An interesting book for pagans looking to honor and mark various mundane rites of passage with spiritual occasions. This is a particularly good book fAn interesting book for pagans looking to honor and mark various mundane rites of passage with spiritual occasions. This is a particularly good book for pagan parents, I feel. I don't always agree with the moments Klein chooses to mark, or with the way in which she does... but at the very least there's a lot of food for thought here....more
"The Complete History" is, perhaps, a bit of a misnomer. The book was engaging and informative, but somewhat limited in scope. It largely covered Wond"The Complete History" is, perhaps, a bit of a misnomer. The book was engaging and informative, but somewhat limited in scope. It largely covered Wonder Woman as a pop-culture and political figure in our world, and talked only passingly about each of Princess Diana's incarnations.
I got a lot out of this book, in terms of learning about her creator, William Moulton Marston, what his aims were, and how each writer/editor that came after him tried to either live up to Marston or avoid all association with Wonder Woman's bizarre Golden Age. I learned a lot about her on screen incarnations (including the never-quite-made-it, pre-Carter version)
Despite featuring a card drawn by Bruce Timm, her on-screen exploits in Bruce Timm's version of the JLA were strangely ignored in the book. In fact, the stories she was involved in were basically ignored unless there was some sort of impact in the real world.
Nonetheless, it was a highly informative and enjoyable book....more
An excellent and thorough account of the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire and the resulting fallout for the families involved. By its very nature a sometimesAn excellent and thorough account of the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire and the resulting fallout for the families involved. By its very nature a sometimes depressing and occasionally gruesome book, but never uninteresting. ...more
I loved this book. I loved this book, but I don't know if I can honestly recommend it to everyone. It's very much about this woman's spiritual journeyI loved this book. I loved this book, but I don't know if I can honestly recommend it to everyone. It's very much about this woman's spiritual journey and if you're not a spiritual person yourself, then I fear parts of it may seem a bit hokey. Even then, I'm not sure how this would read for everyone. I'm Wiccan, but my own personal spiritual beliefs are heavily influenced by Indian philosophy and my patroness is, in fact, a Hindu deity. Although her vaguely Christian upbringing is evident in the way she describes her experience, her own spirituality is clearly ALSO very heavily influenced by India. So it's at least possible that I might have felt differently about the whole thing if I were deeply spiritual and, say, Asatru. I don't know.
Point is I loved this book and on at least a couple of occasions found what she wrote to be True enough to merit making a note of it. She's an excellent writer, and if you don't think you'll be turned off by the spirituality, it's also a great story about putting yourself back together and finding balance after everything you thought you wanted falls spectacularly apart....more
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