New reviews at ScandinavianBooks.com The most recent reviews and additions to the ScandinavianBooks site http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/feed.xml ScandinavianBooks 2007-2010 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:28:12 -0800 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:28:12 -0800 Max Manus A movie about one of the heroes of the Norwegian resistance movement during WWII, based on real events. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wZdKt8swQsnis98N0iF7YTiDtfk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wZdKt8swQsnis98N0iF7YTiDtfk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wZdKt8swQsnis98N0iF7YTiDtfk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wZdKt8swQsnis98N0iF7YTiDtfk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/of1nMuVTkCY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/of1nMuVTkCY/norwegian-movies-3.html C39EED8F-7A46-47AE-B416-5MM4525567 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:28:12 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/dvd/norwegian-movies-3.html Postcard Killers, by James Patterson and Liza Marklund A young serial killing couple is traveling all over Europe. In each of the countries they visit, they kill a young couple. The murders are bloody and brutal, and after they have killed, the murderers take photos of the dead victims. The photos are sent as postcards to newspaper reporters. The killers want publicity and soon get it. In the media they are nicknamed the Postcard Killers. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7Nxam01-RN2cUHGrmDaw5rmO6FY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7Nxam01-RN2cUHGrmDaw5rmO6FY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7Nxam01-RN2cUHGrmDaw5rmO6FY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7Nxam01-RN2cUHGrmDaw5rmO6FY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/Tia6Q_48OCU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/Tia6Q_48OCU/liza-marklund-2.html C39EED8F-7A46-47AE-B416-3KK3483567 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:12 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/crime-book/swedish-author/liza-marklund-2.html The Millennium-movies on DVD Men Who Hate Women a k a The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest finally available on DVD. However, as of today only on Region 2 DVD's, and not yet with English Subtitles. We will keep you posted! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PaJ9M984e__DmbcDDYwcbdISUrU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PaJ9M984e__DmbcDDYwcbdISUrU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PaJ9M984e__DmbcDDYwcbdISUrU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PaJ9M984e__DmbcDDYwcbdISUrU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/QDQKMSdbCm4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/QDQKMSdbCm4/stieg-larsson-DVD.html C39EED8F-7A46-47AE-B416-2DD0983567 Wed, 7 Mar 2010 11:28:12 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/dvd/stieg-larsson-DVD.html Blackwater, by Kerstin Ekman Blackwater is a very densely plotted psychological thriller. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f3X4V_nmcxHqJUgf9H6HIAgsa8Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f3X4V_nmcxHqJUgf9H6HIAgsa8Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f3X4V_nmcxHqJUgf9H6HIAgsa8Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f3X4V_nmcxHqJUgf9H6HIAgsa8Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/tSo2QwR9I-8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/tSo2QwR9I-8/book-reviews-2.html C39EED8F-7A46-47AE-B766-2DD0983345 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:28:15 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/crime-book/swedish-author/book-reviews-2.html Evil (Ondskan) DVD. Review of a very good Swedish movie based on a novel by Jan Guillou. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H6qFePX-zW-x6m_dLnh3FKKvfE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H6qFePX-zW-x6m_dLnh3FKKvfE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H6qFePX-zW-x6m_dLnh3FKKvfE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_H6qFePX-zW-x6m_dLnh3FKKvfE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/_VCS-4hG3mA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/_VCS-4hG3mA/jan-guillou.html C39EED8F-7A46-47AE-B416-2DD09839EE5B Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:56 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/dvd/jan-guillou.html Dreamers, Benoni and Rosa by Knut Hamsun. Reviews of three wonderful, lyrical books by Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nGYa-WtTSldC970xJoApClS2KZs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nGYa-WtTSldC970xJoApClS2KZs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nGYa-WtTSldC970xJoApClS2KZs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nGYa-WtTSldC970xJoApClS2KZs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/rBtlW3a7l4Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/rBtlW3a7l4Q/knut-hamsun-2.html F0A377C3-AE6A-48B7-B39B-2C6869D8BB43 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:55 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/fiction-book/norwegian-author/knut-hamsun-2.html The Burning Land: A Novel, by Bernard Cornwell The fifth volume in the bestselling Alfred series, featuring the Viking Lord Uthred. