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We are once again on the road with our camper van. The destination is Norway, the middle and southern part. We have reached Lillehammer for our first stay. It is still a little bit chilly and rainy. The rain stopped midday and we walked up to the city. Lillehammer is situated on a hillside so there is a lot of going up and down. The 1994 winter olympics took place here. It is a lovely place with a lot of old buildings giving the town a wonderful atmosphere.  Sigrid Undset I discovered that Sigrid Undset lived here and we visited her house, or houses, today. They are really old houses built of thick timber stocks as was done in the old days. A guide took us around the houses and told us about her life and deeds. She received the Nobel Literature Prize in 1928 for her magnificent family saga Kristin Lavransdotter . There are three books; The Wreath, The Wife and The Cross. A wonderful story of a strong woman in the 14th century.  Sigrid Undset's houses in Lillehammer, Norway Sig...

In November  Classic Spin #19  we were encouraged to read a chunkster book, and were given a deadline for 31 January 2019. I had not adjusted my list to chunksters only, so my no. 1 was Henry James' Washington Square   which I finished rather quickly , since it is not really a thick book at all.  I decided to choose another, thicker book, from my list. I wanted to read Kristin Lavransdotter by Sigrid Undset for a long time.  My version compiles all the three books ( The Wreath, The Wife and The Cross ) of this Norwegian family saga, set during the Medieval Ages, mid 14th century. Sigrid Undset was born in Denmark in 1882 and died in Norway in 1949. She wrote the book in Norwegian. The prize motivation was: "principally for her powerful description of Northern life during the Middle Ages." On this I can agree. It is a fantastic family saga, a strong female 'heroine', traditions, life at the countryside, or mountains, religion and superstition. "No ...

Sitting in Munich airport since our flight this morning was cancelled. We have been re-booked to another flight later this afternoon. Luckily, I have my computer with me and can take this opportunity to update my blog for 2019. Look over my challenges, read your blogs and enter into a little bit of meditation for the reading year to come. For the most time though, I will open my chunkster book for the last Classic Club spin. It is Kristin Lavransdatter  by Sigrid Undset, and I expect to come a lot further into the book. I have finished the first part of the first book. The version I have contains all three books. Next week will see a few more reviews here. The holidays are over, time to go back to serious reading and blogging!

It is time for a lucky spin with the Classic Club . The lucky number is 4. I updated my list at the last minute and on number 4 is  Kristin Lavransdotter by Sigrid Undset. It is a rather thick book with small text, so hope I can make it until the end of December. Sigrid Undset received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928 based on this work of historical fiction. It is a trilogy covering The Wreath, first published in 1920, The Wife , published in 1921 and The Cross , published in 1922. Looking forward reading this classic tale. Have you read it? What do you think about it? See you back in December for the review, or maybe in January!

Well, it seems I was too much into the problems with the Google+. I apologise to all of you who are pestered with my 'add to circles', probably too many times. Hopefully, now it works all right. So, I simply forgot to tell you what books I swapped. Here they are: Sashenka by Sebastian Sebag Montefiore. I love his history books, I have two that I have not yet read about Stalin and Jerusalem. I read the book about Potemkin which is absolutely fascinating. Could just not stop reading. Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs. I have read one of her books before, and I liked it very much. Of course I am a fan of Bones, and this series is based on Reichs' books. A must read that it. Daughter of Fire by Barbara Erskine. This is one of these 'connected reading' book. I am now reading, hope to finish by tonight, a book about the Celts. And...in this book there is a chapter on female queens of the Celts time, Cartimandua. Just when I am reading this book, I stumple upon this...