Etter hvert ble det stor aktivitet blant en del bokelskere for å svare på Haralds utfordring fra New York Times: Hvilken bok utgitt de siste 125 år er den beste? Jeg har nå saumfart boksamlinga mi uten å finne eksakt svar - kandidatene er jo så altfor mange. Dette er ei liste over mine nominerte, forsøksvis inndelt geografisk: Norden, Nord-Europa, Sør-Europa, Afrika, Asia, Nord-Amerika, Latin-Amerika og Oseania. Om jeg greier å sile ut en "vinner" fra hvert av områdene, vil vise seg.

Prøver meg igjen med årets leseutfordring.

Her er den:
A book published in 2022: Maren Skolem - «Hva jeg gjorde med pengene»
A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship: Agatha Christie - «Mord på Nilen»
A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society: Ruthanna Emrys - «A Half-Built Garden»
A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title: Tae Keller - «When You Trap A Tiger»
A sapphic book: Sarah Gailey - "Upright Women Wanted"
A book by a Latinx author: Yuri Herrera - «Kroppsvandrere»
A book with an onomatopoeia in its title: Mark Haddon - «Boom!»
A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid: Leigh Bardugo - «Six of crows»
A book about a "found family": Becky Chambers - «To be taught, if fortunate»
An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner: Jesmyn Ward - «Sing, Unburied, Sing»
A #BookTok recommendation: Matt Haig - «The Midnight Library»
A book about the afterlife: Elif Shakar - «Ten minutes and thirthy-eight seconds in this strange world»
A book set in the 1980s: Taylor Jenkins Reid - «Malibu Rising»
A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title: Maggie O’Farrell - «Instructions for a heatwave»
A book by a Pacific Islander author: Witi Ihimaera - «The whale rider»
A book about witches: Andrzej Sapkowski - «The time of contempt»
A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022: Charles Dickens - «A Christmas carol»
A romance novel by a BIPOC author: Soniah Kamal - «Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan»
A book that takes place during your favourite season: Stephanie Perkins (editor), med flere: «Summer Days & Summer Nights»
A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read; Andrzej Sapkowski - "Sword of Destiny" (boka jeg fullførte før det het "Medieval Lives"
A book about a band or musical group: Jennifer Egan - «A Visit From The Goon Squad» (litt tynt, men ok)
A book with a character on the ace spectrum: Jordan Ifueko - "Raybearer" (Dayo)
A book with a recipe in it: J. K. Rowling - «Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets»
A book you can read in one sitting: Roald Dahl - «Mathilda»
A book about a secret: Elly Griffiths - «The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway series #1)
A book with a misleading title: Louise Penny - «Still life»
A Hugo Award winner: Martha Wells -«All systems red» (series winner)
A book set during a holiday: Agatha Christie - «Evil under the sun»
A different book by an author you read in 2021: Charles Dickens - «Great Expectations»
A book with the name of a board game in the title: Stanislav Lem - «Solaris»
A book featuring a man-made disaster: Abid Raja - "Min skyld" (sosial kontroll, religion, mistillit til samfunn)
A book with a quote from your favourite author on the cover or Amazon page: Victoria Schwab - «The invisible life of Addie LaRue» (Neil Gaiman)
A social-horror book: Stephen Graham Jones «The only good Indians»
A book set in Victorian times: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The Return of Sherlock Holmes»
A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title: Matt Haig - “The humans”
A book you know nothing about: Elif Shakar - «Ten minutes and thirthy-eight seconds in this strange world»
A book about gender identity: Kacen Callender - «Felix Ever After»
A book featuring a party: Jo Nesbø - «Kongeriket»
An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book: Yoon Ha Lee - «Phoenix Extravagant»
A book that fulfils your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: Bergljot Hobæk Haff - «Skammen» (a book with two characters that are twins fra 2018)

Advanced:
A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
A book that features two languages: C. J. Cherryh - «Foreigner»
A book with a palindromic title
A duology (1): Gudrun Skretting - «Tre menn til Vilma»
A duology (2)
A book about someone leading a double life: Abida Raja - «Frihetens øyeblikk»
A book featuring a parallel reality: Matt Haig - «The Midnight Library»
A book with two POVs
Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1): Elif Shakar - «Ten minutes and thirthy-eight seconds in this strange world» (Istanbul)
Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2): Soniah Kamal - «Unmarriageable: Pride and prejudice in Pakistan» (Lahore, gjenbruk av bok)