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Duz83-ProJ0O44_S24B8jWkU5Jc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Duz83-ProJ0O44_S24B8jWkU5Jc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Duz83-ProJ0O44_S24B8jWkU5Jc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Duz83-ProJ0O44_S24B8jWkU5Jc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/jsA_VdwGAU8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/jsA_VdwGAU8/viking%20fiction.html 19F295DB-CAA6-41D5-8BEE-FF10AEE08B93 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:54 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/vikings/viking%20fiction.html Hamsun DVD Movie about Hamsun's life, dealing extensively with his relations to the Nazi's during World War II. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8UyZW2mg88TOnc4dHH_hbI0tyho/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8UyZW2mg88TOnc4dHH_hbI0tyho/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8UyZW2mg88TOnc4dHH_hbI0tyho/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8UyZW2mg88TOnc4dHH_hbI0tyho/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/_UhzcYDwmwE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/_UhzcYDwmwE/norwegian-movies.html 48595586-7F6B-42C3-A0B5-AAC01F08848F Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:53 -0800 http://http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/dvd/norwegian-movies.html The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo Review of Jo Nesbo's forthcoming novel in the Harry Hole series. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AyCc58Z8CXee65FarHO_lmq-n9U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AyCc58Z8CXee65FarHO_lmq-n9U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AyCc58Z8CXee65FarHO_lmq-n9U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AyCc58Z8CXee65FarHO_lmq-n9U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/IenqQ2s5P04" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/IenqQ2s5P04/jo-nesbo2.html 1F7A940A-B7AB-4051-B7CD-125D91CCB8C6 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:52 -0800 http://http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/crime-book/norwegian/jo-nesbo2.html Smilla's Sense of Snow (DVD) Review of t he movie based on Peter Hoeg's novel with the same name. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VogMbwFpKIAAvuBFCS2Nlwxe3Wc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VogMbwFpKIAAvuBFCS2Nlwxe3Wc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VogMbwFpKIAAvuBFCS2Nlwxe3Wc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VogMbwFpKIAAvuBFCS2Nlwxe3Wc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/fzoR4vi2Tvo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/fzoR4vi2Tvo/smilla-sense-DVD.html C076CFF4-71A6-4908-9EC3-4CB2A75F20BB Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:51 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/dvd/smilla-sense-DVD.html The Templar Knight, by Jan Guillou Book Two of the Crusades Trilogy reviewed. Great historical fiction by Swedish writer Jan Guillou. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T6Hiz6ug1cCe5t5vFsmyAWzFsEY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T6Hiz6ug1cCe5t5vFsmyAWzFsEY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T6Hiz6ug1cCe5t5vFsmyAWzFsEY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/T6Hiz6ug1cCe5t5vFsmyAWzFsEY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/OgmvCCjYHnA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/OgmvCCjYHnA/jan-guillou.html 79DC63C4-A40E-4B62-97E7-C39019236624 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:50 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/crime-book/jan-guillou.html Review of Stig Saeterbakken's Siamese Book review <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gAm0FhSI6gT6qHj1UnecMMxj_s4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gAm0FhSI6gT6qHj1UnecMMxj_s4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gAm0FhSI6gT6qHj1UnecMMxj_s4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gAm0FhSI6gT6qHj1UnecMMxj_s4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~4/eOSxqE2n1b0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Scandinavianbooks/~3/eOSxqE2n1b0/norwegian-writer.html 22785132-C91A-440B-B918-7BC7DAB2F267 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:28:49 -0800 http://www.scandinavianbooks.com/fiction-book/norwegian-writer.html