? I loved them but I don't think the Tuscans appreciate how popular they're countryside has now become with the tourists.

    Here's a question for you: Do you usually purchase the books you read, get them from the library, or borrow them from a friend?

    Peace,
    Sharon

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    hey, saw your movie group and joined.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    hi swede, i've been checking on you!! you've been away for a while. tell me about your mood. you know spring has sprung here. the daffodils are out and the trees are blooming and then we have this snow coming in tonight. this weather probably happens in sweden all the time but no very often here. also, tell me about lost in the forest. i've been reading price of water in f. and the author reminds me of me a bit well mostly in temperment though i don't go poisoning things.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    hi! and i have been wondering how you are. i read THE GOOD MOTHER many years ago and was so heartbroken i haven't tried miller since. i'm reading an amazing book right now, SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS which i resisted because it takes place in high school and college but, oh my god, it is so much more. take care.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • starzane

    starzane says

    Thank you for enjoying my music. Now perhaps you will have something nice to listen to while you are reading.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ebershoff

    ebershoff says

    I hope you enjoy THE DANISH GIRL. It's a love story with a twist. -- David

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    oh, it's a very great thing to me. i've been throughly enjoying myself.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    hi swede, no, i still don't know the sam books. i can see how they would be univesally popular in sweden, huh. do you ever feel like a voyeur using this site? i sure do. in fact i keep finding people's shelves to look at through you such as the author below and want to read THE DANISH GIRL. so please pardon me if i'm all over your pathways. you're not the only one, though, you do find interesting people. by the way, alfreds is also very interesting and a friend of mine.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ebershoff

    ebershoff says

    Yes, I think you'll like BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. I too love Joyce Carol Oates, which is propbably one reason I was drawn to BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. Enjoy--

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • maribooks

    maribooks says

    oh, the swede, so good to hear from you again. i've not heard of barbaro lindgren or is it barbara lingren before that i can remember. i tried looking her up and she's not there?!?
    well, i'll just have a look at your shelf again.

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )
  • suzanne

    suzanne says

    YES! I definitely think you should read Beautiful Children- I haven't finished it yet (it just came out) but its very good, and its getting great reviews as well :)

    posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )


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