The Call of the Sea

Lately I've been missing the ocean. A lot. I grew up living as close to the sea as you could get, and the sounds, smells and accompanying wildlife, both floral and animal, is still very close to my heart.

So, on a sunny but quite 'wuthering' day, we set out to find a nice spot to both touch and watch the sea. It was lovely.



I've been reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, and I have to admit it's taking quite a bit of mental effort to get through. So much so that I've had to have another book for bedtime reading (Amy Poehler's Yes Please, if you were wondering. It's very funny and good, by the way!) I love the intense feelings and the structure of the narrative, but I have to say the characters are quite unrelatable to me. I've been curious to read the works of the other Brontë sisters, having over the course of 2014 developed a strong liking for the books by Charlotte Brontë (and particularly Jane Eyre - it is thoroughly amazing, favourite book. EVER! At least for now... but Vilette was pretty good too. I could go on and on writing in these brackets...), and decided to pick up Wuthering Heights. A big thank you is due to my dear friend Sofie for insisting on the necessity to read this novel in springtime or in the summer. I absolutely could not have gotten through it in the midst of a bleak, dark winter. The sun and the springing of the season has been welcome things to look up at whenever I've paused, which has been frequent; I've had to put it down for days on end, only to be completely captured by it when I've decided to pick it up again.

Anyway, the book somehow made me miss the wind and the sea, and all things weather related. Heavy, blustery weather that is. I've discovered that the weather here in Oslo is not as temperamental as the weather is in Edinburgh, not by a long shot. I miss the unpredictable weather in Edinburgh - in Oslo you can, 9 days out of 10, be sure that you've put on a suitable outfit for the entire day, and not just for the next ten minutes. This might sound like an absurd thing to miss, but it did make for a lot of interesting situations and you could be sure of surprises every day. I do enjoy the sunny spring here in Oslo, but I think I need more weather.



Have you read any of the Brontë sisters, and if so, are you as enamoured as I am?

Have a lovely, lovely spring/autumn!

xx

Saturday

saturday: noun, the day of the week before sunday and following friday, and (together with sunday) forming part of the weekend.

soundtrack: Real Ones – Blomstersaft

hot chocolate with cardamom

don't fall down the stairs, please

35 mm fujifilm 400 asa

Jeg liker PopCo, den er flott! Jeg leser hvert ledige minutt, hvilket ikke er så mange, men til sammen utgjør de jo en del. Som jo er veldig fint.

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I like PopCo, it is magnifique. I read every spare minute, which isn't that many, but together they make out quite some time. Which is very nice, indeed.

me and lise discussing the whereabouts of pigeon's babies.

The Uncommon Reader

Jeg har nettopp lest en bok som heter "The Uncommon Reader", skrevet av Alan Bennett. Den handler om dronning Elizabeth II. og hennes møte med bøkenes vidunderlige verden. Hun har hele livet sett på bøker som noe man kastet bort tid på, og egentlig ikke burde gjøre. Men da hun en dag kommer over bokbussen som besøker slottet hver onsdag, låner hun en bok, og blir mildt sagt hekta. Det hele ender i en uventet slutt, og denne boken var virkelig et skjønt lite avbrekk.

Den er ikke spesielt lang, ca 120 sider eller deromkring. Absolutt verdt et les!

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I've just read a book that's called "The Uncommon Reader", written by Alan Bennett. The story is about Queen Elizabeth II. and her meeting with the wonderous world of books. All of her life she's looked at books as something that one shouldn't waste time on. But one day she discovers the book-bus that visits the castle every Wednesday, and decides to borrow a book, and she is immediately hooked! The story ends very un-cliché, and this book was a lovely little treat. Everyone who loves to read should definitely read this book!
I highly recommend it.

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Viddy this?

Ja, så har jeg klart noe jeg aldri i livet trodde jeg skulle klare. Jeg har lest A Clockwork Orange, og den var sånn ca akkurat så merkelig og genial som jeg hadde forventet. Siden jeg også har sett filmen, illustrerer jeg med bilder fra den, ettersom denne filmen faktisk er en god adaptasjon (adapsjon?)!

