Ok.  A friend of mine, due to life circumstances, is having to severely downsize her book collection.  I offered to do this for her, since I have easier access to being online, and know significantly more people who may be able to help spread the word.  Basically, she is hoping to raise some funds to help with a rather unexpected move.  She has to ( Read more... )

YAY!!!!! SQUEE!!!!!!!!!  I got my books today!!!

The Viking Age by Paul DuChaillu!  A veritable Treasure trove of information.  In practically pristine Condition, for HALF what they go for most places....so YAY!

Ok.  I now return you to my regularly scheduled mopey, hormonal crazy self. 

Book review (no this will not be the adult equivalent of a book report...ugh)

Meh.  It wasn't exactly what I was expecting it to be, based on the area I found the book under, and it's somewhat misleading subtitle.  It's mostly a reworking of every psychological/medical/neurological theory on pain, in some ways related to ritual pain, that has been ( Read more... )

Ah, and the library grows.

I was surfing through one of my favorite book sites the other day (Weiser Antiquarian Books), and found some really eye catching titles.  So yesterday my new books arrived. :) Yay!  I even found a cool one for Tony for x-mas/yule, though since he reads this from time to time I can't mention his yet. :(

Anyway...
New books ( Read more... )

This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club.

Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished, and put an asterisk* beside the ones you loved.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Foundation Trilogy, ( Read more... )

Ok.  I have to say, I haven't fully read it yet. But, taking that into consideration...I am not impressed ( Read more... )

Yay for 2 day delivery!  Got new books from Amazon today.  More to read. Yippee...

So now I have the following added to the library:

Essential Reiki by Diane Stein

Germanic Magic by Swain Wodening

Voluspa - Seidr as wyrd consciousness by Yngona Desmond

and Our Troth Volume 1.....

Speaking of Our Troth...does anyone know the whereabouts of volume 2??  ( Read more... )