IF THIS WAS ADULTHOOD, THE ONLY IMPROVEMENT SHE COULD DETECT IN HER SITUATION WAS THAT NOW SHE COULD EAT DESSERT WITHOUT EATING HER VEGETABLES.

God, long time no see book blog. These are my literature-related news:

1. In May, me and my boyfriend went to Kulturhuset in Stockholm and listened to/watched an interview between Jan Gradvall and Donna Tartt. So surreal to see her in real life, and everything she talked about was just so interesting. She seemed like such a friendly, open person.

2. What I've read lately:
Iris Murdoch - The unicorn
It was OK, really good sometimes, kind of boring at other times.

Jung Chang - Wild swans: three daughters of China
This book is one of the best ones I have ever read. I could not put it down, I dreamt about it, I talked about it, I thought about it. It was just so great and heartbreaking and scary and sad and just everything inbetween.

Ian McEwan - The child in time
I felt like there was something missing from this novel: I maybe wanted him to concentrate even more on the protagonist's feelings about his lost daughter, but it was OK.

I really feel like I am forgetting a book, which is annoying. I'm sure of it. However, what I do know is that I read some short stories from Open secrets by Alice Munro, and then stopped. Now I'm reading Kinflicks by Lisa Alther.