Pride and Prejudice er også min yndlingsbog. Andre bøger jeg kan lide er Verden ifølge afstå, The Help, Vilde Svaner, konkyliesamlerne og Mit liv som Geisha.
Jeg var til gengæld ikke særlig vild med den der drageløberen.
Gode, men ikke-deprimerende bøger
Re: Gode, men ikke-deprimerende bøger
Stort set alle af Nevil Shute, men jeg vil gerne fremhæve "Drømmen om Hekja"
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If it is not yours, dont take it
If it is not right, dont do it.
If it is not true, dont say it.
If you dont know, shut up
(Japanese Wisdom)
If it is not right, dont do it.
If it is not true, dont say it.
If you dont know, shut up
(Japanese Wisdom)
Re: Gode, men ikke-deprimerende bøger
Ata skrev:Har du læst Middlemarch?
Gud, jeg forveksler ALTID denne med "Middlesex" af Jeffrey Eugenides, som jeg HAR læst (og elskede).
Men nej - MiddleMARCH har jeg faktisk ikke læst, menmen, se dog, hvad der står og gemmer sig så fint i reolen, sammen med den resterende samling af tålmodige klassikere!
Du har ikke de nødvendige tilladelser til at se vedhæftede filer i dette indlæg.
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Re: Gode, men ikke-deprimerende bøger
Jeg mener, at alle dem herunder er det du efterspørger - men nogle af dem har jeg læst for lang tid siden.
Meget af det jeg finder godt/sjovt er mørk humor ala My Year of Rest and Relaxation af Ottessa Moshfegh, men det har jeg prøvet at frasortere her. Jeg har også prøvet at frasortere familiedramaer der spænder generationer, hvor der jo tit også er lidt deprimerende årtier. Jeg har prøvet at holde mig til det lette, uden at gå helt Shopaholic.
Alt hvad de her har skrevet: David Sedaris, Carrie Fischer og Nora Ephron. Det er de allerbedste til at skrive med humor og så skriver de fantastisk.
Folk med angst af Fredrik Backman
Folk med angst er en roman om et gidseldrama, der stikker af og når uden for rækkevidde af al sund fornuft. Gidseltagningen finder sted under et åbent hus-arrangement, hvor en mislykket bankrøver låser sig inde sammen med en overentusiastisk ejendomsmægler, to bitre IKEA-afhængige, en gravid, en selvmorderisk multimillionær og en irriterende kanin. Det ender med, at gidseltageren giver op og sætter alle fri, men da politiet stormer lejligheden, er den … tom.
The Rosie Project af Graeme Simsion
Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock.
Queenie af Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…
Daisy Jones & The Six af Taylor Jenkins Reid
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous break up.
Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the real reason why they split at the absolute height of their popularity…until now.
Such a Fun Age af Kiley Reid
When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know - about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.
Less af Andrew Sean Greer
Arthur Less is a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the post: it is from an ex-boyfriend of nine years who is engaged to someone else. Arthur can't say yes - it would be too awkward; he can't say no - it would look like defeat. So, he begins to accept the invitations on his desk to half-baked literary events around the world.
City of Girls af Elizabeth Gilbert
New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play - that's what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it's ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning.
City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires: a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship - and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong.
Where’d You Go, Bernadette af Maria Semple
Bernadette Fox is notorious.
To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she's his hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled wife.
To fellow mothers at the school gate, she's a menace.
To design experts, she's a revolutionary architect.
And to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, quite simply, mum.
Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee must take a trip to the end of the earth to find her.
Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu af Yi_Shun Lai
Marty Wu, compulsive reader of advice manuals, would love to come across as a poised young advertising professional. Instead she trips over her own feet and blurts out inappropriate comments. The bulk of her brain matter, she decides, consists of gerbils "spinning madly in alternating directions."
At the End of the Matinee af Keiichirō Hirano
Classical guitarist Satoshi Makino has toured the world and is at the height of his career when he first lays eyes on journalist Yoko Komine. Their bond forms instantly.
Upon their first meeting, after Makino’s concert in Tokyo, they begin a conversation that will go on for years, with long spells of silence broken by powerful moments of connection.
Andre:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day af Winifred Watson
The Princess Bride af William Goldman
The Importance of Being Earnest af Oscar Wilde
Meget af det jeg finder godt/sjovt er mørk humor ala My Year of Rest and Relaxation af Ottessa Moshfegh, men det har jeg prøvet at frasortere her. Jeg har også prøvet at frasortere familiedramaer der spænder generationer, hvor der jo tit også er lidt deprimerende årtier. Jeg har prøvet at holde mig til det lette, uden at gå helt Shopaholic.
Alt hvad de her har skrevet: David Sedaris, Carrie Fischer og Nora Ephron. Det er de allerbedste til at skrive med humor og så skriver de fantastisk.
Folk med angst af Fredrik Backman
Folk med angst er en roman om et gidseldrama, der stikker af og når uden for rækkevidde af al sund fornuft. Gidseltagningen finder sted under et åbent hus-arrangement, hvor en mislykket bankrøver låser sig inde sammen med en overentusiastisk ejendomsmægler, to bitre IKEA-afhængige, en gravid, en selvmorderisk multimillionær og en irriterende kanin. Det ender med, at gidseltageren giver op og sætter alle fri, men da politiet stormer lejligheden, er den … tom.
The Rosie Project af Graeme Simsion
Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock.
Queenie af Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…
Daisy Jones & The Six af Taylor Jenkins Reid
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous break up.
Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the real reason why they split at the absolute height of their popularity…until now.
Such a Fun Age af Kiley Reid
When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right.
But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know - about themselves, each other, and the messy dynamics of privilege.
Less af Andrew Sean Greer
Arthur Less is a failed novelist about to turn fifty. A wedding invitation arrives in the post: it is from an ex-boyfriend of nine years who is engaged to someone else. Arthur can't say yes - it would be too awkward; he can't say no - it would look like defeat. So, he begins to accept the invitations on his desk to half-baked literary events around the world.
City of Girls af Elizabeth Gilbert
New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play - that's what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world may feel like it's ending, but for Vivian and Celia, life is just beginning.
City of Girls is about daring to break conventions and follow your desires: a celebration of glamour, resilience, growing up, and the joys of female friendship - and about the freedom that comes from finding a place you truly belong.
Where’d You Go, Bernadette af Maria Semple
Bernadette Fox is notorious.
To Elgie Branch, a Microsoft wunderkind, she's his hilarious, volatile, talented, troubled wife.
To fellow mothers at the school gate, she's a menace.
To design experts, she's a revolutionary architect.
And to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, quite simply, mum.
Then Bernadette disappears. And Bee must take a trip to the end of the earth to find her.
Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu af Yi_Shun Lai
Marty Wu, compulsive reader of advice manuals, would love to come across as a poised young advertising professional. Instead she trips over her own feet and blurts out inappropriate comments. The bulk of her brain matter, she decides, consists of gerbils "spinning madly in alternating directions."
At the End of the Matinee af Keiichirō Hirano
Classical guitarist Satoshi Makino has toured the world and is at the height of his career when he first lays eyes on journalist Yoko Komine. Their bond forms instantly.
Upon their first meeting, after Makino’s concert in Tokyo, they begin a conversation that will go on for years, with long spells of silence broken by powerful moments of connection.
Andre:
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day af Winifred Watson
The Princess Bride af William Goldman
The Importance of Being Earnest af Oscar Wilde
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