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I full blom: mina betraktelser kring viktiga och oviktiga ting
Ett porträtt i helfigur av en av Sveriges mest färgstarka personer. I denna mycket personliga bok blandar Edward Blom humor och allvar, kultur och litteratur, högt och lågt, folkbildning med egna upplevelser. I drygt trettio yviga kapitel får vi bland annat ta del av hans syn på herrmiddagens magi, döden, att bli far, alkohol, lyckan i manglat linne, bikten, rakning och den svåra saknaden av att inte längre vara en ung stofil. Fram träder bilden av en långt mer komplex och reflekterande person än den matglade livsnjutare vi lärt oss älska genom TV, radioprogram, poddar och tidningar.
324 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2019
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December 16, 2020
sjuke fan
October 25, 2024
Jag gillar Edward, trots att vi är totalt olika som människor. Eller kanske just därför. Låt karln ge ut en dagbok.
September 21, 2023
En mycket trevlig bok att läsa. Jag var inte sen tidigare ett stort fan av Edward och har lärt mig mycket mer om honom vilket ökar intresset för honom som person och hans olika program.
January 16, 2020
Edward Blom is one of Sweden’s cultural icons, and is somewhat of a legend if you ask me. His love for food and the many delights of life is no secret to anyone, and I doubt there are many who enjoy their lives more than he does. Despite being morbidly obese and utterly hedonistic in many ways, he is still not a particurlarly decadent man. Someone like Charlie Sheen could in some ways be seen as Blom’s opposite, where the former is far more destructive in nature. Blom took a huge leap into the spotlight recently in a rather unlikely way, that being a song which is built using quotes from the renowned connoiseur as samples, forming some sort of lyric. The chorus is a catchy one and caught on, and it seems to me that just about everyone knows the song and thus also knows of Edward Blom.
I Full Blom is his autobiography. It was recently published, and I saw it at a supermarket. I just couldn’t not buy the book when seeing his unmistakeable face looking at me through his glasses on the front cover. So I bought it and figured it would be a good Christmas read, when celebration and culinary ceremonies are running rampant.
The effect of reading it was devastating. After the first few chapters I found myself with a voracious appetite that wasn’t going away any time soon. Much of my mental activity suddenly revolved around food and anything edible, seeking delicacies every waking hour. As a result, I gained more than fifteen punds of weight this Christmas break. Of course, Blom cannot entirely be blamed, but it certainly didn’t help in trying to maintain reasonable limits for my food and alcohol consumption. He is able to present his passion for all things tasty in a culturally sophisticated way that is extremely contagious. Anyone trying to shed a few pounds should stay away from this one, that much is certain.
The tone of the book is a light one for the most part, which forms quite the contrast when compared to the stuff I usually read. I really admire the author’s authenticity. He is different, and he is not ashamed of it. Nor is he overly proud or arrogant, he just is. Edward Blom is one of those guys who knows what he likes, and has managed to make a living of it, while enjoying life in every way possible in the process. Adding to that is a very grateful attitude and positive mindset to the good, the bad, and the ugly. Being a highly pessimistic individual, these kinds of inputs can sometimes be well needed.
Though it was an enjoyable read, the book does lose some of its charm in the second half where it drags on a bit too much. Blom delves into subjects that really aren’t all that interesting and doesn’t go anywhere, which damages the flow and amusement the autobiography had in the first half. It’s almost as if he is writing it from the perspective of having lived his entire life as he reflects and reminisces like someone looking back on his life knowing that his life’s work is finished and that he doesn’t have all that many years left to live.
Despite getting a bit lackluster in the later sections, the author is consistently self aware in a way that makes it difficult to criticize it too much. Reading it was refreshing for me, which is something my bulging abdomen can attest to. It was one of those books that was read in the right time period for me. I just let go of all worries, lived a few weeks of Hakuna Matata, and took a break from the ordeals life throws our way.
The book can appeal to a surprisingly wide audience I think, and had it only been a bit shorter, cutting the extra fat so to say, it would have been a great one. Still, I think that everyone can apply a bit of Blom’s philosophy into their lives as his message is that we should never forget to be grateful for the good things we have, should not take life overly serious, and that we should always be on the lookout for the small, seemingly insignificant things that can enrich one’s existence.
3.5/5
I Full Blom is his autobiography. It was recently published, and I saw it at a supermarket. I just couldn’t not buy the book when seeing his unmistakeable face looking at me through his glasses on the front cover. So I bought it and figured it would be a good Christmas read, when celebration and culinary ceremonies are running rampant.
The effect of reading it was devastating. After the first few chapters I found myself with a voracious appetite that wasn’t going away any time soon. Much of my mental activity suddenly revolved around food and anything edible, seeking delicacies every waking hour. As a result, I gained more than fifteen punds of weight this Christmas break. Of course, Blom cannot entirely be blamed, but it certainly didn’t help in trying to maintain reasonable limits for my food and alcohol consumption. He is able to present his passion for all things tasty in a culturally sophisticated way that is extremely contagious. Anyone trying to shed a few pounds should stay away from this one, that much is certain.
