So, here's a list of my accomplished reading of last year. I would say it's about half of what it usually is, I have prioritised differently. Also, reding Vargas Llosa in Spanish took a very long time, being my third language, and I also wasted a lot of time trying to get through a book by García Márquez that I never finished due to it being utterly boring.
Carlos Ruíz Zafón: Vindens skugga
Gabriel García Márquez: Love in the times of cholera
Mario Vargas Llosa: La fiesta del chiv0
Isabel Allende: La suma the los dias
Mitch Albom: The five people you meet in heaven
Frank McCourt: Angela's ashes
Roberto Bolaño: The savage detectives
The Bible, Genesis
Haruki Murakami: Norwegian wood
Jack Kerouac: On the road
Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray
Lotta Abrahamsson: Full koll
Interestingly, four of the authors are Latin Americans, and having spent 10 months of last year there, well, you get the point. I wanted to give you a favourite and the bottom mark, but it is very hard! The over all most pleasurable reading was probably Murakami, even though Vargas Llosa (who took me several months) was well worth the effort, top quality literature. Bottom one would be Albom, Allende saved by her absurdity.
I am currently co-writing a literature blog- The Mighty Book Blog. My idea is therefore to publish my book reports there as I finish the books, and then do a Book of the month-review for this blog, not to overwhelm it with literature. Please have a look there and get some reading tips!
And oh, its true what they say - I have a little red noteook where I've written down every book I've read since I was 16 or so, starting with Hamlet. Yay!
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