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I finished reading The Forest House<\/em> by Marion Zimmer Bradley. She’s a great author, I have to say. Although the book seems to be another Romeo and Juliet type romantic tragedy, there’s still a twist at the end that I was not expecting. Compared to other fiction writers, she can make a fairly boring story intriguing with the way she writes. Somehow I suspect that even though I thought the story for this novel boring, it will stay with me a long time.<\/p>\n I started reading book six (Lord of Chaos<\/em>) of The Wheel of Time<\/em>. I made it through the 72-page prologue and into chapter one. Though now I’m distracted from it because I decided to start reading Ian Irvine’s fantasy serial, The View from the Mirror<\/em>. I’m on book one, The Shadow on the Glass<\/em>. I decided to read this serial because the story is interesting, though as Nathan likes to point out every so often, Irvine isn’t a great fiction writer. Nonetheless, I still find myself intrigued because I want to find out what happens to the main characters. Basically, Irvine’s book is the opposite of Bradley’s above – great story, but not the best writing.<\/p>\n I also found copies of David Eddings’ books, The Diamond Throne<\/em> and The Ruby Knight<\/em> from the serial, The Elenium<\/em>, in our laundry room. (We recirculate books we don’t want through the laundry room.) I’ll get into that serial at some point too.<\/p>\n I put aside The World’s Religions<\/em> for a bit since I have to review my WCC stuff, but I’ll probably get back to that book every so often because it is such a good starting point on other religions. I also finally found a good little book that covers the history and culture of China. It’s China: Its History and Culture<\/em> by W. Scott Morton and Charlton M. Lewis, second edition, published in 2005. Thus, it’s fairly up-to-date.<\/p>\n I finished reading Gardner’s Witchcraft Today<\/em>. Interesting, what “ol’ uncle Gerald” has to say about witchcraft. Definitely worth reading for anyone interested in Wicca – the tradition of witchcraft he started. Now, I have to read The Meaning of Witchcraft<\/em>, and strangely enough, I saw it at the used book store last week. Of course, I snatched it up. I just haven’t had time to get into it yet. Plus, it’s good to vary my reading material so I don’t get too bored with one topic!<\/p>\n