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battlepoet rated The Cat Who Saved Books: 3 stars

Sosuke Natsukawa: The Cat Who Saved Books (Hardcover, 2021, HarperVia)

The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa

Grandpa used to say it all the time: books have tremendous power. But what is that power really?

Natsuki …

battlepoet rated Wabi Sabi: 4 stars

No cover — Nobuo Suzuki, Russell Calvert, Hector Garcia - undifferentiated: Wabi Sabi (2021, Tuttle Publishing)

Wabi Sabi by Nobuo Suzuki, Russell Calvert, Hector Garcia - undifferentiated

battlepoet rated Sputnik Sweetheart: 3 stars

Haruki Murakami: Sputnik Sweetheart (2002, Vintage)

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Sputnik Sweetheart (スプートニクの恋人, Supūtoniku no Koibito) is a novel by Haruki Murakami, published in Japan, by Kodansha, in 1999. An …

battlepoet reviewed New Monastic Way by Oisín Doyle

Review of 'New Monastic Way' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

yes!!! what a wonderful book

This was a thoughtful, rich text full of deep practices and gorgeous prayers. While I’m not a Celtic polytheist, I still found much value in meditating on Doyle’s words as a heathen polytheist. I absolutely recommend this to anyone considering polytheist monasticism.

battlepoet reviewed Chaos Monk by Steve Dee

Review of 'Chaos Monk' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

informative, thoughtful, kind

This book has given me a lot of food for thought on my journey towards monasticism. I will come back to consult it for ideas again and again!

battlepoet rated Everything that remains: 4 stars

Joshua Fields Millburn: Everything that remains (2014)

Everything that remains by Joshua Fields Millburn

What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought …

battlepoet rated A Morbid Taste for Bones: 4 stars

Ellis Peters: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1994, Warner Books)

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

In the 12th-century Benedictine monastery of Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has settled down to a quiet life in charge of the …

battlepoet rated The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Magic Carpet Books): 5 stars

Patricia A. McKillip: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Magic Carpet Books) (2006, Magic Carpet Books)

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Magic Carpet Books) by Patricia A. McKillip

Young Sybel, the heiress of powerful wizards, needs the company of no-one outside her gates. In her exquisite stone mansion, …

battlepoet rated 80!: memories & reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin: 5 stars

80!: memories & reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin by Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin

80! was assembled as a hand-bound green leather book by Karen Joy Fowler and Debbie Notkin and presented to Ursula …

battlepoet rated Silence: 5 stars

Jane Brox: Silence (Hardcover, 2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Silence by Jane Brox

battlepoet reviewed The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco (The Bone Witch, #1)

Tea's gift for death magic means that she is a bone witch, a title that …

Review of 'The bone witch' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Loved the lore, magic, and characters. The only thing that bugged me was:

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the main character is an OP seventeen-year-old and that doesn't make sense to me. Like, if she were a forty-year-old bone witch who had cultivated her powers, sure I could believe it. But 17??!?! Nah man.