Doing the reading



I was taken by Megan Willome's haiku last Friday:

I can't bear to leave
"Kristin Lavransdatter," so
I reread it all.

I had never heard of Kristin Lavransdatter, so I had to look it up. It turns out that it is not one book but three-- a trilogy of historical novels by the Norwegian Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset. If (like me) that doesn't mean much to you and you have never heard of Undset, that's because she wrote the books in the 1920's.

The books describe medieval life in Northern Europe, which--based on my fascination with the Norwegian TV show "Norsemen," should be right up my alley! I plan to check them out.

Also of note: Megan Willome will always be cooler than me.

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