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This is a fun book. A bit tricky to read in parts, I have to pull out the dictionary more than I thought I would need to. I’m wondering if the characters would be more “freaked out” being taken from their former lives to live in the 21st century.

This book is fantastic. A detailed guide to old world carnival events in Europe. I especially like reading about the Kukeri in Bulgaria. I would love to travel there to see this festival.

I started reading this book at the beginning of April, and I am whizzing through it. Having Huckleberry Finn read to me as a child, I only have faint memories of it. This book is intense, amusing in parts, and insightful.

This is an interesting book. The entire Murdoch family are nuts. They hid behind their wealth and ethnicity, but underneath they were morally corrupt.

It’s fascinating and sad.

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She was an interesting person. Her art is beautiful, but the book drags on a bit.

This book is a fascinating account of what makes Donald Trump tick. It analyzes his personality from a psychological standpoint. A lot of the reason the Donald is such a sociopath, is how he was raised. He father was pure evil, and his mother was ill.

I am reading it on my Kindle, and Kindle has screwed up the pages, so that’s annoying. I have a paperback somewhere, but I can find it. It’s an interesting read!

I have only started it. I am curious to see if it is as sexy as some people maintain.

The author doesn’t rely on European folklore and customs for her sources. It’s as if she is writing about 20th century pagans, with their Book of Shadows. Maybe it will pick up.

I am starting out this book, so far, I wish the author had relied on actual historic and anthrolpological accounts as to was it was for “witches” back the. She tends to write about the women as if they are 21st century pagans, with books of shadows, etc. European folklore has it’s own magic, and it would have been inspiring if she had relied on that. Perhaps it picks up.

This book gives a very compelling account of his life in France with his family. It gets a bit detailed in parts, so it can be slow going.

It’s an interesting book. I find it quite dry, and therefore it has taken me ages to get through. I was expecting more trash talk on Trump, but it’s more scholarly than that, but not for the casual reader, as I think it’s more of a book for a lawyer, or an FBI employee.

An eye opener as to how the concept of the Trinity evolved. It’s mostly readable. Some subjects are a bit technical.

Often diaries are somewhat dreary. Not this one, Sedaris sees the bizarre, sad, and hilarious things in life, and takes note of it!

This is a great book! Byrne is a very cool guy. Obviously a great musician, but his writing is engaging and insightful.

This book is dragging. When am I going to be entertained with some interesting supernatural stuff?

I keep wondering what going to happen next. I couldn't help but look ahead. I know Marie will be safe.

During WW2, teenager blind Marie-Laure, lives with her father who works at a museum in Paris. Teenager Werner lives with his sister at an orphanage in Germany. Marie and her father have to flee Paris. They carry with them a valuable jewel. Werner's cleverness in fixing machinery wins him a place at an academy for Hitler Youth. As time goes by, he becomes aware of the human cost of the war. Soon these two will meet.

Great. Written from an anthropologist's point of view, this book is for everyone as well as academia. The author herself is a pagan, and what makes this book fascinating is that she teases apart events, people, trends, and beliefs of contemporary paganism, clarifying the time line and lineage of different traditions. Go Sabina!

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