Book from your favourite author My favourite author changes every so often, and at the moment i’m a big fan of John Ajvide Lindqvist, the Swedish horror writer. I love his book Little Star because it is gripping, dark, and full of twists!
Posts Tagged ‘John Ajvide Lindqvist’
February Book Challenge – DAY 11
Posted: February 11, 2012 in Books and their issuesTags: Book, February Book Challenge, Horror, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Literature, Little Star
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Book Review: Harbour
Posted: January 10, 2012 in Book ReviewsTags: Book Review, Books, Death, Fiction, Grief, Harbour, Island, John Ajvide Lindqvist, life, Lindqvist, Sea, Sweden
I have just finished reading “Harbour” by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The book blurb reads: “They only stopped watching her for a matter of minutes. On a clear day, Anders took his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, for a walk from his home on the island across the frozen sea to the lighthouse. There was [...]
Book Review: Handling The Undead
Posted: January 2, 2012 in Book ReviewsTags: Book Review, Books, Death, Handling The Undead, Horror, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Kindle, mortality, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Stockholm, Swedish, zombie
I have just finished reading “Handling The Undead” by John Ajvide Lindqvist. In the city of Stockholm, the dead are coming back to life. The novel questions: how to handle the restless Reliving, who just want to come back home? As can be expected, this plot throws up all sorts of issues, from the human [...]
New Year, New Books, New Kindle!
Posted: January 1, 2012 in Books and their issues, Digital Publishing, Digital TechnologyTags: Amazon Kindle, Christmas, E-book, Handling The Undead, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Kindle, Mark Haddon
Happy New Year! Last year one of my resolutions was to keep track of the books i read and review, and to read as many as i could during 2011. On reflection, i managed to read a grand total of 27 books! It’s quite good considering i was busy studying for at least 8 months [...]
My Book Recommendations
Posted: November 17, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: 1984, Amy Jenkins, book recommendations, Books, Bridget Jones' Diary, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, David Eagleman, Dystopia, George Orwell, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In, Little Star, Margaret Atwood, Twilight, Utopia, Utopian and dystopian fiction
I thought i would post a list of books which i would recommend people to read, based on the sort of thing they like! If you like “Bridget Jones’ Diary”, you might like ” Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins. A journalist follows a famous film star and develops feelings for him unexpectedly. If you like [...]
Book Review: Little Star
Posted: October 9, 2011 in Book ReviewsTags: Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Horror, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In, Little Star, Swedish, Translated fiction
Little Star I have just finished reading “Little Star” by John Ajvide Lindqvist, a gripping novel translated from Swedish. Where to begin? Well, it starts off most curiously, with a man finding a baby wrapped in a plastic bag in a forest. She is almost dead but he brings her back to life. Her first [...]
Books to read
Posted: December 15, 2010 in Book Reviews, Books and their issuesTags: Alexander McCall Smith, Audrey Niffenegger, Book Reviews, Books, Elizabeth Kostova, Emma Donoghue, Her Fearful Symmetry, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In
Lately, i’ve had no time at all to do any leisure reading, what between working, studying and being so tired and lazy when i finish those two, i just end up watching tv! On my bedside table is a pile of books waiting to be read, and although i’ve started 2 of them, i just [...]
