My own little corner of the world

Saga från Valhalla is the third book in Sagan från Valhalla series (All entries can be found here .) and the last one of the books set in...

A good thing about this blog is that I get to revisit some of my old favourites and it has been quite a while since I read this one. The f...

'Where do we start, Cec?' 'At the beginning mate,' replied Cec easily. 'At the beginning'. ~Flying too High, Kerry ...

Nej, jag vill inte sy sömmar på symaskin. Och inte spela skådespel på någon scen. Och inte sätta rovor på is, som skridskoprinsessa. Inte su...

"Considering your last employers were a drug baroness and a rapist, surely you'd find me a moderst improvement" ~ Phryne Fish...

Her heart was beating appreciably faster, and she took more rapid breaths, but she was enjoying herself. Adventuresses are born, not made. ...

This book was actually not something I would probably have looked into if it was not for the fact that Nathan Page (who plays Jack Robins...

Photo by Elisabeth Eriksson, Nordiska museet I have not posted in awhile due to a deadline of a grad school application on Monday (Augus...

A union of the Nordic countries called the Kalmar union , was established by Queen Margareta in 1397 and in 1997 there was therefore a bi...

The Wars of the Roses is a difficult period in the history of England. Conn Iggulden starts his series about the period with the death o...

Essie Davis in The Babadook The Babadook is an Australian horror film by Jennifer Kent and was also the first time I (consciously) saw Ess...

One of the Motala skulls Photo: Fredrik Hallgren, Stiftelsen Kulturmiljövård This post will be a follow up to the last one because I really ...

Even if it cannot be seen on this blog (yet), I do have more nerdy favourites than Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries . My second largest is...