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Month: July 2018

July 28, 2018

Review: Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg

Rating: 4 out of 5 I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one — there are plenty of facts, but also stories of a more personal…

July 27, 2018

Review: Warlords of Ancient Mexico, Peter G. Tsouras

Rating: 5 out of 5 I tend to like the books which are accessible and yet take us into mostly unexplored worlds. This one…

July 24, 2018

Review: Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman

Rating: 3 out of 5 I thought this was average at best. It wasn’t that the stories are bad — I know them from…

July 22, 2018

Review: The Tower is Full of Ghosts Today, Alison Weir

Rating: 2 out of 5 I was hoping this would be on par with some other works by Alison Weir I’ve read, but I…

July 22, 2018

Review: This Sceptred Isle: Empire, Vol. 1, Christopher Lee

Rating: 4 out of 5 ‘Empire’s first installment sounded a bit weaker to me than my recollections of the previous series’. This could be…

July 14, 2018

Bischofsburg Kremon (Krimulda)

Old Kremon has foundered, one might say. Little remains of it except the bounding wall, but this was not the mightiest of castles overlooking…

July 10, 2018

Ordensburg Arrasch (Araiši)

Arrasch is a site which is more known for its pre-Christian lake dwelling reconstruction, but the locale also hosted an Ordensburg for many centuries…

July 7, 2018

Araiši Lake Dwelling

I had been hoping to visit Araiši ever since I read about a 9th century lake dwelling having been reconstructed there. Of course, reconstructions…

July 3, 2018

Kastellet / Citadellet Frederikshavn

One of the finest star fortresses in the world came as a surprise to me when I stepped out of CPH while waiting for…

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