The Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare

This post is a little different than the usual ones, this post will attend to three books at the same time. I just read The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, it's a trilogy that contains the books: City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass.
Being an occult freak, loving to read about vampires, warlocks etc. this was truly a serie for me. Throw in thrilling plot, being afraid for the characters life and romance and I'm hooked.

I recommend this book for a younger audience, probably female. It's a quick read, mostly cause your so captivated that you don't want to put it down!

/Mi

Burned - P.C Cast, Kristin Cast

OK, so I'm kind of a Vampire Freak, been reading books about vampires for over 13 years, seeing any film I can get my hands on too. But my vampire obsessiveness has changed somewhat during all these years. When I started liking Vampires everything that you read/saw needed to be the "true" vampires. Described in Vampire the Masquerade by White Wolf. A very good hand book if you want to do some vampire "live"(living role-playing). Today I have kind of a fascination reading about non conventional vampires, see how the author "defends" their vampire ideas.

Burned is the 7th book in the House of Night series created by P.C Cast and Kristin Cast. It's an very easily read book-serie for youths, claiming vampire-ism is something your born with, but it doesn't manifest itself until in your teens.

I recommend this book to anyone that loves an entertaining story, but it does have a recommended age, as it is some scenes not good for a younger audience. So have that in mind. And of course I do recommend starting with the first book!

/Mi

Stalins kossor - Sofi Oksanen

Books can be read just for entertainment, sometimes you read the for the facts this book you read because it takes you in its grip and holds you there. Its not a fun book, you can even say that it it quiet disgusting. But it is real, naked and you can't not be touched by it.

"Stalins kossor" or "Stalin's cows" as it's called in English is written by Sofi Oksanen, original language is Finnish. It's about Anna, a woman with severe eating disorders. It's about her, how she got sick, about her mother in 1970' Estonia and her grandmother in 1940' Estonia. The name Stalin's cows refers to the name that the deported Estonians gave to the bony goats from Siberia, it also refers to people today with severe eating disorders.

The book is right on target, and I recommend all to read it, Sofi Oksanen is one of the most talented writers I have ever read. And I know I said that about Scarlett Thomas but this woman is way out of her league. This book doesn't entertain, it captivates.

/Mi

PopCo - Scarlett Thomas

Just finished reading PopCo by Scarlett Thomas, this book is great!

I found Scarlett Thomas work by a fluke, wanted to start reading different genres then I'm used to, to evolve in my reading. Went in to Pocket Shop and saw "The End of Mr Y" in the top selection, I liked the cover so I bought it. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover but this book was great.

So this is the second book by Scarlett Thomas that I've read and I must say it definitely is in the same league as the previous one.

The book is about Alice Butler,her life and cryptography. Me being a knowledge junkie really loved all the references to just cryptography, the book also takes on the controversy in marketing among other things. You should really read it! Don't want to say to much about it in case I ruin it for someone, but I must say this. Scarlett Thomas have now landed high in my top ten authors list, I think at the moment she probably even tops it. So find your copy and start reading!

Over and out!

/Mi