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A New Science of the Paranormal: The Promise of Psychical Research by Lawrence LeShan

Laws of the Hunt by Johh Wick

A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan

Spooky Campfire Stories by Amy Kelley

Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason by Caroline Myss

Black seas of infinity: The best of H.P. Lovecraft by H. P Lovecraft

In Hollow Houses by Gary Braunbeck

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CollectionsYour library (1,724), Wishlist (218), Currently reading (2), To read (66), Favorites (41), ebooks (11), audiobooks (12), Read in 2009 (22), Read in 2008 (35), Read in 2007 (52), Early Reviewers (8), Read but unowned (20), All collections (1,962)

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Tagsroleplaying games (347), world of darkness (214), @wishlist (179), horror rpg (173), fantasy (162), paranormal (155), science fiction (140), reference (134), horror (122), ghosts (121) — see all tags

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Favorite authorsClive Barker, Noam Chomsky, Graham Hancock, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dalai Lama, D. H. Lawrence, H. P. Lovecraft, George R. R. Martin, Jim Morrison, Terry Pratchett, Kurt Vonnegut, Timothy Zahn, Howard Zinn (Shared favorites)

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About meI am what I am

About my libraryIt is what it is.

If you see a rating, that means I've read the book. If you don't see a rating, that means either I haven't read it yet or don't remember it well enough to rate it...which means I should probably read it again. All the books listed here are on my shelves, however...and a few are sitting on the floor, 'cause I have no more room on the shelves. But does that stop me from buying more? Nooooooooo.

Regarding tags, I make some distinctions with tags that may not be very common. Alternate history denotes fictional stories in an alternate history. Alternative history contains books that offer an alternative version of history on this earth using facts and speculation that orthodox historians either don't or won't take into account. Likewise, supernatural refers to fictional works and creatures while paranormal refers to things that are being studied in our world, usually consisting of things that leave evidence such as ghosts, UFOs, and cryptozoological creatures.

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Member sinceMar 29, 2006

Currently readingA Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes

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kawika rated:
The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts: Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights and Other Hauntings of History and Legend by Raymond Buckland

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Who's (oops whose) Grammar Book is This Anyway? by C. Edward Good

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The Truth Behind Ghosts, Mediums, and Psychic Phenomena by Ron Rhodes

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Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Box Premiere HC by Warren Ellis

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Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason by Caroline Myss

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The Everything Ghost Hunting Book by Melissa Martin Ellis

Oh! I wondered. I hate to admit it but I still haven't read any Pratchett. Good Omens is on my mental TBR pile, though.

posted by clamairy at 3:14 pm (EST) on Jun 8, 2009

I'm grumpy and arthritic. How are the spoiled athletes?

posted by fleela at 11:46 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

*does the Electric Slide*

posted by fleela at 5:41 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

Holy cow! You posted something in the GD. *Falls off chair*

posted by Sodapop at 6:38 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2008

Say Hi To Manny Ramirez!

posted by fleela at 4:43 pm (EST) on Jul 31, 2008

well.. I will be sorry to miss it, because it sounds fascinating to me.
fun too!

take care

kath

posted by mckait at 7:06 am (EST) on Jul 24, 2008

Paranormal weekend? sounds like a blast for sure. will you be telling about it somewhere?

kath

posted by mckait at 7:46 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2008

I still own my original 2XL!

posted by fleela at 4:16 pm (EST) on Jun 30, 2008

Those eyes are still creepy...

Man! I haven't chatted with you in a LONG time! How goes it?

