\u00c9g veit ekki alveg hvers vegna, \u00fea\u00f0 var ekkert \u00fathugsa\u00f0 og \u00e9g hugsa a\u00f0 \u00e9g leyfi \u00fev\u00ed bara a\u00f0 vera \u00f3\u00fathugsu\u00f0u, a.m.k. \u00ed bili, en \u00e9g \u00e1kva\u00f0 fyrir m\u00e1nu\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0an a\u00f0 n\u00e6sta h\u00e1lfa \u00e1ri\u00f0 myndi \u00e9g bara lesa b\u00e6kur eftir konur \u2013 kannski a\u00f0 hluta til vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00feegar \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 hugsa m\u00e1li\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 voru flestir skallarnir \u00fear (go figure) og listinn yfir \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g vildi lesa var\u00f0 strax svo langur a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er borin von \u00e9g komist yfir nema brot af honum \u00e1 h\u00e1lfu \u00e1ri. Og kannski a\u00f0 hluta til vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 fem\u00edn\u00edskar \u00e1herslur eru \u00ed m\u00f3\u00f0 og hver vill vera p\u00fak\u00f3. En \u00feetta er sem sagt sk\u00fdrsla 1\/6 (\u00e9g les yfirleitt minna en \u00feetta \u00e1 einum m\u00e1nu\u00f0i, \u00e9g les frekar h\u00e6gt). Station Eleven \u2013 Emily St. John Mandel, kanad\u00edsk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 28. mars F\u00edn dyst\u00f3p\u00eda \u2013 \u00f3tr\u00falega \u201evel skrifu\u00f0\u201c \u00ed \u00feeirri merkingu a\u00f0 m\u00e9r fannst \u00e9g \u00feurfa a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja m\u00e9r \u00ed gegnum hana, \u00e6sispennandi. En \u00e9g er ekki viss um a\u00f0 m\u00e9r finnist n\u00fa, m\u00e1nu\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0ar, a\u00f0 h\u00fan hafi skili\u00f0 miki\u00f0 eftir sig. Einhvers konar eb\u00f3la hefur \u00feurrka\u00f0 \u00fat br\u00f3\u00f0urpartinn af l\u00edfi \u00ed heiminum; leikflokkur fer\u00f0ast um \u00ed nor\u00f0ur-amer\u00edku og s\u00fdnir Shakespeare, f\u00f3lk gerir s\u00e9r sveitarf\u00e9lag \u00e1 flugvelli, drengur elst \u00far grasi og ver\u00f0ur illyrmislegur heimsslitapredikari, einu sinni var fr\u00e6gur leikari \u00ed kanada og allt tengist \u00feetta me\u00f0 h\u00e6tti sem \u00fatsk\u00fdrist sm\u00e1m saman (en vir\u00f0ist svona eftir\u00e1 hafa veri\u00f0 bara h\u00e1lfpartinn \u00fat \u00ed lofti\u00f0; \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta segja tengingarnar m\u00e9r ekki neitt, nema a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r s\u00e9u til sta\u00f0ar). We are all completely beside ourselves \u2013 Karen Joy Fowler, bandar\u00edsk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 10. apr\u00edl \u00c9g var alltof lengi a\u00f0 lesa \u00feessa. S\u00f6guma\u00f0urinn er \u00f3\u00f0am\u00e1la \u2013 \u00fea\u00f0 er beinl\u00ednis karaktereinkenni, h\u00fan getur ekki haldi\u00f0 kjafti \u2013 og \u00fea\u00f0 smitast au\u00f0vita\u00f0 \u00fat \u00ed st\u00edlinn sem ver\u00f0ur d\u00e1l\u00edti\u00f0 bla bla bla og ma\u00f0ur missir f\u00f3kus. Og h\u00fan leysist nokkrum sinnum upp \u00ed frekar miklar predikanir (femin\u00edskar annars vegar og d\u00fdraverndunar hins vegar). En sagan, sem fjallar um konu sem \u00f3lst upp me\u00f0 sjimpansa (\u00fe\u00e6r voru aldar upp einsog systur) fyrstu fimm \u00e1r \u00e6vinnar s\u00e6kir \u00e1 mann og er, \u00feegar