We love adventure, but some adventures are best experienced in book form. Climbing K2 is such an adventure. In 'K2 on life and death', Fredrik Sträng describes the 2008 expedition to K2, when eleven climbers lost their lives. You do wonder why they put themselves through this, but it is also fascinating to follow them up the mountain.
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Ok, I'm a John Ajvide Lindqvist fan and I've read all his previous books: Let the Right One In, Dealing with the Undead, Paper Walls and Human Harbour. Little Star is, just like the previous books, surreal, brutal and delicate - all at the same time.
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The House of Yacoubian, by Alaa Al-Aswany is a fascinating story! In the heart of Cairo there is a house built in European style in the 1930s. Back then, millionaires and ministers lived here. Now it is a blissful mix of people.
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This week, Mymlan invites us to blog about book - the one that made the strongest impression and perhaps changed your life or your view of the world. For me, books help me to do just that, to see the world through other people's eyes. Reading about the lives of people in different parts of the world, and during different periods of history, broadens the perspective. In this way, I think you can increase your own understanding of people and events around the world.
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"The Dream", by Harry Bernstein, is a book I can definitely recommend! Bernstein made his debut as a writer at the age of 95 with the book "The Invisible Wall". This is his second novel in which he tells the story of how, at the age of ten, he emigrated with his poor Jewish family from England to the United States.
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One of our Christmas presents for Peter's son Billie was the book "100 Wonders of the World" and last night we looked through it together. The authors have made a subjective selection of wonders, and you can certainly choose differently. But after all, there are 100 beautiful, fascinating and interesting places presented. So far, we (or one of us) have visited 15 of them.
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City of Thieves by David Benioff held me in a firm grip from the first page to the last. The fact that the book was read in a cold hotel room in the middle of the Ukrainian winter did not detract from the feeling, but it is certainly just as good to read during our cold Swedish winter!
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Now that we're reading Russian, why not take your books to Russia? Here are five books that will take you through both the Tsarist and Communist eras.
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Then it was time for a little trip with the books again! This time it will be a journey in Eastern Europe, and at the same time a journey in history.
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This time, I thought I would let the books take you to Africa. In many ways, Africa is a continent that is foreign and exotic, and even if you go there as a tourist, it is difficult to get a grip on so much beyond the tourist hotels. But the books are up to the challenge!
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