The Content Reader

Could not help it but starting the second book of the Outlander series. Not as good as the first one, and it seems to drag out a little bit. However, I am really hooked on the characters, their adventures and the 18th century history. This time Claire and Jamie spend some time in France and Paris. Much suitable having just finished Paris in July . It is an easy read, flowing text, something happening all the time. It seemed though, that there were a lot of happenings that were not exactly necessary for the story, so it felt a little bit long here and there. However, coming close to the end...as usual it ends with a cliffhanger and you just go into the third one! I am lucky that I am reading them now and don't have to wait one year for the continuation. By the time I have finished the present eight ones, the ninth might be out!

It has been silent here for a couple of days. Doesn't mean that I have been idle. There is only one problem. When I have been reading good books, which I hardly can put down, I panic slightly to choose another one. Why, because I want to be as good, inspiring and exciting as the books I have just finished. That's why I have started on four(!) books at the same time. Starting, putting down and going for another. Well, be as it is, at least now I have ventured into three of them a little bit more. The fourth one, which I just read a few pages on has to wait until these three are finished; the book is Äcklet/ La Nausée  by Jean-Paul Sartre. Some books you just don't read from cover to end, you have to read a chapter or two at a time and then read something else. This is such a book. Another book, which I find I can not read in one go is The Catcher in the Rye  by J.D. Salinger. I started this book and it is quite different from what I thought it would be. More easy-going a...