Reading ´Turkish butterflies´ (Turkse vlinders), a Dutch novel about a love that didn´t last but also gives lots of inside information.

I am reading Pullman´s trilogy-His Dark Materials:Nortern Lights,The Subtle Knife and The Amber Telescope..Cool books-science fiction and a lil epic like Tolkien´s (though i admite NO ONE can reach Tolkien´s maestri)..It´s like fairy tails for grown ups!!!

Just read the "Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" back to back.  What brilliant books to read, albeit with tears in my eyes, especially the Kite Runner, which I found the far more emotional book.  I think the Thousand Splendid Suns is a little more predictable which takes the sting out of the emotional bits.

Now in search of something new to read.

 I found it opposite: A Thousand Spledid Suns ´did´ more to me emotionally.

You could try books of Kader Abdolah, an Iranian refugee who writes now in Dutch (but some books are translated in English). His latest is called ´The Koran, a translation´ and ´The Messenger - about prophet Muhammed´s life´. I have read several books of this author and I like them very much.

I just finished reading "Feminist Theory: from margin to center" by Bell Hooks. I highly recommend this book and especially the author, Bell Hooks is one of my most favorite feminists. Her writing is truly revolutionary - she is challenging a lot of feminist ideas and substituting them with very honest and brilliant thinking. Marvellous book, do check her out.

For my review this week I just read Honour Killings by Ayşe Önal. A wonderful, if harrowing book, about the tragic practice of killing a woman deemed to have damaged the family´s honour.  Ayşe interviewed a number of men in prison for this crime to try to understand what made them do it.  The result is an amazing study, and very very very moving tales of the tragically short lives of some Turkish women.

In Turkish or English?

Looks like there is an English version of this book: Honor Killings, Ayse Onal

Currently reading: Madam President´s choice by Anne Holt

Short review from some booksite:

The newly-elected American president visits Oslo for their national drinking holiday on May 17 and gets herself kidnapped. You read that right, and no it is not Hillary, ´cause this president met Hillary and got some advice from her: Trust no one but your husband, and only him if he is still with you.

The book has some interesting explanations of how left-out Americans feel, and describes a great plot to destroy America from the inside. No, not hijack any planes. Just deprive them of gasoline, TV and shopping malls, and they´ll overthrow the government of their own accord.

***********

I´m halfway now and I must say I love it!

Sorry, no ISBN or publisher known as I´m reading it in Dutch.

The Majority Rules - Eugene Sullivan

Present day story about a lawyer discovering corruption at its peak.

While on his way to a judicial appointment, he´s faced with ´going along´

or a for a chance to make a difference.....

Also ´The Shack´ - William Young

Present day story about a man/wife who lost their little 6 year old

daughter to kidnap and possibly murder. MacKenzie, the girl´s father, receives

an invitation to dinner by someone named ´Papa´ in a letter. 

Only, the dinner is to be at ´ The Shack ´...the name his wife gave to the

place they found Missy´s last remnants.....

Both excellent books...

:  >

Just started ´A Thousand Splendid Suns´ - I think I´m going to enjoy it.