The Smell of Ink/Lukten av Trykksverte

It's Friday yet again, which means it's perhaps time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of  Book Nook Bits  and  Dinipanda Reads , and today's topic is reading slump versus bookish hangover. Here's the further prompts for today's discussion. What’s the difference between a reading slump and bookish hangover? How do you get out of both situations? What are examples of books that put you in a reading slump and books that caused you to have a book hangover? For more information, Book Riot has some really interesting articles about using neuroscience to understand reading slumps and the psychology of a book hangover . For me, the difference between a reading slump anda bookish hangover is that when it comes to a reading slump, I can't get myself to read no matter what, but when it comes to a bookish hangover, I might have read a book that's soo good, I need time to process it a bit before starting to read a new book or I've read so many books...

It's Tuesday again, which means it's time for another Top Ten Tuesday post courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl . As it was a "genre freebie" theme this week, I decided writing a list of horror and paranormal fiction for middle grade and young adult readers, as I know there's younger readers out there who enjoy reading spooky books. Here's my ten picks. Small Spaces by Katherine Arden Description from Goodreads New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn't think—she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her,...

Last month, I read Tender Is The Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica, but I wanted to post my review now as August is Women In Translation Month . Description from Goodreads Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved...

It's Friday, which means it's perhaps time for another Let's Talk Bookish post courtesy of  Book Nook Bits  and  Dinipanda Reads , and today's topic is multiple copies of books. Here's the further prompts for today's discussion. Do you have multiple copies of any books? What makes you want to get more than one copy of a certain book? What books do you have multiple copies of? Are there any books that you want to get more copies of in the future? There's a handful of books I got multiple copies of, mostly because it's either one of my favourite books, I accidentally purchased another copy, or I've got it in several languages. For instance, I've got multiple copies of Bram Stoker's Dracula as it's one of my favourites and there's so many beautiful editions of it. I might purchase multiple editions of other books in the future, but it's not like it's a must.

It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another Top Ten Tuesday post courtesy of  That Artsy Reader Girl  and today's topic is beach reads. That said, as I mainly focus on spooky reads, I've tried finding some that could potentially work as a beach read for us with a weak spot for horror and paranormal. Here's my ten picks. The Deep by Alma Katsu Description from Goodreads Someone, or something, is haunting the Titanic. This is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the passengers of the ship from the moment they set mysterious disappearances, sudden deaths. Now suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone during the four days of the liner's illustrious maiden voyage, a number of the passengers - including millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, the maid Annie Hebbley and Mark Fletcher - are convinced that something sinister is going on... And then, as the world knows, disaster strikes. Years later and the world is ...

Tidligere i år leste jeg boka Post Mortem: med begravelsesagenten på åstedet av Tor-Håkon Gabriel Håvardsen og i dag kommer omtalen av boka. Beskrivelse fra forlaget Alt du (ikke) vil vite om døden - rått, ærlig og undersøkende fra landets mest profilerte begravelsesagent. Tor-Håkon Gabriel Håvardsen har hentet tusenvis av døde mennesker og fulgt dem trygt til sitt siste hvilested. Som begravelsesagent har han sett det meste, også mistenkelige dødsfall som av mangel på kunnskap og ressurser er blitt kategorisert som naturlige. Kanskje går det mang en drapsmann løs der ute? I denne boken gir Håvardsen svar på alt vi lurer på etter å ha sett eller lest en true crime. Det spares ikke på makabre detaljer når han tar oss med ut til blodige åsteder, til rettsmedisinerens bord, inn i krematorieovnen og ned i den mystiske graven. Underveis går han bak kulissene i jobben med døden som arbeidsgiver, følger en kropp fra rigor mortis til forråtnelsen har gjort sitt, og deler betraktninger om døds...