Books

[mothwing]

The 50 book challenge was fun, all in all, and I think I am going to take part again next year. It's fun, effort free and a great way of keeping track of what I've read, which is interesting to see. Also a good way of checking up titles which escape me.

Books between challenges

54.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon.
Great book. I am not sure how accurate the description of the autistic perception is, but I completely loved this book. Reading about the way Christopher perceives the world is absolutely fascinating.

53.

Suicidal Behaviour in Europe. Schmidtke (ed.) et. al.
Interesting read I still need to finish parts of.

52.

Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney.
The far-famed translation with the "So." beginning. It is beautifully done, although I think that I favour the older verse translation. The older language has a ring to it that Heaney's doesn't always have.

51.

Elling by Simon Bent, based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjornsen.
Genius. Pure genius. I usually don't like reading plays, but this one was really entertaining. SO funny! The situations! Really a great read. I'll have to check if I can't get hold of a recording of a performance.