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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

The Dry by Jane Harper – Book Review

July 30, 2024yggdrasille

I haven’t read Australian fiction in a while, and I quite enjoyed this solid, well-written crime novel set in regional Victoria during an unrelenting drought.

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. – Book Review

June 27, 2024June 27, 2024yggdrasille

This sprawling, intricate post-apocalyptic novel blends religious faith with science fiction, and envisions a potential course for human civilisation that’s both bleak and hopeful – and surprisingly humorous. It’s a wonderfully written book deserving of its classic status.

Top Ten Tuesday – Favourite Book Quotes

May 14, 2024yggdrasille

A great book quote can stick with you for a lifetime. It was fun to think back to my personal favourites, for this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl. Read more →