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Oj, så bra! Kan tenke meg det er både interessant men som du sier også litt rart, og kanskje litt vondt også med tanke på det som har foregått der. Burde nesten være et "must" for alle å dra til et sånt sted en eller annen gang, slik at man ikke glemmer selv om man ikke har følt det på kroppen selv slik som fangene der gjorde.

Kan man finne sin livs kjærlighet på et så grusomt sted som Auschwitz? Det gjorde Lale Sokolov. Les den vakre men også vonde historien til Lale, et tidsvitne som overlevde grusomhetene som fant sted under 2.verdenskrig. Boken anbefales på det aller sterkeste!

Les gjerne hele omtalen min her.

Interessant om min gamle favorittforfatter Jens Bjørneboe, skrevet av hans fetter

Iskaldt og grufullt, men du verden så spennende..

Spennende, med godt driv hele veien med bakteppe i den tøffe striden om vindkraftutbygging

Sterk og intens

Guddals nyeste diktsamling gjorde sterkt inntrykk på meg, dikt som kanskje ikke står godt alene men sammen så blir det til en god og ikke minst vond leseopplevelse. Hun skriver ofte om ensomhet og psykiske lidelser i bøkene sine men hun finner stadig noe nytt å skrive om. Anbefales!

Les gjerne omtalen min her.

Tre år etter debutboken er Ingvild Lothe ute med ny bok, en punktroman denne gangen og atter en gang gjorde hun inntrykk på meg. En ung navnløs kvinne og hennes forhold til menn, klimaspørsmål og kritikk mot samfunnet samt litt mytologi er noe av det forfatteren har å by på i den såkalte vanskelige andreboken! Anbefales!

Les gjerne hele omtalen her.

About The Book (from Amazon)
Marian Caldwell is a thirty-six year old television producer, living her dream in New York City. With a fulfilling career and satisfying relationship, she has convinced everyone, including herself, that her life is just as she wants it to be. But one night, Marian answers a knock on the door . . . only to find Kirby Rose, an eighteen-year-old girl with a key to a past that Marian thought she had sealed off forever. From the moment Kirby appears on her doorstep, Marian's perfectly constructed world―and her very identity―will be shaken to its core, resurrecting ghosts and memories of a passionate young love affair that threaten everything that has come to define her.

For the precocious and determined Kirby, the encounter will spur a process of discovery that ushers her across the threshold of adulthood, forcing her to re-evaluate her family and future in a wise and bittersweet light. As the two women embark on a journey to find the one thing missing in their lives, each will come to recognize that where we belong is often where we least expect to find ourselves―a place that we may have willed ourselves to forget, but that the heart remembers forever.

About The Book (from publishers)
As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman.

What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk’s investigation?

About This Book (from Amazon)
It’s a white Christmas in England, and Rosie Hopkins is feeling festive: Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, luscious chocolate boxes, and happy, sticky children, and she and her boyfriend are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their families.

But when a tragedy strikes at the heart of their charming town, all of Rosie's plans for the future seem to be blown apart. Can she and her loved ones see their way through the difficult times?

Review
In #2 of the Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop Series Rosie’s family of 6 comes from Australia for Christmas. She has no idea where to put them or make any advance preparations.
Leading up to Christmas the weather is awful with the whole package of slippery roads, wind and darkness which leads to a major traffic accident. As the primary school is close to the road, a lorry crashes into it and several children are injured, one of them badly. To repair the damage to the school is not in the Council’s budget, so they propose to close down the school and have the children bussed for an hour to the nearest town. This is devastating for Rosie and the other townsfolk. If they lose the school Lipton will soon become a town of second-homers only there on holiday.
Rosie’s relationship to boyfriend Stephen goes through a rough patch in this story. His character starts out at somewhat broody. He is affected by the traffic/school accident and that doesn’t help matters at all. Towards the end of the story his perspective seems to have shifted in a positive way. I enjoyed this journey.
I loved Aunt Lillian’s character. Her health has improved now that she lives in a local care home where she knows most of the inhabitants. Having been a business owner all her adult life, she has a mind of her own and Rosie gets a run for her money every time she visits.
I found Stephen’s mother Hetty’s character very funny. She is portrayed as entitled, stubborn and grumpy. Also a poor dresser. Her main interest is dogs. Her grumpiness is probably understandable since she has a difficult time holding her properties together with a constant lack of money to do this.
I love Colgan’s writing in this work as well as all the others. The tea making and serving as well as the general feel of the story add up to a “britishness” that I can’t get enough of. I feel back in the UK again.
Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop is recommended for fans of Jenny Colgan’s other work as well as for readers of the chick-lit genre.
(All opinions in this review are my own).

About This Book (from Amazon)
Issy Randall, proud owner of the Cupcake Cafe, is in love and couldn't be happier. Her new business is thriving and she is surrounded by close friends, even if her cupcake colleagues Pearl and Caroline aren't quite as upbeat about the upcoming season of snow and merriment. But when her boyfriend Austin is scouted for a possible move to New York, Issy is forced to face up to the prospect of a long-distance romance. And when the Christmas rush at the cafe - with its increased demand for her delectable creations - begins to take its toll, Issy has to decide what she holds most dear.

