I loved the Wyrd Museum books, but I would. They were heavily based in Nordic mythology and set in London. The main character Neil, his younger brother, and his father, who is the new caretaker, move into a museum run by three crazy old ladies. The first book has Neil finding a talking teddy bear in one of the exhibits and ends up with him going back in time to WW2.
I loved the first book in the series, because I'm a bit of a WW2 history geek. Am I right in thinking that there was a scene where the Squander bug came to life and terrorised some poor woman....Or is that my overactive imagination!?
I haven't really read any Nordic mythology, but I might check it out now!
Closest I've got to Nordic mythology is books by Mollie Hunter. She wrote about Orkney/Shetland folklore, that has its roots in Norn tales. It was things like Selkies and Kelpies and Mermaid's. I think I can feel a new post coming on.... ;)
I loved reading the Robin Jarvis books when I was small. They were my favourite books at the time, because, like you, I was so attached to the characters Another weird similarity is that The Oaken Throne was my favourite book by Jarvis & I had a strange crush on Vesper. ;) I loved the illustrations too, they were astounding. Ah, I'm staring up at them on my bookshelf now :)
The illustrations were amazing. I don't have the book to hand, but there was one where the badger (was he a badger??) sacrificed himself to save the others...Wah! I'm welling up just thinking about it!
I just finished reading APOGS and while it was very interesting, I thought that Hilary Mantel was super-long winded. Fabre was definitely my favorite though, just because Camille ended up being such an ass and I thought Danton was a coward and Robespierre had a lot of 'wtf' moments. I daresay, though, that Fabre was a bit of a hottie in real life, judging by his portraits!
While I liked Fabre I have to say that Camille was my favourite, even if he was a total jerk a lot of the time! I can't see why Danton is considered such a hero when Robespierre is vilified. I might not agree with his methods, but he did what he did for the good of France and the Republic. Danton just seemed to be out for himself. Although I did like it when he asked Sanson to make sure his head was shown to the crowd...One final STFU! to Max.
I know in the issue that I've got HM mentions in the blurb at the start that she was going to write more on Marat. I haven't been able to find out if she did though. That would be a good read I think.
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I haven't really read any Nordic mythology, but I might check it out now!
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Nordic mythology is fun. It's full of war, more war, and Loki being an absolute bastard with trickery.
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Closest I've got to Nordic mythology is books by Mollie Hunter. She wrote about Orkney/Shetland folklore, that has its roots in Norn tales. It was things like Selkies and Kelpies and Mermaid's.
I think I can feel a new post coming on.... ;)
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They were my favourite books at the time, because, like you, I was so attached to the characters Another weird similarity is that The Oaken Throne was my favourite book by Jarvis & I had a strange crush on Vesper. ;)
I loved the illustrations too, they were astounding.
Ah, I'm staring up at them on my bookshelf now :)
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The illustrations were amazing. I don't have the book to hand, but there was one where the badger (was he a badger??) sacrificed himself to save the others...Wah! I'm welling up just thinking about it!
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Although I did like it when he asked Sanson to make sure his head was shown to the crowd...One final STFU! to Max.
I know in the issue that I've got HM mentions in the blurb at the start that she was going to write more on Marat. I haven't been able to find out if she did though. That would be a good read I think.
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