This is a brilliant book and the section on medieval witch-hunts a real eye-opener. Thought provoking stuff which makes sobering reading, especially given the current worldwide rise in dangerously superstitious fundamentalism.The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
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What are you reading August 2011?
I'm reading Connie Willis's Doomsday Book. I've had it forever but haven't gotten around to it yet. I was thinking about putting it aside for Sunne by SKP but I'm really liking this book with only a few dozen pages down so far. Sunne will be next though!
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. --Arnold Lobel
- princess garnet
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- Location: Maryland
Finished re-reading Rose without a Thorn by Plaidy on my Metro ride home. I liked Plaidy's telling of Katherine Howard's life story. By comparison to Phillippa's The Boleyn Inheritance, this one allows for Katherine to reflect on events in her life. A few events were differently done as well. And Anne Boleyn's shadow isn't far behind...
[quote=""LCW""]I'm reading Connie Willis's Doomsday Book. I've had it forever but haven't gotten around to it yet. I was thinking about putting it aside for Sunne by SKP but I'm really liking this book with only a few dozen pages down so far. Sunne will be next though![/quote]
Truly enjoyed this book, which I read several years ago. Don't miss To Say Nothing of the Dog which is set in the same universe, but absolutely hilarious (unlike the dark Doomsday Book.)
Truly enjoyed this book, which I read several years ago. Don't miss To Say Nothing of the Dog which is set in the same universe, but absolutely hilarious (unlike the dark Doomsday Book.)
Faith L. Justice, Author Website
- Madeleine
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- Currently reading: "Mania" by L J Ross
- Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
- Location: Essex/London
[quote=""emr""]Devoured Incubus by Carol Goodman in 2 days. (5/5)I'm still openmounted with the end and I hope she's writing the next book really fast. Very good. Much better than the overstuffed A Discovery of Witches.
Now reading The Birth of Blue Satan by Patricia Wynn. Mystery set in the 1700s. Good so far.[/quote]
I've just read a review of the first book in a series by Carol Goodman's alter ego, Lee Carroll (ie her and her hubby) - Black Swan Rising - and it mentioned that Melusine, who I think will be familiar to one or two of you features quite strongly!
Now reading The Birth of Blue Satan by Patricia Wynn. Mystery set in the 1700s. Good so far.[/quote]
I've just read a review of the first book in a series by Carol Goodman's alter ego, Lee Carroll (ie her and her hubby) - Black Swan Rising - and it mentioned that Melusine, who I think will be familiar to one or two of you features quite strongly!
Currently reading "Mania" by L J Ross
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- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
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[quote=""annis""]
This is a brilliant book and the section on medieval witch-hunts a real eye-opener. Thought provoking stuff which makes sobering reading, especially given the current worldwide rise in dangerously superstitious fundamentalism.[/quote]
It really is. I'm reading Dragons of Eden next.
This is a brilliant book and the section on medieval witch-hunts a real eye-opener. Thought provoking stuff which makes sobering reading, especially given the current worldwide rise in dangerously superstitious fundamentalism.[/quote]
It really is. I'm reading Dragons of Eden next.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}