more great reviews-pardon the lack of capitals i am knackered THANKS danarasana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HI everyone! I am by nature much more of a lurker than a poster, but I've enjoyed reading all the posts lately about releases, new members, and Douglas Adams. I two international rings that need more members. If you are interested, please PM me your shipping prefs- my BC name is affinity4books, or you can reply here. Benighted by Kit Whitfield One of the best books I read last year. A fantasy/dystopian world that feels very real and offers a fresh look at prejudice, what differences keep us together and tear us apart. From Amazon: This story is about a world where 99% of the population are werewolves (although the word is never used in the story). The other 1% are regular humans. However, with such a small percentage of the population, they're very much considered and treated as a minority, and feel that every moment of their lives. The story is about a woman who works in the human branch of government, which is primarily responsible for making sure the werewolves don't cause utter havoc during the full moon, and has been given quite a bit of power to assure that doesn't happen. When two humans are shot with silver bullets, she undertakes to discover who did it, and ends up in a surprising and personally devastating place. I was surprised by the depth of characterization and world building in this story. I admit I was expecting another slightly shallow werewolf action story. That's not what this is, but I certainly wasn't disappointed. Rather, I found myself emotionally involved in the characters and the love story to a degree I always hope to achieve when I read a book, but rarely attain. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4598068 In the Land of Winter by Richard Grant Intl Ray This ray is open to new members! Please PM me with shipping prefs and post here. Richard Grant has an unusual writing style, often breaking into poetry.... also there are some plot strands that don't all tie together, but the end still feels finished somehow. Very interesting take on the world. From Amazon: The ever unpredictable, loopy Grant, who specializes in midworlds (Tex and Molly in the Afterlife, 1996, etc.), takes us into a frigid and tree-filled New England 'burb near Mount Wabenaki, where witches stir their brews. A husbandless young wiccan, Pippa Rede, works in the Rose Petal and Thorn flower shop supporting herself and her adorably sensible nine-year-old daughter, the elfin Winterbelle. Then the local Herald begins printing attacks on satanism, pointing to Pippa. It's all very unfair--she is, after all, only a friendly, contemporary young witch trying to make it on her own, for heaven's sake. At school Winterbelle seems to outwit meddling psychologist Carol Aaby, who nonetheless comes that night to the Rede home with the Department of Family Services and removes Winterbelle from the house of witchcraft. Things get worse as Pippa is fired from the Rose Petal and Thorn for being scary to Christians during the shop's big Christmas season. Will the editor of the Herald consider helping her? Will lawyer Arthur Torvid, fuming about Constitutional rights, come to her aid? Pippa finally gets help from an unexpected source: Spear, a Native American law-school dropout. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4598056
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