Growing up, my mom tried to do the Asian mom thing and ban TV during the weekdays. So of course, I binge watched trashy daytime TV during holidays while she was at work. The TV was basically on from the time she left to an hour before she got home -- you know, so the TV would be cool to the touch if...
First line - THE SECOND year Erlend Nikulaussön and Kristin Lavransdatter dwelt on Jörundgaard, the mistress was minded to go herself and lie the summer at the sæter.
I have tried to open this up several times and have cast it to one side everytime. This time around though I am reading with Wanda and Hayes so I should be compelled to get further than the first 20 pages. Our groupette is here, not sure why it has to be invite only, however it will suit to cover an...
I loved these books. They were just heartbreaking, but so real. Why is it that some really basic truths about life are entirely non-apparent until I read a book that shows them up? What is it about fiction that can spur us to realize true things we haven't understood through living life directly?...
This is the first third of the Kristin Lavransdatter saga, which earned Undset a Nobel prize. Kristin is the older daughter of Lavrans, a well respected landowner in medieval Norway. Her childhood and coming-of-age are interwoven with the religious, social and every-day history of her time. Undse...
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