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Hello again Debbie,

You asked about Henning Mankell. I owe all his books and I like most of them very much. In most cases I find films made from books you have read, very disappointing. When you read a book you make up your own picture of the characters, the plot and the environment. The film is sometimes something very different.
In my opinion, the books about Wallander are the best Mankell has written. His later books are well worth reading but they are not as good as the books about Wallander

Have you read the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson? The books have become very famous but sadly the author died before finishing the fourth book. I read in the newspaper the other day that his relatives have decided not to let any other author finish his work, so we have seen the last of his writing.

Sorry you’re going to lose one of your book rooms. Perhaps you have to do what I’ve already started, double-stacking some of my books.

I followed your example and used the Internet to find out more about Dallas. The only thing my wife knows about Dallas is what she learned from the famous TV-series with the same name. I used Goggle Earth to watch some pictures from your town. It’s really impressing but, as you said, very different from Sweden.
I live in a small village in the country and besides reading I enjoy walking in the woods with my dog. It is very quiet and relaxing.

My best to you and your husband,

Bengt

publicado por Bengan às 8:09 am (EST) em May 31, 2009

Hello Debbie,

I have been very busy at my work for several months now so I have to admit that I have perhaps 200 books that I had not found the time to read yet. Among them are “Fear Round about”. But I am sure it is a good read. All books I have read by George Bellairs have been well-written and cosy British mysteries.

There is a first edition of “Butchers and Other Stories of Crime” on my bookshelf, I read it in 1995 but as far as I can remember you have something to look forward to.

Sweden is very much like Norway, we have a long border in common and we even understand most of each others languages. I live in the middle of Sweden in a district called Dalecarlia (or Dalarna in Swedish). The summer lasts normally for three months, June – August and the temperature is often 70-80 degrees, sometimes in the 90´s.
As we speak of Celsius in Sweden I had to look up a Fahrenheit to Celsius converter in order to understand how hot your summers are. 100 degrees Fahrenheit are about 38 degrees Celsius.

There are 9 million inhabitants in Sweden most of them living in the south. The northern part is vast and a lot of that part is uninhibited.

Powells Books sounds familiar but I have not seen their web site. Thanks to you I have some interesting browsing to do.
Right now I am reading “Blind Eye” by Stuart MacBride another author worth reading, very exciting books even though the stile is more hard-boiled.

Good luck with the supervising of the painting and say hello to your husband.

All the best,

Bengt

publicado por Bengan às 4:20 pm (EST) em May 28, 2009

Hello Debbie,

Thanks for letting me know about Strandbooks.com, I will check out their web site.

I too have to budget my book buying but I have collected books since I was a young boy and being 61 years now means that I have had a long time as a collector. Since our children are grown-ups, it is only my wife and I in a house with five rooms but the storing of our books is a problem. Some are double-stacked and some are simply stacked but they have a tendency to spread into every room. I do not have any walls left to place bookshelves so I have to find other solutions.

To answer your question about “The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher”, no I have not read it. I have given up on a few books, which were too boring.

Right now I am reading Swedish Crime Fiction. If you are interested I know that some of the Swedish books are translated into English. Among the best known authors are Henning Mankell, Liza Marklund and a series of books written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. But there are several others, if you interested in their names, please let me know.

What is the weather like in Dallas? In the middle of Sweden where I live we have late spring now so we are waiting for summer, which can be very warm. But the winter lasts for approximately five months (November-March) and is cold and dark.

All the best,
Bengt

publicado por Bengan às 1:20 pm (EST) em May 20, 2009

Hello Debbie,

Thank you for your message and for letting me know about Margery Allingham. I will try to find some of her books. If she is grouped with Christie, Sayers and Marsh I am sure I am going to like the books she writes.

It seems that we have a lot in common regarding books. British Crime Fiction and British History are my favourite subjects.

Living in Sweden means that I have to buy most of the books written in English on the Internet. As I prefer signed, first editions I have established a good relationship with a couple of sellers that are reliable, among them Post Mortem Books. If you are interested you will find the web site at http://www.postmortembooks.com/

All books by George Bellairs are listed at http://www.xs4all.nl/~embden11/Engels3/b...

