The Watcher: And the Origins of Magic is the first book in the two book series The Gates of Oblivion by Luis Robles. This is the story of Bliss, the last Child of Power.

Plot 4/5: I thought the plot was interesting.
Characters 4/5: I loved Bliss and Pah.
World building 3/5: I thought the world building could have used a bit more detail.
Pacing 4/5: The pacing was steady with spurts of action.
Writing 2/5: This book has a lot of potential, though I feel this book could have used better editing.

Overall 3.4

Purchased from Amazon.

SEX, SOUP AND THE TWO FISTED EATING: HILARIOUS WEIGHT LOSS FOR WIVES BY KATIE ROBLES Was skeptical wanting to read this book but the author in chat assured us we would be laughing. She was right! Besides having discussions about sex, soups and religion you just can't see it all going together but it does. There are quotes from all over the Bible to back up what's being said. It's basically a book about a lifestyle including sleep, soup and exercise. We follow the Mediterranean lifestyle and this sounds very similar to it as the food is very healthy. Lots of recipes but no nutritional information but you can tell from the healthy ingredients it will taste good and still be good nutrition wise. Love how she tells you to experiment with all aspects of this til you get the right combination to make it all work for you. For her it helped solve her weight problem and high cholesterol problem. For us it's just a way of life now-don't want any more heart attacks. What causes us concern is still seeing all the bad food others eat at work to no avail telling them to better themself-they want no part of it=maybe after they have a heart attack they will be persuaded. Love resources by chapter although she's not a licensed nutritionist she's done her homework! I was given the book by the author via Book Fun (The Book Club Network) and here is my honest review.

To all the wolf (and werewolf) lovers out there - latest pic from my fav Russian nature photographer.He's married to an American WWF activist, Laura Williams. When not traveling, they live in a small Russian village near Bryansky forest national park (the woman is a hero, I tell you).

He specializes in bears and foxes (his are the loveliest foxes and sweetest bears ever), but does an occasional wolf or wolverine or sable too, all natives of Russia :)

He has a volunteer that translates his blog into English:

http://wildlife-photo-russia.blogspot.ru/

And here is his Russian blog (with more pictures - the translation lags behind up to half a year)

http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/

The fox wedding:

http://shpilenok.livejournal.com/57755.html

He has published a couple of books with photos.

 And I'm not affiliated with either Laura or Igor, I'm just a quiet reader of his blog :)

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Heute Abend um 21:40 Uhr kommt auf ARTE eine Sendung über die Voynich-Manuskripte. Das sind bislang nicht entzifferte Manuskripte, die 1912 von einem New Yorker Antiquariaten in der Nähe von Rom gefunden wurden und Anathasius Kircher zugeschrieben werden.

Anathasius Kircher war vielleicht der letzte Universal-Gelehrte der Welt. Er beschäftigte sich mit Mathematik, Physik, Chemie, Geographie, Geologie, Astronomie, Biologie, Medizin, Musik, Sprachen, Philologie und Geschichte. Nach ihm kam Rene Descartes und die Wissenschaft, wie wir sie heute kennen. So ist vieles, was Kircher beschrieb und tat, heute überholt und oft auch völlig falsch. Nichtdestotrotz war Kircher ein großer Mann und wir verdanken ihm sehr viel - zum Beispiel auch die erste Beschreibung Chinas, die in Europa als Buch verlegt wurde und unser Bild vom Reich der Mitte bis heute prägt. Auch seine Schriften über Ägypten waren grundlegend.

Und AnathasiusKircher war einer der Helden in Wo Tiger zu Hause sind: Roman - Jean-Marie Blas de Roblés. Das war eins der schönsten Bücher, die ich in der letzten Zeit gelesen habe. Wobei Kircher dort nur die Hälfte des Romans bestreitet - der Rest spielt in unserer Zeit und ist sehr, sehr eindringlich.