Supernatural: Children of Anubis by: Tim Waggoner
Fiction: Paranormal, Pop Culture, 315 pages
This book takes place during season 12 of Supernatural. In this book they are on the hunt for werewolves in a small town in Indiana. While there they learn that Garth is also there hoping to get the werewolves to join his pack of peaceful, non-human-eating werewolves. They also meet their first jakkals. Jakkals are in many ways like pure blood werewolves in that they can shape shift into jackals whenever they want and act much like jackals. As they are carrion eaters, they don't usually kill people and so most hunters know nothing about them. Also jakkals carry the mummy of their god, Anubis with them and must preform monthly rituals to keep him asleep.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Thursday, June 20, 2019
The Weirdness:
The Weirdness by: Jeremy P. Bushnell
Fiction: Fantasy, Paranormal, 277 pages
What would you do if your roommate had disappeared for weeks to go to a conference? You're having issues with your girlfriend? You hate your job? And the devil broke into your house to make coffee and ask you to find his lucky cat?
Well, Billy has all these problems and more.
Fiction: Fantasy, Paranormal, 277 pages
What would you do if your roommate had disappeared for weeks to go to a conference? You're having issues with your girlfriend? You hate your job? And the devil broke into your house to make coffee and ask you to find his lucky cat?
Well, Billy has all these problems and more.
Saturday, June 08, 2019
The Didache:
The Didache by: Unknown
Non-Fiction: Religion, History, E-book
This book is thought to be written by the disciples. At the very least it is a very old document of the church with information on 1st century Christianity. After hearing about it many times, I thought it would be much longer then it was.
Non-Fiction: Religion, History, E-book
This book is thought to be written by the disciples. At the very least it is a very old document of the church with information on 1st century Christianity. After hearing about it many times, I thought it would be much longer then it was.
Friday, June 07, 2019
The Fall of Arthur:
The Fall of Arthur By: J.R.R. Tolkien ed. by: Christopher Tolkien
Fiction: Poetry, E-book
This book is Tolkien's version of the tales of King Arthur, and his son's commentary and notes on the book. The actual story of King Arthur is only about a quarter of the book. Most of it is note and commentary. Some of it is interesting to see how the story connects with the tales of Middle Earth, or how Tolkien worked on things.
Fiction: Poetry, E-book
This book is Tolkien's version of the tales of King Arthur, and his son's commentary and notes on the book. The actual story of King Arthur is only about a quarter of the book. Most of it is note and commentary. Some of it is interesting to see how the story connects with the tales of Middle Earth, or how Tolkien worked on things.
Mera: tidebreaker:
Mera: tidebreaker by: Danielle Paige illustrated by: Stephen Byrne
Fiction: Sci-fi, Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 191 pages
This book is a prequel to the Aquaman movie. It tells the story of how Mera meets Aquaman, before he knew who he was.
Fiction: Sci-fi, Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 191 pages
This book is a prequel to the Aquaman movie. It tells the story of how Mera meets Aquaman, before he knew who he was.
Thursday, June 06, 2019
The Vampyre:
The Vampyre By: John William Polidori
Fiction: Paranormal, E-book
This is the original English vampire tale. It is the one that was made on that same fateful trip that resulted in "Frankenstein" being written. After reading it, I can see why "Frankenstein" and Dracula" are much more popular then this. The story was about as good as one would expect for a short story that was written over a weekend to share with friends. It is predictable, but as the first of it's kind, it might not have been then.
Fiction: Paranormal, E-book
This is the original English vampire tale. It is the one that was made on that same fateful trip that resulted in "Frankenstein" being written. After reading it, I can see why "Frankenstein" and Dracula" are much more popular then this. The story was about as good as one would expect for a short story that was written over a weekend to share with friends. It is predictable, but as the first of it's kind, it might not have been then.
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport:
A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport by: Kate Stewart
Non-Fiction: Biography, E-book
I picked up this book as a book about a library was one of the reading prompts for the year. This book is not actually about a library but the life of an librarian. It starts out when the writer is introduced to role Ruth had in the history of the Library of Congress after her death. From there the author starts looking into her life. A life that started as a Jew born in Germany in the years before WWII. She then ended up escaping the Nazis as a teen, living in Europe until she could get to America. She later lived in Israel for a few years. She worked for the US military running libraries in Vietnam during the war and ended up at the Library of Congress. Through it all she left her mark on many people and on the way that libraries worked, working to add and change headings for subjects, making sure that books weren't censored, and other things.
Non-Fiction: Biography, E-book
I picked up this book as a book about a library was one of the reading prompts for the year. This book is not actually about a library but the life of an librarian. It starts out when the writer is introduced to role Ruth had in the history of the Library of Congress after her death. From there the author starts looking into her life. A life that started as a Jew born in Germany in the years before WWII. She then ended up escaping the Nazis as a teen, living in Europe until she could get to America. She later lived in Israel for a few years. She worked for the US military running libraries in Vietnam during the war and ended up at the Library of Congress. Through it all she left her mark on many people and on the way that libraries worked, working to add and change headings for subjects, making sure that books weren't censored, and other things.
Doctor Who: The Good Doctor:
Doctor Who: The Good Doctor By: Juno Dawson
Fiction: Sci-Fi, Pop Culture, 229 pages
This book takes place during the time of the current Doctor (#13) and her companions (as of the 1st series with the 13th Doctor.) In it they all travel to the future and land on the planet of Lobos. Lobos is a planet with beings that evolved from dog like beings and also humans have colonized there. When they first get there they work to help broker a peace between to two groups of peoples. They then go back, what should have been a few minutes later because Ryan forgot his phone. But they land many generations into the future. A future where the Lobos are slaves to the humans and there is a religion built around "The Good Doctor." Only they think Graham is the Doctor and the religion is the exact opposite of everything the Doctor believes in.
Fiction: Sci-Fi, Pop Culture, 229 pages
This book takes place during the time of the current Doctor (#13) and her companions (as of the 1st series with the 13th Doctor.) In it they all travel to the future and land on the planet of Lobos. Lobos is a planet with beings that evolved from dog like beings and also humans have colonized there. When they first get there they work to help broker a peace between to two groups of peoples. They then go back, what should have been a few minutes later because Ryan forgot his phone. But they land many generations into the future. A future where the Lobos are slaves to the humans and there is a religion built around "The Good Doctor." Only they think Graham is the Doctor and the religion is the exact opposite of everything the Doctor believes in.
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