Finished Sanctus

I loved this book.  Thought provoking.  It has been compared to DaVinci Code.  I think I liked it better.  This is a "must read" for people who don't mind questioning established tenants of religion.



I'm now going back to the next section of Morte d'Artur.

Finished Strange Brew

Although "Bacon" by Charlaine Harris was not about Sookie, it was set in her universe.  A vampire goes after revenge on people who killed her husband.  In "Signatures of the Dead," a witch and a werewolf go after a nest of vampires who have been killing people in their neighborhood.  In "Ginger", an Earth witch and several children are captured by two dark witches who are attempting to gain power in the community.  In "Dark Sins," by Jenna Maclaine, a witch who has been made a vampire discovers her power.  There was not a single story in the book that I found dull.  Great book of stories.



I have now started Sanctus by Simon Toyne, a religious thriller which is supposed to rival Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.  A monk has escaped the Citadel near Ruin, Turkey after learning the secret of the Sacrament that the monks have been guarding for, well, a long long time.  The repercussions this sets up are just starting to kick in (I'm on p 76.)  I'm already into it.

Finished 2061 Odyssey Three

This seemed really out there and strange.  But everything bizarre was verified with research done before Arthur C. Clarke started writing it.  Which made it weirdly believable every step of the way.  I love that he can make the most complicated concepts understandable.  The man is superb.



I have now started Strange Brew, a book of short stories about witches (and wizards) edited by P. N. Elrod.  So far I've read "Seeing Eye" by Patricia Briggs about a blind witch who goes up against a scary rival coven, "Last Call" by Jim Butcher about Harry Dresden coming up against a demon witch who has bespelled his favorite beer, "Death Warmed Over" by Rachel Caine, about a "resurrectionist witch" who raises a corpse to help her solve several murders, "Vegas Odds", by Karen Chance, about a war mage attacked by bespelled people she knows, "Hecate's Golden Eye" by P. N. Elrod in which Jack Flemming must recover a purloined cursed diamond.  I have just started "Bacon" by Charlaine Harris, in which a vampire contacts a witch for what purpose I have not yet discovered.  So far all of the stories have been very entertaining and there are none I'd pan.

Finished People of the Fire

I have no idea why I find these stories so fascinating.  Great characters.  Great mythology.  And wonderful descriptions of our own northwest as it underwent climate change and people hunting the buffalo to near extinction (perhaps the first time.)  I was wrong about the main character appearing in People of the Earth...I think this book is set about 1000 years prior to People of the Earth.  This includes the story of the discovery of how to harvest wheat and other grains which will save both the people and the buffalo from extinction.



I have now started Arthur C. Clarke's 2061 Odyssey Three.  For those of my friends who thought I would never come back to this series...fooled you.  LOL.  From the distant past to the future.  I love variety...