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It’s like Game of Thrones but without all the violence, and scheming, and a lot more Jesus

Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset

January 2, 2017 by vel veeter 2 Comments

I kid in the headline, but this really does involve a large introspective journey into the natures of Sin and Faith.   Sigrid Undset won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928, in large part because of this trilogy of novels. These novels trace the personal history of Kristin Lavransdatter, a medieval Norwegian noblewoman from her birth through….well, I will have to see when I read the third novel. This first section primarily deals with her childhood, her adolescence, and her various courtships, love affairs, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Kristin Lavransdatter, Norway, Sigrid Undset

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Kristin Lavransdatter, Norway, Sigrid Undset ·
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(No Spoilers about who the Beet Queen is)

The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich

January 1, 2017 by vel veeter 4 Comments

2016 could have easily been my year of Louise Erdrich. I went from being suspect of her to reading as much of her stuff as I could stomach to sitting up the morning of the Nobel announcement having convinced myself she was about to win. I hope and think some day she will. She really is that good. In this previous year, I have read seven of her novels and look to read the remaining seven this year. For whatever reason, for this time in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Louise Erdrich, Native American, The Beet Queen

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Louise Erdrich, Native American, The Beet Queen ·
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