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Smörgåsbord by Johanna Kindvall

This is a wonderful, unpretentious cookbook. The name says it all, bread(of some kind)on the table.The recipes really do sound good, are not over complicated and feasible for those who don’t live in Scandinavia. (I’m thinking pickled dill cucumbers, chicken salad with peppery cress, smoked salmon salad with apples and horseradish,Danish remoulade and many more…)The drawings that illustrate the recipes are adorable but it would have been nice to have some photographs of for instance :different jars of pickled herrings and vegetables,a set  table (winter, summer ) with all the trimmings of a real Smorgasbord….Still 4/5

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Act One,Scene One Murder by A.H.Richardson

This one is definitely for classic British murder mystery fans .A successful playwright invites his actors for dinner on his country estate(a dark, medieval building ).All the usual characters are there:a morose housekeeper,the older, charismatic actor, a highly strung director, a married “ladies man”and his actress wife and many more.And of course, on this cold, rainy november night murder happens. In order to solve this crime all the guests are asked (ordered )to remain in this gloomy house. Sometimes it feels so good to read a murder mystery that shouts “Golden Age “,especially if it is a good story. Highly recommended for Ngaio Marsh fans (and Agatha Christie fans, and…).Just very, very “nice”.4,5/5

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Birthrights by J.Kyle McNeal

This is definitely a book for fans of epic fantasy. We follow a young boy, and his 2 companions, on their quest to find a mythical figure called “the Stewart”.But somewhere in the middle the tension wavers.  There are too many storylines, different factions and the story becomes, unnecessary, over complicated. Fortunately, the adventure, and tension, picks up again and it ends (at 553 pages no less)with a feeling that one wants to read the second instalment. 3,5 /5