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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 [...]

I just finished reading the Dutch translation of the The King’s Book by Arnaldur Indridason, a write from Iceland. The book focusses on the manuscript of the Edda. The story is what I like to call a historical adventure, it takes place in the present day/century but focusses on historical ‘facts’ (like The Da Vinci [...]