Books I've read in the year of 2013
Wah - I almost read 60 books last year?! Holy banana!
Since 2008 I've read 35 books in English, 129 books in Norwegian and 2 books in Danish - which is a total of 166 books. I don't understand how people can read 100 books in only 1 year - when I've used nearly 5 years haha XD
( List of 2012)
( List of 2011)
( List of 2010)
( List of 2009)
( List of 2008)
BOOKS
JANUARY
01. Trash - Andy Mulligan (in Norwegian: "Trash")
02. En faktahest om: Å skrive historier (Norwegian) - Singh & Normann (in Norwegian)
03. Mette-Marit på ballettskolen (Norwegian) - Bjørg Gaselle (in Norwegian)
04. Mette-Marit blir berømt (Norwegian) - Bjørg Gaselle (in Norwegian)
05. Would You Believe... in 1500 Platform Shoes were Outlawed? - Richard Platt (in Norwegian: "Barnas utrolige bok om moter")
06. Mette-Marit går til filmen (Norwegian) - Bjørg Gaselle (in Norwegian)
07. Mette-Marit russejente (Norwegian) - Bjørg Gaselle (in Norwegian)
08. Mette-Marit får noe å tenke på (Norwegian) - Bjørg Gaselle (in Norwegian)
09. Mette-Marit og kjærligheten (Norwegian) - Bjørg Gaselle (in Norwegian)
10. Dealin with Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede (in English)
11. Searching for Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede (in English)
FEBRUARY
12. De gode, gamle fortellingene - Mari Maurstad (editor) (in Norwegian)
13. Little Frog (Danish: Lille Frø) - Jacob Martin Strid (in Norwegian: "Lille Frosk") (Picture Book)
14. The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet - Geraldine McCaughrean (in Norwegian: "Eventyr fra Balletten")
15. Din vakre jævel (Norwegian) - Arne Svingen & Helene Uri (in Norwegian) (Audiobook)
16. The Man Who Fell into Oblivion (Sweedish: Mannen som föll i glömska) - Mia Ajvide (in Norwegian: "De glemtes forbund")
17. Fuck Off I Love You (Norwegian) - Lars Mæhle (in Norwegian) (Audiobook)
MARCH
18. Den dagen da sola hadde bestemt seg for ikke å stå opp (Norwegian) - Martina Gaux & (Author & Illustrator) (in Norwegian) (Picture Book)
19. Victoria (Norwegian) - Knut Hamsun (in Norwegian: "Victoria - En Kjærligheds Historie")
20. Drageherren del 1: Dragens offer (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 1: Dragens offer")
21. Drageherren del 2: Fanget af Orker (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 2: Fanget av orker")
22. Drageherren del 3: Den magiske skov (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 3: Den magiske skogen")
23. Drageherren del 4: Smykket (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 4: Smykket")
24. Drageherren del 5: Tyvetøsen (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 5: Tjuvjenta")
25. Drageherren del 6: Er alt tabt? (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 6: Er alt håp ute?")
26. Drageherren del 7: Pigen med falken (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 7: Jenta med falken")
27. Drageherren del 8: Gode kræfter samles (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 8: Gode krefter samles")
28. Drageherren del 9: Forrådt (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 9: Forrådt")
29. Drageherren del 10: Nagirs magt (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 10: Nagirs makt")
30. Drageherren del 11: Drageherren (Danish) - Josefine Ottesen (in Norwegian: "Drageherren del 11: Drageherren")
31. If I were a book (Portugese: Se eu fosse um livro) - José Jorge LeTria & André LeTria (in Norwegian: "Hvis jeg var en bok")
32. Sarin i Svovldalen (Danish) - Benni Bødker (in Norwegian: "Sarin i Svoveldalen")
33. Sarin i Kejserens by (Danish) - Benni Bødker (in Norwegian: "Sarin i Keiserens by")
34. Sarin i Tågebjergene (Danish) - Benni Bødker (in Norwegian: "Sarin i Tåkefjellene")
35. Sarin i Nordheim (Danish) - Benni Bødker (in Norwegian: "Sarin i Nordheim")
36. Sarin i Saltminerne (Danish) - Benni Bødker (in Norwegian: "Sarin i Saltgruven")
37. Sarin og Stjernetårnet (Danish) - Benni Bødker (in Norwegian: "Sarin og Stjernetårnet")
APRIL
