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Book review: Små mennesker store drømme – David Bowie
Små mennesker, store drømme – David Bowie *This book review will be in Danish since I received the Danish version Jeg modtog et anmeldereksemplar af “Små mennesker, store drømme – David Bowie” fra Forlaget Albert mod en ærlig anmeldelse af værket. Lille David Bowie Serien om “små mennesker, store drømme” handler om personer, der har gjort indtryk i verdenshistorien, set fra et børneperspektiv. Det er bøger, der introducerer disse kendte personligheder som børn med store drømme. Illustrerede bøger om store navne og historien bag dem. Fortællingen om David Bowie er skrevet af Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, på dansk ved Luna Svane Rodríguez og illustreret af Ana Albero. Her følger vi…
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Book review: The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco
Book review of The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco This is actually a review of the script for a play. The play is a part of my reading challenge, where I read a play a week. My goal is to read 52 plays in a year and you can follow my progress right here and maybe even start your own! Find plays by Ionesco right here on Amazon [affiliate links] The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco The Lesson is a short play by Eugene Ionesco. It was a quick read and somewhat entertaining. Basically, there is a professor and his maid, who are expecting a new student. The new student arrives for…
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5 different books on love
5 different books on love Here are 5 different books on love just in time for Valentines Day! Whether you like the day or not, I find that books are always a good idea. I’ve collected some of my earlier book reviews for this list, to represent different views on love. (One of them is in Danish). They are different genres and the themes and writing styles are also quite different, so hopefully you’ll find at least one of them interesting. You can read the full reviews by following the links in the book titles. I’ve tried to relate each of them to something with a similar theme or feel,…
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Book review: There Are Girls Like Lions
Book review of There Are Girls Like Lions from Chronicle Books, with a foreword by Cole Swensen. A collection of poems about being a woman, by several authors. Book review of There Are Girls Like Lions Description Borrowed from the back of the book: “For mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, partners and friends, here are 28 stirring poems about the experience of being a woman. Rousing and empowering, with striking illustrations, There Are Girls Like Lions is a celebration of womanhood in all its dimensions, including love, friendship, motherhood, work, aging, and much more.” Verdict As mentioned elsewhere on the blog, I don’t often read poetry. But this book looked cute…
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Book review: The 1000 Year Old Boy
This is my book review of The 1000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford. Book review of The 1000 Year Old Boy Summary Text from the blurp on the back of the book: “There are lots of stories about people who want to live forever. This is not one of those stories. This is a story about someone who wants to stop… Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy – except he’s a thousand years old and can remember the last Viking invasion of England. So when everything Alfie knows and loves is destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a…
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Book review: Do androids dream of electric sheep?
This is my book review of Do Androids Dream of Electrical Sheep by Philip K. Dick. Book review of Do Androids Dream of Electrical Sheep I borrowed the book from a co-worker, who also reviews books (in Danish) in this laidback podcast LæsDen.dk – check them out if you speak Danish! I had confessed that I hadn’t yet read some of the older sci-fi works, so I ended up with this in my hand. Apparently, this is the novel that became Blade Runner, which I had heard of before. Summary of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep This summary is taken from the blurp on the back of the book.…
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Book review: Inkarnation by Pernille L. Stenby
*This book review of Inkarnation will be in Danish since the book is only published in Danish* Jeg modtog et anmeldereksemplar af forfatteren mod en ærlig anmeldelse af værket. Boganmeldelse af Inkarnation af Pernille L. Stenby (Hvis jeg skal bedømme kvantitativt, lander vi på en 4/6 stjerner) Jeg havde set frem til at læse Inkarnation, da jeg havde hørt godt om den fra et par andre bog bloggere. Derudover er det alt for sjældent jeg læser på dansk, så hvorfor ikke. Pernille L. Stenby var så sød at give mig et anmeldereksemplar på Fantasy Festivalen i Esbjerg, så jeg kunne gå i gang med det samme. Du kan læse mere…
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Book review: Kirsten Walther – 2 roller et liv
*This review will be in Danish as I read this book in Danish – for my English reviews, feel free to have a look at my entire collection of reviews right here >> Boganmeldelse af Kirsten Walther – 2 roller. Ét liv Dette er min anmeldelse af bogen om Kirsten Walther, den kendte danske skuespillerinde også kendt som bl.a. Yvonne fra Olsen-banden eller Karla fra Huset på Christianshavn. Autobiografi Denne bog om Kirsten Walther er en autobiografi, skrevet af Anne-Sofie Storm Wesche. Den er skrevet på baggrund af diverse interviews med Kirsten Walther selv, samt andre der har kendt hende. Vi følger Storm Wesche’s gennemgang af Kirstens liv, fra opvæksten…
