Books and podcasts

I’ve had such a relaxing weekend.  We’ve been out walking (it’s supposed to be winter here, but it’s not that cold, around +-0 degrees Celsius) and spent all Saturday evening in front of the fireplace reading books and drinking good red wine. We kept saying to each other that we should spend more nights reading instead of just watching TV or renting a dvd. I must be the last person in Sweden to read Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, but I blame it on having been out of the country for a couple of years. The books have been hyped in Scandinavia to a degree where even a crime-fiction sceptic like myself have to surrender and buy the books just to see what all the fuss is about. Actually, I haven’t started reading them yet, but I will as soon as I finish John Ajvide Lindqvist’s  vampire books (yep, sounds really weird, but at least the first one is actually really good!). Reviews are coming up, watch this space.

I’ve just been out running in the park and it hit me that since I discovered the joy of podcasts it’s not such a big deal to go out for a run anymore. I actually look forward to it, even if it’s raining and I have to run through slushy mud and breathe in icy cold air (like today). I thank Hamish & Andy for all the weird looks I get from people when I run around laughing and smiling to myself. How did I ever manage to run before? It must have been so boring.