{"id":5293,"date":"2012-08-04T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T06:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=5293"},"modified":"2022-12-28T14:19:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T12:19:16","slug":"some-reading-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=5293","title":{"rendered":"Some reading to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>T\u00e4m\u00e4 kes\u00e4 tuntuu olevan kiireisempi kuin vuosiin, mutta silti olen onnistunut haalimaan itselleni my\u00f6s enemm\u00e4n lukemista kuin vuosiin. Iltaisin ennen nukkumaanmenoa on mukava rauhoittua hetki s\u00e4ngyss\u00e4 ja lukea pari sivua hyv\u00e4\u00e4 kirjaa. Olen onnistunut koukuttamaan itseni Sookie Stackhouse-kirjoihin sek\u00e4 Gail Carrigerin Parasol Protectorate-sarjaan jonka viimeinen osa tuo Timeless on. Vaikka pid\u00e4n my\u00f6s englanninkielisist\u00e4 kirjoista, ei niiden lukeminen ole ihan niin rentouttavaa kuin suomeksi lukeminen. Ja t\u00e4ytyy mukaan toki ottaa puhdasta h\u00f6mpp\u00e4\u00e4, Kaari Utrion romanttisien historiallisten romaanien muodossa. Lis\u00e4ksi ajattelin viihdytt\u00e4\u00e4 itse\u00e4ni tutustumalla vuoden 1921 Avio-onni-oppaaseen. Osan n\u00e4ist\u00e4 olen jo ehtinyt lukea, nyt lukuvuorossa on Viel\u00e4 yksi juttu&#8230;, Eoin Colferin kirjoittama kuudes osa Douglas Adamsin Linnunradan k\u00e4sikirjaan. Olen p\u00e4\u00e4ssyt vasta alkuun, enk\u00e4 ole viel\u00e4 lainkaan vakuuttunut ett\u00e4 t\u00e4m\u00e4 kuudes osa olisi alkuper\u00e4isten teosten veroinen. Colferin kirjoitustyyli ei ole aivan Adamsin veroinen, mutta katsotaan nyt. Ehk\u00e4 tarkoituksena ei ollutkaan imitoida Adamsia.<br><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Ent\u00e4p\u00e4 te, rakkaat lukijat, onko teill\u00e4 suosituksia hyviksi lukukirjoiksi?<\/strong><\/span> En pid\u00e4 kauhusta enk\u00e4 kamalan masentavista ja raskaista kirjoista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>IN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/span><br>This summer seems to be the busiest for years, but still I have managed to get more books to read than for years. In the evening before going to sleep, it is nice to relax a while in the bed and read couple pages. I&#8217;m hooked on Sookie Stackhouse-books and also Gail Carriger&#8217;s Parasol Protectorate-series. Timeless is the last book of that, sadly. Even though I like reading books in english aswell, I don&#8217;t think it is as relaxing than reading them in my native language, finnish. And of course I have to have some romance, so I&#8217;ve been reading Kaari Utrio&#8217;s romantic historical novels aswell. <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>(Kaari Utrio is finnish historian and author who studies especially history of women, femininity, beauty and family).<\/strong><\/span> I also thought it would be amusing to read Marriage-guide from the 1921. Some of these books I have already read, and now I&#8217;m going through &#8220;And another thing&#8230;&#8221;, so called sixth part for Douglas Adams&#8217; Hitchikers Guide, by Eoin Colfer. I&#8217;ve only just started, but I&#8217;m not convinced at all that it will be up to the level of original books. Colfer&#8217;s style is not as good as Adams&#8217; but we&#8217;ll see. Perhaps it wasn&#8217;t even meant to imitate Adams.<br><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>What about you, my dear and darling readers, do you have recommendations for good books?<\/strong><\/span> I don&#8217;t like horror nor very depressive or heavy books.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lukemista.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lukemista.jpg?resize=559%2C450\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5294\" title=\"lukemista\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lukemista.jpg?w=559 559w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lukemista.jpg?resize=150%2C120 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.evildressmaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lukemista.jpg?resize=300%2C241 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00e4m\u00e4 kes\u00e4 tuntuu olevan kiireisempi kuin vuosiin, mutta silti olen onnistunut haalimaan itselleni my\u00f6s enemm\u00e4n lukemista kuin vuosiin. Iltaisin ennen nukkumaanmenoa on mukava rauhoittua hetki s\u00e4ngyss\u00e4 ja lukea pari sivua hyv\u00e4\u00e4 kirjaa. Olen onnistunut koukuttamaan itseni Sookie Stackhouse-kirjoihin sek\u00e4 Gail Carrigerin Parasol Protectorate-sarjaan jonka viimeinen osa tuo Timeless on. Vaikka pid\u00e4n my\u00f6s englanninkielisist\u00e4 kirjoista, ei&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=5293\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[132,12],"tags":[91,82,148],"class_list":["post-5293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-luettavaa","category-munelama","tag-my-life","tag-something-else","tag-something-to-read","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2H8as-1nn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17182,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5293\/revisions\/17182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}