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Svein Tunheim
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My girl just introduced me to the Univ. of WI reference Library, and there is an entire bookshelf there now with my saliva all over it. Currently going through Old Icelandic Poetry, Eddic Lay, and Skaldic Verse by Peter Hallburg. Good stuff, indeed!  |
I have access to the library of the Árni Magnússon institute here in Reykjavík which has the biggest selection on books on nordic literature. And of course the institute has some manuscripts too. |
Showoff.  I hope to get there someday when I am more financially stable and can save up for a trip. My Icelandic should be much better by then. 
Edit: Finished that book, it was great! Now reading The Saga of Trond of Gate. Very short, but I have to admit, It's one of the best sagas I've read. 
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I love it ! It's fascinating ! When I'll have finished, I'll watch the movie !
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Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene
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The Iliad
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johanpeturdam
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Just finished Henning Mankell's "Mördare utan ansikte" the first book in the series about Kurt Wallander
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Heri Joensen
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Anne
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just finished Ishmael Beah - A long way gone. Memoirs of a boy soldier and am now reading the current National Geographic issue. Tomorrow I'll start Alexandra Morton - Listening To Whales
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Is that any good? I want to read it.
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| just finished Ishmael Beah - A long way gone. Memoirs of a boy soldier |
Loved that book, couldn't put it down when I read it.
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Is that any good? I want to read it. |
I'm only through the first chapter, but it's very vividly described circumstances and events that are utterly foreign to me. I like it. So far it seems like the sort of book that 'reads itself' if you know what I mean.
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Anne
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Loved that book, couldn't put it down when I read it. |
I bought it because you were so fond of it. And I also could not put it down. I read it within a few hours.
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I bought it because you were so fond of it. And I also could not put it down. I read it within a few hours. |
Cool! I'm glad someone went on my recommendation!
I'm actually not reading anything at the moment. Well, manuals to study for a certification, but that doesn't count.
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willow
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Just finished Paasilinna's The Sweet Poison Cook. It was funny and excellent as always his books are ! I could read one per day but then I'll run out of it and would have to wait the next one ! How cruel life is. haha
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