Amsa1959 My 100

so far...

1. Room by Emma Donoghue
2. The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse
3. Purge by Sofi Oksanen
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5. Himmel av Torbjörn Flygt

Looks like a good start to the year! I've heard great things about both Room and The Help.

I half liked Room, and half didn't. But most people loved it, I was in the minority there!

I'm next in line at the library for The Help! That was fast, last I looked I was sixth or something. Yay!

I loved The Help! I feel the same about Room, Wookiebender, half loved/half hated. I will be with you in the minority;)

I agree with you about Room. It was OK but not outstanding or fantastic as most people seem to think. I had expected it to be more suspenseful I think. I also was a bit skeptical (is that the word?) about The Help, but I capitulated as I went along. I really liked it.

I´ve just finished Himmel by Torbjörn Flygt. It was a book club reading - and I did NOT like it.

Nr 6 is The Mist in the Mirror by Susan Hill. An old fashioned ghost story that should be read by the fire one dark cold winter night.

I just read The Small Hand by Hill. It was such an atmospheric story. I'll have to look for The Mist in the Mirror now.

Ooh, I like the idea of old fashioned ghost stories! I'll have to keep my eyes open for The Mist in the Mirror and The Small Hand. And The Turn of the Screw...

Nr 7: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

Nr 8: Misterioso by Arne Dahl

I´ve read The Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child,
The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell and Matrevolutionen by Andreas Eenfeldt. This makes 12 books so far!

12 - Kolka by Bengt Ohlsson
13 - The Likeness by Tana French
14 - Karins broderier Karin Holmberg
15 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - Wonderful!

17- Nytt liv med riktig mat
18- LHCF för kvinnor
19 - Tvåändsstickat
20-Döden på en blek häst av Amanda Hellberg
21- The Woodcutter av Reginald Hill
22- Sister av Rosamund Lupton

23 - The Earth hums in B-flat by Mari Strachan
24 - Yllebroderier

25 - Nordic knits by Martin Storey

26- Vegomyten by Lierre Keith
27- We are amused by Brian Hoey

28- Furioso by Carin Bartosch Edström
29 - So many books so little time by Sara Nelson

Oh, I forgot
30 - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

31- Whispers of the dead by Simon Beckett

32- Sesonal Suicide Notes by Roger Lewis
33 - The House of Lost Souls by F G Cottam

34- Alas Babylon by Pat Frank
35 - Slow death by rubber duck by R Smith

Slow Death by Rubber Duck.

An excellent name, even better with the subtitle: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things.

Did the book live up to its title?

36- Dinosauriens fjädrar by Sissel-Jo Gazan

I haven´t been here for a while due to illness and other worldly matters, but I have read some books.

The Blackhouse by Peter May (4)
Anthem by Ayn Rand (5)
De Största Vatten by Arne Dahl (4)
Den Gömda Skatten by Gerard W Hughes (4)
Europa Blues by Arne Dahl (4)
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (5)
Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford (4)
Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf (4)
Lost River by Stephen Booth (3)
I grunden utan skuld by Viveca Sten (3)
Cirkeln by Mats Strandberg och Sara Bergmark Elfgren (5)
Låt de gamla drömmarna dö by John Ajvide Linqvist (3)
The Ice People by Maggie Gee (3)
Broken Paradise by Cecilia Samartin (3)
Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas (3)

That sums up to 51 read books so far!

Welcome back, and congratulations on reaching halfway!

52 - Inkräktaren by Håkan Östlundh
53 - Earth Abides by George R Stewart

54 - Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh
55- Kvinnan i rummet av Jussi Adler Olsen

56 - Hängivelsen by Elisabeth Hjort
57 - The Tiger Rising by Kate Di Camillo
58 - Wuthering Heigts by Emily Brontë

60- Varför kom du inte före kriget av Lizzie Doron
61- Tjärven av John Ajvide Lindqvist
62- The forest of hands and teeth av Carrie Ryan
63 - En Halv gul Sol av Adichie Chimamanda Ngozie
64- Fienden av Charlie Higson
65- Murder in the Philosophy Departement av Julia March
66- Blackout av Connie Willis
67- Pans Hemlighet av Michael Kratz Krefeld

Slowly getting there....

68- Kråkflickan by Jerker Eriksson
69 - Book of Lies by Mary Horlock
70- Infected by Scott Sigler
71- Hungerelden by Jerker Eriksson

72- The vanishing of Esme Lennox av Maggie O´Farrell (5)
73- Agnes Grey av Anne Brontë (4)
74- Fasanjägarna av Jussi Adler-Olsen (4)

only 26 to go...

75 - Moderspassion av Majgull Axelsson
76 - Berlinerpopplarna av Anna B Ragde

77 - The Gardens of the Dead by William Brodrick

78 - Dödas Kärlek av Björn Runeborg

79 - Still Midnight by Denise Mina

80 - The weight of silence by Heather Gudenkauf

80 - The wishing game by Patrick Redmond

81- Faithful Place by Tana French

82- Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry

Wow, Under the Volcano! That's impressive - what did you think of it?

I didn´t like it. In fact I found it quite boring. I understand that it´s become a classic because of how it´s written but now 2011 it didn´t impress me...

I´ve read
Umberto Eco - The Prague Cemetary I liked i very much!
World war Z by Max Brooks wich I also liked.
Sankta Psyko by Johan Theorin - boring
Att ta ansvar för Gud av Ylva Eggehorn - ok
Ordet är dig nära by Wilfrid Stinissen
Maria i Bibeln i vårt liv by Wilfrid Stinissen
and Göm dig vid bäcken Karmel by Wilfrid Stinissen

That makes 89!

90 - The Twilight Time by Karen Campbell
91 - Himmelsdal by Marie Hermansson

92 - The snow tourist by Johnny English

93 - Svart Himmel av Arnaldur Indridason
94 - Wait for Me - The Dutchess of Devonshire
95- Brobyggarna av Jan Guillou

96 - Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. It´s an easy and interesting novel but much too long.

97- Tolstoy and the Purple chair by Nina Sankovitch
98 - Darlah by Johan Harstad
99 - Tony and Susnab by Austin Wright
100 - Heligt år by Pater Hallsdorf