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funkel

funkel@books.babb.no

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

Så mange bøker, så lite tid. Begynner på litt for mange bøker samtidig.

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Shoji Morimoto: Rental Person Who Does Nothing (Paperback, 2024, Picador) No rating

Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told by his boss, "It makes no difference whether you're …

I often to go places where people live alone. They never say 'I want to clean the house' in their requests, but asking me to their homes certainly seems to prompt a desire to clear up. So, although I just go to 'be' there, I have an automatic side effect of getting the house tidy. People seem to be embarrassed at even a complete stranger seeing their rooms in a mess.

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Shoji Morimoto: Rental Person Who Does Nothing (Paperback, 2024, Picador) No rating

Shoji Morimoto was constantly being told by his boss, "It makes no difference whether you're …

Of course, the amount of money people are paid for work (in my case writing fees) depends on the market and no account is taken of the stress involved. This didn't feel right to me. It seemed unfair that people who wanted to do the work, and didn't feel at all stressed by it, got paid the same as people who didn't want to do it and did feel stressed about it. It seemed wrong that I was getting nothing for the mental burden the work was giving me.

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Andrev Walden: Jævla menn (Hardcover, Norsk language, 2024, Kagge)

Julen 1983, i en tomannsbolig i skogene utenfor Norrköping, røper en mor en hemmelighet. En …

Jævla bra

Veldig engasjerende og godt skrevet om en ustabil oppvekst der moren finner seg en ny mann hvert år. Ekstra pluss for veldig mange henvisninger til sopp; kremler, lerkesopp, fingersopp, sandmorkel, kantarell, piggsopp, blågrå østerssopp. Denne gikk ned på høykant, selv for meg som er litt ute av leserytmen.