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Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism: Transform, Heal, and Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine by Karen M. Rose
informative
5.0
This book was so informative with out feeling overwhelming. I really loved how each chapter was broken up. I loved all the information on plants both spiritually and scientifically. This is one I will continue referencing in my herbalism journey cause I was already going back through it while reading it haha.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
Just not at all a fan of this writing.
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
4.0
The Fox Wife was a very well paced fantasy/mystery. I loved the chosen povs for this story, we have the pov of a woman who is a fox tracking down someone for the purposes of revenge. And the pov of an older detective with a particular gift that makes detective work quite easy for him. What's the mystery he is tracking?...hmm, guess you'll have to read and find out. But let’s s just say it goes deeper than he thought.
This is a story that would get me excited to wake up and read and I would read at night until I fell asleep. I loved how much fox lore I learned and I enjoyed how many characters had different opinions about foxes. Some loved and worshipped, some despised and outwardly spoke about their despise of them. Others were leery and just tried to keep a safe distance.
Choo's writing felt so vivid and lifelike. I was hanging onto every word and every page. If you're someone who visualizes things while reading you will get a very detailed painting of every setting and every description in this book.
This is a story that would get me excited to wake up and read and I would read at night until I fell asleep. I loved how much fox lore I learned and I enjoyed how many characters had different opinions about foxes. Some loved and worshipped, some despised and outwardly spoke about their despise of them. Others were leery and just tried to keep a safe distance.
Choo's writing felt so vivid and lifelike. I was hanging onto every word and every page. If you're someone who visualizes things while reading you will get a very detailed painting of every setting and every description in this book.
Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
I was really excited to read this, however I got to the 100+ page mark and I just don't think this book is for me. I found myself not feeling as interested as I thought I would be while reading. I didn't get characters motivations and had a hard time following the story line. There are 3 perspectives ecitves that are quickly introduced and I had a very hard time following if they were all present day, flash back, or a story within a story situation.
Closer to 100 I'm pretty sure they are happening at the same present moment.
Some key character moments happened so fast I didn't realize they would be big issues later on. I realize I'm being quite vague here haha, the biggest example is at the beginning the main character looses a copy of a book in the sea. However, the scene was moving so fast and pointing things out that I thought it was just a "oh dang he so clumsy" moment. Then when other characters were upset and explaining why that was a big deal I was thrown off with how I had tossed out the importance in my mind due to how fast the book went. Maybe that sequence of events will make sense to other readers but for me it just left me confused and unconnected to the story.
I just don't think I'm the right audience for this book.
Closer to 100 I'm pretty sure they are happening at the same present moment.
Some key character moments happened so fast I didn't realize they would be big issues later on. I realize I'm being quite vague here haha, the biggest example is at the beginning the main character looses a copy of a book in the sea. However, the scene was moving so fast and pointing things out that I thought it was just a "oh dang he so clumsy" moment. Then when other characters were upset and explaining why that was a big deal I was thrown off with how I had tossed out the importance in my mind due to how fast the book went. Maybe that sequence of events will make sense to other readers but for me it just left me confused and unconnected to the story.
I just don't think I'm the right audience for this book.