What I’m Reading: My Nonfiction Odyssey
I’m currently reading The Norns in Old Norse Mythology (2011) by Karen Bek-Pederson.
While I’m also a fan of comics, sci-fi, and fantasy, I’m currently on a nonfiction streak. My favorites are books about religion and mythology, history, folklore, and anything a bit strange, but you’ll often find me prowling the stacks, searching for something new.
After noticing that a lot of the more obscure nonfiction books don’t have any good reviews on sites like Goodreads, I’ve started writing my own. Here on my blog, each book review is accompanied with a public domain or Creative Commons image that I felt complemented the book.
Religion and Its Monsters
In Religion and Its Monsters (2002), Timothy K. Beal explores the relationship between horror and Judeo-Christian religion. The opening chapters seem to promise a discussion of theological horror. Beal fulfills this promise in his chilling examination of theological horror in the Book of Job. But for me, the book too soon strays from its most interesting themes…