38. Barnas levende Norgeshistorie: Dra til sjøs! (Seilskutetiden 1800-1900) (Norwegian) - Øivind Berg (in Norwegian)
39. Norges konger (Norwegian) - Anders Kvåle Rue & Ole Røsholdt (in Norwegian)
40. Ruby Red (German: Rubinrot) - Kerstin Gier (in Norwegian: "Rubinrød - Kjærligheten går gjennom alle tider")
41. Dyrenes skjønnhet (Norwegian) - Kristin Roskifte (in Norwegian) (Picture Book)
42. A Series of Unfortunate Events: First book: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket (in Norwegian: "Den onde greven: Første bok: En grufull Begynnelse")
43. De gamle visene med Alf Prøysen - 2.samling (Norwegian) - Forlaget for alle (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
44. The Ghost Library - David Melling (in Norwegian: "Spøkelsesbiblioteket") (Picture Book)
45. Albertine (Norwegian: Albertine) - Christian Krohg (in Norwegian)
46. Skillingsviser med Alf Prøysen - Gamle Viser 4 (Norwegian) - Forlaget for alle (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
47. På trammen (Norwegian) - Jens Gunderssen (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
48. Simen (Swedish) - Ulf Stark (in Norwegian: "Simen")*
49. Ballade! Jens Gunderssens visebok (Norwegian) - Jens Gunderssen (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
50. Veiledningsbok for tjenestepiker og unge husmødre (1912) (Norwegian) - Henrikka Høegh Schmidt (in Norwegian)
51. Timothy and Gramps - Ron Brooks (in Norwegian: "Bestevenn og bestefar")*
MAY
52. The Friendship Ring, #1. Zoe: If You Only Knew - Rachel Vail (in Norwegian: "VENNINNER: Dere skulle bare visst: Zoes historie")
53. The Friendship Ring, #2. CJ: Please, Please, Please - Rachel Vail (in Norwegian: "VENNINNER: Vær så snill, vær så snill: CJs historie")
54. The Friendship Ring, #3. Morgan: Not That I Care - Racel Vail (in Norwegian: "VENNINNER: Samme for meg: Morgans historie")
55. The Friendship Ring, #4. Olivia: What Are Friends For? - Rachel Vail (in Norwegian: "VENNINNER: Hva har man egentlig venner til?: Olivias historie")
56. The Friendship Ring, #5. Zoe: Popularity Contest - Rachel Vail (in Norwegian: "VENNINNER: Popularitetskampen: Zoes historie")
57. The Friendship Ring, #6. Tommy: Fill In The Blank - Rachel Vail (in Norwegian: "VENNINNER: Bare venner?: Tommys historie")
58. Guvernantevers (Norwegian) - Zinken (Hopp) Brochmann (in Norwegian) (Poetry)
59. Viser fra Vidda (Norwegian) - Zinken (Hopp) Brochmann (in Norwegian) (Poetry)
60. Hanen har galt, helten har gjort alt han måtte gjøre - Koreanske dikt (Norwegian) - gjendiktet av Erling Kittelsen og Vladimir Tikhonov (in Norwegian)* (Poetry)
61. Mine sangers bok (Norwegian) - Herman Wildenvey (in Norwegian) (Poetry)
62. Kurtby (Norwegian) - Erlend Loe* (in Norwegian)
63. Life And Death Of Harriett Frean - May Sinclair (in Norwegian: "Røde valmuer")
JUNE
64. Stille Pernille (Norwegian) - Lise Männikkö (in Norwegian)
65. Sofie og pytondagen (Norwegian) - Kjersti Scheen (in Norwegian)*
66. Sofie og tøffe Anders (Norwegian) - Kjersti Scheen (in Norwegian)*
67. Sofie og hulesteinen (Norwegian) - Kjersti Scheen (in Norwegian)*
68. Seilskibsmelodier (Norwegian) - Diderik Brochmann (1925) (in Norwegian) (Piano Sheets with lyrics)
69. Allsangboka for skole og fritid (Norwegian) - Melvin Simonsen (in Norwegian) (Folk Songs)
JULY
70. Allsangboka nr. 2 for skole og fritid (Norwegian) - Melvin Simonsen (in Norwegian) (Folk Songs)
71. Kitten (Norwegian) - Kirsti Blom (in Norwegian)
72. Med støv på hjernen (Norwegian) - Eva Ramm (in Norwegian)
AUGUST
73. The Novel in the Viola - Natasha Solomons (in Norwegian: "Fortellingen i fiolinen")
74. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green (in English)
75. Skilling-visene samlet av Alf Prøysen - Gamle Viser 3 (Norwegian) - Forlaget for alle (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
76. Viser fra din oldefars tid: Skillingsviser, avisviser og ugebladsviser av Julius Strandberg (Danish) - Utvalg & kommentert av Iörn Piö (in Danish) (Folk Songs)
