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Title: De glemte piger (The Forgotten Girls)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 315
Date read: November 2011, October 2014, September 2021

In the woods close to Hvalsø, a forester finds the body of a woman, but who is she? According to the coroners she has been dead for about a day, and a large scar across one side of her face ought to make it easy to identify her. But nobody has reported her missing, nor is she to be found on the police's list of wanted people.

After four days Louise Rick is still at a loss. It isn't until she decides to release a photo to the public that she gets a lead: An older women identifies the woman as Lisemette, whom she took care off many years ago at a center for the retarded.

But when Louise tries to get hold of Lisemette's journal, she is in for a surprise. Because the past turns out to have an unexpected connection to the future, and Louise has to work fast to figure out what happened before it is too late.


Probably the best Louise Rick story since "Kald mig prinsesse" (Call Me Princess). I read it in one sitting, and got to bed far too late yesterday as a result. The book was full of unexpected twists and turns, as well as a more thorough peek into Louise's past. I do wish that past had been hinted at in previous books though - it's a tad too much latent trauma to introduce this late in the series.

As usual I felt the book ended too quickly, so I am glad that I am familiar enough with Sara Blædel's writing that I know that it is very likely the loose ends will be picked up again in book 8.

Title: At Home in Mitford
Author: Jan Karon
Genre: Christian fiction
Rating: 5/5
# pages: 446
Date read: November, 2011

Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's forthright secretary, Emma Garret, worries about her employer, as she sees past his Christian cheerfulness into his aching loneliness. Slowly but surely, the empty places in Father Tim's heart do get filled. First with a gangly stray dog, later with a seemingly stray boy, and finally with the realization that he is stumbling into love with his independent and Christian-wise next-door neighbor.

I was in the mood for a comfort read, and so picked up the first Mitford book for a reread. It's been 8 years since I read this series last, and I had forgotten how amazingly feel-good it is. Visiting Mitford is like visiting a group of old friends whom you haven't seen in years, but whom you know will always welcome you with open arms. I realize that sounds sappy, but the feeling of content I had while reading the book actually surprised me with its intensity.

There's not much of a plot, but that doesn't matter, because all I really want from this book is just to spend time with the characters. Books like this are balm to my soul.

Title: Journal 64
Author: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 462
Date read: November, 2011

Abuse, violence and neglect was the norm on the small isolated island, where Danish women were deported and left to their minders' whims. When Rita Nielsen reached the island for the first time, nobody could know that she would be implicated in a drama that 55 years later would turn out to be Department Q's most complex case.

Carl, Assad and Rose stumble across the case almost by accident, and soon they realize that this is just a small piece of a much larger case, dealing with assault of the worst sort. Assaults that started more than half a century ago, but which turn out still to be going on.

A fascinating story involving racism and bigotry of the worst kind. Carl and Assad are really put to the test, when they meet influential people with opinions that were best suited to Nazi-Germany of the late 1930s and which any decent person should be ashamed to entertain.

The story was fast-paced like all of Jussi Adler-Olsen's novels, and the plot actually a good deal more believable than some of his previous novels. I did get very annoyed at times with Carl's lack of a spine when it came to dealing with Assad and Rose, but loved how he stood up to his soon-to-be-ex-wife.

But though the main plot of this novel got neatly tied up in the end, the eternal questions of Carl's initial murder case, and what on earth Assad was up to before he joined Department Q are still left unanswered, so the series obviously isn't over yet!

The first book in the series has been translated to English, so hopefully the rest will be too - I highly recommend it.

Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Dystopian, ya
Rating: 5/5
# pages: 366
Date read: February 2010, November 2011, August 2019

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.


Absolutely amazing book! I think it's pretty obvious by now, that I simply dystopian novels. Books like "Uglies", "The Giver", "Matched" and now "The Hunger Games" have an undeniable appeal to me. I'd read lots of raving reviews about this, and it did not disappoint. If I hadn't had work today, I would have stayed up all night to finish it.

The entire idea of Hunger Games is appalling and sickening! I hope later books focus on some way of overthrowing the Capitol to get rid of that practice. It does really show what man will do to man if given enough motivation - or even if they think they're given enough motivation. I'm reminded of the movie "The running Man" (haven't read the book yet, though it's on my list) and am wondering if the similarities are deliberate or not.

I loved Rue. She was really sweet, and it was a relief that not every other tribute was nasty, evil and/or conniving.

The mutts shocked me. I had not seen that coming, and think that's probably the one trick played by the Capitol that disgusted me the most.