book

Finished reading Avonturen van Father Brown I

Rated Mythology 8/10

This book seems to me an excellent source for Greek mythology. The author is clearly passionate about the subject, and knowledgeable enough to give the book a clear structure. The introductions to the larger stories discuss the various authors who adapted the story, and how she selected from those authors while writing her own, making sure that the reader knows more than just the basic story itself.<br/><br/>A small chapter about Norse mythology is tacked on to it, Mythology would be a better work without it. Other important works of mythology are equally missing, so I do believe it fails as an overview of mythology. Nonetheless, the treatment of Greco-Roman mythology forms the meat and bones of this book, and it is top-notch. Just skip the chapter about Norse mythology.

Finished reading The Fountainhead

Finished reading Why American History Is Not What They Say: An Introduction to Revisionism

Finished reading Harry Potter en de Geheime Kamer

Finished reading Literaire Verbeelding. Een geschiedenis van de Europese literatuur en cultuur tot 1750

Rated Dune 10/10

Finished reading Empire's End

Rated Queen's Shadow 8/10

While I would have preferred to see Claudia Gray handle the character of Padmé, Johnston still delivered a fairly competent character study. It neatly ties in with <i>Princess of Alderaan</i>. The actual plot is perhaps a tad too dull.

Rated Lost Stars 10/10

This book was recommended to me as “Romeo & Juliet in space” and I was rather hesitant to read it. I shouldn't have been. Like Gray's other book Bloodline, this was probably one of the best Star Wars books I have read so far.

Rated The Silmarillion 10/10

Finished reading Eer Vlaanderen vergaat

Finished reading Le Petit Nicolas

Finished reading Literaire Verbeelding 2. Een geschiedenis van de Europese literatuur en cultuur vanaf 1750

Finished reading Books of Blood: Volume One

Finished reading Gothic Art

Rated Dagon 8/10

Finished reading Meno

Wants to read Palaces of the Crow

Wants to read The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood

Wants to read There Is No Antimemetics Division

Finished reading Harry Potter en de Gevangene van Azkaban

Finished reading Robinson Crusoe

Wants to read What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Wants to read An Architectural Approach to Level Design