battlepoet reviewed In Praise of Retreat by Kirsteen MacLeod
Very thoughtful
5 stars
I really enjoyed this. It was just the kind of deep dive I was looking for.
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battlepoet finished reading Way of the Living Ghost by John Anderson
The Way of the Living Ghost is a cautionary treatise. It is a work about …
What happened to the beauty of the Dao! All of it was drained to talk about the condition of the living ghost. I felt like I was hate-reading this by the end because I wanted to finish the book since I spent so much money on it.
battlepoet wants to read Snowy Tower by Martin Shaw
In Snowy Tower, Shaw gives a highly original telling of the grail epic Parzival. Dr …
I'm on a King Arthur kick at the moment and want to check this out. I have tried reading the first book in this loose trilogy twice now and failed because it was so damned scattered, but this book looks/sounds stronger.
battlepoet wants to read Flowering Wand by Sophie Strand
A deep exploration of the regenerative and magical secrets of sacred masculinity hidden in familiar …
I preordered this. The table of contents looks brilliant and I can't wait to read this.
battlepoet rated Way of the Living Ghost: 3 stars
Way of the Living Ghost (2019, Revelore Press)
Way of the Living Ghost by John Anderson
The Way of the Living Ghost is a cautionary treatise. It is a work about being hollow and overfull, and …
battlepoet rated The more of less: 4 stars
The more of less by Joshua Becker
One of today's most influential minimalist advocates, Joshua Becker used to spend his days accumulating more and more. But then …
battlepoet finished reading The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
The Tower at Stony Wood is a 2000 fantasy novel by American writer Patricia A. …
Fabulous, as usual.
battlepoet commented on This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
This is my favourite book in the whole world.
Of Dice And Men The Story Of Dungeons Dragons And The People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt
A fascinating and personal look at Dungeons & Dragons that “tracks D&D’s turbulent rice, fall, and survival, from its heyday …
battlepoet rated The Enlightened Heart: 5 stars
Of Dice And Men The Story Of Dungeons Dragons And The People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt
A fascinating and personal look at Dungeons & Dragons that “tracks D&D’s turbulent rice, fall, and survival, from its heyday …
battlepoet reviewed Pagan Portals - Fairy Witchcraft by Morgan Daimler
Review of 'Pagan Portals - Fairy Witchcraft' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Too much UPG for my taste. Her works on Brigid and Thor have much more sources and are better researched.