allt kemur til alls, miklu kraftmeiri en Station Eleven, \u00fe\u00f3tt h\u00fan s\u00e9 ekki jafn \u201evel skrifu\u00f0\u201c, ekki jafn hn\u00f6kralaus. Paradise of the blind- Duong Thu Huong, v\u00edetn\u00f6msk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 15. apr\u00edl Mig minnir a\u00f0 \u00e9g hafi skrifa\u00f0 a\u00f0eins um The Zenith \u00e1 Starafugl \u2013 en h\u00fan fjalla\u00f0i um s\u00ed\u00f0ustu daga Ho Chi Minh (og fleira). \u00deessi fjallar um tv\u00e6r f\u00e1t\u00e6kar m\u00e6\u00f0gur \u00ed \u00fathverfi Hanoi og er \u00ed a\u00f0ra r\u00f6ndina klass\u00edsk \u00f6rlaga\/kynsl\u00f3\u00f0a\/fj\u00f6lskyldusaga \u2013 mamman er g\u00f6tusali sem vill a\u00f0 d\u00f3ttir s\u00edn ver\u00f0i eitthva\u00f0 meira, en \u00fdmislegt stendur \u00ed veginum, ekki s\u00edst h\u00fan sj\u00e1lf, en l\u00edka hef\u00f0irnar, \u00ferj\u00f3skan, hinar s\u00f3s\u00edal\u00edsku hugsj\u00f3nir, skyldur vi\u00f0 a\u00f0ra fj\u00f6lskyldume\u00f0limi, h\u00e9g\u00f3minn og jafnvel eitthva\u00f0 \u201evestr\u00e6nt\u201c andr\u00famsloft \u2013 allt rekst \u00e1. Dapurleg b\u00f3k en falleg. Rilke Shake- Angelica Freitas, brasil\u00edsk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 16. apr\u00edl. Rilke Shake er lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00f3k \u2013 \u00fe\u00fddd af Hilary Kaplan, sem ver\u00f0ur eiginlega a\u00f0 koma fram \u00fev\u00ed st\u00f3r hluti verksins byggir \u00e1 alls kyns or\u00f0aleikjum, or\u00f0ahlj\u00f3\u00f0um og f\u00edflal\u00e1tum (\u00e9g skil ekki port\u00fag\u00f6lsku en \u00fatg\u00e1fan er tv\u00edm\u00e1la svo ma\u00f0ur getur bori\u00f0 saman). B\u00f3kin fjallar um \u00eddent\u00edtet og kynfer\u00f0i, tungum\u00e1l og fegur\u00f0, og svo b\u00f3kmenntahef\u00f0ina \u2013 sem h\u00fan fer me\u00f0 einsog \u00fe\u00e1 hl\u00e6gilegu d\u00e1semd sem h\u00fan getur veri\u00f0. Bright-sided: how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America \u2013 Barbara Ehrenreich, bandar\u00edsk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 18. apr\u00edl \u00deessi b\u00f3k gengur ekki s\u00edst \u00fat \u00e1 a\u00f0 gera l\u00edti\u00f0 \u00far sj\u00e1lfshj\u00e1lpari\u00f0na\u00f0inum og gerir \u00fea\u00f0 b\u00e6\u00f0i me\u00f0 g\u00f3\u00f0um og sl\u00e6mum r\u00f6kum \u2013 \u00feessi bransi vir\u00f0ist svo sannarlega h\u00e1lf sturla\u00f0ur eftir lesturinn (og ma\u00f0ur hugsar oft til \u00feess offl\u00e6\u00f0is af j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0um \u201eskilabo\u00f0um\u201c sem Facebookvinir manns flytja manni; j\u00e1 og hugmyndarinnar um \u201esafe space\u201c \u2013 j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0nir\u00fami\u00f0 \u2013 sem kemur \u00fe\u00f3 hvorugt til tals). Gallarnir eru helst \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed f\u00f3lgnir a\u00f0 h\u00fan endurtekur miki\u00f0 af \u00feeim skyssum sem sj\u00e1lfshj\u00e1lparg\u00far\u00faarnir gera sj\u00e1lfir, ekki s\u00edst \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 rugla saman j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0ri hugsun, velgengni, hamingju og \u00f3tal \u00f6\u00f0rum hugt\u00f6kum einsog \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 allt sami grauturinn (en \u00fea\u00f0 er hugsanlega ekki h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 \u00feessi illskilgreindu konsept \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi en a\u00f0 nota \u00feau einsog \u00feau koma af k\u00fanni \u2013 anna\u00f0 myndi bara enda \u00fati \u00e1 t\u00fani). Delta of Venus \u2013 Ana\u00efs Nin, k\u00fab\u00f6nsk-amer\u00edsk-fr\u00f6nsk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 a\u00f0 3\/4 hlutum l\u00edklega 20. apr\u00edl (\u00e9g s\u00e9 a\u00f0 \u00e9g hef gleymt a\u00f0 n\u00f3tera \u00fea\u00f0 hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r). \u00c9g sem sagt kl\u00e1ra\u00f0i hana ekki. H\u00fan var mj\u00f6g \u00e1hugaver\u00f0 framan af en svo bara bleee. \u00deetta er sm\u00e1sagnasafn, er\u00f3t\u00edskt, a\u00f0 s\u00f6gn skrifa\u00f0 eftir p\u00f6ntun \u00f3\u00feekkts au\u00f0k\u00fdfings, og \u00fev\u00ed fylgir form\u00e1li h\u00f6fundar sem \u00e9g var \u00f3samm\u00e1la \u00fear til \u00e9g var b\u00fainn a\u00f0 lesa \u00feessa 3\/4 b\u00f3karinnar. H\u00fan altso heldur \u00fev\u00ed fram \u00fear a\u00f0 au\u00f0k\u00fdfingurinn hafi h\u00e1lfpartinn r\u00e6nt \u00feau gle\u00f0inni af er\u00f3t\u00edkinni me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 str\u00edpa hana ni\u00f0ur \u00ed kynl\u00edfsl\u00fdsingar, me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 svipta s\u00f6gupers\u00f3nurnar \u00f6llu \u00f6\u00f0ru en \u00feessum l\u00f6ngunum s\u00ednum, \u00fev\u00ed er\u00f3t\u00edkin s\u00e9 bara gle\u00f0ileg \u00ed samhengi s\u00ednu. Eitthva\u00f0 \u00feannig. N\u00fa eru \u00fea\u00f0 kannski \u00fdkjur, en 400 bla\u00f0s\u00ed\u00f0ur eru \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta of st\u00f3r skammtur af \u00feessu \u2013 m\u00e9r fannst mj\u00f6g gaman og \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 lesa fyrstu 100 s\u00ed\u00f0urnar, en eftir 300 s\u00ed\u00f0ur var \u00feetta bara einsog a\u00f0 pl\u00e6gja sig \u00ed gegnum s\u00edmaskr\u00e1na og \u00e9g gafst upp. \u00dea\u00f0 er reyndar \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 n\u00e6stum allt \u00fearna, sem Nin skilgreinir sem er\u00f3t\u00edk, yr\u00f0i aldrei kalla\u00f0 anna\u00f0 en sv\u00e6snasta kl\u00e1m \u00ed dag \u2013 og oft \u00e1 t\u00ed\u00f0um ofbeldiskl\u00e1m, nau\u00f0gunar\/\u00fevingunar fantas\u00edur, sifjaspell og alls kyns p\u00edna (sem var oft l\u00edka f\u00f3lgin \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk f\u00e9kk ekki a\u00f0 uppfylla \u00fer\u00e1r s\u00ednar fyrren seint og um s\u00ed\u00f0ir, ef \u00fe\u00e1 nokkurn t\u00edma). Miklu verra en nokku\u00f0 sem m\u00e1 finna \u00ed 50 skuggum, e\u00f0a Fantas\u00edub\u00f3kinni. Sense and sensibility \u2013 Jane Austen, ensk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 24. apr\u00edl \u00deetta var einsog a\u00f0 detta \u00ed sl\u00fa\u00f0urtunnu. Og minnti mig oft \u00e1 \u00cdslendingas\u00f6gurnar, eiginlega \u2013 f\u00f3lk fast \u00ed einhverjum hef\u00f0um a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 st\u00fdra s\u00e9r lei\u00f0 \u00ed gegnum afskaplega fl\u00f3kna p\u00f3lit\u00edk \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 glata fj\u00f6lskylduhei\u00f0rinum (og helst gr\u00e6\u00f0a peninga). Samr\u00e6\u00f0urnar voru d\u00e1samlegar og \u00e9g flissa\u00f0i miki\u00f0, en \u00e9g missti l\u00edka \u00fer\u00e1\u00f0inn stundum og fannst oft einsog allt h\u00e9ti \u00feetta f\u00f3lk sama eftirnafninu (\u201e\u00feessir karlar heita allir \u00deorgeir!