Library Loot - Biblioteksbesøg

Something old, something new, something borrowed – and fairly international, if I may say so.

1) Anne Chaplet, Caruso synger ikke mere (2008)
Translated from German, Caruso singt nicht mehr.

2) Michael Connelly, Echo Park (2008)
Translated from English, Echo Park (2006)

3) Robert Goddard, Du kan ikke vende tilbage (2008)
Translated from English, Never Go Back (2006)

4) Anne Holt, 1222 (2008) – en Hanne Wilhelmsen-roman.
Translated from Norwegian (2007). A Hanne Wilhelmsen story.

5) Unni Lindell, Orkestergraven (2008) En Cato Isaksen-roman.
Translated from Norwegian (same title + year). The fifth Cato Isaksen story.

6) Mayra Montero, Danse til Almendra (2008)
Translation from Spanish, a Cuban novel called Son de Almendra (2005).
English title ´Dancing to Almendra´ (2007).

7) Kate Mosse, Sepulchre (2008)
Translated from English, Sepulchre (2007)

8) Matt Rees, En grav i Gaza (2009)
Translated from English, A Grave in Gaza (2008); the author lives in Israel.

9) Johun Thørring, Skyggemanden (2007)
Translated from Norwegian, Skyggemannen (2005).

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed...

One of the ´consequences´ of having a book blog seems to be that you begin to try more new authors. Here is a list of authors I have read so far in 2009 because other bloggers reviewed them or recommended them to me (listed by their first names so it is easier for you to find them via my labels).

Another consequence is that once you get to know ´your bloggers´, it becomes easier for you to decide which authors to try. I can say honestly that there is not one author in the list that I did NOT like. I enjoyed most of them quite a lot, actually. And the stars? – the five very best.

Alexander McCall Smith
Andrea Camilleri
Ann Cleeves *
Donna Leon
Donna Moore
Johan Theorin *
Josephine Tey
Kate Atkinson *
Kate Ellis
Kerry Greenwood
Louise Penny
M.R. Hall *
Margery Allingham
Martin Edwards *
Peter James
Peter Robinson
Peter Temple
Sophie Hannah


Glæderne ved at blogge
En af konsekvenserne af at skrive en blog ser ud til at være, at man begynder at prove flere nye forfattere. Her er en liste over forfattere jeg har læst indtil videre i 2009, fordi andre bloggere har anmeldt dem eller an befalet dem til mig (i alfabetisk orden efter fornavn, så de svarer til mine labels ude til højre).

En anden konsekvens er, at når man lærer ´sine bloggere´ at kende, bliver det nemmere at finde ud af, hvilke forfattere man skal prøve. Jeg kan sige helt ærligt, at der ikke er én eneste forfatter på listen, jeg IKKE kunne lide. Mange af dem var jeg rigtig glad for. Og stjernerne? – de fem allerbedste.