Border (short story)

Book menu for "Border" by John Ajvide Lindqvist

ISBN of edition I read: 9780312620530 (hardcover story collection: Let the Old Dreams Die)

Food mentioned in "Border":
Wine, 5
     White wine, 38
Coffee, 11-13
Ice cream, 12
Mushrooms, 36
Strawberry juice, 53

Books mentioned in "Border":
Henning Mankell, 1, 15
Isaac Asimov, 2
Ray Bradbury, 2
Arthur C. Clarke, 2
Five Go to Billycock Hill / Enid Blyton, 8
Ake Edwardson, 15
     Sail of Stone, 16
     Death Angels, 16
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Stieg Larsson, 16
The Brother Karamazov / Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 32
Comet in Moominland / Tove Jansson, 37

Movies mentioned in "Border":
The Phantom Carriage, 24
Sir Arne's Treasure, 24, 26

Music mentioned in "Border":
Chopin's piano sonatas, 44
 

A Man Called Ove

Book Menu for A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman


ISBN of edition I read: 9781476738024 (trade paperback)


Food mentioned in A Man Called Ove:

Coffee, 5,9, 11, 23, 25, 91-92, 140, 212, 217, 249
   253, 259-260, 283, 292, 330
      Espresso, 13
      Latte, 249
Rice with Saffron & Chicken, 21-22, 307
Pilsner, 38, 43
Sausages & potatoes, 39, 73, 90, 131
Cookies, 58
Whiskey, 81, 243, 245, 256, 305, 309
Apple pie, 89-90
Sausage sandwich, 164
Bananas, 178
French fries, 209-210
Lemonade, 236
Croissants, 247
Eggs, 259
Meat, potatoes, & gravy, 307
Ice cream, 259
   Chocolate ice cream, 331
Toast, 282
Birthday cake, 321

Books/Authors mentioned in A Man Called Ove:
The Chronicles of Narnia, 27
Shakespeare, 151, 204, 227, 311
Ernest Hemingway, 152
   The Old Man and The Sea, 153

Television programs mentioned in A Man Called Ove:
Dexter, 61

Libraries mentioned in A Man Called Ove:
p. 152-153: "[Sonya's] father had never bothered with books, but when his daughter sat reading the newspaper at the age of five he wasn't so stupid that he tried to avoid doing something about it. 'A girl can't read shit like that: she'll lose her head,' he stated as he pushed her towards the library counter in the village. The old librarian didn't quite know what he meant by that, but there was no doubt about the girl's quite outstanding intellect.

The monthly trip to the grocery store simply had to be extended to a monthly trip to the library, the librarian and father decided together..."

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Book Menu for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

ISBN of edition I read:  9780307269997 (hardcover)

Food mention in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest :
Toast with cheese, marmalade and avocado, 19, 545
Cake, 39
Coffee, 39, 47
Cheese and liver pate sandwich, 47
Waffles with Cloudberry Jam , 52
Johnnie Walker, 79
Glenfiddich (Scotch), 84
Sushi, 104
Swedish meatballs with lingonberries, 104
Mineral water, 104, 125, 310
Shish kebab, 141
Meatball sandwich, 225
Beet salad, 225
Lettuce and cheese baguette, 249
Burek, 318, 322
Vegetable stew, 331
Cold pasta salad with tuna and bacon, 343
Cabbage stew, 366
Ramlosa, 422
Lamb chops in red wine sauce, 422
Lamb stew, 442, 451
Champagne, 517
Mangoes, 525
Apples 525
Tullamore Dew (Irish whiskey), 525
Croissants, 529
Campari, 541
Bagels, 562

Books/Authors mentioned in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest :
The Iliad / Homer, 147
Philip Marlowe, 174
Pippi Longstocking / Astrid Lindgren, 238
Dashiell Hammett, 306
Amazons of Black Sparta / Stanley Alpern, 419
Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens, 532

Magazines mentioned in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest :
New England Journal of Medicine, 8, 174
Nature, 174

Television mentioned in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest:
C.S.I., 324

Music mention in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest:
Verdi, 425-426

Misc.: Fermat's Last Theorem

Discussion questions for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest:
What are the differences and parallel's between Lisbeth and her half brother, Niedermann?
How do the passages (p. 3, 147, 289, 419) about Amazons and women warriors relate to the novel as a whole?

