Category Archives: TBR

Now with book cellar

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Many of you have praised me for my restraint, but look what happened Saturday: I went to a wedding, had a few glasses of white wine, and when my uncle offered me a huge box of delicious crime fiction I … Continue reading →

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From Chaos to Order – of a kind.

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

– now with gaps – I think many of you have noticed that I have struggled hard to get in control of my TBR this summer. Not because I feel guilty when I buy books. I am a writer myself, … Continue reading →

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>CrimeFest 2011

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> You know (or hope) you are participating in a crime fiction conference when you hear someone saying: ´… and then I put the poison in his haemorrhoid cream´ ´you got to kill people somehow´´I do like blowing things up´ … Continue reading →

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>I couldn´t help it

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> I have been really good for two months, but the pictures speak for themselves, don´t they? I ventured into AwesomeBooks and they held me hostage until I had paid ransom! Or something.

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>My Challenges – progress in January and February

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> In a bout of optimism, I joined no less than five challenges for this year, and so far I have done fairly well. If you want to read a review, please select the relevant author among my tags. The … Continue reading →

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>Nyere nordisk

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>[My Nordic TBR + my wish list of untranslated fiction] 2010 blev et år, hvor jeg i stor stil læste britiske og amerikanske krimier. I 2011 vil jeg forsøge at få indhentet nogle af de nordiske serier & forfattere, jeg … Continue reading →

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>November´s Haul

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Just practising uploading pictures on my new macbook. And now that I have succeeded, I should perhaps tell you that these eleven books are my November haul. 4244 intriguing pages, and thanks to two sales that overlapped, I got … Continue reading →

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>See yah

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> Between them, life and work have kept me rather busy lately, but I hope we will have time for a weekend in the cottage in a couple of days. If so, I will probably bring some of these – … Continue reading →

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>What Do You Want

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>I just came home from the local library. They had numerous temptations, but I succeeded in limiting myself to ten crime novels. 1. Knut Faldbakken, Grænsen (Norwegian)2. Jogvan Isaksen, Korsmesse (Faroe Islands) – 2 votes3. Pia Juul, Mordet på Halland … Continue reading →

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