Recent Book Activity

”People you disagree with are what gets you going, rather than idly going through an unchallenged stream of consciousness.”
Dr. Nigel Warburton, Open University

I am an avid reader with a tendency to keep the books I buy, and since this not a new thing, my bookshelves are beginning to show the strain and it is time to let go - so I am glad I found BookCrossing. Odd thing though, since I joined I appear to have accumulated a great number of unread books .. lolol. thank you for all the great ideas, my friends!

I read in English, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.

Wild releasing English books in my country is not really an option, so I will just have to be a bit creative. I used to release in bulk to OBCZs in Europe that need a little "seeding" - unfortunately postage increases have put a stop to this practice .. not sure what to do now.

Do you know I have a book you registered? Please be patient, as I participate in a national library reading circle and when I have a choice I will read what I feel like, but do not worry in due cause "your" book will be read and released!

When I find/receive a book that has been registred with BookCrossing, I journal it at once, and I expect the same courtesy from you. I also believe that a "free book" should be just that, and I would prefer that you do not resell a book registered by me.

Here is what I have read in my Nobel-Challenge so far:

1901 - Sully Prudhomme.(replacement):The Destiny Waltz by Gerda Charles 1902 - The History of Rome (abridged) by Theodor Mommsen 1903 - En glad gut (in Norwegian) (A Happy Boy) by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1907 - Havets Helte (Captains Courageous) by Rudyard Kipling1909 - Nils Holgerssons vidunderlige rejse (The Wonderful Advent. of N.H.) by Selma Lagerlöf 1914 - No Prize awarded1918 - No Prize awarded 1919 - Carl Spitteler. (replacement): -The chip-chip gatherers by Shiva Naipaul 1922 - Mors Rival (svensk) (The Passion Flower) by Jacinto Benavente 1928 - Kristin Lavransdatter - all 3 volumes by Sigrid Undset1929 - Trolddomsbjerget (The Magic Mountain) by Thomas Mann 1935 - No Prize awarded1938 - The Good Earth Trilogy by Pearl Buck 1939 - Silja by Frans Eemil Sillanpää1940 - No Prize awarded 1941 - No Prize awarded1942 - No Prize awarded 1943 - No Prize awarded1944 - Kongens Fald (The Fall of the King) by Johannes V. Jensen 1947 - Vatikanets Kældere (Lefcardio's Adventures) by André Gide 1949 - Night's Gambit by William Faulkner1950 - In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell 1952 - The Knot of Vipers by Francois Mauriac1954 - The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 1955 - Islands Klokke (The Bell of Iceland) by Halldor Laxness 1961 - The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric1962 - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 1965 - And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov 1968 - Kyoto (The Old City) by Yasunari Kawabata1982 - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 1983 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding1993 - Love by Toni Morrison 1994 - En privat sag (A Private Matter) by Kenzaburo Oe 2001 - Fri og uafhængig (In a Free State) by V.S. Naipaul

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