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14 hours ago1 min read
Advent Calendar - day 21
Today I have been to St. Pauli church here in Malmö to listen to the Christmas Gospel of Luke, and other related texts, as well as...
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14 hours ago1 min read
Advent Calendar - day 20
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." From Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoj I have had this book on...
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14 hours ago1 min read
Advent Calendar - day 19
"I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them." – Emma Thompson That is true....
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3 days ago2 min read
Advent Calendar - day 18
Today I have been to a second hand shop to buy a few Christmas presents. We, that is, my family, decided to buy second hand Christmas...
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5 days ago2 min read
Advent Calendar - day 17
The Ten Greatest Books Ever Written? Every year various literary connoisseurs publish lists of the best books ever written. Some of them,...
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6 days ago1 min read
Advent Calendar - day 16
My favourite cooking books One of my favourite cooking books is Nigella Express. Nigella Lawson shares her fast recipies in this book. I...
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7 days ago1 min read
Advent Calendar - day 15
Today I am reading a blog post from my blogging friend Jeanie over at The Marmelade Gypsy She and her partner Rick were recently...
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Dec 141 min read
Advent Calendar - day 14
There are some favourite authors where I am thinking of reading all, or, at least most of their works. For now, I am trying to go through...
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Dec 131 min read
Advent Calendar - day 13
Today is the Saint Lucia day, a Swedish tradition leading up to Christmas. Lucia brings warmth and light in the darkness that is...
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Dec 121 min read
Advent Calendar - day 12
I have been to Oslo for a couple of days. Always nice to visit, even in the winter. I did not have time to read anything, and reading has...
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Dec 111 min read
Advent Calendar - day 11
Second hand books I love going to second hand shops. More and more people discover the pleasure of shopping there. It is exciting, since...
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Dec 102 min read
Advent Calendar - day 10
The Nobel Family Today is December 10th, and in Sweden it is the Nobel day - the day this year's laureates will receive their prizes in...
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Dec 92 min read
Advent Calendar - day 9
Christmas reading I am not really a person who reads Christmas novels. I have read, maybe the most famous one, Charles Dickens A...
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thecontentreader
Dec 81 min read
Advent Calendar - box 8
Second of Advent and the day to light the second candle. Here in Sweden it is rather dark this time of the year. December is therefore a...
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Dec 72 min read
Advent Calendar - box 7
In the foot steps of Jo Nesbø Tomorrow, on Sunday, December 8, I am heading towards Oslo for a couple of days. I found a quote from...
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Dec 61 min read
Advent Calendar - box 6
Martin Cruz Smith Today is December 6, and that is also the title of a thriller by Martin Cruz Smith (In England it was published under...
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Dec 52 min read
Advent Calendar - box 5
I went for a walk with a friend this morning. It was fresh, and rather cold, so we went to a café for a coffee. On the way home, I passed...
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Dec 42 min read
Advent Calendar - box 4
Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist and librarian His poetry often explored themes of mortality, loss, and the passage of...
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Dec 33 min read
Advent Calendar - box 3
Franz Kafka: The Master of Alienation Few literary figures have captured our imagination like Kafka. He was born in 1883 in Prague,...
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Dec 22 min read
Advent Calendar - box 2
Behind the cover of box 2 we have - George Saunders. George Saunders is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's...
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