The twee title aside – I just finished leafing through Seriously Delish, and think it may be one of my favourite cookbooks of the year in terms of entertainment value, and interesting recipes. It can get a bit too chatty at times, but as I leafed through the version bookmarking about every other recipe (Must… Continue reading Advent calendar: Seriously delish
Category: Books
Advent calendar: Icons of England
Icons of England I am an anglophile. I studied in Newcastle Upon Tyne, albeit only for a semester. During that semester, (as well as both before and after it) I travelled around a bit in the UK. Another admission: I love Bill Bryson’s writing. Sadly, although this was edited by him, he is not the… Continue reading Advent calendar: Icons of England
Advent calendar: Fighting chance
I read this yesterday. A fighting chance by Elizabeth Warren. It is her memoir. I am recommending it because I found it an interesting read, albeit not a very objective one (since it is a memoir.) I particularly liked when she pointed out the difference in growing up in the US when college cost the… Continue reading Advent calendar: Fighting chance
Advent calendar: Year of Yes
For my Advent calendar this year, I thought I would do recommendations – one recommendation a day. (Off-line, I have a multitude of advent calendars as well.) For December 1, my first recommendation is The Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person, from Grey’s Anatomy… Continue reading Advent calendar: Year of Yes
Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
I just finished reading Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor It is very well written, and I do recommend it. (So far, anyway.) But what strikes me is the notion that with royal biographies (and presumably others) there is a bias towards the subject. Queen Mary is viewed as the perfect royal, albeit… Continue reading Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor
Review: Kongens hus : Alle kongeparets hjem
Kongens hus : Alle kongeparets hjem by Queen Sonja I picked this up at the library, after I saw it exhibited at the Open Palace tour in Oslo. It is a beautiful book filled with photographs and interesting text about all the residences that the King and Queen inhabit. The book is worth looking through for… Continue reading Review: Kongens hus : Alle kongeparets hjem
Haakon & Maud
Grrr… Just finished reading this Norwegian series of books – allegedly about King Haakon and Queen Maud. It was meant to be a two volume series. In reality, the author was given (almost) free access to a whole lot of royal archives of letters, diaries and other documents (in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Russia and the… Continue reading Haakon & Maud
Review: Madeleine : Prinsessan privat
Madeleine : Prinsessan privat by Johan T Lindwall I’m not sure I will ever get used to the Swedish royal reporters’ way of writing biographies. First of all – there is too much inference of what the persons in this book were thinking about specific events. Another reviewer said that a problem with it is that… Continue reading Review: Madeleine : Prinsessan privat
Mette-Marit takes the literary train out on the tracks again
May 26 and 27, the Norwegian court announced, Crown Princess Mette-Marit will make another literary train journey. It is a follow-up to the literary train ride she took last year. Like last year, they have transformed the royal rail carriage into a library. This time the train will go from Trondheim to Hamar, and make… Continue reading Mette-Marit takes the literary train out on the tracks again