Timewaster's Guide Archive

Not exactly a recent read of mine, but it fits the subject matter; Ann Rice's "The Witching Hour".  I thought it was pretty good and had finished most of it when she lost me with the littany of family history.  I mean, this person was gay and that person had sex with his daughter and mother and they had a baby who eventually married his sister.  Give me a break.  It is the only book I have started that I haven't actually finished reading.  

Lynn Flewelling's, The Oracle's Queen, is the third book in the Trilogy that started with The Bone Doll's Twin.  A land where only Queen's are supposed to rule or the land will suffer.  Naturally a king is in charge at the moment and has been killing off the female offspring with claims to the throne.  An oracle sends a vision to one wizard concerning the next queen to be born who must be saved.  A spell is cast, a girl becomes a boy, the story begins.  I liked the books even though I found the whole concept a little disturbing at times.  After the Bone Doll's Twin is the Hidden Warrior and then the Oracle's Queen.  I enjoyed all three.  The author has several other books set in the same land that are all connected but stand alone novels using the same characters (though not the same as in the Bone Doll's trilogy).

The Foreigner's Gift is the author's impressions from people who he has met and interviewed in Iraq.  A little different from what I normally read, but heard an interview with him on NPR and liked what I heard, so bought the book.  Only just past the first chapter.  

Didn't llamas have something to do with the filming of "Monty Python's The Holy Grail" ?