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

 
Book Menu for The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

ISBN of edition I read: 9780307269980 (hardcover)

Food mention in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
Ice coffee, 9
Chin-ups (Grenadian fruit), 12
Mangoes, 19
Mineral water, 20, 42
Calamari and chips, 20
Carib (beer), 20, 24, 46
Coke, 20, 43, 147
Rum and coke, 23
Caffe latte, 24, 33, 42, 68
Cheese sandwich, 42, 474
Eggs and toast, 42
Kefir, 59
Cinnamon rolls, 60, 231
Pizza, 66, 47, 196
     Hawaiian pizza, 351
Brie baguette, 68
Cheesecake with raspberry ice cream, 78
Sweet and sour chicken, 79
Tullamore Dew, 79
Couscous and lamb, 91
Macaroni and cheese, 117
Aquavit, 169, 373
Grappa, 170
Vestfyn Pilsner, 234
Vodka and lime juice, 241
Grilled lamb, 350
Apple, 404, 472
Spaghetti with meat sauce, 405
Quinta do Noval (Nacional!, 1976), 462
Ham pies, 462

Books/Authors mentioned in The Girl Who Played With Fire:
From Russia with Love / Ian Fleming, 79
Astrid Lindgren, 238
     Pippi Longstocking , 456
Crime and Punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 469

Music mentioned in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
Sven Ingvars, 10
Nick Cave, 10
"No Woman No Cry" / Bob Marley, 19
"Maria" / Debbie Harry, 234
"Cat People (Putting out the fire)" / David Bowie, 455
"On a Slow Boat to China", 491

Magazines mentioned in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
Popular Science, 11, 20
Caribbean Traveller, 11

Libraries/Librarians mentioned in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
p. 13  "But Salander was given a different picture of things when she met Philip Campbell--teacher, librarian, and Baptist preacher. She had taken a room in his guesthouse for the first few days."

p. 292 "Paolo Robert was one of the last to leave the library. He had spent the afternoon reading every line that had been written about the hunt for Salander."

p. 320 "[Salander] had thought over the possibilities and then applied for a summer job at the library in Langvik. In a break from her cleaning duties, it took her about then minutes to get detailed blueprints of the whole building."

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Book menu for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

ISBN of edition I read: 9780307454546 (trade paperback)

Food mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
Cafe latte, 16, 298, 482
Aquavit, 21, 180, 276, 351, 580
Reimersholms brandy, 23
Coffee, 39, 45, 50, 57, 73, 75, 79, 106, 115, 210
Fruitcake, 73
Christmas ham, 75
Christmas cake, 75
Pastries, 80
Roast hare with currant jelly and potatoes, 111
Red wine, 111, 200
Sponge cake, 142-3
Moose steak, 185
Lamb  cutlets with potatoes in cream sauce, 200
Cognac, 208
Sandwiches
     Cheese sandwiches with pickles, 227
     Cheese, caviar and egg on rye, 271
     Roast beef or turkey or avocado on bagels, 328, 330
     Pickled herring in mustard sauce and egg sandwich, 351
     Cheese, liver sausage and pickles on rye, 461
     Liver pate and cucumber sandwich, 580
Kefir, 253
Apples, 253
Fried sausage with potatoes and beets, 254
Aberlour scotch, 268
Bacon pancakes with lingonberries, 277
Toast with cheese and marmalade, 284
Venison stew, 287
Lamb chops sauteed in red wine, 374
Coffee cake, 550
Glogg, 580

Books/Authors mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
Astrid Lindren, 13
     The Children of Noisy Village, 291
     Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus, 291
     Pippi Longstocking, 291
Dorothy Sayers, 95
Carina Rydberg, 140
Hopalong Cassidy novels, 140
Elizabeth George, 142
Sue Grafton, 254
The Laser Man / Gellert Tamas, 255
Famous Five novels / Enid Blyton, 291
The Metro Mystery / Sivar Ahlrud, 291
Lennart Hyland, 348
The Mermaids Singing  / Val McDermid, 351, 353, 363
Sara Paretsky, 396
Ake Edwardson, 582

Movies mentioned in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo:
The Lord of the Rings, 210
Gone with the Wind , 436

Music mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
Tommy Dorsey, 185
John Coltrane, 185
"A Night in Tunisia", 186
Best of the Eurhythmics
     "Sweet Dreams", 315
Elvis Presley, 538, 583

Magazines mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
Arena, 51
Ordfront, 51, 265
Rekord-magasinet, 140, 199, 291
Modern Times, 207
Tidsfordriv, 291
Lektyr, 291
Bildjournalen, 291
Se, 291
Mitt Livs Novell, 291-2
Soldier of Fortune, 556

Libraries mentioned in The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo:
pages 142, 210, 245, 356

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