All Consuming

Items Calissa consumed in…

July, 2008



  1. Wednesday 2

    Finished consuming…
    Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 1) — 27 people



  2. Thursday 3
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    Finished consuming…
    The Laughing Corpse — 2 people



  3. Thursday 10
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    Finished consuming…
    Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets — 470 people

    Worth consuming!


  4. Saturday 19
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    Finished consuming…
    Women Who Run with the Wolves — 1 person

    Worth consuming!


  5. Tuesday 22

    Finished consuming…
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — 341 people

    Worth consuming!


  6. Friday 25
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    Finished consuming…
    Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia — 1 person

    Worth consuming!


  7. Saturday 26

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    A review of "Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia" — 18 weeks ago

    WORTH CONSUMING!

    I picked this book up on the recommendation of LunacyBleeding. It’s a non-fiction academic look at Witchcraft and Paganism in Australia (in case you couldn’t guess from the title).

    I found the focus on Australia to be particularly interesting. It not only details the history of Witcraft and Paganism in Australia but also examines issues specific to the southern hemisphere, like whether a circle should be cast differently here, given that the direction the sun travels is different (in the north rather than in the south). It also details specifics in Australian law relating to witchcraft and what organisations and celebrations take place here.

    My only quibble is that it is almost ten years out of date now. For an overview particular to this country it was invaluable.

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    A review of "Women Who Run with the Wolves: Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman" — 19 weeks ago

    WORTH CONSUMING!

    I picked this up on the recommendation of LunacyBleeding and also because I’d seen it on the reading list of some of my favourite creative women.

    The blurb says ”Women Who Run with the Wolves is a seminal work on the inner life of women.” It is a work based on Jungian psychology, which the author weaves in with her training as cantadora or keeper of stories in the Latina tradition. She examines myths and fairytales to see what they reveal about life and the choices women make. At it’s heart, it is a book about how to live life with passion, creativity, wisdom and confidence.

    The author freely admits it is a book that has to be studied and I found that to be very true. There were a few chapters that seemed particularly relevant to me, but throughout the whole thing I had a sense that it was full of wisdom. Nevertheless, it was a bit like looking into the mist—I could see what it was saying but I felt like in order to make it substantial I needed to sit down and work out what it meant to me on a personal level, to internalise it. The afterword and addendum make it clear that that is how the book is meant to be used. This is not a quick read, but something that must be returned to over and over.

    I also found that the afterword is particularly relevant for storytellers and well worth reading.

    All in all, I felt it to be a very valuable book and one whose worth will only increase with contemplation.

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    A review of "The Laughing Corpse" — 21 weeks ago

    This book is the second in the Anita Blake series. Anita is recruited to help the police solve a particularly gruesome series of murders, while simultaneously fending off a client who won’t take no for an answer and the advances of vampire Jean-Claude.

    This book isn’t as good as the first. Hamilton has set up a great world with some interesting characters. She’s even got some great scenes that bring the supernatural to life in a relatively realistic fashion.

    But somehow it just doesn’t quite hang all together. I fell for the red herring, simply because I thought the true answer was too obvious. And already there’s some inconsistancy between books, with competing stories over what happens when an animator is raised from the dead. We are also told in the first book a brief sketch of what happened to the person that gave Jean-Claude his scar and yet the second book finds Anita seems to have completely forgotten this.

    I want to like this book. And I did quite enjoy the parts with Jean-Claude in them. But it really needed some more work.

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    A review of "Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 1)" — 21 weeks ago

    This book is an urban fantasy about Anita Blake, a necromancer and vampire hunter. Blackmailed by the city’s master vampire into investigating a series of unexplained murders where vampires are the victims, she soon finds herself surrounded by enemies.

    This book was a touch predictable. I’d guessed the murderer by about halfway in. The ending was a bit of a let down, with the enemies appearing not quite so powerful in the final confrontation as they had been throughout the rest of the book. Even Edward didn’t quite live up to the reputation Anita gave him—he was much more careless than she was and I was left with the overall impression that she was better.

    There was also a party sequence in the middle that seemed to have little or no purpose. It also seemed a little too convienient that there was a zombie raising going on within earshot.

    Still, I quite enjoyed the action. It somehow managed to capture drama along with grit and a dash of dry sarcasm. The early sequences at the bar and meeting the city’s master vampire for the first time were handled well and gave a real sense of fear. Things also tended to be not completely black and white (though where they were it was a little disappointing). Anita’s fondness for stuffed penguins was a nice touch and I thought religion played quite an interesting roll.

    A quick read, all in all, and good for light entertainment, though not quite as solid as might be wished for.

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