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Book review: Min Historie af Michelle Obama
Bog anmeldelse af Michelle Obamas biografi Michelle Obama biografi – Min Historie (eller Becoming Michelle). “Der er stadig meget, jeg ikke ved om USA, om livet, om hvad fremtiden vil bringe. Men jeg kender mig selv. Min far, Fraser, lærte mig at arbejde hårdt, le ofte og holde ord. Min mor, Marian, viste mig, hvordan jeg skulle tænke selvstændigt og bruge min stemme. I vores trange lejlighed i Chicagos South Side hjalp de mig med at se værdien af vores historie, af min historie, af vort lands større historie. Selv når det ikke er kønt eller perfekt. Selv når det er mere virkeligt, end man har lyst til, at det…
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Book review: The Trouble with Perfect
Book review: The Trouble with Perfect Book review of The Trouble with Perfect by Helena Duggan. This is the second book in the middlegrade series about Violet and the town of Perfect. The first book about Violet and this mysterious town, is A Place called Perfect. The Trouble with Perfect “Boy’s not bad – is he? Strange things are happening in the town that used to be Perfect. Things are being stolen… then children start going missing too. And everyone is blaming Violet’s best friend, Boy. To find out what’s going on, Violet must uncover secrets from the past and battle a gruesome zombie monster. Town is in trouble –…
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Book review: Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott
Book review of Wyntertide This is a book review of Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott. Wyntertide is the second book in the series about Rotherweird, a small, secret town in England with lots of secrets. It’s been a while since I picked up Rotherweird, but now I’ve finally got my hands on Wyntertide and it’s time for the verdict! Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott “For four hundred years, the town of Rotherweird has stood alone, made independent from the rest of England to protect a deadly secret. But someone is playing a very long game. An intricate plot, centuries in the making, is on the move. Everything points to one objective – the…
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Book review of Sherlock’s sisters
Book review of Sherlock’s sisters This book review of Sherlock’s Sisters will be highly influenced by my own taste of course. Like any literary fan with respect for myself, I appreciate a good mystery. And as a fan of the whole detective with good reasoning skills-narrative, this book had me on sight. Sherlock’s Sisters is a collection of short stories which were either written by and/or feature female detectives. All written in the same era as Sherlock Holmes gained popularity. Sherlock’s sisters by Nick Rennison Sherlock Holmes was the most famous detective to stride through the pages of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, but he was not the only one.…
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Book review: The Cradle of all Worlds
Book review of the Cradle of all Worlds The Cradle of all Worlds by Jeremy Lachlan is a middlegrade/teen fantasy book. It’s the first in the Jane Doe Chronicles about the girl Jane Doe. I honestly picked up this book because I liked the cover (again) and the title seemed enticing. I mean, show me a fantasy-reader who doesn’t appreciate a good portal-story, right? Furthermore, the description on the back sealed the deal for me. I just had to have it. The Cradle of all Worlds “We enter the Manor at will, We enter the Manor unarmed We enter the Manor alone. Fourteen years ago, Jane Doe and her father…
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Book review: Tin by Pádraig Kenny
Book review of Tin by Pádraig Kenny Tin by Pádraig Kenny is a middlegrade sci-fi book, about a boy and his robot friends. The book is published by Chicken House. I instantly fell for the artwork on the cover, and the description on the back. Tin by Pádraig Kenny “Orphan Christopher works for Mr Absalom, an engineer of mechanical children. He’s happy being the only “real” boy among his scrap-metal buddies made from bits and bobs – until an accident reveals an awful truth. What follows is a remarkable adventure as the friends set out to discover who and what they are, and even what it means to be human.”…
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Book review: Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Book review of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf is considered a classic by many. It’s also one of the books on the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge list. Finishing that is one of my long term reading goals. Mrs Dalloway and her flowers All it says on the back of my edition of the book is “Still, life had a way of adding day to day.” Which is actually super fitting for the book. I remember watching the movie based on the book, “The Hours” with Meryl Streep. It begins by Mrs Dalloway saying “I’ll do the flowers myself”. Just as the book. But from there,…
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Book review: Aorta af Katarina Lewkovitch
Aorta af Katarina Lewkovitch Aorta af Katarina Lewkovitch er en digtsamling fra forlaget Anarki, og Lewkovitchs tredje udgivelse. Det er en ganske lille digtsamling, med sammenhængskraft fra hjertet og mere specifikt hovedpulsåren (aorta). Jeg har modtaget et anmeldereksemplar af forlaget Anarki. Aorta – digtsamling Denne lille digtsamling er for det første smukt og gennemført lavet som bog. Det er en lille paperback i mørk grå, med sort tekst og en pulserende rød hovedpulsåre på forsiden. De første sider er mørkerøde og så mere dybrøde. Nøjagtig ligesom blod i forskellige nuancer. Det er altså ret gennemtænkt. Derudover er der faktisk ikke ret meget af det klassiske fyld i bogen. Vi hopper…
