"Vi ska visa dem att vi står på sanningens sida. Bästa sättet att göra det är att ljuga."
"Vi ska visa dem att vi står på sanningens sida. Bästa sättet att göra det är att ljuga."
Läsningen gick ganska bra i November, det blev fler böcker än vad jag trodde när jag plockade ihop dem och la dem i en hög. Så jag är nöjd! :) Och i stort sätt alla böcker passade perfekt för årstiden. Det har varit många mysiga lässtunder och det är ju det som är huvudsaken när det gäller läsning. :)
De bästa: Tinsel - Sibéal Pounder och Snow and Rose - Emily Winfield Martin
De sämre: En oscariansk skandal - Sven Sörmark
Tinsel var bland en av de bästa jag har läst i år! Och perfekt om man vill ha en mysig julkänsla. Snow and Rose var också en väldigt fin och ny tolkning på sagan om Snow och Rose. Plus att den innehöll många vackra färgillustrationer.
Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make or break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. At stake is a billion-dollar dot com buyout that could make them all millionaires, or leave some of them out in the cold.
The clock is ticking on the offer, and with the group irrevocably split, tensions are running high. When an avalanche cuts the chalet off from help, and one board member goes missing in the snow, the group is forced to ask - would someone resort to murder, to get what they want?
If your life was based on a lie, would you risk it all to tell the truth?
At Montverre, an ancient and elite academy hidden high in the mountains, society's best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu--the great game--an arcane and mysterious competition that combines music, art, math, poetry, and philosophy. L o Martin once excelled at Monteverre, but lost his passion for scholarly pursuits after a violent tragedy. He turned to politics instead, and became a rising star in the ruling party, until a small act of conscience cost him his career. Now, he has been exiled back to Monteverre, his fate uncertain.
But this rarified world of learning he once loved is not the same place L o remembers. Once the exclusive bastion of men, Montverre is now run by a woman: Claire Dryden, also known as Magister Ludi, the head of the grand game. At first, L o feels an odd attraction to the Magister--a mysterious, eerily familiar connection--though he's sure they've never met before.
As the legendary Midsummer Game approaches--the climax of the academy's year--long-buried secrets rise to the surface and centuries-old traditions are shockingly overturned.
A highly imaginative and intricately crafted literary epic, The Betrayals confirms Bridget Collins as one of the most inventive and exquisite new voices in speculative fiction.
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Finns det några böcker ni har längtat efter nu i vinter? :)