A Space opera by Terry Pratchett with a story that revolves around three travellers (one human and two space aliens) and their exploration of a disc shaped planet. And no, this is actually not one of Pratchett's many Discworld books.

The book starts out with the group getting together and starting their journey to what they have been told should be a disc shaped planet. In the beginning they doubt its existence and are very surprised when they actually finds it. The planet is clearly not a natural made object and the questions of who made the planet and for what reason puzzles the group. It doesn't make any sense at all to make a planet disc shape. In the end they find the reason, but I'm not telling you because that would ruin the whole point of reading the book. :)

This book does not contain as much humour as the Discworld books, as one easily assumes, but it is still a good book. Written as good as any other work I have read by Pratchett. I recommend this book to anyone that needs something to read on a slow and rainy day.

- Going Postal, Terry Pratchett

- History of my Life: Vol 3 & 4, Giacomo Casanova

- Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship, Sherry Argov

- C# Essentials, Ben Albahari, Peter Drayton & Brad Merrill

- Essential Php Security, Chris Shiflett

- Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett

- Thailand, Mikael Persson & Tobias Larsson

Okej, not all books are recently purchased. I have forgotten to update this blog about them :P

He is one of my favorite writers. I recommend everyone to go and read "Slaughterhouse-Five".

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Another Discworld book from Terry Pratchett. This one is very much inspired by the classic book "Phantom of the Opera", with the most obvious likeness begin that it is taking place in an Opera where a "ghost" is up to mischief (like killing people).

It starts out with a girl from Lancre, Agnes Nitt, moves to Ankh-Morpork and manages to get employment at the Opera House. At the same time two witches in Lancre, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, feels the need for a third witch to complete their group. Agnes would have been a perfect match, but the witches feel that they shouldn't in any way put pressure on Agnes to come back an join them. Although when the witches find a reason to travel to Ankh-Morpork, they jump on it.

This book is an enjoyable read. It is recommend to everyone that needs something to read when they want to lie down and relax.

By Philip K. Dick

This book is a sci-fi set in the future (or what was the future when it was written, now it is set in an alternate historic world).

In this "future" new kinds of technologies and humans exists. For example a machine that can regain the conscious of a newly dead person has been invented and psychics and anti-psychics of various kinds has evolved. The anti-psychics are persons whose only ability is that they can cancel out a specific psychic ability. Psychics are often employed for espionage and anti-psychics are employed to hinder the psychic’s espionage.

The book starts out with a group of anti-psychics going to the moon to do a job. Too late they realise that the job is a set-up by rival psychic organisation. They manage to get back to earth, but they quickly find it a little bit different from when they left.

The book is well written but there is really no good reason to recommend this book. So it fall into the "read it if you don't have anything better to read" category.

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Har haft så mycket att göra nuförtiden så det var nästa så att man glömde bort bokrean. Men i sista minuten planerade man in en tidig uppgång för att kunna köpa böcker tidigt en tisdagsmorgon. Så det blev en del böcker inhandlade. En konstig blandning av böcker som vanligt.

Kultur & Historia
- Horror Poster Art, Graham Marsh & Tony Nourmand
- Disneys filmaffischer: från Tony Anselmos fantastiska samling
- Krig och kultur, John Keegan
- Tecknens rike, Cecilia Lindqvist

Växter
- Blommor, Wolfgang Lippert
- Beskärning: Trädgårdsexpertens bästa råd & tips, Richard Bird

Skoj
- Udda job, Schiff, Nancy Rica
- Ursäkta! Dråpliga undanflykter från verkliga livet, Mats Holm

Skönliteratur
- Öster om Eden, John Steinbeck

Annat
- Juridik till vardags: en handbok, Rolf Höök
- Stora Kokboken
- Sätt färg på ditt hem, Annie Sloan

Books
- The Book of Skulls
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- What to Say When You Talk to Your Self
- Catch 22

PS2 Games
- Resident Evil 4
- Shadow of Colossus
- We [heart] Katamari

- The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks, Karl Marks

- Flow: Den optimala upplevelsens psykologi, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

- History of My Life (Part 1 & 2), Giacomo Casanova

- Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales, Ray Bradbury

- Moving Pictures, Terry Pratchett

- UBIK, Philip K. Dick

By Terry Pratchett

This book is one of the many Discworld books. Which means it contains a lot humour and is set in a fantasy world. It is the second book about the Night watch of Ankh-Morpork (the first one is named "Guards, Guards!"). You don't need to read the first one to read this, but I recommend it.

The book begins with an explosion, a theft and several mysterious murders. The events are blamed on ethnic disputes between the trolls and the dwarfs and ordinary accidents, so the captain of the Night watch is order not to investigate. Of course the Captain decides to investigate anyway, while attempting to make sure the trolls and the dwarfs don't massacre each other. The story is good. It kept me entertained the whole time I was reading it.

So to summarise, this is a good book that I recommended to everyone that wants to continue reading about the Night watch.

By Joseph Heller

I don't really know how to describe this book right to do it justice. It is set in Italy during the Second World War and the story revolves around the character Yossarian and several other officers stationed at a military airport base. Everyone has their own agenda and a lot of absurd situations arise because of it.

It is a good book, one that I will probably read it again someday. I recommend it to everyone.

Quote from the book

Yossarian says, "You're talking about winning the war, and I am talking about winning the war and keeping alive."
"Exactly," Clevinger snapped smugly. "And which do you think is more important?"
"To whom?" Yossarian shot back. "It doesn't make a damn bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
"I can't think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy."
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."

By Nick Hornby

About four people that meet each other on top of a tower when they were all about to commit suicide. They talk to each other and decide to postpone their suicides. The book then continues to follow their lives a couple of months after their attemted suicide.

It is a nicely written book. It may sound like a depressing book to read, but it is far from depressing. The four main characters are interesting to read about and it made me laugh out loud more than once.

It's a perfect book for travelling, because the chapters are short. So I recommend it to people that wants too have something to entertain them on a journey.

By Terry Pratchett

Small Gods is a fun adventure book. I don't want to give story the away, so I’ll only tell you it's about a young novice and a god that once was big and powerful but now is trapped in the shape of a turtle.

The book one of the many Discworld books written by Terry Pratchett, but that doesn’t mean you have to read any of the other Discworld books to enjoy this one. If you have read any other Discworld books, you would know this one too contains a lot of humour. Most of the humour in this one has to do about religion and philosophy. So the more you know about it, the more you will laugh.

I recommend this book to anyone that want to read an adventure book in a fantasy setting.

This is the best self-help book I have read so far. Simple bacause it makes all the other self-help books better. The book tells you why a lot of the self-help/motivation books/speeches/tapes only give a temporary effect and don't work in the long run. They fail because they never help you remove your old behaviour and thoughtpatterns. Two things that can hinder you from making permanent changes in your life, your behaviour and your thoughts.

This book is all about "affirmations". You have probably heard or read an affirmation even if you haven't heard the word "affirmation" before. An affirmation can be a phrase like "I am strong and capable", "I am a special, unique person." and "I accept and love myself as I am right now", but also a phrase like "I take the time to clean up the kitchen after I made a meal". The author tells how to construct affirmations and how to use them properly for best results (because you can make affirmations that doesn't help you at all).

I strongly recommend this book to everyone. If you want to change your life, behaviour or thoughts READ THIS BOOK.

- Men At Arms
- Interesting Times
- Maskerade
- Feet Of Clay

All books by Terry Pratchett