Georgiana Podsnap's journal
The non-life and opinions of a bookish villain-lover
onsdag 26 augusti 2015
Is this a cute banker villain that I see before me?
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Wow. One thing I didn't expect to encounter in Poldark , which I've now finally started watching, was villain totty. True, at the ba...
onsdag 12 augusti 2015
Languid Indian (and Swedish) summers
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Poor, pretty Ralph Whelan. After the first two episodes of Indian Summers (and vague recollections of the episode in the middle of the seri...
onsdag 5 augusti 2015
Why a chick-lit novel is the ideal read when travelling
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I realise why people have issues with chick lit, I really do. Quite apart from the fact that there is so much of it that's very badly wr...
tisdag 14 juli 2015
On the subject of heroines
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Generally, I find fictional heroines easier to like than heroes. Not surprising, perhaps: as a villain-lover, I will always measure heroes a...
onsdag 24 juni 2015
Jolly holiday
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Ah, the Swedish summer holiday – the best reason not to emigrate. I don’t think many other countries would tolerate four weeks’ holiday in a...
tisdag 16 juni 2015
Making magic
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As I've mentioned before, many people view Disney with mistrust . And in a way, I can understand how the continued efficiency of the Dis...
onsdag 3 juni 2015
Problems with the two-track reading system
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I thought I'd hit on a clever reading idea. I have several tomes which I very much want to read, but which are simply to heavy to lug to...
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