Apropos of nothing, what do you think of Vince Neil? I love his studio voice, but for farts sake, his live vocals? Half the time he's just shouting gibberish into the mike in high falsetto. Just a small rant. Whatta think of the new single? Personally, I love it.

posted by dodger at 3:44 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2008

Thanks for your comment, Kawika. For some reason, I thought "Your Library" meant books you were currently reading or recently read. Yes, I am dense that way :D Your library seems impressive!

posted by chickletta at 10:45 am (EST) on Apr 14, 2008

Just wanted to drop a note to say congratulations on getting selected for 2012: Crossing the Bridge to the Future. I've spent some time in northern California, and in fact went to College of the Siskiyous at the base of Mt. Shasta. Although I'm pretty opposed to astrology, this looks like an interesting read and I have to say Mt. Shasta is pretty magical. It's one of those special places like Sedona. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to reading your review. I was selected for Gifts From The Child Within: A Recovery Workbook.

posted by awriterspen at 9:57 am (EST) on Apr 11, 2008

Your right I did add in the description, and I wasn't paying attention about the Changling the Lost, the user who added it made it 2.3 and I used it. Mage the Awakening should be 2.3 and changling should be 2.4, I'll start making these changes. As far as the differences between Ascension and Awakening if you really want to add the 's' to MtA go ahead but I would just tend to add the 'w' to the nWoD Mage. I'll update the description to take this into account.

posted by readafew at 8:55 am (EST) on Feb 19, 2008

Thank you so much! I had a great birthday and I didn't get any older! :)

I hope you had a great Christmas!

posted by GeorgiaDawn at 3:32 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2007

So, I'm sitting here behind a pile of books I ordered from bookcloseouts.com. Thanks for the tip! That site rules!

posted by dodger at 11:44 pm (EST) on Dec 17, 2007

Hi kawika - Yes, I'd be glad to try to help you with LC classification questions. Let me warn you first that I haven't used LC on a daily basis since library school, ten years ago. I work in a small special library now, and our system there is "home-grown." But I actually LOVE classification, it's endlessly interesting to me. I wish I'd seen your comment before leaving work today, I would have brought my cataloging & classification textbook home with me so I could review the basics. ;-) But sure, whenever you have a question on it, fire away, and I'll do my best to help!

posted by HeathMochaFrost at 8:56 pm (EST) on Dec 7, 2007

hey kaw, i'm finally in chat again and YOU'RE NOT. how come?
it's lonely in here all alone.

rosie's nice but she doesn't say much.

how's that armour working out for you? *giggle*

~PandorasRequiem

posted by PandorasRequiem at 6:31 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2007

Hey there, kawika. hey! stop staring at me! I won't touch your RPGs I swear! ;)

It was nice talking to you in the GD chat. Sorry to have left so soon. I got disconnected and couldn't get back in again. lol. Not so surprizing really, since that was the first time I had actually been able to get in there while someone other than My Girl Rosie was there.

Anyways, I enjoyed our conversation. It was nice meeting you and so great to have someone to complain to about the recent BookMooch disaster that wouldn't chuck me in the head with a cardboard box for even bothering to join the site. *chuckle* Ah well, c'est la vie. Live and yearn and all that stuff. blah blah blah.

Take care & hope to chat again soon. :)
~PandorasRequiem

posted by PandorasRequiem at 4:23 pm (EST) on Aug 8, 2007

By the way, your profile picture creeps me out. I feel like I’m being watched the entire time I’m visiting. Is that so people don’t steal books from your library?

posted by dodger at 4:40 am (EST) on Jul 15, 2007

Oh yeah! I could I have missed your tags? Wow! I'm the type who could totally get into that sort of RPG game -- I just haven't done it yet. Well, I played D&D a little bit when I was younger, with my brothers. Though, they kicked me out of the game because I insisted on being a pretty fairy.

posted by glanecia at 4:07 pm (EST) on May 20, 2007

So, are you into Star Wars role playing, or did you buy it because you love Star Wars? I have the RPG book too. I bought it because I was going to use to help me with a forum-based Star Wars RP site ... but I've never RPed the way the book intended... and my website isn't finished yet ... I'll never finish, I swear. :P

posted by glanecia at 1:32 pm (EST) on May 20, 2007

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