Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson

A different get together with my book club

Writing by LoisMay 20, 2020May 20, 2020

Books by LoisSeptember 12, 2018September 12, 2018

Cleeves, Ridpath, Woodward, Sansom – books waiting to be read

When I was a child the best present I could receive was a book. I like surprises so at Christmas when gifts were arranged around the tree I’d never go and feel them, trying to make out what was hidden by the wrapping paper. I wouldn’t even look to see if I could glimpse a […]

FAQs… and answers ( vi)

Writing by LoisMarch 26, 2018

Reading

Books by LoisApril 30, 2017

Diving into a new book

Books by LoisMarch 7, 2017

Wolf Winter

Books by LoisApril 12, 2015

Bits and pieces by LoisMay 15, 2014

Iceland mystery

I visited Iceland a couple of years ago and I’m so excited that I’m going again in November. I read a lot of novels set in Iceland, including those by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Michael Ridpath, and since one in ten Icelandic people are published authors, I have a lot more to discover and enjoy! […]

Writing by LoisSeptember 3, 2013

Translate…

I mentioned a couple of times how difficult it is to translate things from one language to another, not because I have done it (not since I was a t Uni) but because I often read books in translation and a couple of times have been a little disappointed – my worst disappointment when I […]