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Pallas // Pick Poppies

Pallas@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 11 months ago

(It's Greta Garbo in the pic, not me) I read a lot of cozies because I want to write one. I like history and historicals. Gardening... Will try to get better at just mention what I liked about a book and not complain too much.

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reviewed Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology (2018) 4 stars

The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold …

Review of 'Norse Mythology' on 'Goodreads'

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I never cared about our mythology or really read anything about it. I remember a quick chat in school about Tor and Odin but that's it. Yet I felt like I knew a lot about these stories. Things came to me when I read them. Where did I learn this?

A never ending winter and an army of the dead? Someone else has read these stories... also, winter is coming.

reviewed The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Ruth Ware: The Woman in Cabin 10 3 stars

"Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the …

Review of 'The Woman in Cabin 10' on 'Goodreads'

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There's a lot of alcohol in this book...

I listened to this as an audiobook and... the poor narrator tried her best I'm sure to do a "Scandinavian" accent but there was nothing Scandinavian about it, it sounded more like The Swedish Chief and it was a little annoying.

reviewed Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers: Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) (1995) 4 stars

Whose Body? is a 1923 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers. It was her debut …

Review of 'Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

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I have a hard time to put away a book I don’t like, to stop reading it feels like admitting defeat. I know that I won’t finish it but I won’t admit it and I try to read, for months, and then I give it up.

We were watching a quiz show my dad and I and he got the question “Who wrote the books about Lord Peter Wimsey?” right and I was pretty impressed by that. Dad said he knew because grandma used to read them. So I wanted to read these books, but I won’t because the first one was putting me to sleep. I would love to have a cup of tea with my grandma and ask her what it is about the books that she likes, maybe she could convince me to give it another try? I wish I had known my grandma better, I wish …