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Book review: Men without Women by Haruki Murakami
Men without women by Haruki Murakami The collection of short stories titled “Men without women” by Haruki Murakami, consist of 7 short tellings of love, loneliness and losing. Centered around men and their perceptions of women. Summary “Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are lovesick doctors, students, ex-boyfriends, actors, bartenders, and even Kafka’s Gregor Samsa, brought together to tell stories that speak to us all” This summary is borrowed from www.harukimurakami.com Reading Murakami So, if you’ve followed my blog for a while, you might know already that I am a…
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Bog anmeldelse: Den Lille Projekthåndbog – til unge kulturskabere
Bog anmeldelse af Den Lille Projekthåndbog – til unge kulturskabere Den Lille Projekthåndbog til unge kulturskabere fik jeg gennem Tænketanken for Ungekultur ved Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen. Vi er en gruppe unge, der er med til at fremhæve nogle af de bemærkelsesværdige initiativer for, med og af unge kulturskabere og -brugere i Danmark, på politisk plan. Det er en skøn gruppe unge, med forskellige baggrunde, fra hele landet, og super inspirerende selskab at være i. Et af vores mål er, at gøre det mere overskueligt og tilgængeligt for unge at komme ud over rampen med deres egne kulturevents. Om den lille projekthåndbog – til unge kulturskabere Den Lille Projekthåndbog – til ungekulturskabere…
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Book review: Josie and the Pussycats – volume 1
Book review of Josie and the Pussycats comic volume 1 This is a book review of the graphic novel/comic “Josie and the Pussycats – volume one” by creators Marguerite Bennett, Cameron Deordio & Audrey Mok. This comic is as fresh as the Archie comic I reviewed earlier on the blog. Summary of the comic “Grab your cat tails and kitty ears – Josie and the pussycats are back! In this hard-rockin’, hard-to-put-down graphic novel, Josie gets the band together to help her climb to the top of the music world. But rock ‘n’ roll fame isn’t a formula – it takes hard work and killer tunes. Can the girls get…
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Book review: Archie comic volume 1
Book review of Archie comic volume 1 This is a book review of an Archie comic book/graphic novel by creators Mark Waid, Fiona Staples, Annie Wu and Veronica Fish. This Archie comic takes its cue from the aesthetics and look of the new Riverdale tv series, while keeping to the original Archie comics. Summary of the comic “Welcome to the new Riverdale! America’s favorite teenager, Archie Andrews, is reborn in the pages of this must-have graphic novel collecting the first six issues of the comic book series that everyone is talking about. Meet Riverdale High teen Archie, his oddball, food-loving best friend Jughead, girl-next-door Betty and well-to-do snob Veronica Lodge…
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Bog anmeldelse: Kvinde kend dit netværk
Bog anmeldelse af Kvinde kend dit netværk Det er faktisk allerede længe siden jeg læste Kvinde kend dit netværk af Katja Iversen. Men jeg har allerede anbefalet den til en del (ikke kun kvinder) i min faglige omgangskreds. Nu skal du høre hvorfor. Kvinde kend dit netværk af Katja Iversen “Netværk er et håndværk. Det kræver en del øvelse tilsat lidt nysgerrighed og et drys mod til at overskride egne grænser. Bliver du nervøs undervejs? Sikkert. Er det stadig indsatsen værd? Ja! Du ved det godt: Vi får bedre ideer, når længere og udretter mere, hvis vi arbejder sammen med andre. Vi har brug for nyt input for at tænke…
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Book review: To be taught if fortunate
Book review of To be taught if fortunate To be taught if fortunate is a short sci-fi novel by Becky Chambers. I found it via looking through my friends reads on Goodreads, and it looked enticing. Technically, it is categorized as a space opera. Whatever that means. (A quick online search tells me; “a novel, film, or television programme set in outer space, typically of a simplistic and melodramatic nature” – which doesn’t really say anything) To be taught if fortunate by Becky Chambers “In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves. At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make…
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Book review: This is how you lose the Time War
Book review of This is how you lose the Time War This is my book review of the sci-fi novel This is how you lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. I ordered this book online after seeing it mentioned in a booktube video. (However, I cannot remember which video). This is how you lose the Time War “Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Red and Blue, two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions, strike up an unlikely correspondence. But what started as a taunt, a battlefield…
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Bog anmeldelse: Heksens Storm
Bog anmeldelse af Heksens Storm Heksens Storm af Lene Krog er andet bind i fantasy serien Pigen fra Månehøjen. Jeg har modtaget bogen som et anmeldereksemplar af forlaget Ulven og Uglen. Heksens Storm – Pigen fra Månehøjen 2 “Tanken om hævn var altid en tro følgesvend. Og i dag var tanken insisterende. Den ville føres ud i livet, og det skulle være lige nu. Vidar Baltzer er overvundet, men Caris Bellis er ikke. Hendes fortsatte søgen efter den ønskede marling trækker et spor af ødelæggelse efter sig, godt hjulpet på vej af udøde og sorte ånder. Men Merian vil finde marlingen først, og hun håber, at Caris’ død kan hæve…
