Continuing from last week's post which explored Artwork as Inspiration (the starting point for Proof of the Old Faith ) I'm sticking with Norse culture. Here is The Weave of the Norns , a poem I wrote a few years ago about these three frightening women. Enjoy! The Norns by Arthur Rackham Weave of the Norns Beneath the threat of utter doom he sought them at their fabled loom. The king searched on until he found them on the morrow’s battleground. The tallest worked the wheel alone; the next, a shuttle made of bone; the shortest bore a silver sword with which she severed each loose cord. What pattern spun these women three, dictating mankind’s victory! “I come to beg you demonstrate a gentle weaving of our fate.” “Then know you this, oh man of peace, we weave the thread and cannot cease.” “Weave us an ending to this war and grant us threads of peace once more.” “What cost would such a wise man pay for us to change our weave this way?” And now he saw the bloody thread, time’s fabr
"Victoria's Victorian Victory" by Abigail Shepherd
Book Review
☆☆☆☆
I really enjoyed this book! It was about a subject that I'm
really interested in - I love old-style farming. In fact, Mum and I love to
snuggle up in front of an episode of "Victorian Farm". The fact that
the story was engaging and very well written, on top of this, meant that I
could very easily go back and read the whole book again!
Vicky was very well developed throughout the book. I can't
say I particularly liked her all the way through, but this made her human. I
identified quite a bit with Mary-Anne and could see myself in some of her
characteristics.
Weirdly enough, I imagined the farm somewhere in Devon. I
can't remember if it says where it is set – I think it was the strawberries!
And the weather!
My wish was that the ending could have been longer. By the
end of the book, I felt like I knew the characters well and I would have liked
maybe one more chapter of them settling into the new way of things. Maybe I’m
just being greedy, but I was quite disappointed when my kindle told me I’d come
to the end of the book.
Overall, this was a great book that I really enjoyed! I would certainly recommend it to others, especially those fans of “Victorian Farm”. I may even persuade my Mum to read it!
I just remembered something that really caught my attention! The book is historically accurate, even down to the little tiny details. One small part of the book mentions that the room that had been used by the live-in servant was now being used to store apples. This really interested me as I was talking to my Grandma last week - she was telling us about her friend who had a room in the attic which used to be a servant's bedroom but was later used as a storeroom for the farm's fruit. Little things!!
Blurb (from Goodreads)
Fourteen year old Victoria Bloom is great at having ideas, but they don't always go to plan. Now her mistakes will have bigger consequences than ever before as it has fallen to her to run the family farm. With harvest season fast approaching, it's urgent she makes it profitable again, or they will lose it altogether.
An entertaining yet educational historical read designed primarily for girls between the ages of 10-14.
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