Category: Books
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Reading Material – Novels, Astrology, I Ching
I finished a few more novels the past few months. First, I read a two more Darkover novels – The Winds of Darkover and The Bloody Sun (expanded edition). I expected by the storyline that I might like these two stories better than Star of Danger, and I did. The Winds of Darkover is a…
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Darkover novels and some reading material
Well, it’s been a busy few months. Lately, I haven’t felt like writing much. I’ve been letting story ideas develop and grow in my head. At some point, there won’t be enough room in my head for all my thoughts and I’ll hit a writing streak. I guess I could just be too tired to…
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The Next Six, Seven, or Eight…
I recently finished reading You Suck by Christopher Moore and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin. You Suck was quite amusing, brilliantly written, and the ending… hm… well, it ended the only way it could end, really. A Wizard of Earthsea is wonderfully written and I see why the Earthsea books are famous novels.…
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One down, many more to go…
Yay! I finished reading book seven of The Wheel of Time. I had read half of the book, then put it down for awhile. I decided to go back to it the past two weeks and finish it. I don’t think I’m starting book eight, The Path of Daggers, just yet as I might read…
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A Timeout
This past month has been a tad busy for me and also a little trying. I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked to. This past weekend, my 9-year-old cat passed on. We found out back in March this year that she had cancer and that it would only be a matter…
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French, Dutch, Cantonese, other languages (oh my!)
Yes, I know it has been awhile since I wrote on this blog. I have been in study mode for a while now. Last month, I mentioned that I was studying Dutch. While studying Dutch, I decided that it might help me to review French and compare French grammar to English and Dutch. I don’t…
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Timeout – Novels, Human Rights, Languages
I finished Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and Parable of the Sower last month sometime. Both are excellent reads depending on your mood. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is light-hearted while Parable of the Sower is fairly dark, though probably not as dark as Titus Groan. The ending of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell might…
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Recently read and currently reading
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake is the first novel in a trilogy, the follow-ups being Gormenghast and Titus Alone. The trilogy is nominally an epic, which tells the story of the 77th Earl of Gormenghast, Titus Groan. In the first book, Titus is born to Lady Gertrude and Lord Sepulchrave to the initial dismay of…
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Books, books, and more books
Most recently, I’ve been reading astrology books since The History of the Horoscope re-kindled my interest in the “ancient study of the stars”. After some searching I settled on buying a book called Aspects in Astrology by Sue Tompkins. It’s quite informative and provides a decent guideline of interpreting various aspects in a horoscope –…
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Angry, Controlling Behaviour, and Abuse
Men can be abusive. Women can be abusive. Abusers are likely to be men, but women can be as abusive. This has not been stated often enough. Women can be as abusive as men. One key myth about abuse is that an abuser becomes one because they were a victim of abuse. Research into abuse…
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