Kronprinsessen - Hanne-Vibeke Holst

Title: Kronprinsessen (Crown Princess)
Author: Hanne-Vibeke Holst
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 9/10
# pages: 411
Date read: August, 2008

Summary: She's married, has three kids together with Thomas and is on her way to Uganda as accompanying wife. One evening before Christmas the 35-year-old Charlotte Damgaard receives a call from the prime minister and is offered the title of Denmark's new minister for the environment. Does she even have a choice?

Review: The first book in Hanne-Vibeke Holst's political trilogy. By accident I happened to read the second book first, and still prefer that one, as it's more about the human aspect and less about the political (which - to be honest - doesn't interest me all that much), but this one is also very captivating and it's easy to become interested in the main characters. I'm looking forward to the last part of the trilogy which will be published this autumn.

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Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern

Title: Where Rainbows End
Author: Cecelia Ahern
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 483
Date read: August, 2008

Summary: Where Rainbows End is the amusing story of Alex and Rosie, best friends who grow up together in Ireland and stay close throughout cross-continental moves, marriages, parenthood, family dramas. and professional triumphs. Friends for close to 50 years, the potential for romance between the pair is always under the surface, yet never seems to find the right time or place to become a reality.

Review: A novel written entirely through e-mails, letters and chat logs. It's fairly good, but suffers from two drawbacks. First of all, it's the second book I've read by an author where I LOVED the first, and therefore didn't quite live up to my expectations. Secondly it's one of those books where you get SO frustrated with the two main characters, because they just down settle down and TALK already!

Still, Cecelia is a good writer, and despite the second item being one of my biggest pet peeves in books, she actually managed to make it acceptable to me, because there was so much in the rest of the book, that you didn't just sit around, waiting for the ending to make "everything right". Probably not a book that will end up as one of my favourites, but it was a good way to spend a lazy vacation day.

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