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Dominion by Tom Holland – Book Review

January 2, 2025yggdrasille

An absorbing, ambitious and well-written journey through history of Christianity, its impact on the western culture, and its enduring influence in the modern world.

Solaris by Stanisław Lem – Book Review

November 26, 2024yggdrasille

This enigmatic classic of science fiction is a dark psychological drama with a very distinctive take on contact with extraterrestrial life.

Top Ten Tuesday – Skulls & Skeletons

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024yggdrasille

Halloween is just around the corner, so it’s naturally this week’s theme from That Artsy Reader Girl.

I can safely say that, of all the spooky creatures and monsters, undead skeletons terrified me the most as a child. I have a vivid memory of hovering outside the biology classroom with a couple of other second graders, daring each other to look through the keyhole at the skeleton model. It was obviously fake and didn’t even have a skull, but it still sent us running away in terror. So, here are some book covers featuring skeletons, skulls and bones.

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler – Book Review

October 8, 2024yggdrasille

Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, as the famous Leo Tolstoy quote goes. It’s fair to say that the unhappy family in this quirky and zestful novel is quite unlike anything else I’ve read about.

The Body by Bill Bryson – Book Review

September 17, 2024yggdrasille

Bill Bryson takes a speedy yet comprehensive tour through the human body, and reveals it as miraculous, complex, a bit gross and more mysterious than you’d think.

Quote of the Day – Truth

August 27, 2024yggdrasille

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky