The Invisible Anxiety: The Joy of Life Is My Therapy- Linnea Løtvedt & Maria Abrahamsen

Norwegian title: Den usynlige angsten: Livsglede er min terapi Hallo guys! I might have found my top read for 2023 already during the first week of the new year! I believe that books of this nature are really important. Linnea is young and she has already been through quite a bit in her life. Like …

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Frida: My Long-lost Grandmother’s War – Nina Grünfeld

Norwegian title: Frida: Min ukjente farmors krig Hello book enthusiasts! It’s a strange thing time. After starting working full time you realize that the day just has 24 hours and that the time luxury you had as a student really was a luxury. This is a known concept to many so I won’t blabber on …

Catching Air – Neda Alaei

Norwegian title: Å fange luft Happy New Year everyone! Have you all had a good Christmas and New Year celebration? We've enjoyed ourselves in my family despite COVID still being an unwished-for visitor. I'm starting my new year by reviewing a book I read last year, in November to be rather precise, and yeah well …

A Life On Our Planet: My Witness Statement and Vision For the Future – Sir. David Attenborough

Hello friends, How are you all doing? It's getting close to Christmas and I'm almost done with all my Christmas presents. I'm one of those people who hates shopping too close to Christmas. I find it to be more stressful than rewarding and I just can't be bothered. I normally begin my Christmas shopping planning …

Angry – Ann Helen Kolsås Ingebrigtsen

Norwegian title: Sinne Happy Sunday friends! January has flown by so incredibly fast! I don't quite understand what happened but I've been listening a lot to the final episodes of the podcast Pottergenerasjonen which is a student podcast about Harry Potter in Norwegian so if you're a Potterhead and speak one of the Scandinavian languages …

Camilla – Without Filter – Camilla Herrem

Good morning guys! Yesterday the Norwegian handball team won the European Championship, and the game was a little too exciting to watch! There were periods where I was barely able to look at the screen because it was so even! Now, I’ve finished a new book, a biography that didn’t quite feel like a biography. …

The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides

Hi guys! I finished this brilliant thriller over the past weekend! It's a recommendation from my bookfriend BookmarkThat and as usual her recommendations are exceptional. You can check her out on https://bookmarkthat.co.uk/ for more! I really enjoyed myself whilst reading this book and I think I might be persuaded to try more thrillers in the …

Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life) – Thomas Erikson

Norwegian title: Omgitt av Idioter Hi guys! Lovely title right? I'm pretty sure you've heard about this book and its author since he has become quite famous since he published this one. It has taken me forever to read this one but I attended a lecture with him on November 3 so that really became …

The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood

Norwegian title: Tjenerinnens beretning Hello everyone! Finally I came around to this book! I recevied The Testament from Aschehoug Publishing House back when it came out so I had to read the first one ASAP the library got it back in, and I have to say, what a reading journey! I believe I did the …

All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr

Hi book friends! I’ve just found a book that’s going on my Goodreads ‘Favourite’ shelf! I only have two books on there from before, so this is quite huge! This is what I will call a true masterpiece! The synopsis is borrowed from Goodreads: Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where …