Skal ikke gå så veldig inn på akkurat hva denne boken handler om, for den er ganske spesiell. Men hovedpersonen heter Alex, er med i en gjeng med pøbler som banker opp folk, voldtar jenter og er generelt ganske fæle.

Etter en serie hendelser blir Alex arrestert og må sone i fengsel. Han blir tilbudt en ny behandlingsmetode, Ludovico, for å kurere sin trang til å være slem. Dette skal bare ta to uker, og Alex melder seg gladelig på, for han har tenkt å bare lure seg gjennom dette..

Det går vel ikke akkurat som han hadde tenkt. Resten får du finne ut av selv, hvis du tør!

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I have just been reading A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. One of the strangest books I've ever read, but so entertaining. Definitely worth a read, if you're in the mood.

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Library finds

Jeg dro til biblioteket her om dagen, og kom tilbake med en god del ting. Ser det ikke flott ut?

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I went to the library the other day and found a few treasures. Aren't they pretty?

The Gun Seller

Jeg har nettopp lest en bok som heter "The Gun Seller" av Hugh Laurie. Han er forøvrig også skuespiller, og er vel kanskje egentlig mest kjent som "Dr House" i serien med samme navn, men han har spilt i en rekke britiske filmer og tv-serier, som for eksempel "Black Adder" og "A bit of Fry and Laurie". Tilbake til boken: Den handler om en mann som heter Thomas Lang som, av sin godhet, roter seg borti en del problemer. Som tittelen på boken sier, så handler denne boken om en våpenhandler, og denne Thomas Lang prøver å forhindre noe grusomt fra å skje. Jeg kan ikke si akkurat hva, men boken var veldig spennende. Liker du "Dr House" så vil du like denne boken. Den er skrevet på en veldig god og humoristisk måte, og er en spenningsroman såvell som en komedie.

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I have juste read a book by Hugh Laurie; "The Gun Seller", which is a book about a man called Thomas Lang. He gets himself into trouble by being good-hearted and a lot of exciting things happen. The story is, as in the title, about a gun seller and a major plot to try and sell more amunition and a special, new helicopter that is much faster than an ordinary helicopter. I can't tell any more or I'll ruin the book for you, but the book was a very good one, as well as being very exciting, it was written in a humorous way. If you like Hugh Laurie as the character "House", you'll love this book!

Good Night

Nå er det sent (sent nok for meg ihvertfall) og jeg føler at NU er det på tide å ta kvelden. Men ikke før jeg har fått fortalt hvor mye jeg likte boken jeg nettopp har lest! Den heter Inkheart, eller Blekkhjerte på norsk. Den handler om en jente som heter Meggie og faren hennes som kan lese personer og ting ut av bøker, hvis de leser høyt. Den handlet altså om bøker, og hva er vel bedre enn en bok som handler om folk som er like glade i bøker som meg selv? Den var spennende fra start til slutt, og jeg klarte nesten ikke legge den fra meg! Jeg leste på bussen, i senga, mens jeg venta på bussen, på kafé, hjemme i sofaen, i kjøkkenet, på gulvet, på trimsykkelen, you name it! Den var på 500+ sider og den kunne godt vært lengre! Det var da jeg fant ut at det har blitt skrevet to bøker til i serien! JIPPI!! Nå er jeg ikke sikker på hva jeg skal lese mens jeg venter på at biblioteket får tak i de to neste. Jeg finner vel noe! : )

Photo: me.

I've just finished reading a wonderful book called Inkheart, written by German writer Cornelia Funke. It's about a 12 year old girl called Meggie and her father, and how they can make characters and things come out of books if they read it aloud. And what's better than a book that's about people that are just as fond of books as myself? I simply loved it, and can't wait to get my hands on the two next books in the serie, and I just found out that it has been made into a movie too! I will have to see that one too, even though I don't really like the idea of turning a book into a movie.

So, now I will have to quote Matilda (From Matilda by Roald Dahl, if you didn't know); "I'm wondering what to read next", because I will probably have to wait another two weeks until the library gets the next book in, and I have to read something. Have a very good night!