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Category Archives: Iceland
I Hear the Sirens in the Street
I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty 2013 / 320 pages Read by Gerard Doyle 9h 40m Rating: A / crime (historical) I wasn’t going to read this although it was for a group (4_Mystery_Addicts) and available … Continue reading
Posted in "A's" (crime fiction, Iceland, police procedural
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From the Mouth of the Whale
From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjon 2008 / 232 pages rating 8.5 /historical fiction (mythical?) Very unusual story of an Icelandic man, Jonas Palmeson (Jonas the Learned), in the years 1635-1639 who along with his wife and children … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Iceland
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Arctic Chill
Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason 2011/ Audio George Guidall 9h 24 Rating B+ Iceland is a popular place for Thai immigrants and a woman named Sunee lives there with her Thai son and her Icelandic son. But they’re still outsiders … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Iceland, police procedural, self-select
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The Fish Can Sing
by Halldor Laxness 1957 /246 pages finished 12/28 rating – 9 Mostly this is a delightful book, a wonderment, but there are places it’s confusing and draggy, too. At first it really didn’t seem like it was going to … Continue reading
Posted in classic, fiction, Iceland, paper version
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