i guess the year 2006 was the year when i got seriously intereseted in books. i've always been, it's just that i didn't have that kind of dicipline and scheduel i have now, where i plan which books to read in advance. to think about it, that's a rather recent developement. anyway, a friend of my gave me the great idea that i should write down every book i've ever read (i don't remember all of them ofc, but the ones i remember to have read), note down when i read them and comment whether or not these were any good. and this is part one:

• Lord of the Rings (1-3) by JRR Tolkien (spring-fall 2006). This is the book that got me, like so many others, interested in fantasy literature. I struggled with this one and found it really hard to finish it. But I'm kind of proud of myself for doing that. I would reccomend this to anyone who reads fantasy, because it's truly a shame if you haven't read it. You can't call yourself a fantasy geek if you haven't read Tolkien. I also read it in norwegian.
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (fall 2006). A classic.
• A Widow for one year by John Irving (fall 2006). Really liked this one.
• The DanVinci Code & Angles and Demons by Dan Brown (fall 2006). I know the hype, but I like Brown.
• Gossip Girl series (1-8) by Cecily von Ziegsar (fall- winter 2006-07). Guilty pleasure.
• Frelseren by Jo Nesbø (febuary 2007). Norwegian criminal fiction at its best.
• The Lighthouse by P.D James (march 2007).
• The Shadow in the Wind (spring 2007). This book is definitely one of my all-time favorites. Such a beautiful book.
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (spring 2007). I'm a sucker for victorian romances. And I love Jane Austen to bits and pieces.
• Harry Potter series (1-7) (march-july 2007). Another favorite of mine. This is also the book series I've read multiple times. I don't really know how many times I've read it, but everytime I fall in love aaaall over again.
• Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfelds (july 2007). I remember really liking this one and this is the book that made me really interested in Sigmund Freud.
• Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter (july 2007). Another guilty pleasure.
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (august 2007). Another favorite of mine. I love love love this book. It's brilliant.
• The Chronicles of Narnia (1-8) by C.S Lewis (summer 2007). This is also a series like LOTR. You simply have to've read it to call yourself a fantasy lover. This is the books I'm going to read to my children. Definitely.
• Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasions by Jane Austen (fall 2007). Emma is my favorite Austen-book. Sense and Sensibility was one long jawn. Oh well...
• Snømannen by Jo Nesbø (october 2007). Seriously, this man can do no wrong. He's brilliant!
• Atonement by Ian McEwan (fall 2007). LOVED it. The fact that Keira Knightley was to star in the film adaptation may have had a tiny inpact on me deciding to read it, but gosh am I glad I did. McEwan is definitely one of my favorite authors.
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (january 2008). I actually liked this one better than The Kite Runner. It made me weep like an infant.
• A Child in Time by Ian McEwan (febuary 2008). One of those heartbreaking books. Brilliant.
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfeld (march 2008). How I loved this book. I've read it twice and it still haunts me. It's so incredibly beautiful and it's definitely one of my all-time favorites. I hope she publishes a new one soon!

And that's it for now. Of part one, the number of books in total is 47 (unless I've counted wrong that is, and that occasionally happens).