


No 341 The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas, translated by Elizabeth Rokkan for #NordicFINDS23

Looking forward to 2023!
Some spooky short story collections for #ripxvii
A trio of books for the R.I.P challenge!

Announcing A Year With William Trevor for 2023!
No 360 The Auctioneer by Joan Samson
The Auctioneer was a massive hit when it was originally published in 1974. Winning rave reviews from critics and readers, it sold in excess of a million copies, was advertised on television (which was very rare at the time) and was optioned for a movie adaptation. For a debut novel from an unknown writer, it…


Lining up some spooky reads for the RIP Challenge!

My 20 Books of Summer ’22!
No 388 Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist for #NordicFINDS
My first review of the year is also my first review for NordicFINDS, Annabookbel’s month-long celebration of Nordic writing. The Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist, or the ‘Swedish Stephen King’ as he’s lazily known, shot to fame courtesy of the hit movie adaptation of his novel Let the Right One In. That novel was an…

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