Books on Wajapi tagged as fiction by geir

Ford County: Stories

John Grisham

Notes:

"It's hard to sell a book of short stories. But not if you're John Grisham." Grisham just released his first collection of short stories and of course, they went straight to number 1 on the NY Times bestseller list.

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User: geir
Tagged on: 20 Nov 09
Tags: fiction

Arctic Chill

Arnaldur Indridason

Notes:

I saw this "Reykjavik murder mystery" in Waterstone's yesterday (the UK's biggest bookshop) in a prime location. Maybe this is good news for the krona ...

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Tagged on: 05 Oct 09
Tags: Iceland fiction

The Big Picture

Douglas Kennedy

Notes:

The cover certainly indicates that this book is marketed for women but the content doesn't reflect that (not that, erm, this would be bad). I haven't had such a hard time putting a book down in a long while. Highly recommended.

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User: geir
Tagged on: 04 Oct 09
Tags: fiction

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson

Notes:

Read the first one in Icelandic, got this from Amazon the other day and can't wait to read it.

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User: geir
Tagged on: 30 Aug 09
Tags: fiction

A Year in the Merde

Stephen Clarke

Notes:

Since I'm spending time in Paris, I thought this would give me some insights. Enjoying it so far.

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User: geir
Tagged on: 08 Aug 09
Tags: France fiction

Egil's Saga (Classics)

P. Edwards, H. Palsson, Snorri Sturluson

Notes:

Since I'm staying in Reykholt, where Snorri Sturluson is meant to have written this, I decided to read this old classic. The protagonist is less likable then I remember him.

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Tagged on: 26 Jun 09
Tags: fiction classics