This is Year Eight of this online journal. Welcome back to The Library, where I catalogue the books I read over the course of the year. Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page by Brad Tolinski 56.
The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses by Phillip A. Men at Arms 145: The Wars of the Roses 54. The Book of Pendulum Healing by Joan Rose Staffen 53. One Truth & One Spirit: Aleister Crowley’s Spiritual Legacy by Keith Readdy 52.
Dungeon of the Mad Mage by Wizards of the Coast 49. Will the Circle Be Unbroken by Studs Terkel 48. Besom, Stang, & Sword by Christopher Orapello & Tara-Love Maguire 46. The Big Book of Runes & Rune Magic by Edred Thorsson 45. A Book of Pagan Prayer by Ceisiwr Serith 44. Strange Frequencies by Peter Bebergal 43. Son of Chicken Qabalah by Lon Milo DuQuette 42. The Witches Almanac Issue 38 Animals: Friends & Familiars 41. Storytelling Alchemy by Renee Damoiselle 40. 2019 Lunar & Seasonal Diary by Stacey Demarco 39. Monsters & Creatures by Gabiann Marin 38. More Ghost Chronicles by Wood & Kolek 37.
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist by Wizards of the Coast 36. Modenkainen’s Tome of Foes by Wizards of the Coast 35. A Song of Ice & Fire Miniatures Game Rulebook by CMON 34. Solomon Kane Rulebook by Mythic Games 28. The Chronicles of The Deryni: Deryni Rising, Deryni Checkmate and High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz 27. Varla Ventura’s Paranormal Parlor: Ghosts, Seances, & Tales of True Hauntings 26. John Dee and the Empire of Angels by Jason Louv 25. From Kuan Yin to Chairman Mao by Xuetung Christine Ni 24. The Little Book of Saturn by Aliza Einhorn 23. The Gods Never Left Us by Erich von Daniken 22. Feng Shui: Plain & Simple by Sarah Bartlett 20. Italian Folk Magic by Mary-Grace Fahrun 17.ġ602 by Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert 18. The Lunar Gospel: The Complete Guide to Your Astrological Moon by Cal Garrison 16. Talk to the Hand: A Field Guide to Practical Palmistry by Vernon Mahabal 15. The Bardic Book of Becoming: an Introduction to Modern Druidry by Ivan McBeth and Fearn Lickfield 14. Irish Curses, Blessings, and Toasts by Nicholas Nigro 13. Time of Legends: Joan of Arc Rulebook by Mythic Games 12. Conan: The Blood-Stained God and Other Stories 11. Swords by Ben Boos 09.įloor Games & Little Wars by HG Wells 10. The Lunar Nomad Oracle by Shaheen Miro 07. Reflexology: Plain & Simple by Sonia Jones 06. Reiki: Plain & Simple by Philip Jones 05. Medicine Wheel: Plain & Simple by Deborah Durbin 03.įairies: Plain & Simple by Ralph Harvey 04. Tarot: Plain & Simple by Leanna Greenaway 02. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen and Owen King (Bob). Here’s to hoping some of that magic can be rekindled in 2018.
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That was when reading mattered to me in a way that is almost undefinable.īooks were everything to me then and while I cherish them and covet them still almost 40 years later, to twelve year old Bobby, with his Daisy rifle, Buck knife, and dog-eared paperbacks, books were portable magic. I typically read in one of four places - under the Turkey Creek bridge, in the old Little Pipe Creek Cemetery, in our creek-side ‘pirate fort’ in the horse pasture, or deep in the haunted woods sitting cross legged atop Treebeard’s Stump. As a 12 year old boy, I would shove one of those books in my back pocket and hike along Turkey Creek with my BB Gun and hunting knife in tow. I loved the covers and the passport to unimaginable worlds of adventure inside them. I loved everything about mass markets as a kid, especially Howard’s Conan, Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Burrough’s John Carter and Tarzan, Norman’s Gor, Lovecraft’s Mythos tales, Adams’ Horseclans, and Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring (the only one I owned at the time). Hardcovers are too expensive (though I do prowl them second-hand) and I find mass market paperbacks tiresome, the print too small and light for my aging eyes.ĭespite their impermanence, I miss paperbacks, to be honest. I have shifted to reading predominately on a first generation kindle, for one thing. I read a mere 56 books in 2017, surpassing my goal of 52 books a year, but I was certainly off kilter. Also, because of the third author on my list, I have decided there should be 23 names instead of 20. So here are my favorites, the caveat being that this is a list of writers of fiction and as close to their proper order as I can muster. That’s a challenge I just could not pass up. In his most recent newsletter, Brian Keene offered up a list of his 20 favorite authors.