The Content Reader

  Out of the 12 books I read in August, five of them stood out above the others. Usually, one or two sticks out, but five out of twelve is good. Here a short review for each of them. Przewalski's Horse by Maja Lunde The third book in her climate series of four books. We find ourselves in the past, present and future where we follow different protagonists during different time lines with a common theme; the wild horses. Mikhail lives in Russian in 1881, works in a zoo and finds himself enrolled in an expedition to capture wild horses in Mongolia. It changes his life in more ways than one. Karin and her son Mathias, in 1992, are taking Przewalski horses from France to Mongolia to try to re-introduce the race into their natural habitat. Mother and son have a difficult relationship, but maybe the horses can bring them together. Eva is living with her daughter in Norway in 2064, trying to save the last species of her wild animals, including the wild horses. Her daughter wants them to le...

As I have much less space for books than I used to have, I had to come up with a system to choose which book would stay and which would go. I think I have mentioned earlier that I usually save nonfiction books, but only save fiction books that I really love. In this case I know that the books standing on my shelves are my absolute favourites. I don't throw away the other books but give them away to friends or second hand shops so other people can enjoy them. The other reason why I choose this way of preserving some books is that I rarely re-read a book. There are exceptions of course, but rare. I wanted to share with you my favourite books that I keep on my shelves. This series will be a list of nonfiction and fiction, starting authors on letter A.  Adkins, Lesley and Boy - The Key of Egypt, The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs Armstrong, Karen - A Short History of Islam Ashdown-Hill, John -  Eleanor, The Secret Queen - The Woman who put Richard III on the Throne   Alighieri,...