Verdt å lese foran USAs presidentvalg 2024
Amerikansk politikk og samfunnsliv virker til tider uforståelig - ikke bare for utlendinger, men også amerikanerne selv. Flommen av bøker som lover oss innsikt synes bare å vokse. Noen av dem innfrir faktisk, men ingen av dem gir etter min mening det fullstendige bildet. I beste fall utfyller bøkene i denne listen hverandre.

Noen av bøkene har sterkt fokus på enkeltpersonen Donald Trump. Som tidligere president skiller han seg så mye fra sine forgjengere at han får ekstra mye oppmerksomhet selv etter bare fire år i embetet. Siden verken amerikanerne eller resten av verden er ferdige med ham, har framstillingene fra årene 2016 til 2020 fortsatt interesse.

Bøkene her tar også for seg brede politiske strømninger og utfordringer som det amerikanske samfunnet står midt oppe i. Norske og andre utenlandske forfattere har bidratt med bøker som gir oversikt. Klikk på den enkelte boka for å få en fyldigere omtale. (Skrevet 28.3.24).

Blant kommentarene nederst på lista har andre bokelskere nevnt bøker som de har funnet nyttige, men som jeg ikke har lest selv.

Her er bøkene jeg leser for årets leseutfordring hos Sarpsborg bibliotek.

1) Locked-room mystery
2) Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3) More than 40 chapters
4) Lowercase letters on the spine
5) Magical Realism
6) Women in STEM
7) At least four different POV
8) Features the ocean
9) A character-driven novel
10) Told in non-chronological order
11) Title starting with the letter “K”
12) Title starting with the letter “L”
13) An academic thriller
14) A grieving character
15) Part of a duology
16) An omniscient narrator
17) Nominated for The Booker Prize
18) An apostrophe in the title
19) A buddy read
20) A revenge story
21) Written by a ghostwriter
22) A plot similar to another book
23) The other book with the similar plot
24) A cover without people on it
25) An author “everyone” has read except you
26) Hybrid genre
27) By a neurodivergent author
28) A yellow spine
29) Published in a Year of the Dragon
30) Picked without reading the blurb
31) Includes a personal phobia
32) Timeframe spans a week or less
33) An abrupt ending
34) Set in a landlocked country
35) Title matches lyrics from a song
36) Has futuristic technology
37) Palindrome on the cover
38) Published by Hachette
39) Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40) Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41) A sticker on the cover
42) Author debut in second half of 2024
43) About finding identity
44) Includes a wedding
45) Chapter headings have dates
46) Featuring Indigenous culture
47) Self-insert by an author
48) The word “secret” in the title
49) Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50) A musical instrument on the cover
51) Related to the word “Wild”
52) Published in 2024

Lest ferdig 17 av 52

1. Locked-room mystery
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
3. More than 40 chapters
4. Lowercase letters on the spine - LEST
5. Magical realism
6. Women in STEM
7. At least four different POVs - LEST
8. Features the ocean - LEST
9. A character-driven novel
10. Told in non-chronological order - LEST
11. Title starting with the letter “K” - LEST
12. Title starting with the letter “L” - LEST
13. An academic thriller
14. A grieving character
15. Part of a duology
16. An omniscient narrator
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title - LEST
19. A buddy read
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book - LEST
23. The other book with the similar plot - LEST
24. A cover without people on it - LEST
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
26. Hybrid genre
27. Be a neurodivergent author
28. A yellow spine - LEST
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
30. Picked without reading the blurb - LEST
31. Includes a personal phobia - LEST
32. Time frame spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend - LEST
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover - LEST
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding
45. Chapter headings have dates - LEST
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024 - LEST

Jeg prøver å ligge unna leseutfordringer, men...

2023 Challenge
1. A book with a subtitle
2. Featuring an inheritance
3. Title starting with the letter “G”
4. Title starting with the letter “H”
5. Title starting with the letter “I”
6. Under 200 pages
7. A city or country name in the title
8. Dystopian Fiction
9. A book with a dedication
10. Takes place during the roaring twenties
11. A book about secrets
12. High Fantasy
13. Published posthumously
14. A survival story
15. Set in Australia
16. Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins”
17. By a Caribbean author
18. Set during a war other than WWI or WWII
19. Typographic cover
20. A book about siblings
21. A second-hand book
22. A body-positive message
23. An alliterative title
24. Nordic Noir
25. A fashionable character
26. Has an epilogue
27. Newbery Medal Winner
28. Includes a funeral
29. Sends you down a rabbit hole
30. An author with a same name as you
31. Set in a workplace
32. Published by Macmillan
33. A banned book
34. Featuring mythology
35. A book you meant to read last year
36. Chapters have cliffhangers
37. Written in present tense
38. An enemies-to-lovers plot
39. The final book in a series
40. Written by a comedian
41. A character who is a refugee
42. Time in the title
43. A book “everyone” has read
44. A contemporary setting
45. First word in the book is “The”
46. Script font on the spine
47. Set in the city of Dublin
48. A book by Octavia E. Butler
49. Books on the cover
50. Related to the word “Murder”
51. A book that doesn’t fit any of the other 51 prompts
52. Published in 2023

https://www.the52book.club/2023-reading-challenge/

2023 Challenge
1. A book with a subtitle
2. Featuring an inheritance
3. Title starting with the letter “G”
4. Title starting with the letter “H”
5. Title starting with the letter “I”
6. Under 200 pages
7. A city or country name in the title
8. Dystopian Fiction
9. A book with a dedication
10. Takes place during the roaring twenties
11. A book about secrets
12. High Fantasy
13. Published posthumously
14. A survival story
15. Set in Australia
16. Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins”
17. By a Caribbean author
18. Set during a war other than WWI or WWII
19. Typographic cover
20. A book about siblings
21. A second-hand book
22. A body-positive message
23. An alliterative title
24. Nordic Noir
25. A fashionable character
26. Has an epilogue
27. Newbery Medal Winner
28. Includes a funeral
29. Sends you down a rabbit hole
30. An author with a same name as you
31. Set in a workplace
32. Published by Macmillan
33. A banned book
34. Featuring mythology
35. A book you meant to read last year
36. Chapters have cliffhangers
37. Written in present tense
38. An enemies-to-lovers plot
39. The final book in a series
40. Written by a comedian
41. A character who is a refugee
42. Time in the title
43. A book “everyone” has read
44. A contemporary setting
45. First word in the book is “The”
46. Script font on the spine
47. Set in the city of Dublin
48. A book by Octavia E. Butler
49. Books on the cover
50. Related to the word “Murder”
51. A book that doesn’t fit any of the other 51 prompts
52. Published in 2023

https://www.the52book.club/2023-reading-challenge/

Trenger klart en ny liste i år. Er nesten ferdig med bok #72 på liste 2, som er full (100 bøker) og skal hente 6 bøker på biblioteket denne uka.

Romaner og historie om Spanias borgerkrig
Den spanske borgerkrigen kom raskt i skyggen av 2. verdenskrig som brøt ut i september 1939. Likevel har denne blodige konflikten fascinert både historikere og skjønnlitterære forfattere siden. Det som startet som et militært, høyreorientert opprør mot den 5 år gamle spanske republikken ble etterhvert sett på som den første åpne kampen mellom fascister og demokratiske krefter på venstresiden. Men verken historien eller litteraturen framstiller borgerkrigen så enkelt.

Det finnes mange bøker om denne tiden, lista omfatter først og fremst dem jeg selv har lest. Den både supplerer og overlapper lista til guiritana. (Publisert 16.9.23, redigert 10.10.23).

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