77. De gamle visene med Alf Prøysen - 5.samling (in Norwegian) - Forlaget for alle (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
78. 10 001 NAVN: Norsk fornavnleksikon (Norwegian) - Gulbrand Alhaug (in Norwegian) (Names Encyclopedia)
79. Barndom: 1900-1920-tallet (Norwegian) - Sigrid Bækholdt (in Norwegian)
80. Barndom: 90-tallet (Norwegian) - Frøy Lode Wiig (in Norwegian)
91. Barndom: 80-tallet (Norwegian) - Kristin von Hirsch (in Norwegian)
SEPEMBER
82. Cashelmara - Susan Howatch (in Norwegian: "Sagaen om Cashelmara")*
83. Cinderella (in French: "Cendrillon") - Marion Billet (in Norwegian: "Cinderella") (Picture Book)
84. Folkelige viser - Et utvalg sangtradisjon fra Alf Prøysens samlinger; Norsk Folkeminnelags Skrifter nr. 109 (Norwegian) - Elin Prøysen (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
85. Norsk arbeiderlyrikk; Fra Per Sivle til Alf T. Larsen (Norwegian) - Stig Holmås (editor) (in Norwegian) (Poetry)
86. Creating a Charmed Life: Sensible, Spiritual Secrets Every Busy Woman Should Know - Victoria Moran (in Norwegian: "Hemmeligheter for kvinner: Hvordan beholde gnisten i hverdagen")
87. Medicanto (Norwegian) - Medicinerforeningen og Medisinerforeningen i Oslo og Bergen 1969 (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
88. 36 utvalgte melodier fra NORGES MELODIER Hefte 1 - Arrangert for en eller to BLOKKFLØYTER eller to andre like instrumenter i C (Norwegian) - Utvalgt og arr. ved Arnulf Hegstad (in Norwegian) (Recorder Sheets)
89. Norges Melodier 1 (Norwegian) - Norsk forlag (in Norwegian) (Piano Sheets with lyrics)
90. Norsk nasjonalmusikk - Norsk Nationalalbum - English/Norwegian Edition (Norwegian/English) - Norsk forlag (in Norwegian/English) (Piano Sheets with Norwegian lyrics and English translation)
91. 20 norske folkemelodier - bearbeidet for trekkspill (Accordeon) (Norwegian) - Anders Grøthe (in Norwegian) (Accordion Sheets)
OCTOBER
92. Absolutt Nostalgi: De beste minnene fra Asker og Bærum (Norwegian) - Budstikka Media Forlag (in Norwegian)*
93. Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram (in Vietnamese: "Nhật ký Đặng Thùy Trâm") - Dang Thuy Tram (in Norwegian: "Jeg drømte om fred: Dagbok fra en krig")
NOBEMBER
94. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See (in Norwegian: "Snøblomst of den hemmelige vifte")
95. Your First 100 Words in Korean - Jane Wightwick (in English)
DECEMBER
96. Peony in Love - Lisa See (in Norwegian: "Peonpaviljongen og de tre hustruer")
97. Norske folkeviser gjennom tusen år (Norwegian) - Lilleba Lund Kvandal (in Norwegian)
98. De gamle visene (Norwegian) - Alf Prøysen (in Norwegian) (Folk Songs)
99. Medicanto (Norwegian) - Medicinerforeningen og Medisinerforeningen i Oslo og Bergen 1969 (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)*
100. Hávamál: Vikingenes visdomsord (Norwegian) - oversatt av Ludvig Holm-Olsen (in Norwegian) (Poems)
101. Nordiske drikkeviser (Norwegian) - ved Yukon Gjelseth (in Norwegian/Swedish/Danish) (Folk songs)
102. Vestfoldhistorie for en skilling (Norwegian) - Stein Storsve (in Norwegian) (Folk songs)
* = reread.
- - - Now I understand how people manage to read over 100 books! XD
MANGAS (and Manhwas)
(Because they're books too, right?)
*Marked last book (volume) in series. Linked if read online :)*
JULY
01. Today, Love Starts! - Minani Kanan - Volume 6 (in English)
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LIST OF ACCOUNTING: (The Mangas not included)
1.0 From Library: ||| Audiobooks: 2 ||| Books: 37
2.0 From Work: ||| 49
3.0 Borrowed from family/friend: ||| 3
4.0 Bought: ||| 10 ||| Gift: 2
4.1 Bought/Gift & read: ||| 8
5.0 Already had: ||| 5
6.0 Reread (all of above): ||| 10
a) To keep: ||| none yet
b) To give away: ||| 36+80=116 (#4.1. & #5.0).
EUQUALS: i. Borrowed: 2 + 37 + 49 + 0 = 88 books (as for now).
ii. New books in: 7 + 2 = 9 books. (as for now)
iii. Books out (old books included): 106 (Winter.'12-Spring.'13)+ 36+116(Autumn+Winter'13) = 222. (as for now)
iv.Total read: 5 English books + 97 Norwegian books = 102 books.