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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:27 pm
Camwen Midnight Peach I'm tempted to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series right now... xp Same here! I can't decide if I want to watch A Game of Thrones first or read the books first. Oh I know! The show is very good, but I kinda want to read the books. My sister's boyfriend has the entire series but they live like 20 hours away sad
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:57 pm
Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks. I had read World War Z before this one.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:30 pm
Midnight Peach Camwen Midnight Peach I'm tempted to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series right now... xp Same here! I can't decide if I want to watch A Game of Thrones first or read the books first. Oh I know! The show is very good, but I kinda want to read the books. My sister's boyfriend has the entire series but they live like 20 hours away sad I normally like to read the books first but I just don't know if I can resist. lol Then again I don't have HBO so I have to wait until Netflix gets the first season... so I do have time to read first. Fola Dearga Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks. I had read World War Z before this one. I read World War Z last year - loved it! Max Brooks is awesome. Have you seen this interview? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rz_Qq6VuVc
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:17 pm
Camwen Fola Dearga Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks. I had read World War Z before this one. I read World War Z last year - loved it! Max Brooks is awesome. Have you seen this interview? ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rz_Qq6VuVcAwesome interview! Loved it!
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:28 am
Currently reading a rather interesting piece in the form of The Malleus Maleficarum. The Roman Catholics had a rather colorful history, which is ironic considering the way they try to portray themselves today.
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:20 am
Ethereal Cereal Currently reading a rather interesting piece in the form of The Malleus Maleficarum. The Roman Catholics had a rather colorful history, which is ironic considering the way they try to portray themselves today. I had to look that up to see what it was.. it was described as "the default handbook for Inquisitors during the Inquisition." Wow - that does sound interesting.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:22 pm
Well I just finished the book version of the Blind Side. Basically it`s about this high school kid named Michael Oher who grew up in foster homes as a child, and grows up somewhat on the streets couch surfing where ever he could. A coach of a high school football team picks him up while he was walking down a street on a rainy day and takes him in and treats him like one of their sons. He gets big support from that family as well as being befriended by a little boy named SJ who, like his parents, is really into football.
For those who haven`t read it, but saw the movie...or didn`t do either, and can understand the game of football...the Blind Side is a really good read to pick up.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:30 pm
Camwen Ethereal Cereal Currently reading a rather interesting piece in the form of The Malleus Maleficarum. The Roman Catholics had a rather colorful history, which is ironic considering the way they try to portray themselves today. I had to look that up to see what it was.. it was described as "the default handbook for Inquisitors during the Inquisition." Wow - that does sound interesting. It`s a really good book, I`ve read tidbits of it...though I don`t support what it`s about, as I embrace the occult lifestyle. Also it`s funny that they targetted wiccans (widely used term for women who practice witchcraft) and not warlocks (mostly a term just for male witches). Being a mild person of Wicca (mild because it`s hard to practice rituals without the scrutiny that comes with it), I`m sort of glad that it`s not as harshly scrutinized now as it was back in the, um, 12th century, I think.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:22 pm
humble_gypsy_traveller Camwen Ethereal Cereal Currently reading a rather interesting piece in the form of The Malleus Maleficarum. The Roman Catholics had a rather colorful history, which is ironic considering the way they try to portray themselves today. I had to look that up to see what it was.. it was described as "the default handbook for Inquisitors during the Inquisition." Wow - that does sound interesting. It`s a really good book, I`ve read tidbits of it...though I don`t support what it`s about, as I embrace the occult lifestyle. Also it`s funny that they targetted wiccans (widely used term for women who practice witchcraft) and not warlocks (mostly a term just for male witches). Being a mild person of Wicca (mild because it`s hard to practice rituals without the scrutiny that comes with it), I`m sort of glad that it`s not as harshly scrutinized now as it was back in the, um, 12th century, I think. It's my understanding that the women accused of witchcraft were not witches at all but simply women who were especially vulnerable to such accusations such as the poor, elderly, unmarried, and those who worked as healers and midwives. The Inquisition went after pretty much anyone who either did not follow Catholic orthodoxy (even protestants) or were political obstacles.
