Review: Ingrid: prinsesse af Sverige, dronning af Danmark

Ingrid: prinsesse af Sverige, dronning af Danmark by Roger Lundgren This is actually a rather decent book on Queen Ingrid of Denmark. I read  Sibylla: En biografi by the same author a while back, and didn’t care for the writing style at all, which I why I am surprised that this one worked for me.… Continue reading Review: Ingrid: prinsesse af Sverige, dronning af Danmark

Review: Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch

Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch by Barbara A. Perry My rating: 3 of 5 stars I actually rather liked this. My first foray into reading about the Kennedy clan (as an adult) had to be about Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. I’ve had both the Jackie and Teddy biographies lying about for… Continue reading Review: Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch

Review: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith My rating: 3 of 5 stars The ultimate biography on the Queen will probably not come until after her death. But if we combine the plethora of existing ones, a decent enough picture comes out of it. This biography adds to that… Continue reading Review: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Review: Yes, Chef

Marcus Samuelsson is someone I first heard about when he was a judge on Top Chef. At the time I was intrigued by a Swedish chef making it in the US to the degree that he joined the Top Chef “family.” (I realize that this is not a parameter of success in the cooking world,… Continue reading Review: Yes, Chef

Book review: Wait for me

While I was living in Denmark, I found the book about the Mitford sisters in a bookshop across the street from me that sold (or for all I know still sells) used books. Some time in the previous year, I picked up the youngest Mitford sister’s biography, Wait For Me!: Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford… Continue reading Book review: Wait for me