Books in English

Kotimaisten kirjojen ja käännöskirjojen lisäksi luen paljon muilla kielillä. Eniten englanniksi, toiseksi eniten espanjaksi ja myös silloin tällöin ranskaksi ja italiaksi. Tältä sivulta löydät kootusti kaikki blogissa käsitellyt englanninkieliset kirjat. Arviot on kirjoitettu suomeksi, mutta keväästä 2024 alkaen olen alkanut lisätä niihin tiivistelmän englanniksi. Toivottavasti siitä on iloa niille sivukävijöille, jotka eksyvät kiinnostavan kirjan perässä tänne Suomen ulkopuolelta.

In addition to Finnish books and books translated into Finnish, I read a lot in other languages. Mostly in English, second most in Spanish and also occasionally in French and Italian. On this page you will find all the English-language books covered on the blog. The reviews are written in Finnish, but from spring 2024 onwards I have started to include a summary in English. I hope that it will be useful for those visitors who wander in from outside Finland in search of an interesting book.

Books in English

Elizabeth von Arnim: The Enchanted April | Naistenviikkohaaste 2021

20/07/2021

All down the stone steps on either side were periwinkles in full flower, and she could now see what it was that had caught at her the night before and brushed, wet and scented,…
Barbara Pym: A Few Green Leaves | Naistenviikkohaaste 2021

19/07/2021

There was a general air of relief to be safely back indoors, for the party to begin ’properly’. A quick glance round the room told Emma that it was not a very interesting gathering,…
Paula Byrne: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym | Naistenviikkohaaste 2021

18/07/2021

Pym found Oxford ’intoxicating’. In no small part this was because she suddenly found herself the centre of male attention and, like many girls from single-sex schools, she was ready to enjoy being in…
Jon McGregor: Lean Fall Stand

24/05/2021

They shouldn’t have split up like that, in any case. Doc was always saying he knew this place like the back of his hand but they were still literally in the middle of nowhere.…
Maggie O’Farrell: Hamnet

17/05/2021

She, like all mothers, constantly casts out her thoughts, like fishing lines, towards her children, reminding herself of where they are, what they are doing, how they fare. From habit, while she sits there…
Vendela Vida: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

29/04/2021

The desk in my Helsinki hotel room had a thin phone book in its top drawer. Finland was so small that every listing fit into the same volume, the numbers organized by town. I…
Claire Fuller: Unsettled Ground

19/04/2021

Jeanie rounds up the chickens early and sits beside Dot’s grave to eat a sandwich she made at Bridget’s. Already the earth mound is green with a forest of seedling weeds and the area…
Muriel Spark: A Far Cry from Kensington

14/04/2021

I used to spend my coffee-break and my tea-time with Connie, sometimes in her office, sometimes in mine. My job was to collect from her those few new manuscripts that had a faint possibility…

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Elizabeth von Arnim: The Enchanted April | Naistenviikkohaaste 2021

Barbara Pym: A Few Green Leaves | Naistenviikkohaaste 2021

Paula Byrne: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym | Naistenviikkohaaste 2021

Jon McGregor: Lean Fall Stand

Maggie O’Farrell: Hamnet

Vendela Vida: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name

Claire Fuller: Unsettled Ground

Muriel Spark: A Far Cry from Kensington

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