Ellen Louise Lloyd 🌹

#BookologyThursday - “Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal.”
~ Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
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#BookologyThursday - But only a few are those who hint that the priests in the masked and hooded columns are not human priests...📚👽😊💖
~ H.P. Lovecraft - The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
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Sleep well, my dear friend! 🥰⭐💖

So should all men raise up words for their lords, warm with love, when their shield and protector leaves his body behind, sends his soul on high.

Burton Raffel, Beowulf with Related Readings

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Fafnir guards the gold hoard in this illustration by Arthur Rackham to Richard Wagner's Siegfried. Arthur Rackham -; Rackham, Arthur (illus) (1924-August) [1911] Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. Credit: Public Domain

#BookologyThursday - Andvaranaut is a magical Norse ring capable of producing gold. Although it was a treasure, it brought misfortune to its bearer. The greedy dwarf Fafnir transformed into a fearsome dragon and guarded the stolen ring.💍🐉📚💖
~ Völsung Saga
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#BookChatWeekly - The book Ghost Pirates by W.H. Hogson can be read for free here: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10966

#BookologyThursday - The Ghost Pirates" by William Hope Hodgson is about the spooky and mysterious ship "Mortzestus." The story follows young sailor Jessop through unsettling events, including encounters with supernatural forces, haunting shadows, and ghostly figures.
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#BookChatWeekly - When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, the explosion is deemed an act of God. But which god? What god would be hanging around Heathrow trying to catch the 3:37 to Oslo? Was it Odin or Thor? 😂📚💖

Image credit: Viking Martial Art Academy

#WyrdWednesday - Viking warriors had to master fighting both with and without weapons, which led to the development of Glima, a martial arts system for all ages. The Glima tradition is still practiced in Scandinavia. In Old Norse, Glima means "glimpse" or "flash." 🤼‍♂️😊💖

#BookologyThursday - “Then he came to the strange cave in the forest slope, the dreaded “snake-den” which country folk shunned, and away from which Benijah had warned him again and again.”
~The Silver Key, H.P. Lovecraft
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I'm rarely here, but I now I am. Love the illustration and your posts! 😀💖

If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.

~Nichiren Daishonin✨

So sad to hear this. 😥One of the best accounts here and so much appreciated! Thank you so much for hosting and thank you to all contributors! The litterature posts were great! I will miss you. 📚💖

#BookologyThursday - Author Paul Sheldon crashes his car in snowy Sidewinder, Colorado. His "number one fan" rescues him and takes him to her cabin. Obsessed with Misery Chastain, a character Paul killed off, she forces him to rewrite the story to revive Misery.
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Haha! So cute! 😍

#WyrdWednesday - In Baldrs Draumar (‘Balder’s Dreams’), Odin descends to the Underworld to awaken a dead völva so she can explain Balder’s evil dreams.
~ Poetic Edda
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Your daughter looks super cute, and the costume you made is perfect! 😀

"Break the bank" 😂 Right, Kindle it will be. 😂

Nope, reading on a screen is not the same, and my eyes are so tired from the daily screen work. I try to grab a paperback whenever possible, but it looks so interesting! Yes, the Mabinogion Tetralogy is available on Kindle! Love stories based on Celtic mythology! Thanks for the recommendation! 😊

Thank you! I think everything about Brambly Hedge is adorable! It's such a wonderful little world. 😊🐭😍

My point exactly! Just a paperback, but they did the same with one of Poul Andersson's books. Just a few dollars in the States, and they wanted more than 100 here! 😱 I saw your recommendations and checked it out and well, the rest you know. It's ok, but it looks like a nice book, though.

I can imagine! You're lucky! 200 USD is robbery! 😠Books should be cheap so more people can read.

This particular book costs more than 200 USD on Amazon Sweden. Just saying.... 😳😞

#BookologyThursday - “For Pettson and his wonderful cat Findus, spring is a time to sit in the garden, smell the flowers, listen to the birds, and enjoy their homemade delicious pancake cake. They do this every year.
~ Sven Nordqvist - Pannkakstårtan
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🎨Sven Nordqvist
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#BookologyThursday - “It was the most beautiful morning. The spring sunshine crept into every cottage along Brambly Hedge, and the little windows in the trees were opened wide.”
~ Jill Barklem - Spring Story (Brambly Hedge)
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🎨Jill Barklem
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This is lovely! Looks like they made a panda! 🐼😍

What a wonderful exhibition and photos!

That is one good thing about this world...there are always sure to be more springs.

~L.M. Montgomery

To herald the arrival of March Madness, our #BookologyThursday theme is:

✨🐇🌺Hares Gone Wild and Other Signs of Spring!🌺🐇✨

Kerria and Samantha await your posts!

#WyrdWednesday - Sometimes we seek guidance from the dead. Facing a long and dangerous voyage, young Svipdag visits his mother Gróa's grave. Gróa, a Norse völva, is awakened to offer advice. She teaches him nine spells to aid his journey. 🧙‍♀️💖
~ Poetic Edda
🎨John Bauer - Awake Groa Awake Mother