1. A second-person narrative: N. K. Jemisin - «Emergency Skin»
2. Featuring a library or bookstore: Matt Haig - «The Midnight Library»
3. Title starting with the letter «E»: Agatha Christie - «Evil under the sun»
4. Title starting with the letter «F»: Kacen Callender - «Felix Ever After»
5. Chapters have titles: Stanislaw Lem - «Solaris»
6. Household object on the cover: Maggie O’Farrell - «Instructions for a heatwave»
7. A non-fiction bestseller: Håkon Høydal - «Abida Raja. Frihetens øyeblikk»
8. Involving the art world: Yoon Ha Lee - «Phoenix Extravagant»
9. A book that sparks joy: Gudrun Skretting - «Tre menn til Vilma»
10. A book based on a real person: Anonymous - «Becoming Duchess Goldblatt»
11. A book with less than 2022 Goodreads rating: Cat Jarman - «River Kings»
12. Set on at least two continents: Irene Vallajo - «Evigheten i et siv»
13. Includes a club: J. K. Rowling - «Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets» (the dueling club)
14. A character with superhuman ability: Andrzej Sapkowski - "Sword of Destiny"
15. A five-syllable title: Taylor Jenkins Reid - «Malibu Rising»
16. A book you’ve seen someone reading in public: Sarah Gailey - «Upright Women Wanted»
17. A book picked based on its spine: Leigh Bardugo - «Six of crows»
18. Jane Austen-inspired: Soniah Kamal - «Unmarriageable: Pride and prejudice in Pakistan»
19. A book that has an alternate title: Agatha Christie - «The Sittaford Mystery»
20. Related to the word «gold»: Jo Nesbø - «Doktor proktor og det store gullrøveriet»
21. Published by Simon & Schuster: Stephen Graham Jones «The only good Indians»
22. An unlikely detective: Elly Griffiths - «The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway series #1)
23. Author with an X, Y or Z in their name: Andrzej Sapkowski - «The Time of Contempt»
24. Addresses a specific topic: Jesmyn Ward - «Sing, Unburied, Sing» (indirekte, rasisme/slaveri)
25. A wealthy character: Agatha Christie - «Mord på Nilen»
26. Has an “author’s note”: Tae Keller - «When You Trap A Tiger»
27. Includes a map: Elif Shakar - «Ten minutes and thirthy-eight seconds in this strange world»
28. Award-winning book from your country: Bergljot Hobæk Haff - «Skammen»
29. Over 500 pages long: Charles Dickens - «Great Expectations»
30. Audiobook narrated by the author: Abid Raja - «Min skyld»
31. Technology-themed: Martha Wells - «All systems red»
32. A book that intimidates you: Victoria Schwab - «The invisible life of Addie LaRue»
33. A bilingual character: Witi Ihimaera - «The whale rider»
34. Author’s photo on the back cover: Becky Chambers - «To be taught, if fortunate»
35. From the villain’s perspective: Matt Haig - “The Humans” (starter som «the villain»)
36. Recommended by your favourite author: Ruthanna Emrys - «A Half-Built Garden»
37. Set in a rural area: Ann Cleeves - «The Crow Trap»
38. Don’t judge a book by its cover: Richard Matheson - «I am legend»
39. A middle-grade novel: Roald Dahl - «Matilda»
40. A book with photographs inside: Terry Jones - «Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives»
41. Involves a second chance: Jennifer Egan - «A Visit From The Goon Squad» (Scotty bl. a.)
42. An indie read: Yuri Herrera - «Kroppsvandrere» (utgitt av indieforlaget «& Other Stories» på engelsk)
43. Author who’s published in more than one genre: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The return of Sherlock Holmes» (har også skrevet scifi)
44. An anthology: Stephanie Perkins (editor), med flere: «Summer Days & Summer Nights»
45. A book with illustrated people on cover: C. J. Cherryh - «Foreigner»
46. A job title in the title: Jo Nesbø - «Kongeriket»
47. Read during the month of November: Mark Haddon - «Boom»
48. Redo one of this year’s previous prompts but with a different genre: Louise Penny - «Still life» (Involving the art world)
49. Book title starts with the same letter as your first name: Mimir Kristjansson - «Jon Michelet - En folkets helt»
50. A person of color as the main character: Jordan Ifueko - «Raybearer»
51. The word “game” in the title: Caimh McDonnell - «The final game»
52. Published in 2022: Maren Skolem - «Hva jeg gjorde med pengene»

