This page lists my reviews of fiction and nonfiction books, films and television series. Let me know if you would like to contribute with a short blogpost. Latest update: 28 September 2025.
TELEVISION AND MOVIES
The Apothecary diaries – an ecofeminist reading
Since this spring, I’ve developed a new obsession — and honestly, I’m just looking for an excuse to talk about it: The Apothecary Diaries. This anime series, based on a popular light novel, is set in a lushly imagined fantasy country inspired by the Tang Dynasty of early medieval China. Our heroine, Maomao, was trained from childhood by her apothecary father, learning the delicate — and sometimes dangerous — secrets of plants and poisons. When she’s sold as a servant to the emperor’s palace, she keeps her true talents hidden… while quietly using her pharmacological skills to solve mysteries, save…
fiction books
Finnish weird magical realism: re-enchanted Landscapes and ecofeminist thoughts in Karila’s ‘Summer Fishing in Lapland’
I’ve recently developed a new fascination: magical realism as a genre to understand the depths of other places. I’m captivated by the way authors create new folklore, or weave existing folklore into their stories, and anchor it deeply in a particular place. That’s why I was so intrigued when I came across the book Summer…
NONFICTION AND HYBRID BOOKS
An Iberian EcoMythology – book review of Sofia Batalha’s The Sanctuary
While searching for definitions of ecomythology, I came across the inspiring work of Sofia Batalha, who has organized events and writings on the topic. Intrigued, I ordered her book—and this blog post shares my brief review and reflections on it. ECOMYTHOLOGY Ecomythology weaves together ecological knowledge and mythic storytelling, reminding us that the Earth is…
A woman in the polar night, a woman in lockdown
“In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen to spend there a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to “read thick books in the remote quiet and not least, sleep to my heart’s…
Stories from the Wood Wide Web 