This December, Issy will have to rely on all her reserves of courage, good nature and cinnamon, to make sure everyone has a merry Christmas, one way or another . . .

About This Book (from Amazon)
As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris.

It's a huge shift from the chocolate factory she worked in at home in the north of England. But when an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime - to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier.

With old wounds about to be uncovered and healed, Anna is set to discover more about real chocolate - and herself - than she ever dreamed.

About The Book (from Amazon)
It's a time for getting cozy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram and a treacle pudding with the people you love—unless, of course, you've accidentally gotten pregnant by your ex-boss, and don't know how to tell him. In the season for peace and good cheer, will Flora find the nerve to reveal the truth to her nearest and dearest? Will her erstwhile co-parent Joel think she’s the bearer of glad tidings—or is this Christmas going to be as bleak as the Highlands in midwinter?

Meanwhile Saif, a doctor and refugee from war-torn Syria is trying to enjoy his first western Christmas with his sons on this remote island where he’s been granted asylum. His wife, however, is still missing, and her absence hangs over what should be a joyful celebration. Can the family possibly find comfort and joy without her?

Travel to the beautiful northern edge of the world and join the welcoming community of Mure for a Highland Christmas you'll never forget! And warm up your kitchen with bonus recipes for the Little Beach Street Bakery’s seasonal shortbread, Lanark Blue Scones, and Black Buns

Review
Reading this book feels like sitting under a warm blanket in front of the fire with a cup of cocoa right before Christmas. I get drawn into the feeling of life and relationships in a close knit community on the island. Feels like I am right there, in the dark, the winds from the Arctic and the snow. I get the vivid nature descriptions of Northern Scotland in December, the remoteness and the close community feel.

This story is set around the Seaside Café where owner Flora tries to run a business. She has support of her big family which she is going to need as she accidentally becomes pregnant to her Joel, boyfriend. He has a troubled past as a foster child, no family connections to speak of and is unable to support Flora in the beginning of the story. As the story progresses, Flora and Joel go through a rough patch but their characters develop and mature together.

What sets this story apart is that it has the perspective of a Middle Eastern doctor and his family trying to settle into island life where everybody knows everybody else. It describes how the doctor and his 2 sons deal with war traumas each in their own way. The doctor himself, suffering insecurities and a sense of loss not knowing what has happened to his wife.

An Island Christmas is highly recommended for readers of Jenny Colgan’s other work and for fans of the chick-lit genre in general.
(All opinions in this review are my own).

About The Book (from publishers)
Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion . . . she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas.

Olive braces herself for wedding hell, determined to put on a brave face, but when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, the only people who aren’t affected are Olive and Ethan. Suddenly there’s a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo.

Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui. After all, ten days of bliss is worth having to assume the role of loving newlyweds, right? But the weird thing is . . . Olive doesn’t mind playing pretend. In fact, the more she pretends to be the luckiest woman alive, the more it feels like she might be.

With Christina Lauren’s “uniquely hilarious and touching voice” (Entertainment Weekly), The Unhoneymooners is a romance for anyone who has ever felt unlucky in love.

About The Book (from publishers)
In this game, even winning can be deadly...

Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, her adorable infant son. And, of course, the steadfast and supportive Charlotte. But Amy’s sweet, uncomplicated life begins to unravel when the mysterious and alluring Angelica Roux arrives on her doorstep one book club night.

Sultry and magnetic, Roux beguiles the group with her feral charm. She keeps the wine flowing and lures them into a game of spilling secrets. Everyone thinks it’s naughty, harmless fun. Only Amy knows better. Something wicked has come her way—a she-devil in a pricey red sports car who seems to know the terrible truth about who she is and what she once did.

When they’re alone, Roux tells her that if she doesn’t give her what she asks for, what she deserves, she’s going to make Amy pay for her sins. One way or another.

To protect herself and her family and save the life she’s built, Amy must beat the devil at her own clever game, matching wits with Roux in an escalating war of hidden pasts and unearthed secrets. Amy knows the consequences if she can’t beat Roux. What terrifies her is everything she could lose if she wins.

A diabolically entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love filled with dark twists leavened by Joshilyn Jackson’s trademark humor, Never Have I Ever explores what happens when the transgressions of our past come back with a vengeance.

About The Book (from Amazon)
Photojournalist Ellie Wilding returns to Half Moon Bay two years after her sister, Nina, was killed on assignment in Afghanistan. The town is under threat from development and there's talk that international money laundering and council corruption are behind it.

Life in the bay is becoming dangerous, and Ellie teams up with enigmatic property developer Nicholas Lawson to keep her community safe. She fights to ignore the attraction she feels for him in order to unravel the mystery of Nina's death. Could she have been involved?

Working undercover, Nick expects to find low-level bribery and small-time drug dealing but he discovers a web of dangerous connections stretching halfway around the globe. When things turn brutal, he must tell Ellie the truth about her sister, even though it will shatter her world and the growing bond between them.

As they're pursued from the sleepy mid-northern coast of New South Wales to Sydney Harbour, Ellie and Nick are all too aware of what's at stake. Will all of this be worth it, or will one of them have to pay the shocking price of truth?