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Love and Louis XIV by Antonia Fraser – Book Review

June 10, 2025yggdrasille

I felt like revisiting one of my favourite historical biographies, exploring the relationships between the greatest monarch of his age and the women in his life.

Quote of the Day – Reading

June 5, 2025yggdrasille

“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.“
— Gustave Flaubert

Top Ten Tuesday – Animal Companions

May 27, 2025October 5, 2025yggdrasille

This week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is all about the animal companions, whether they’re loyal, cuddly, amusing or terrifying.

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney – Book Review

April 17, 2025yggdrasille

I remain unconvinced that this tale of two grieving brothers and their messy relationships with women in their lives needed to be told over four hundred pages, but all in all I enjoyed Sally Rooney’s latest.

Orbital by Samantha Harvey – Book Review

April 15, 2025yggdrasille

I had an interesting experience with this unusual novel, showing that sometimes you need to be in a right frame of mind to appreciate a book.

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang – Book Review

April 10, 2025yggdrasille

This collection of impressively varied sci-fi short stories is dry, cerebral and at times challenging, but ultimately I found it rewarding and stimulating in the best way science fiction can be.

Top Ten Tuesday – Books with Springy Covers

April 8, 2025yggdrasille

We’re actually moving into autumn down here in the southern hemisphere, but that’s no reason not to have fun with the spring theme from That Artsy Reader Girl. I won’t lie, I still miss the proper European spring I grew up with, especially all the beautiful wildflowers.