50 Books - 2007

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So far we have:

1. Guardian of the Trust - Irene Radford
2. A Druid's Herbal For the Sacred Earth Year - Ellen Everet Hopman
3. Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
4. Real Witches Garden - Kate West

And now books 5 and 6:



The Fifth Sacred Thing - by Starhawk



I loved this book. More so than I thought I would. A lot of times Starhawk's 'everyone must be an activist' attitude grates on me, but she is a really talented fiction author. I found this book at the library booksale and I paid $1 for it. It's in pretty decent shape too. If I had known how good it was, I would have happily paid the cover price. Woot for deals!

I normally don't care for sci-fi utopia/apocolyptic type stories, but I think that the fact that this one is actually a lot closer to the present and very anchored there (one of the main characters was a sixties flower child), is one of the things that makes this book such a good read. The descriptions of 21st century San Fransisco are very enchanting, and make me want to visit.

In short, awsome book. Everyone should read it

And Broken - by Kelley Armstrong



Armstrong produces yet another fun book in her 'Women of the Otherworld' series. This one is the third about Elaina, the only femail Werewolf in the world. In this one she is pregnant (a condition that no one has heard of in the recorded history of her race), and she has managed to accidentally unleash Jack the Ripper onto the scorched streets of Toronto in late August (yikes!).

This book was so entertaining. It is a light read, as most of Armstrong's books are, but a page turner nontheless. It isn't as corny as the description sounds. I loved it. Rumour has it that the new series Armstrong is working on is one outside of the Women of the Otherworld, but even so, I really hope that this won't be the last of this series.

I have hit a bit of a snag for new books. I don't really have any that are really portable enough to take to work (I have switched from a backpack to a purse ... though, I may switch back if I can find a decent new bag). Plus, I want to get back to reading some of my Pagan books, which I really can't do at work (what is it with people always feeling the need to talk to you while you are reading in the breakroom?). So, I have a few that I am in the middle of:

7. Evolutionary Witchcraft - T Thorn Coyle (which I didn't finish the last time I picked it up)
8. Twelve Wild Swans - Hilary Valentine and Starhawk
9. Witchcraft Theory and Practice - Ly De Angeles (I picked this one up when I bought my new almanac)
10. The Witches Almanac 2007-2008
11. Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
12. Belinda - Anne Rice

--Phae

Comments

[elf]

I *adore* post-apoc sci-fi, and bought Fifth Sacred Thing new, not knowing it was one. It's one of my all-time favorite novels. (It gets flak from some people for being too "goddess focused;" apparently some readers think that Starhawk's SF is anti-male and anti-recon and so on.)

I haven't finished Thorn's book either.

[pt_tangles]

Bah, I think that some people just need to find something wrong in everything that Starhawk has to say. She seems to be one of those 'love her or hate her' sorts of people. Like you aren't allowed to agree in some places and not others.

WD liked it too. His only sort of half-complaint was that a lot of the sex scenes detailed what the women were feeling and kind of ignored the men. But, he said that was really to be expected. He doesn't expect a woman to know what sex feels like to a man.

I didn't notice that myself, but then, I am not a man ;)

--Phae

[elf]

Bah. He hasn't read enough (or any?) slash.

Plenty of women can describe sex from the man's perspective *wonderfully*. (Have been told this by men, not just women who think they've captured the right thoughts.) Of course, it's usually gay men who're interested, so that may put a twist on things. And it's usually gay sex being described; I'm not sure I even know of any het stories from the man's perspective. (I've only read a tiny smattering of het stories, mostly Snape/Hermione. I hear there's some truly atrocious Snape/Luna stuff out there.)

But if he's willing to attempt slash, I could come up with some recs.

[pt_tangles]

I would put my vote in the 'not any' category. He has issues with the idea of fanfic in general (thinks it is a waste of good writing talent at the best of times, and ruining perfectly good characters at the worst). *shrugs*

--Phae