Chasing a link from NancyLebovitz on LW, I've spent a few hours this week reading Focusing, by Eugene Gendlin, which reads like a New Age-y self-help manual, providing instructions on how to focus on a 'felt sense' and attain a 'body shift', or 'felt response' including some troubleshooting for the various steps, and then cramming in a whole new ( Read more... )

Review of Twilight:
Much better than expected
but wouldn't endorse

James Barclay roleplayed for years (and for all I know, still does) before he started publishing these books and it shows. The story follows a mercenary band called the Raven. They're semi-legendary in the continent of Balaia both for their ability to get the job done and their integrity. In practice they function as a combination of consultants ( Read more... )

The Deed of Paksenarrion is a trilogy that tells the story of a girl who runs away from home to avoid having to marry a pigfarmer, joins a mercenary company and eventually is chosen by the gods to be a paladin and do noteworthy paladin things. I read the books years ago and even back then something bothered me about them that I couldn't quite put ( Read more... )