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Books
Susanne Clod Pedersen: Arnulf
Reporting back as instructed. Well. The writing is quite good. The author knows her kennings. There's even a couple of original viking style poems in here. And I do like her descriptions of Viking age Denmark and Norway. The plot is - could be better. Pretty straightforward, actually. Angry teen rebels against everybody and runs off with his brother's rape victim's brother to go viking after having killed his other brother over a girl. Expect lots of fight scenes and a main character that isn't really particularly likable, even in his own eyes a lot of the time, but hey, he's a teen - he does seem to be growing as a person toward the end. And I can see why this book got republished with the sequel in one volume - it feels very short and like an opening more than a complete work. And while I'm not exactly wow'ed by this book, the writing in itself is good enough that I'll give the sequel a read too. Just for the hell of it.
Umberto Eco: Numero zero
I wonder if he's forgotten how to write novels that aren't about conspiracy theories...
Deborah Harkness: A Discovery of Witches
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Præstens sorte slør og andre fortællinger
Henrik Marstal: Breve fra en kønsforræder
John Kenn Mortensen: De utilpassede
I should have just stuck with his post-it monsters...
Vide verden: Istanbul
I'm getting preemptively upset I can't possibly find time for all the stuff. Also, I now want to read Hans Christian Andersen's travel books...
Kurt Vonnegut: Bluebeard
Comics
J.P. Ahonen: Perkeros
Charles Burns: The Hive
Patrick Cothias: Les Sanguinaires: Fredegonde
Patrick Cothias: Les Sanguinaires: Le Grand Partage
Robert Kirkman: The Walking Dead 23.: Whispers Into Screams
Steffen Kverneland: Munch
Mike Mignola: Hellboy: The Midnight Circus
Anne-Caroline Pandolfo: Mine
Anne-Caroline Pandolfo: Le Roi des Scarabées
Riad Sattouf: L'Arabe du Futur
Why the fuck does the mother stay? Why are her alarm bells not ringing???
Christian Skovgaard: Brudstykker
Total number of books and comics read this month: 19
Currently reading: Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang and The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
Total number of books and comics read this year: 118
Susanne Clod Pedersen: Arnulf
Reporting back as instructed. Well. The writing is quite good. The author knows her kennings. There's even a couple of original viking style poems in here. And I do like her descriptions of Viking age Denmark and Norway. The plot is - could be better. Pretty straightforward, actually. Angry teen rebels against everybody and runs off with his brother's rape victim's brother to go viking after having killed his other brother over a girl. Expect lots of fight scenes and a main character that isn't really particularly likable, even in his own eyes a lot of the time, but hey, he's a teen - he does seem to be growing as a person toward the end. And I can see why this book got republished with the sequel in one volume - it feels very short and like an opening more than a complete work. And while I'm not exactly wow'ed by this book, the writing in itself is good enough that I'll give the sequel a read too. Just for the hell of it.
Umberto Eco: Numero zero
I wonder if he's forgotten how to write novels that aren't about conspiracy theories...
Deborah Harkness: A Discovery of Witches
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Præstens sorte slør og andre fortællinger
Henrik Marstal: Breve fra en kønsforræder
John Kenn Mortensen: De utilpassede
I should have just stuck with his post-it monsters...
Vide verden: Istanbul
I'm getting preemptively upset I can't possibly find time for all the stuff. Also, I now want to read Hans Christian Andersen's travel books...
Kurt Vonnegut: Bluebeard
Comics
J.P. Ahonen: Perkeros
Charles Burns: The Hive
Patrick Cothias: Les Sanguinaires: Fredegonde
Patrick Cothias: Les Sanguinaires: Le Grand Partage
Robert Kirkman: The Walking Dead 23.: Whispers Into Screams
Steffen Kverneland: Munch
Mike Mignola: Hellboy: The Midnight Circus
Anne-Caroline Pandolfo: Mine
Anne-Caroline Pandolfo: Le Roi des Scarabées
Riad Sattouf: L'Arabe du Futur
Why the fuck does the mother stay? Why are her alarm bells not ringing???
Christian Skovgaard: Brudstykker
Total number of books and comics read this month: 19
Currently reading: Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang and The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
Total number of books and comics read this year: 118
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