Finished reading A visit from the goon squad by Jennifer Egan yesterday.

AND I TRY, OH MY GOD DO I TRY! I TRY ALL THE TIME IN THIS INSTITUTION

Read through a story I wrote when I was 18 (unfinished story, haven't read it since), and since this is how I'm feeling today, allow me to quote myself:

"I have two lists of things that I am sad about. The first one is a list of the things that I'm really sad about. The second one is a list of things I'm just sad about.

Whenever I feel really sad about something, I try to consult my second list and try to be sad about something I'm just sad about.

You would think I would consult my happy list for that but I haven't done such a list."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jun/17/life-writing-margaret-drabble-interview

LIBRI SVEDESE

Have decided to start a new blog. It will work like this: all the books I read in English will still be commented on and written about on this blog, juliasbookblog. All the books I read in Swedish will be commented on and written about on my Swedish blog, http://librisvedese.blogspot.com/

(Now you think; why the Italian name? Why not Swedish? Here's my logic for that: English might just be my true language, but Swedish is (obviously) next in line. However, the name I wanted was already taken (wanted it to be juliasbokblogg.) So, I thought: what's my third language? What other languages do I know? And I used to speak Italian quite well (sister is fluent, I never was but still). Hence, Italian name.)

Anyway, so: when reading in Swedish, the books will be discussed here. Everything English, will still be discussed on the good old juliasbookblog, i.e. the blog you've been reading religiously since 2008. Right?

Know I updated about something completely different yesterday (and believe me, I'll put up so many quotes from Maken later, you'll cry), but this might just be the funniest book blog entry ever (having said that, Vertigo as a publisher sometimes weirds me out):

http://vertigomannen.blogspot.com/2010/10/annu-ett-bonnierfiasko.html

JAG VET INTE HUR MAN SKA BETE SIG SOM KULTFÖREMÅL

Books read:

Etgar Keret - The nimrod flip-out

Roberto Bolaño - De vilda detektiverna

Hans Koppel - Medicinen

Truman Capote - Summer crossing

Currently reading Maken by Gun-Britt Sundström. The first time I tried to read it I was 15, and for obvious reasons (obviously won't explain them), it just wasn't the right time for it. Always knew I would love it though, and I do. There are so many things I identify with (sad state of affairs that nothing has changed since fucking 1976. Although, a lot of things has. Feelings just hasn't. We are all so boring, so perpetually consistent.) Even though this is the first time I've picked up a book by Sundström, I've always been interested in her. I love her; she's one of those women who just are not wholly likable, but I've never liked women who are wholly likable. It's probably because I'm not wholly likable. I don't think I'm necessarily easy to like, at least if you truly know me. Not exactly hard to like either, but I take a little bit of work, non? Other women I like who just aren't all that friendly; Carina Rydberg, Bodil Malmsten, Maja Lundgren, Linda Skugge (like everyone, I think she's lost it a little bit. Like everyone, I think I need to mention this because somehow, that means I've understood something. It doesn't. It just means I'm not 35 yet.) Anyway, fuck, I love them. Homegirls.