Sometimes I also buy books on eBay. Have you bought any books there? I think it is a good way to buy books as long as you decide how much you want to pay in advance and read the sellers feed back carefully.

At the moment I am reading the last McGilloway and today I received “Don’t Look Twice” by Andrew Gross. The last book is bought from VJ Books www.vjbooks.com

All the best,
Bengt

publicado por Bengan às 3:18 pm (EST) em May 11, 2009

Hello Debbie,

Thank you for your message. Yes I have all Inspector Morse DVD’s as well as all books by Colin Dexter. Dexter has been my favourite author ever since he started writing in the beginning of the seventies.

I am sorry hearing about your eyes. Fortunately nowadays it is possible to find almost every book in an audio version. But I agree that an audio can’t replace the feeling of a real book.

As you can see on LT I have a lot of favourite authors but no one can compete with the British. I suppose you can call me an Anglophile because I love everything British.

Another friend on LT (Devenish) introduced me to George Bellairs who wrote a lot of crime fiction between 1941 and 1980. I now have 22 of his books; they are all old-fashioned cosy old British mysteries.

Also, I recently discovered a new Irish author called Brian McGilloway. He has so far written three books featuring Inspector Devlin and they are a very good read.

Do you have any author, which you would like to recommend?

All the best,
Bengt (Bengan)

publicado por Bengan às 11:12 am (EST) em May 3, 2009

Hello Deborah,

I am very honoured that you find my library interesting because you have a very interesting library yourself. So far we have 62 books in common. Ruth Rendell, Colin Dexter, David Dickinson and Agatha Christie seem to belong to our favourite authors. May I recommend C.J. Sansom, he writes historical mysteries which I like very much. You can find all his novels among my books. He is a very good author and signed, first editions of his first books are already quite valuable.
Please let me know if you are interested in discussing books and/or authors.
I hope to hear from you soon.

All the best,
Bengan

publicado por Bengan às 11:06 am (EST) em Apr 25, 2009

Hi Debbie,

I don't mind at all - hope you find my library a useful source for further purchases :) I keep meaning to add "Golden Age" as a tag - I think I enjoy organising and cataloging on here almost as much as reading!

The more "obscure" golden age authors and titles are very difficult to get hold of in second-hand bookshops in New Zealand, so most of those acquisitions have been via AbeBooks - mostly from booksellers in the US and UK.

I am very much in awe of devenish's library and do envy his proximity to many good bookshops.

All the best,
Monica

publicado por mvo62 às 7:38 pm (EST) em Apr 13, 2009

Hello Debbie,
Many thanks for your message and for adding me to your 'Interesting Libraries' list.
My collection has taken many years to put together in it's present form and has given me the greatest pleasure on the way. The main problem is of course the ever present one of storage. Several years ago I had an extension built,which was supposed to hold all of my books. It did,for a short time,but now they have once more spread to most of the other rooms in the house. I really don't mind because as the author Anthony Powell tells us in the title of one of his stories "Books Do Furnish A Room".
I'm glad that you find my listing of Mystery titles useful,as crime fiction is a great interest of mine,and I'm trying to sort out more tags for them. One that I have been working on recently (not complete yet) is The Locked Room Mystery.
Oh well I must not waffle on any more at the moment except to say that after looking through your own collection I have taken the liberty of also adding you to my 'Interesting Libraries'
Bast wishes from the English Midlands and I hope to hear from you in due course.

publicado por devenish às 7:39 am (EST) em Mar 14, 2009

Thank you Debbie! I've been enjoying your list for a few days now... I not only found books on your list that I find most interesting but I also found many that I had read but had forgotten. I was thinking as I looked at your shelf that you and I must be twins separated at birth *GRINS*. Yes, this place is great! It's so good to see and be with other nerdy bookworms (I say that with affection, BTW). I look forward to watching your profile in the future for any new additions. =)

publicado por CindyBytes às 2:31 am (EST) em Jan 12, 2009