I finished reading the The Testing trilogy. It was recommended by do1you9love? 's daughter. (Thanks do1you9love? 's daughter!) I really like these YA dystopian stories and The Testing is one of the best 
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Yeay! She'll be so pleased! She's in the middle of the second book now and doing some school paper thing on it, so I'm stuck waiting until she's done. D'oh!I finished reading the The Testing trilogy. It was recommended by do1you9love? 's daughter. (Thanks do1you9love? 's daughter!) I really like these YA dystopian stories and The Testing is one of the best
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
The old one
Did you ever try the Fever Devlin series I recommended? The author is Philip DePoy. They are not cozy mysteries or romance, don't worry. Maybe you can find the first one, The Devil's Hearth, at your library.I finished reading the The Testing trilogy. It was recommended by do1you9love? 's daughter. (Thanks do1you9love? 's daughter!) I really like these YA dystopian stories and The Testing is one of the best
Have actually not read him..... Know of him though. His most well known is probably A man Called Ove which was richly praised. Beartown (Björnstad in swedish) has, i heard, a more serious note. Smalltown in northern sweden where the towns team (a hockeyteam) means everything. Go for it i say. And then tell me what you think!!
Will do. Thanks, my friend!
Recently finished Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and Eddy Deco's Last Caper by Gahan Wilson
Currently reading The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell
Currently reading The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell
including the Trojan war? Or just how he and his brother were thrown out by their uncle and later came back and became Mykenes King. Does it go to his death and his chldrens actions upon it too? Lot of material to dig from there. Sounds interesting....
It was interesting. Toibin touched on the Trojan War, but mixed up or made up most of the story after Iphigenia. He makes a good case for Clytemnestra being the actual murderer of Agamemnon! Orestes is younger than Homer reports (13 yrs old-8 when Iphigenia dies). Electra and Orestes end up being less than friendly, certainly not cohorts. Toibin is a good writer--his story is very exciting and thought provoking.
A Man Called Ove was okay. Nothing world beating, but okay. Pleasant.
You are probably right. That is the impression i got from reading reviews. Although he was called a new voice in swedish literature or something like it.
Thanks for reminding me
I think the first time I checked Amazon, the first book in the series wasn't on kindle but it is now 
Just finished The Goldfinch. My heart.
The story was awesome, the ending memorable.
Cool. Let me know if you get around to it and if it rings your bell.Thanks for reminding me
Finished Origin over the weekend and started Pet Sematary.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Still working my way through Bag of Bones on a reread. Just discovered that I now need 2.0 strength reading glasses rather than 1.5. I think the first time I read it, I took out the large print copy from the library.
Since last i finished After The Funeral, Cards On the Table, Death On The Nile, Halloween Party and Mrs McGinty's Dead. Am starting Murder is Easy. The reason for all this is that i came over a collection of Christie books in english in very good condition so i'm putting them in my bookshelf instead of the swedish editions i had earlier. Reading them for the first time in english. Interesting. Some doesn't lose anything in the translation really while others do. Different authors are more or less easy to translate i think. Christie is probably one of the easier ones. She isn't as stylish as Sayers or as fond of wordjokes as Wodehouse (who is almost impossible to translate without losing a lot of the jokes). But a translation is always a difficult task.