Category: Cold Climate Novels for Summer

by M. Bijman May 10, 2019 0

Luminous, mysterious and bothersome – The Taiga Syndrome, by Cristina Rivera Garza

What is the Taiga? And what is the “Taiga Syndrome”? The Taiga is a snowy, fir-forested region in the highContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 19, 2018 0

I watched the final episode of the second season of Cardinal, based on the books by Giles Blunt, on Feb. 8,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman September 13, 2017 0

Update In June 2017 it was announced that the Italian production company Cattleya had picked up the rights for theContinue Reading

by M. Bijman September 17, 2016 0

Introduction to the works of Sjón “Sjón, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Reader of Sjón. Her current mission:Continue Reading

by M. Bijman April 1, 2016 0

Murder on an imaginary mountain I wondered, when I read this, how Cecilia Ekbäck came to know Blackåsen Mountain inContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 31, 2014 0

Eowyn Ivey was raised in Alaska, was educated there, and lives there. Ivey was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize forContinue Reading

Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of someone my reason told me to forget, at least once a day (in books, on the streets). It’s like a daily reminder to maybe not listen to my reason. August 14, 2019
View ArticleMy husband died some years ago but I feel him all around. How can this be? MALINA, ATHENS, GREECE Dear Aylyn and Malina, Far be it from us to believe in signs; far be it from us to believe in spirits; far be it from us to intuit indications that the universe is not as... The post Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of […]
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Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019
“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]
Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective, Part 1 June 18, 2019
In 1996, critic Laurie Halpern Benenson, writing for the New York Times, called Nina Saxon “one of the most sought-after designers in the business” and it was true: some years, she could barely keep up with demand. Beginning in 1980 and working well into the 2010s, Saxon lent her titling talent to more than 200 films and TV series, working with directors inc […]