Her er en liste over mine dehydrating / tørking av mat e-bøker. Har nå anskaffet meg en dehydrator maskin med 9 hyller på Black Friday 2021 hos SanaBona + Vitamix e310 (wet & dry kanner) hos Kinsarvik også på Black Friday til en nedsatt pris.

I stedet for å kaste mat kan jeg nå tørke mat/matrester til senere bruk. Fet mat el tilsvarende blir ikke tørket, men vil tørke egg på forsvarlig måte - evt. fryse glass med eggepulver.

I Nemis jubileumsnummer nr #100 blir Nemi intervjuet. Hun blir blant annet spurt om å nevne tre bøker hun liker. Her er de:

Har laget en liste over noen av mine brikkevev bøker.

Oppressive government: China Mieville - "The City and the City"
Blue on the cover: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
Standalone: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
One word title: Siri Pettersen - "Odinsbarn"
2021 release: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
More than 10 years old: Paul Auster - "In the country of last things"
500++ pages: Philip Pullman - «The book of dust volume two: The secret commonwealth»
Takes place outside of the US: Marlen Haushofer - «The Wall»
Radioactive/nuclear catastrophe:
Young adult: Tasmyn Muir - «Gideon the Ninth»
Zombies: Justina Ireland - «Dread Nation»
Colour in the title:
Free space:
Aliens: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti"
Short story:
Ebook/audiobook: Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Made things"
Set in space: Becky Chambers - «The long way to a small, angry planet»
Adult:
Post-apocalyptic: Emily St. John Mandel - «Station Eleven»
Gold on the cover: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
Sci-fi/naturalistic:
Movie/TV/video game adaptation:
Cyberpunk:
Number in the title: Stephen King - «Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte»
Part of a series: Brandon Sanderson - «The Well of Ascension»

A – «An American Marriage», Tayari Jones
B – "The book of dust", Philip Pullman
C – «Clap when you land», Elisabeth Acevedo
D – «Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte», Stephen King
E – «Equal rites», Terry Pratchett
F – «Folk med angst», Fredrik Backman
G – «Gideon the Ninth»
H – "Hollowpox: the hunt for Morrigan Crow", Jessica Townsend
I – «In the country of last things», Paul Auster
J – "Jeg tror du ville likt Ulrik", Jonas Sundquist
K – "Kabalmysteriet", Jostein Gaarder
L –
M – "Made things", Adrian Tchaikovsky
N – "The Nightingale", Kristin Hannah
O – «Over the top», Jonathan Van Ness
P – "People of the book", Geraldine Brooks
Q – "The queen's gambit", Walter Tevis
R –
S – «Speaking in Bones», Kathy Reichs
T – "Tollak til Ingeborg", Tore Renberg
U –
V – «Verity», Colleen Hoover
W – "The Wall", Marlen Haushofer
X –
Y –
Z –

Mini-utfordringer:
JANUAR – A book you purchased in 2020 but didn’t read: «Station Eleven», Emily St. John Mandel
FEBRUAR – A book with non-romantic love (siblings, parent-child, friendships): «The poet X», Elisabeth Acevedo
MARS – A book written by a person of a different race than you
APRIL – A book with an Autistic main character (April is Autism Awareness)
MAI – A book about a nurse
JUNI – A co-written book (2 authors): "Brevene dine legger jeg under madrassen", Astrid Lindgren og Sara Schwart Ikke lest i juni
JULI – A Christmas book (Jul i juli!)
AUGUST – A book by an Indie author (self-published or independent): Nnedi Okarafor - «Binti»
SEPTEMBER – A memoir/biography
OKTOBER – A book written by a new-to-you author: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
NOVEMBER – A book outside your normal genre: Rebecca Solnit - "Men Explain Things To Me"
DESEMBER – A backlist title (published BEFORE Jan 1, 2021): J. K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

