false 46 675 395 true 5623045 read 3 true 2472594 currently-reading 277 true 2472593 to-read 129 false 2524584 contemporary-lit 124 false 3340205 scifi-fantasy-and-humor 97 false 2524602 misc--non-fiction 94 false 3340183 classics 87 false 2559719 childrens-literature 62 false 3340181 thrillers-and-mysteries 50 false 3264727 favorites 50 false 2524571 social-ecology-criminology 47 false 2524613 sexuality 35 false 2524582 science-and-religion 19 false 2524612 poetry 12 false 8894749 mythology 11 false 2524579 asl-deaf-culture 8 false 3339660 unfinished 5 false 5138435 french 3 false 5138453 travel http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81356464 to: Once Upon a Time in the North (Hardcover) by Philip Pullman
bookshelves: childrens-literature, favorites, scifi-fantasy-and-humor
I love this little book! Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnison are some of my favorite fictional heroes! If you have read the His Dark Materials trilogy, and don't sniffle a little at this book- you probably have no soul. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79161093 to: The Folklore of Ireland (The Folklore of the British Isles) by Sean O'Sullivan
bookshelves: mythology, scifi-fantasy-and-humor
Beautiful tales. The oral traditions recounted in this book are replete with magic, royalty, ghosts, priests, the devil, dreams, enchanted sea creatures, and heroes.

Notable themes-
Gaesa: a kind of spell often associated with transformion to animal form, or the compulsory completion of some kind of task or battle. One may place himself under gaesa, or they may be placed under gaesa but someone else.

Seals: believed to be enchanted humans who wore a "hood", or a cloak which turned them into a seal and allowed them to survive in the water.

Notable characters:
-Dierdre
-Fianna: roving bands of heroic warriors and hunters- defenders of Ireland. Leader: Finn mac Cool (Fionn mac Cumhail).

There is also sections on folk prayers, popular charms, riddles and balads. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78928988 to: Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) by Charlaine Harris
bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
yikes. I've just caught up with all the Sookie books currently out. What am I going to do with my life now? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78928813 to: From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) by Charlaine Harris
bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
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bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
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bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
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bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
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bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72207529 to: Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) by Charlaine Harris
bookshelves: scifi-fantasy-and-humor, thrillers-and-mysteries
Eric has saved her life how many times, now? He is consistently there for her, AND has a sense of humor. Seriously, screw Bill ("Mr. Serious"). Alcide too, for that matter. Psh! ]]>