The tone of the book is a light one for the most part, which forms quite the contrast when compared to the stuff I usually read. I really admire the author’s authenticity. He is different, and he is not ashamed of it. Nor is he overly proud or arrogant, he just is. Edward Blom is one of those guys who knows what he likes, and has managed to make a living of it, while enjoying life in every way possible in the process. Adding to that is a very grateful attitude and positive mindset to the good, the bad, and the ugly. Being a highly pessimistic individual, these kinds of inputs can sometimes be well needed.
Though it was an enjoyable read, the book does lose some of its charm in the second half where it drags on a bit too much. Blom delves into subjects that really aren’t all that interesting and doesn’t go anywhere, which damages the flow and amusement the autobiography had in the first half. It’s almost as if he is writing it from the perspective of having lived his entire life as he reflects and reminisces like someone looking back on his life knowing that his life’s work is finished and that he doesn’t have all that many years left to live.
Despite getting a bit lackluster in the later sections, the author is consistently self aware in a way that makes it difficult to criticize it too much. Reading it was refreshing for me, which is something my bulging abdomen can attest to. It was one of those books that was read in the right time period for me. I just let go of all worries, lived a few weeks of Hakuna Matata, and took a break from the ordeals life throws our way.
The book can appeal to a surprisingly wide audience I think, and had it only been a bit shorter, cutting the extra fat so to say, it would have been a great one. Still, I think that everyone can apply a bit of Blom’s philosophy into their lives as his message is that we should never forget to be grateful for the good things we have, should not take life overly serious, and that we should always be on the lookout for the small, seemingly insignificant things that can enrich one’s existence.
3.5/5
April 24, 2020
Skolexemplet på vad som händer med en bok med skapligt innehåll utan redaktör. Hade boken kapats 100 sidor hade det varit en stark trea. Nu är det hopplöst att läsa. Och då är jag en Blom fan.
January 29, 2021
Edward Blom har här gjort en bok med 33 stycken mycket skiljda kapitel. Han har ett väldigt bra språk och även om vissa kapitel är intressantare än andra så finns det nog något för alla.
Det negativa med boken är att det skiljer sig lite i hur olika kapitel är utformade och att han har ett nästan för talspråkligt sätt att skriva. Detta förstärks av ett överdrivet användade av olika skiljetecken. Blom använder sig alldeles för mycket av uteslutningstecken, semikolon och parenteser, något som ibland försvårar läsandet och tar ifrån lite av läsupplevelsen. Någonstans i projektet borde en korrekturläsare eller redaktör ryckt in och styrt upp detta problem.
Men på det stora hela tyckte jag att det var en trevlig bok med många kapitel som var väldigt inspirerande, och några andra som ändå var läsvärda. Allt som allt så får den tre stjärnor.
Det negativa med boken är att det skiljer sig lite i hur olika kapitel är utformade och att han har ett nästan för talspråkligt sätt att skriva. Detta förstärks av ett överdrivet användade av olika skiljetecken. Blom använder sig alldeles för mycket av uteslutningstecken, semikolon och parenteser, något som ibland försvårar läsandet och tar ifrån lite av läsupplevelsen. Någonstans i projektet borde en korrekturläsare eller redaktör ryckt in och styrt upp detta problem.
Men på det stora hela tyckte jag att det var en trevlig bok med många kapitel som var väldigt inspirerande, och några andra som ändå var läsvärda. Allt som allt så får den tre stjärnor.
April 3, 2020
Ett porträtt signerat Edward Blom där han berättar om sin uppväxt och sina intressen, sitt arbete och sin tro. Det är verkligen berättelser om allt från tåg till religion, från barndom till dagens familjeliv.
Gillar man Edward Blom är den här boken såklart ett måste att läsa. Jag gillar Edward, men vet att vi står långt ifrån varandra när det gäller intressen. För mig kunde det bli lite tråkigt att läsa om vissa kulturella upplevelser, såna som jag själv inte delar intresse kring, men då kan man hoppa över att läsa det, och börja på nästa kapitel. Det fiffiga med boken är nämligen att varje kapitel avhandlar ett nytt område, så man måste inte läsa allt för att "förstå" handlingen.
Gillar man Edward Blom är den här boken såklart ett måste att läsa. Jag gillar Edward, men vet att vi står långt ifrån varandra när det gäller intressen. För mig kunde det bli lite tråkigt att läsa om vissa kulturella upplevelser, såna som jag själv inte delar intresse kring, men då kan man hoppa över att läsa det, och börja på nästa kapitel. Det fiffiga med boken är nämligen att varje kapitel avhandlar ett nytt område, så man måste inte läsa allt för att "förstå" handlingen.
August 29, 2022
Jag har hört att den ska vara jobbig att läsa, men som ljudbok med författaren själv som uppläsare var den riktigt bra. Trots att hans intressen står ganska långt ifrån mina egna så var det mesta väldigt underhållande.
December 21, 2019
Interesting
March 29, 2024
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