Oppdaget Edgar Ludl i Haugesunds Avis i 1990s hvor mange av hans oppskifter hadde egen plass. Hans ostekake med bringebærgele på toppen laget jeg mange ganger og fikk mye skryt for. Prøvde å finne oppskriften igjen i Haugesunds Avis men den gang ei. Flere av hans oppskrifter finnes enda så jeg.

Fant ostekakeoppskriften igjen i Kulinariske erindringer. Gjett om jeg er glad!

Uthevet tekst

A book that's published in 2021: Jonas Sundquist - "Jeg tror du hadde likt Ulrik"
An Afrofuturist book: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti"
A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: Jostein Gaarder - "Kabalmysteriet"
A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: Peter S. Beagle - "The last unicorn" (Beagle var Vær, i det minste fram til siste datojustering. Født 20. april)
A dark academia book:
A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Colson Whitehead - «Nickelguttene»
A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: Taylor Jenkins Reid - "The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo" (hvem har ikke drømt om å være skuespiller på et eller annet tidspunkt?)
A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction: Tayari Jones - «An American marriage» (2019)
A book with a family tree
A bestseller from the 1990s: Robin Hobb - "Assasin's quest"
A book about forgetting: Stephen King - "Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte" (Detta og Odetta glemmer hverandre osv.)
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): Astrid Lindgren og Sara Scwhardt - "Brevene dine legger jeg under madrassen" (fant den i mammas og pappas bokhylle)
A locked-room mystery: Fredrik Backman - «Folk med angst»
A book set in a restaurant: Linda Chapman - «Sugar & Spice»
A book with a black-and-white cover: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
A book by an Indigenous author: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti: Home" (Okorafor er av igbo-folket fra Nigeria)
A book that has the same title as a song: Tsetsi Dangarembga - «Nervous Conditions»
A book about a subject you are passionate about: Rebecca Solnit - «Men explain things to me»
A book that discusses body positivity: C S. Cooney - «Desdemona and the Deep»
A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list: Justina Ireland - «Dread Nation»
A genre hybrid: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The Hound of the Baskervilles» (horror / mystery (krim) hybrid)
A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: Marlen Haushofer - "The Wall"
A book with something broken on the cover: Brandon Sanderson - "The Well of Ascension" (min versjon har coveret med en ødelagt "skive" på: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51c8b8Bn7wL.jpg)
A book by a Muslim American author: S. A. Chakraborty - "City of Brass"
A book that was published anonymously: Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein"
A book with an oxymoron in the title
A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Becky Chambers - "The long way to a small, angry planet"
A magical realism book: Charles Dickens - «A Christmas Carol»
A book set in multiple countries: Geraldine Brooks - «People of the book»
A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: Jonathan van Ness - "Over the top"
A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z": Walter Tevis - "The queen's gambit"
A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): Kristen Hannah - "The nightingale"
A book about a social justice issue: Terry Pratchett - "Equal Rites"
A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): Elisabeth Acevedo - "The poet X" (slampoesi, lydbok)
A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: Tore Renberg - «Tollak til Ingeborg»
A book you think your best friend would like: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
A book about art or an artist: Emily St. John Mandel - "Station Eleven"
A book everyone seems to have read but you: Colleen Hoover - «Verity»
Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A story within a story: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»

Advanced
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Brandon Sanderson - "The way of kings"
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Made things"
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover: China Mieville - "The city and the city"
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover: T. Kingfisher - "Clockwork Boys"
The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time: Margaret Atwood - «Oryx and Crake»
A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't: Philip Pullman - "Book of dust volume 2: The secret commonwealth"
A book from your TBR list you associate with a favourite person, place, or thing: J. K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (illustrert av Jim Kay)
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
A DNF book from your TBR list
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library): Paul Auster - "In the country of last things"