Friday, 3 February 2017

Friday Books - A Man Called Ove

I'm glad it's Friday - weekend, yay!

On Fridays we link up with other book people and grow our TBR lists.

BookBeginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader, and The Friday 56 - hosted by Freda’s Voice are where you'll find them. Both involve sharing excerpts from a current book - the beginning and - you guessed it - page 56.


My book this week is:
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman




I'm sorry about the length of the beginning, but I couldn't stop - I loved it. It really made me laugh and like Ove an awful lot.








I loved this book. It was better than the others in its "category" like "The 100 year old man who climbed out of a window" and "The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry", in my opinion. I did wonder though, some of the chapters had "A Man Called Ove..." and others "A Man Who Was Ove ..." and since this book was translated from Swedish, I think, I wondered if the original title had been "A Man Who Was Ove", but they changed it to be more grammatical If so, I would have preferred "A Man Who Was Ove". But maybe that's too much speculation and conspiracy theory for the weekend?!

Happy reading everyone. And happy weekend.

9 comments:

  1. Anne@HeadFullofBooks3 February 2017 at 07:54

    One of the book club members just ravs about this book another didn't like it. I bet I would like it.

    My Friday quotes

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  2. Breana M.3 February 2017 at 10:19

    This one seems pretty good. Thanks for mentioning it. :-)

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  3. Kathy Martin3 February 2017 at 16:45

    Sounds interesting though it is very different than the kinds of books I read. My book this week is Beauty and the Wiener by Casey Griffith. Happy reading!

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  4. Laurel-Rain Snow3 February 2017 at 18:02

    I loved this book and this character. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “RAINY DAY WOMEN”

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  5. sherry fundin3 February 2017 at 18:40

    Conspiracy over a book title. I love it. LOL
    sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes

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  6. Sandra Nachlinger3 February 2017 at 18:55

    I liked this book a lot. Ove is a fascinating character and quite different from "heroes" in other stories I've read. Hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.
    My Friday post features The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.

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  7. Unknown4 February 2017 at 03:28

    I'm curious enough to try this book. Been running across it frequently.

    My Friday 56 from Every Last Word

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  8. fredamans4 February 2017 at 19:56

    This is on my wishlist! It looks so much fun to read! Happy weekend!

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  9. Lauren Stoolfire9 February 2017 at 05:27

    I really want to read this! I watched the movie last week and it was absolutely wonderful! :)

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