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:53 pm
Camwen humble_gypsy_traveller Camwen Ethereal Cereal Currently reading a rather interesting piece in the form of The Malleus Maleficarum. The Roman Catholics had a rather colorful history, which is ironic considering the way they try to portray themselves today. I had to look that up to see what it was.. it was described as "the default handbook for Inquisitors during the Inquisition." Wow - that does sound interesting. It`s a really good book, I`ve read tidbits of it...though I don`t support what it`s about, as I embrace the occult lifestyle. Also it`s funny that they targetted wiccans (widely used term for women who practice witchcraft) and not warlocks (mostly a term just for male witches). Being a mild person of Wicca (mild because it`s hard to practice rituals without the scrutiny that comes with it), I`m sort of glad that it`s not as harshly scrutinized now as it was back in the, um, 12th century, I think. It's my understanding that the women accused of witchcraft were not witches at all but simply women who were especially vulnerable to such accusations such as the poor, elderly, unmarried, and those who worked as healers and midwives. The Inquisition went after pretty much anyone who either did not follow Catholic orthodoxy (even protestants) or were political obstacles. The act of going against the Catholic church was a big part of it. I seem to remember there was also some information of the Knight's Templar, who were Protestant, and broke off from the King and church that were also met with a lot of scrutiny.
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:24 am
humble_gypsy_traveller Camwen humble_gypsy_traveller Camwen Ethereal Cereal Currently reading a rather interesting piece in the form of The Malleus Maleficarum. The Roman Catholics had a rather colorful history, which is ironic considering the way they try to portray themselves today. I had to look that up to see what it was.. it was described as "the default handbook for Inquisitors during the Inquisition." Wow - that does sound interesting. It`s a really good book, I`ve read tidbits of it...though I don`t support what it`s about, as I embrace the occult lifestyle. Also it`s funny that they targetted wiccans (widely used term for women who practice witchcraft) and not warlocks (mostly a term just for male witches). Being a mild person of Wicca (mild because it`s hard to practice rituals without the scrutiny that comes with it), I`m sort of glad that it`s not as harshly scrutinized now as it was back in the, um, 12th century, I think. It's my understanding that the women accused of witchcraft were not witches at all but simply women who were especially vulnerable to such accusations such as the poor, elderly, unmarried, and those who worked as healers and midwives. The Inquisition went after pretty much anyone who either did not follow Catholic orthodoxy (even protestants) or were political obstacles. The act of going against the Catholic church was a big part of it. I seem to remember there was also some information of the Knight's Templar, who were Protestant, and broke off from the King and church that were also met with a lot of scrutiny. Books like that are so fascinating. But at the same time it's hard to read them without getting so angry at how people were systematically abused.
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:13 pm
I'm reading a fantasy novel called "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. I'm also listening to the Harry Potter audiobooks on my iPod as I walk to and from school.
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:03 pm
I'm currently reading Pale Demon by Kim Harrison. If you're interested in reading this series as well, you may want to start from the very beginning, with Dead Witch Walking.
These fairies, pixies, vampires, elves, witches and shifters are living among us and the government's treating them unfairly as always. It's so very typical, am I right? And then there are the demons, who desperately want to cross o'er to our reality and that's a big no- no, as you can well imagine.
Now what would you do, if your working situation is highly unpleasant and, try as you might, it's nearly impossible to leave your job? Why, you'd cause a little chaos of course and our heroine decides to do just that. Happy reading~
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:26 am
Sounds good Sin smile I'll have to add those to my list.
My book club is currently reading "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." It's set in Brooklyn (obviously), in the 1900's and follows the lives of an Irish-American family.
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Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:37 pm
The book I am currently reading is called "Vertical Coffin" by Stephen J. Cannell.
It is an excellent book so far.
For those who do not know a vertical coffin is used for the name of a doorway because most police and firefighters are killed entering a door. twisted
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