Top Ten Tuesday – Bookish Places I’ve Visited
I always love a travel topic, and this week at That Artsy Reader Girl is all about cool bookish places.
Quote of the Day – Athena
If you were a nerdy bookish teen girl obsessed with Greek mythology, there’s a good chance Athena was your favourite goddess. She was certainly mine. Athena is the bright-eyed goddess of wisdom, handicrafts and war (strategic warfare rather than pure bloodlust). This quote comes from Aeschylus’ tragedy The Eumenides, where Athena represents the reason and modern rule of law as opposed to raw revenge.
The Love That Remains – Film Review
My pick from this year’s Nordic Film Festival was a bittersweet drama about a fractured family, both earthy and strange, unfolding against the haunting Icelandic landscape.
New Music 08/2026 – Rosalía, Cate Le Bon
I’ve been in a mood for some artsy, experimental avant-pop. These two albums are not musically alike, but they definitely share the same adventurous spirit.
Top Ten Tuesday – Book Covers from Centuries Past
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday from That Artsy Reader Girl is about picking your own topic relating to book covers. I thought I’d go back in history and look up the book covers from before the 20th century. I’d especially love to get my hands on those magnificent jewel-encrusted medieval creations!
The Invite – Film Review
An awkward dinner party is hell in real life, but this sharp, funny and chaotic chamber piece mines it for comedy gold and emotional insight.
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham – Book Review
I enjoyed this very English take on post-apocalyptic survival, even though the story turned out to be quite different to what I expected.
The Odyssey – Film Review
As a fan of Christopher Nolan, it pains me to say that I can’t recall the last time I was this disengaged at the cinema. For me, his take on Homer’s epic was mostly a slog, with some redeeming aspects.
Between the angel and the devil
I have a soft spot for anthropomorphic images of animals, especially cats. In this lithograph by J. J. Grandville, a prolific 19th-century French illustrator, a young kitty is caught between her angelic and demonic nature. She seems keen on the Evil One, but can you blame her when the angel looks almost as malicious but nowhere near as fun.
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