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Thanks Hi Nomadic Myth, I will look for those books and the thread you started. Actually, I read as many novels for grown-ups as children´s books. I want to become a children´s writer so I read quite a lot of books for younger readers. Well, that is not the only reason, I very much enjoy...

Hi there! Has anyone read Jean Hegland´s "Into the Forest"? If not I suggest you go ahead and order that book at once! It´s one of my favourite novels ever. "Into the Forest" is about two teenage sisters who live in a huge redwood forest in Northern California. Then modern civilization...

Keep your integrity Hi! That´s a very important question for me as I want to become a writer. Question, can you call yourself a writer even if you haven´t been published yet? I´ve been writing ever since I was very young and before I could write I made up oral stories about animals and...

Welcome! I´m sure you´ll like this forum. The members (myself included of course) seem very active and engaged in the various topics here.

Adrian Mole Hi again! I just remembered the Adrian Mole books by Sue Townsend. "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾" & "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole". Theses are hilarious and appreciated both by kids, young adults and grown-ups. Very, very funny! There are more books in the...

Susan Tedeschi Hi there! I think I´ve heard of her. Somewhere. I´ll have to check out how she sounds then.

Scandinavian languages Hejsan Baddie! Thanks for you reply. It must be hard for translators to do an English text justice when our native languages have so few synonyms. While there are so many specific synonyms for every shade of difference in the English language. Some claim that this is...

Anyone into Love and Arthur Lee here? I believe "Forever Changes" and "Da Capo" are the best rock albums ever made. The music is so sublime and complex, fire & air, dread and loveliness. What a pity the genuis Lee is no longer alive (he died last year).

Good old Janis Joplin!

Lack of Swedes Hi there silverseason! Yes, you´ve guessed it, I´m an anglophile. :rolleyes: Actually, I´ve read many Swedish classics (Strindberg, Arthur Lundkvist, Hjalmar Söderberg, Selma Lagerlöf, etc). I would think that these have been translated into English. Söderberg is the best of...

Jacqueline Wilson Hello! As a Swede I grew up with Astrid Lindgren´s books. They are great. Although, if you want something more contemporary I would suggest most books by Jacqueline Wilson. Wonderful british humour. She deals with serious issues (homelessness, bullying, divorce, etc) in a very...

Hi Miss self! Oh, Kate Atkinson is one of my absolute favourites! I´ve read and reread all of her work. Unlike you though, I love "Emotionally Wierd"! The sense of humour in that novel is both sublime and punchy. "Case Histories" is number two, I think. "One Good Turn" is the only one I didn´t...

Hi there! My name is Jenny and I´m Swedish. I´ve just joined this community. As an avid reader of fiction lots of thoughts pop up while reading and you can´t talk about these things all the time at home or at work, although some people might actually be interested. I repeat, some! Most...