My latest book, the Keith Richards’ autobiography Life. A long life as a rock and roller equals a very thick book. Enjoyed parts of it, other parts…not my cup of tea – to much talk about playing the guitar and such stuff which went way above my head. But it has a food recipe, if that does matter…in fact, I did not bother to finish up the last 30-40 pages…not to often I give up on a book.
My latest book, the story of Mötley Crüe from the early days via their world wide success to their downfall. I expected an endless story of sex, drugs and rock’n roll…and of course it was, but most of all it is a sad story of sex, drugs and rock’n roll. How the enormous amount of girls and dope inflected on their music and friendship. We also get to know their personal life behind the headlines in the newspapers, Vince who drove the car while being drunk and causing the death of his friend, divorces and breakups and such. So not the happy book I did expect, but still a very good book, I would really recommend it!
My latest book, this time not a documentary but a crime fiction, the story takes place at the Swedish island Öland. Easy to read, mixing ghosts, thieves, police and more.
My latest book, recommended by Elin, Ragnar Hovland “1964”. Easy to read, and good entertainment.
The story about the battle of Kursk. Quite interesting book, off course a lot of name of various places and a lot of numbers making it a bit hard to hang in there, but also much focus on how the life of a solider was from day to day. Enjoyed the focus on the differences in leadership between the allied, here represented by the Russians, and the axis. Where the Russians focused on leadership from above, the Germans let soldiers on all levels decide during the battle, making the German army way more effective. They did not have to wait on orders from above when deciding what to do on the battlefield. Such things make the book worth reading, but still, you have to be interested in WW2 to really enjoy the book.
My latest book, Roy Jacobsen “Grenser” (Borders)…story about a man saying he is blind, but is not, about Stalingrad during WW2 and such. Even so, did not like this one, enjoyed Seierherrene and Vidunderbarn much more
My latest book is “Anarchy in Åmot” written by Sturle Brustad.
Good reading I must say, enjoyed the whole book, but must admit that I kinda disliked the ending though, but if I said why it would be a spoiler so no can do. But even so, I would recommend it as well worth spending the time reading it.
If you where to read it, spend some time listening to the music first, it would give you a better time reading the book
Borrowed from my father-in-law, the ones of you with local knowledge to Løken, Aurskog-Høland you will for sure know the name Egil Westreng who has written a self-biography. Interesting reading about the old days at Vestreng.
Needed something to read when heading for Düsseldorf earlier this week, and this time I wanted something that more fiction than facts. Many years ago I read Seierherrene so I knew that he is a good writer. So therefore I did choose Vidunderbarn when at the book store at Gardermoen. Really enjoyable reading, even though the book leaves you with some unanswered questions – “…what did really happen…”. Well worth spending a few hours reading the book.
It has been a while since I’ve had the time to read books now, but when I one day discovered that the thin book Elin have had lying on the kitchen countertop was written by Kristopher Schau I had to read it. I’ve read about the book some time ago, back in 2008 Schau read an article in Aftenposten about funerals where no one shows up to attend it. (Maybe it was this article www.aftenposten.no/../article2787287.ece, but I don’t know). The book is called “På vegne av venner” – On Behalf of Friends. Thin, but a very good book!
