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Reading has always been one of my hobbies. During the years I have always read, sometimes a lot, sometimes not as much. When I finished high school I started buying all the books I read, as opposed to borrowing them from the library or friends. I feel this gives me the opportunity to read on [...]

There are several reasons why I love traveling to England. The lovely landscape, the weather (not too hot), the heritage, the museums, the language… and the books. I read mostly English books, and while they are readily available in the Netherlands, they are often twice as expensive as the recommended retail price in England. Also, [...]

The Host by Stephenie Meyer After reading the Twilight Saga I was tempted to also read The Host by Stephenie Meyer. The only book by Meyer not set in the Twilight universe, I was pleasantly surprised. The premise is that the world has been colonized by an alien life form that takes over human bodies [...]

Like I have said before, I love history, especially early medieval history. One of the blogs I follow is the one run by Medievalists.net. I had seen several announcements for the new installment of Penguin’s history of Europe, written by Chris Wickham. When the reviews came in, and were very positive, I couldn’t help myself. [...]

By nature I am a cataloger. I love lists, and I have a bunch of catalogs of stuff, including my Bette Midler collection and my books, games, music and dvds in the Pedias by Bruji. Way back in 2006 I started to look for an online cataloging solution for my books, to always have a [...]

I have to admit, the reason I was first drawn to this book was the edition. It is a regular paperback, except the edges of the pages are blackened. Thinking it was a horror book I just briefly looked at the text on the back. It said something about living forever and middle ages and [...]

In a funny post on Always Watching about how Kung Fu Panda is really just a remake of Star Wars somebody pointed in the comments to a book by Joseph Campbell called The Hero With A Thousand Faces. In this book he lays out the theory that in essence all myths are really different versions [...]

After reading great reviews/stories about Neal Stephenson’s latest book, Anathem, I really wanted to read it. On a recent trip to London I picked the 950 page book up for a reasonable price, and I saved it for when I would have my wrist surgery, because I would have plenty of time to get lost [...]

I am very interested in medieval history. I studied it for a while, but unfortunately I was unable to continue this. After graduating last July I had to make a decision, do I try medieval history again (a further 5 years at university) or do I stay at my current (very nice) job? I decided [...]

After seeing “The Golden Compass” movie I just had to read the books that were the source for this wonderful movie. A friend had said to me a couple of years ago, when they started filming the movie, that these were her favorite books, and now I really had to read them. Another thing that [...]