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cmyrland

cmyrland@books.theunseen.city

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Reading mainly in English, sometimes Norwegian. I'm currently working my way though the entire Discworld series chronologically, but to avoid growing tired of them before I finish, I mix in some various other stuff - classics, non-fiction, dystopic novels, and generally whatever I can get my hands on which tickles my "ooh want"-sense at the time.

(Oh, and I moved from @cmyrland@bookwyrm.social, but apparently managed to bork something, so it seems not everything made the jump. No worries though, 2026 is the first year I log my progress regularly in Bookwyrm, so there's not a lot missing)

I also (used to) post about my reading progress over at @cmyrland@pixelfed.social, and my general ramblings about life, the universe and everything is located at @cmyrland@tutoteket.no - though that stuff is mostly in Norwegian..

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started reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #16)

Terry Pratchett: Soul Music (Paperback, 2013, Penguin Random House)

Death goes walk-about and tries everything, including joining the French Foreign Legion, to forget a …

Kjenner jeg har litt lave forventninger til denne, om den er i samme stil som Moving Pictures. Synes ikke disse direkte overføringene fra vår verden til Discworld er så voldsomt interessant. Meeeeen jeg håper jo på å bli positivt overrasket!

(Og dessuten: Begynne på bok nummer 8 for året før mars er omme må jeg si er langt foran skjema, gitt lesemålet på 20 bøker i 2026. Så det er jo absolutt noe å ta med seg!)

#bokheimen #boktut

finished reading Muleum by Erlend Loe

Erlend Loe: Muleum (Norwegian (Bokmål) language, 2008, Cappelen Damm)

Så absolutt en av de bedre Loe-bøkene jeg har lest. Lettlest om et veldig mørkt tema, på Loe sin sedvanlige vittige måte, men likevel på en slik måte at det var spennende helt inn.

Jeg er vel nesten mest skuffet over slutten. (Fjernet ei litta spoiler her)

Men absolutt en god bok, løp og les om du ikke har gjort det enda. (Bare tenk deg om en gang eller to om død og selvmord er vanskelige tema for deg)

#boktut #bokheimen

finished reading Prosten og hans forunderlige tjener by Arto Paasilinna

Arto Paasilinna: Prosten og hans forunderlige tjener (Paperback, Norwegian language, Aschehoug) No rating

Strange, silly and entertaining! Some good laughs along the way. I like the way bizarre events are explained matter-of-factly, like it's no different from getting milk at the store.

Should you read whatever you come across by Arto Paasilinna? Yes. Yes, you should.

#boktut #bokheimen #paasilinna

finished reading Moving Pictures (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (10))

Terry Pratchett: Moving Pictures (Discworld) (Paperback, 2005, Corgi)

Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again. This time, they've discovered how …

Ikke den beste boka i serien, men helt grei underholdning. Jeg tror det merkes at denne ble lest litt ute av takt, ettersom jeg egentlig er kommet til Interesting Times, men ikke fikk tak i Moving Pictures før nå.

Men ikke for det, det var absolutt en del humring underveis her også. Synes bare historien var litt... tynn og urealistisk 🤪

#bokheimen #boktut #discworld

started reading Moving Pictures (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (10))

Terry Pratchett: Moving Pictures (Discworld) (Paperback, 2005, Corgi)

Discworld's pesky alchemists are up to their old tricks again. This time, they've discovered how …

Back to the Discworld!

Fikk endelig bestilt opp en liten bunke med bøker fra The Discworld Emporium igjen, så da har jeg litt å kose meg med.

Kaffe ✅ Bok ✅ Rolig morgen ✅

#boktut #bokheimen

finished reading Odyssey by Stephen Fry (Stephen Fry's retelling of the Greek myths, #4)

Stephen Fry: Odyssey (Paperback, 2025, Penguin books)

After the fall of Troy, wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, sails for home and his …

After having dragged myself through Mythos (all those names, places, origin stories, bits and pieces that lay the foundations of the Greek myths can be quite overwhelming, even in the friendly tones of Stephen Fry) and fought my way through Troy (fate would have it that I wound up reading Troy before Heroes - in retrospect I'd suggest doing it the other way around), I found Heroes and now The Odyssey much easier reads, and Stephen Fry's retelling of The Odyssey was a real page turner. I read another, older version a little under a year ago, and while it wasn't bad, I found it a much harder read than this. I also like how he ends the book, and how he draws the lines between poets like Homer and modern day generative AI, and how he points out the importance of The Odyssey even in modern literature, theatre and …

reviewed På naturens skuldre by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson

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Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson: På naturens skuldre (Paperback, Norwegian language, 2020, Kagge)

Glitrende fortellinger om vårt samspill med naturen

Lestlest og engasjerende

Lettlest, morsom og engasjerende om alle artene som omgir oss globalt og hvilke effekter de har på økosystemene, men peker også på svært alvorlige problemer med menneskets tukling med naturen, tap av artsmangfold og naturtyper.