\u201c var algengasta umkv\u00f6rtunin \u00feegar \u00e9g las \u00edslendingas\u00f6gur \u00ed sk\u00f3la). Mikill \u201eyndislestur\u201c einsog heitir. \u00dea\u00f0 sl\u00f3 mig a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 enginn ynni svo miki\u00f0 sem eitt einasta handtak alla b\u00f3kina (en allir hef\u00f0u miklar \u00e1hyggjur af tekjum s\u00ednum, sem gu\u00f0 einn veit hvar \u00feeir fengu) \u00fe\u00e1 var enginn frj\u00e1ls, enginn gat fari\u00f0 og gert \u00fea\u00f0 sem hann vildi. Konurnar s\u00e1tu mest kyrrar og karlarnir \u00feeyttust um til a\u00f0 uppfylla \u201eskyldur s\u00ednar\u201c. Og \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 hugsa upp \u00far \u00fev\u00ed hversu algengt \u00fea\u00f0 er a\u00f0 f\u00f3lk vinni ekki neitt \u00ed b\u00f3kum. i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together \u2013 Mira Gonzalez, bandar\u00edsk \u2013 kl\u00e1ru\u00f0 24. apr\u00edl \u00d6nnur lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00f3k. Nei \u00e9g meina fyrsta lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00f3k. Fyrsta lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00f3k hennar, \u00f6nnur lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00f3kin sem \u00e9g les \u00ed m\u00e1nu\u00f0inum. Mira Gonzalez er n\u00fdjasta stjarnan \u00ed bandar\u00edskum lj\u00f3\u00f0aheimi og \u00e9g hef veri\u00f0 lengi \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni a\u00f0 lesa \u00feessa b\u00f3k. H\u00fan er f\u00e6dd 1992 (!!!) og er stj\u00fapd\u00f3ttir bassaleikarans \u00ed Black Flag. B\u00f3kin er alveg skelfilega dapurleg \u2013 e\u00f0a bara \u00feunglyndisleg, alveg \u00f3ge\u00f0slega \u00feunglyndisleg, en \u00e1 sama t\u00edma k\u00edmin og jafnvel gl\u00f6\u00f0, og \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a nokkurn t\u00edma skj\u00e1lfandi hyster\u00edsk, einsog oft ver\u00f0ur raunin \u00feegar depur\u00f0in og f\u00edflal\u00e6tin m\u00e6tast. \u00c9g kl\u00e1ra\u00f0i hana bara \u00e1\u00f0an og \u00e1 eftir a\u00f0 lesa hana nokkrum sinnum \u2013 l\u00edkt og reyndar Rilke Shake, lj\u00f3\u00f0ab\u00e6kur eru yfirleitt \u00ed \u201eumfer\u00f0\u201c hj\u00e1 m\u00e9r \u00ed einhverjar vikur, liggja \u00e1 bor\u00f0um og vi\u00f0 kl\u00f3sett og h\u00e9r og \u00fear, \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00fe\u00e6r fara upp \u00ed hillu (og fara svo i\u00f0ulega aftur \u00ed umfer\u00f0 anna\u00f0 veifi\u00f0).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9g veit ekki alveg hvers vegna, \u00fea\u00f0 var ekkert \u00fathugsa\u00f0 og \u00e9g hugsa a\u00f0 \u00e9g leyfi \u00fev\u00ed bara a\u00f0 vera \u00f3\u00fathugsu\u00f0u, a.m.k. \u00ed bili, en \u00e9g \u00e1kva\u00f0 fyrir m\u00e1nu\u00f0i s\u00ed\u00f0an a\u00f0 n\u00e6sta h\u00e1lfa \u00e1ri\u00f0 myndi \u00e9g bara lesa b\u00e6kur eftir konur \u2013 kannski a\u00f0 hluta til vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00feegar \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 hugsa m\u00e1li\u00f0 … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Vi\u00f0skiptabann: M\u00e1nu\u00f0ur 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norddahl.org\/fjallabaksleidin\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}