Category Archives: 2010 global reading challenge

>Sarah Andrews, In Cold Pursuit (2007)

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This American geologist writes about a detective who is also a geologist. The novel is the eleventh in the Em Hansen series (though she only plays a minor role in the story). To be honest, I only bought this … Continue reading →

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>2010 Global Reading Challenge – finished

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> The other day I finished my fourth and last 2010 challenge. Africa: Yaba Badoe, True Murder, Ghana Malla Nunn, A Beautiful Place to Die, South Africa Asia: Colin Cotterill, The Coroner´s Lunch, Laos Matt B Rees, The Bethlehem Murders, Israel Australasia: Paul … Continue reading →

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>Two Sentence Tuesday # 3

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>As the whole family has been afflicted by sore throats, I haven´t been as productive over the weekend as I hoped. I did write more than two sentences, however, so here is a titbit for you: She found three old … Continue reading →

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>Malla Nunn, A Beautiful Place to Die (2009)

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This debut is written by an Astralian author, born in South Africa. The setting is South Africa of the 1950s, a country marred by rigid race laws and strict hierarchies, making police work an intricate act of balance. The … Continue reading →

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>Mario Vargas Llosa, Who Killed Palomino Molero? (1987)

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> As I mentioned in my quotation Sunday, this crime story takes place in Peru of the 1950s. Not a peaceful and cosy environment, but if you get through the first page, you´ll have survived the worst bit. The young … Continue reading →

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>Going Global

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> All the ambitious blog friends around me keep reminding me that I have a Global Reading Challenge to finish. I have read & reviewed eleven out of fourteen books, and I brought two with me to our cottage. So … Continue reading →

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>Yaba Badoe, True Murder (2009)

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This thriller is a debut from Ghana The narrator of this rather unusual story is eleven-year-old Ajuba from Ghana who has been dumped at a boarding school in Devon. Her father did not feel he could take care of … Continue reading →

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>Colin Cotterill, The Coroner´s Lunch (2004)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> This novel, written by a British writer who lives in Thailand, is set in Laos, and it is the first in the series about Dr Siri Paiboun. The book gives a strong sense of Communist Laos in 1976 and … Continue reading →

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>Leighton Gage, Blood of the Wicked (2007)

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>This Brazilian crime novel is the first in the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series. Already from the first page I enjoyed the language and setting of this one. We are in Brazil, in the town Cascatas do Pontal, where bishop … Continue reading →

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>The Global Reading Challenge

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>I have just checked the 2010 Global Reading Challenge blog, and will you believe it, we are 100 participants now! When I came up with the challenge in December, I would have been happy with ten or twenty participants, especially … Continue reading →

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