Books I've read in 2025
The Lord of the Rings-series (3 books)
A staple in the fantasy literature world. This was my first time reading it and I really liked it. Sometimes I did get to checking how many pages were left though, especially towards the end when all Frodo and Sam do is struggle through Mordor. But I understand that this is what a lot of fantasy today is inspired by, and I can appreciate that. I am very fascinated by the detailed languages, conlangs have been an interest of mine for a long time.
Guards! Guards!
I have read some other Discworld books beofre, but this one was definitely the funniest so far! I think this one had better pacing than the other’s I’ve read. I love the changes Vimes goes through, and I think Carrot was both funny and really interesting. To me the book is a bout how a community handles a crisis, and authoritarianism. But I suppose the latter comes across pretty well in every Discworld book, with Vetinari and all. Really good and I also love that Sybil is not romanticised as much as she could’ve been. We love female characters that aren’t one-dimensional.
The hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy-series (5 books)
These books were to me very different from eachother. They remind me of Disccworld books. The two first I felt like were directly connected, the third one a bit of an explanation to the first 2, the 4th utterly unnecessary, and the 5th just strange. That is of course a bit of an oversimplification, and I understand that it doesn’t always need to add up like it conventionally would. I can appreciate the strangeness! I mostly stuck around for the humor. I wasn’t really satisfied about the ending though, but I suppose that can’t change outside of fanfiction. But the first book or two I could read again, those were funny.
Maresi
Jag var nog lite för gammal för den här boken, men jag läste den eftersom jag efentligen läst uppföljaren till den här boken för flera år sen, och tänkte det var hög tid att jag tog mig an originalet. Då jag läste den tyckte jag att den var riktigt bra! Nu I efterhand märker jag att den var nästan en direkt kopia av The Tombs of Atuan. Inga män får komma dit, hela grejen med katakomberna och döden, alla ritualer, de är oroväckande lika, och jag undrar om inte författaren tagit en gnutta för mycket inspiration.
Älgflickan
Den här boken var jag nog också för gammal för, men jag gillade den. Ganska mysig bok som fick mig att tänka på naturskydd och sånt. Jag gillar att både huvufkaraktären och hon som leder Skogens Vänner båda bryr sig om älgarna, men har så olika åsikter om hur man ska ta tag I situationen att det verkar som att de har helt olika mål. Men jag skulle rekommendera boken åt yngre läsare som vill läsa om en tjej som gillar naturen och blir kompis med älgar. Väldigt mysigt.
Skuggas
Älskade boken. Jag älskar hur det skildrar en vanlig kvinnas perspektiv på kriget. Man får så många känslor, man förstår verkligen Ruts personlighet och vad hon tänker och tycker om saker. Hur livet går vidare, och också alla små detaljer om när under kriget vissa saker sker. Och miljön på den Österbottniska landsbygden får en att känna sig som hemma. Väldigt gripande och jag rekommenderar den verkligen.
Minor detail
It really opens your eyes to the horror generations of palestinians have gone through. It is just inhumane what these people have happen to them on a daily basis. Short book, with a clear point. Free Palestine.
Paper towns
I loved this book so much. First I wasn’t that interested, and just picked it up as something to read when I’m bored, but then I got really invested. I love the whole theme about not really knowing a person, the poem, the clues, it’s just so wonderfully written. The feeling of running away, it grips you and gives you shivers along your spine. Paper town, paper girl. Are we all paper? Can we ever be something real? Really stops you to think for a moment, and I think that’s beautiful.
Kometen Kommer
Jag har alltid älskat mumin, och Tove Jansson är en av mina största inspirationer här I livet. Jag kan verkligen förstå att hon höll på med mumin då under kriget, då man behövde något lugnande, att komma bort från vardagen. Jag har läst Kometen kommer förut, och jag blir alltid lika glad. Snusmumrikens enkla livsstil, mumintrollets äventyrslust, muminmammans lugn… Jag kan inte annat än bli nostalgisk som finlandssvensk. Jag tror ätt även idag, behöver vi komma bort från vardagen.
Earthsea (4 books)
I loved these so much. I think it’s interesting to see Ged grow up and learn things, even as he gets older. That’s really great, to show how to young people that even as you get older, there will always be more to learn. At least I took it that way. Although In the first 3 books he is kind of one-dimensional and I had a hard time finding a flaw in him after the “incident”. Tenar is an intersting character though, and I love that quote of hers about dancing, but not knowing who the dancer is. Taking on different forms, but never really knowing yourself. And really interesting languages. Although even if it was handled and discussed a bit more in Tehanu, I felt the author didn’t really solve the question about that women and men are inherently not that different. I think it was on the right track, but it might’ve been something I missed, or character opinions that confused me. I don’t know. But other than that really good.
A psalm for the wild built (audiobook)
I’ve only recently gotten into the world of ecological literature, and I think this book was a great start. I love how the world is set up, and I can really relate to Dex in not knowing what their purpose is, and never feeling like what they’re doing is enough. Their discussions with Mosscap really got me feeling filosophical. Sometimes when you read a book there is no flare at all, but here felt I could almost smell the onions frying, and the water on their skin mixed with the sweet forest air, and their soggy socks. Really really good book, funny at times yet leaves you thinking for a while.