I first heard of The Snowman by Jo Nesbø. It was getting quite a bit of press. When I read that it was part of a series, I tried to do what I always do which is start at the beginning. Unfortunately, the entire series hasn’t yet been translated from the original Norwegian to English. [...]
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What I’m Reading - Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbø
Posted: November 18, 2011 in books, what i'm reading2
I seriously have a problem. Below are the books purchased in the last couple of months. In my defense, I only paid full price for the first one. And the others were from used book stores that I don’t frequent too regularly or library sales that only happen once a year or so. Nonetheless, I [...]
What I’m Reading - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Posted: November 11, 2011 in books, what i'm readingThis was the first book I checked out from the library on my Kindle. Pretty exciting. Though I was in the middle of another novel at the time, I abandoned it as library check outs have a shorter check out time. I thought it was 14 days, but turns out it is 21. Synopsis: This [...]
What I’m Reading - Good Neighbors by Ryan David Jahn
Posted: October 21, 2011 in books, what i'm readingIn case you haven’t noticed, I have rather varied tastes when it comes to reading. I like to read ‘literary fiction’ [that always sounds pretentious to me] but have recently gotten pretty into nonfiction as well. But I also love YA, classics, a good mystery, and other miscellaneous books. I like to alternate so I [...]
This was the September selection of my book club. I hadn’t heard of it before it was picked, but it seemed quite intriguing. Synopsis: This is a nonfiction narrative based on the lives of the Warsaw, Poland zookeeper Jan Zabinski and his wife, Antonina. During World War II, they become active members of the Underground. [...]
