Aw, look at this lovely picture of Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood celebrating Munro's Nobel Prize win over the weekend:

Twitter/Margaret Atwood

THE PURE GOLD BABY

For some completely crazy reason, I've completely missed the fact that Margaret Drabble has published a new book. Where the fuck have I been?

THE POINT IS, LIFE HAS TO BE ENDURED, AND LIVED.

God, long time no see book blog. Anyway: a couple of weeks ago I re-read George Orwell's 1984. It was even better this time around. Other books I've read lately:

Annette Dumbach & Jud Newborn - Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Sophie Hannah - The carrier
Daphne du Maurier - My cousin Rachel
Paul Auster - The Brooklyn follies

Read two books in Swedish as well, check them out here.

I'm not sure what to read right now, but that's mainly because I think I'm going to buy Donna Tartt's new novel on Thursday. Related but unrelated: the picture below of her is just so freaking awesome I don't know where to look. She just embodies the word cool.

Photo: Beowulf Sheehan