fiction

Rivals by Jilly Cooper – Book Review

December 9, 2025yggdrasille

Reading this book was a bit like binge-watching a long and addictive 80s soap opera, with a dash of beautiful English countryside.

Finders Keepers by Stephen King – Book Review

October 9, 2025yggdrasille

The second novel in the Bill Hodges thriller trilogy is a side quest rather than a true sequel to Mr Mercedes, but it makes for an entertaining return to some of King’s perennial topics: the power of literature to shape a life, and a fan with a dangerous obsession.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick – Book Review

September 25, 2025yggdrasille

My first Philip K. Dick novel turned out to be an inventive, fast-paced mind-bender, throwing out ideas and philosophical questions like a tennis ball machine.

Top Ten Tuesday – Book Villains

September 9, 2025yggdrasille

Villains: you love them, you hate them, your favourite books wouldn’t be the same without them. This week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl is dedicated to the best of the worst.

As an aside, when making this list I had to separate the literary villains from their film versions. Someone like Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs is memorable to me mainly because of Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal rather than the original novel, so these are my favourite picks based on books alone.