Howdy everyone and welcome to our final week of the Adult Summer Reading Program at
Blackwater Regional Library! I've truly enjoyed reading everyone's comments on the books they've read. As I mentioned earlier today, next Wednesday, August 10th, will be the last day of drawings. We have the final weekly drawing for the prize of a $10 Walmart gift card as well as the Grand Prize drawing for a $100 Walmart gift card. Everyone who has filled out an entry slip has a chance to win the grand prize; we've kept all of the slips from the weekly drawings and thrown them in one large pot.Thus, the more slips you've filled out, the more likely you are to get picked! So good luck!
This week I actually moved on my reading list a bit, yay! I finished reading
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan. What piqued my interest the most was the cover (I know, don't judge a book by its cover); it's a simple, rich black with simple lettering and small images of the phases of the moon. The page edges are a deep (blood) red, which was also fascinating since you don't see publishers color page edges anymore. The novel is written in an attempted journal format (the narrator acts as if he is writing in a journal, but using chapters and no dates lessens the effect) written by the protagonist, Jacob Marlowe, who in the first few pages finds he is the last remaining werewolf in the world; a product of being hunted to extinction by a loosely-religious organization as well as an apparent (unconfirmed) virus that has destroyed the ability for the werewolves to pass on the "curse." What follows is action mixed with (sometimes) lengthy self-analysis by Jacob of his loss of desire to continue living. Then, as he prepares to give himself up a new discovery turns his world around and he has to fight the Hunt as well as vampires to stay alive. I found the novel to be an interesting take on the werewolf genre but it is definitely not for the light-of-heart. As a werewolf he has to eat people one a month and characteristic of modern supernatural fantasy, there is sex, both of which can be graphic at times. If you're a lover of the genre, though, I'd definitely suggest reading it as something a little different from the inundation of supernatural fantasy out there. Blackwater has
3 copies so take a look.
I also started on a new cookbook,
At Elizabeth David's Table: Classic Recipes and Timeless Kitchen Advice compiled by Jill Norman. Elizabeth David was a British cookery writer who came to prominence in the 1960s in Britain for her writings about Mediterranean food, exposing ingredients and foods rarely seen in the drab cooking of post-war England. Sharp-wit and at times sharp-tongued, David promoted intelligent, flavorful, and simple cooking with high-quality ingredients. As warned in Jill Norman's Introduction, David's recipes are not formulaic like recipes common today, rather they are simple, sometimes brief or even vague, but all assume a level of intelligence and confidence in the kitchen and "they do not let you down" (p. 16). This is neither low-fat cooking, nor vegetarian cooking, but it is flavorful and gives you a lovely view of Mediterranean and European cooking. Even if you require more guidance with your recipes, this book is still enjoyable due to David's writings interspersed through the sections. Her timeless kitchen wisdom, heavy research into old cooking methods, and clever musings on various cookery subjects are simply fascinating to read. And it has pictures! Blackwater has only
one copy in the system, so if you're interested go on and request it and force me to read a little faster ;)
Didn't mean for such a lengthy post, but hope you enjoyed and have fun reading!
Legend of Desire by Kathleen Drymon
ReplyDeleteThis book is abt a young white woman who was taken after her parents were killed when she was just an infant. Sha was raised by Chief Gray Owl & his wife Pretty Dove, they were of the Oglala Sioux tribe.
Two indian braves were both in love with her & went into a combat battle because they both wanted to marry her. The two braves were Panther Stalks from her tribe; the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cetan of the Lakota Sioux Tribe. Cetan won the combat battle & won her hand in marriage. Even though she didn't love either of the braves, she had no choice but to marry Cetan because her Chieftain father agreed to the combat battle.
This story is a wonderful, enchanting, heart throbbing love story, and it is one that will keep you hooked.
This is the first Native American Romance Novel I have read by Kathleen Drymon and it is a fantasic book. I will continue searching for more books written by hea\r about the native Americans.
Fire and Rain by Kathleen Eagle
ReplyDeleteThis book tells two different Love Stories. One is dated from 1871 to 1878 and the other from 1971 to 1980. It tells about how Paha Sapa also know as The Black hills and how they were taken away from the Lakota Indians.
The first one tells about how a young white woman names Priscilla Twiss fell in love with Whirlwind Rider.
Then 100 years later a young girl named Cecily Metcalf bought an antique trunk from an auction and later falls in love with Kiah Red Thunder. She then learns that the trunk she purchased belonged to this Priscilla Twiss and they: Cecily and Kiah, learn from his grandmother, that Priscilla and Whirlwind Walker were Kiah's great grandparents.
Even thought this book was fiction, to me it was true to a certain degree about how the Black Hills were taken from the Lakota, it also mentions about the treaty.
This book is fabulous. I hope to find more Native American romance novels written by Kathleen Eagle.