My 3rd Virtual climb

[Hilde]

I'll be starting of slow this year. I have 8 library books at home and aiming at finishing 4 of them before the New Year, and I'm on a waiting list for 4 more.

[Hilde]

I just learnt today that one of the books I've been waiting for is reddy to be picked up. Since I'm trying to finish 2 books this weekend, I intend to go to the library on Monday, and since the book is a new knitting book, I'll probably finish it before the new year.

[Bev]

Welcome back, Hilde!

[Hilde]

These are the first books for January:

1. by Erlend Tidemann

2. by Per Roger Lauritzen

3. by Karl H. Brox

4. by Finn Bjormyr

The first one is about street names in Oslo, the capital of Norway. This book showed up on a mailing list from a book/comics store in Oslo that I have bought some comics from from time to time.

Book 2-4 are about National Parks in Norway. I found the series of 11 books while looking for the book Dovrefjell i tusen år - mytene, historien og diktningen by Gro Steinsland, which I read earlier in December. I searched for 'Dovre' and 'Jotunheimen', and read the one about Jotunheimen by Per Roger Lauritzen at the beginning of December, and have 2 ch left of the book Svalbard by Stein P. Aasheim.

Since only the book about Santa Claus, Julenissen by Pia Strømstad, of the 5 books I'm on the waiting list for had arrived before Christmas, I decided to get the 3 books about National Parks instead. Luckily my local library have all 11.

[Hilde]

Since the new christmas book I was waiting for did not arrive for me as of today Dec 30th, I removed myself from the waiting list. I'll take another shot at it for Christmas 2022 instead.

But I got another book:

5. by Torgrim Titlestad

This book is a short biography and introduction to a history of Norway by Tormod Torfæus, written in Latin that is now available in a Norwegian translation. (Not when this book was published in 2001). That history consists of 7 books,and they are on my wish list.

[Hilde]

I have started reading Historien bak Oslos gatenavn by Erlend Tidemann, I'm at page 123 of 429, and this will be my main read this week since I intend to hand it in before/at its due date Jan 7th. After that it's on to my Swedish history books.

[Hilde]

Books read in January:

1. by Erlend Tidemann finished January 4th

2. by Per Roger Lauritzen finished January 16th

3. by Karl H. Brox finished January 20th

4. by Finn Bjormyr finished January 21th

[Hilde]

I had decided at the end of 2021 that I shouldn't follow a reading challenge this year since I never finish, but then a Norwegian reading challenge from Facebook showed up on lists at the Norwegian version of Goodreads, bokelskere.no, and I'm at it again. This list has 26 prompts, and I have finished 4, and close to finish a 5th among my own books.

And that leads me to the book I picked up at the library today,

6. by Anna Blix

a book about sheep for the prompt 'A book with a farm animal on the cover', completely forgetting that one of my Swedish history books, the one about 'The Wild West' has a picture of a mounted cowboy.

Well this book was on my wishlist, and I was expecting an A-4 sized book, but it was tiny. Only 4,5 x 6,75 inches.

[Hilde]

I was at the library today, picking up the remaining 6 books about the National Parks in Norway,

7. by Per Roger Lauritzen

8. by Sven Bjørne-Larsen

9. by Arne Nyaas

10. by Leif Ryvarden

11. by Leif Ryvarden

12. by Leif Ryvarden

Also I picked up:

13. by Raman Prinja

14. by Ester Gaya

[Hilde]

Books read in February:

5. by Torgrim Titlestad finished February 1st

6. by Anna Blix finished February 2nd
'A book with a farm animal on the cover'

7. by Ester Gaya finished February 4th

8. by Raman Prinja finished February 4th

9. by Per Roger Lauritzen finished February 5th

10. by Sven Bjørne-Larsen finished February 24th

11. by Arne Nyaas finished February 28th

[Hilde]

I didn't get as far along in January as I intended, only finishing 4 library books. The 2 first books for February, I have to finish this week, so that's at least of to a good start.

[Hilde]

Books read in March:

12. by Leif Ryvarden finished reading March 22nd

13. by Arnt Steffensen finished reading March 27th

[Hilde]

I'm getting at least 5 more library books this week.

[Hilde]

Found a few more, but decided on one extra to the 5.

[Hilde]

Books read in April:

14. by Sofi Hjort finished April 9th

15. by Tanis Gray finished April 9th

16. by Egil Mikkelsen finished April 11th

17. by author:Tom Jackson|137664] finished April 15th

18. by Tom Jackson finished April 15th

19. by Kim Arne Hammerstad finished April 15th

20. by Leif Ryvarden finished April 18th

21. by Bill Laws finished April 25th

22. by Leif Ryvarden finished April 26th

23. by Johanna Spyri finished April 29th

[Hilde]

Books read in May:

24. by Thomas Reinertsen Berg finished May 12th

25. by Morten Malmø finished May 13th

26. by Torild Moland finished May 16th

27. by Torild Moland finished May 18th

28. by Torild Moland finished May 21st

[Hilde]

Books read in June:

29. by Torgrim Sørnes finished June 2nd

30. by Ottar Fyllingsnes finished June 13th

31. by Ottar Fyllingsnes finished June 20th

32. by Marius Nergård Pettersen finished June 26th

33. by Ole Marius Hylland finished June 26th

34. by Arild Torvund Olsen finished June 26th

35. by Ove Bergersen & Kirsten Winge finished June 26th

[Hilde]

I'm waiting for cover for the two without.

[Hilde]

Books read in July:

36. by Martin Svensson finished July 3rd

37. by Lars Gyllenhaal finished July 5th

38. by Frode Øverli finished July 7th

39. by Páll Skúlason finished July 10th

40. by Ulf Ivar Nilsson finished July 11th

41. by Henric Bagerius finished July 12th

42. by Einar Madsen finished July 22nd

43. by Børge Lund finished July 23rd

44. by Børge Lund finished July 23rd

45. by Gunnar Garfors finished July 25th

46. by Gunnar Garfors finished July 30th

[Hilde]

I've added the Danish ed of Ms Marvel while waiting for the Norwegian ed to be added to the bookbase, and I'm requesting for the last book I picked up at the library today now.

[Hilde]

Have got the Norwegian ed of Ms Marvel sorted.

[Hilde]

It looks like I'll reach the top of White Plume Mt. this month. I have read 44 library books so far this year, and I am reading book 45 now with one week left.

[Hilde]

Didn't finish this list in July

[Hilde]

Books read in August:

47. by Alex Frith finished August 4th

48. by Ruth Brocklehurst finished August 5th

[Hilde]

Finished!

[CinCO]

Congrats!

[Hilde]

I have started a new list on Mount Mindolluin (75 books), have about 30 pages left of book #49.