Books Read - August 2020

American Society of Dowsers Dowsing Widens Your World **** Non-fiction. Foundation Course in Dowsing, second version 2020. Berry, Steve & M.J. Rose The House of Long Ago ***** Fiction. Third in the Cassiopeia Vitt thriller series. Cassiopeia travels to her childhood house in Spain in order to ready it for sale, and she invites an art historian friend to come and value the paintings, only to find out they’re copies. In her search to find the originals, she learns a lesson about who her father really was. The Lake of Learning ***** Fiction. Second in the Cassiopeia Vitt thriller series. Digging at the castle uproots a golden box containing an ancient manuscript of the Cathars. This manuscript points to the only volume of Cathar religion in existence, and Cassopeia travels underground to find it. Blackwell, Juliet The Last Curtain Call ***** Fiction. Mel is hired by a consortium to renovate an old theatre, but there are squatters living there that she needs to remove, along with many ghosts. When one of the squatters is found dead, she needs to find the truth, even if it means putting her own life in jeopardy. Charles, Ann The Devil Days In Deadwood ***** Fiction. Eleventh in the Deadwood Humorous paranormal cozy mystery series. Violet and her friends face off against the liderc with the help of Prudence, who has take a shine to Harvey. Doerr, Anthony All The Light We Cannot See **** Fiction. Tale of a blind French girl and a German boy who live through WWII, how they met, and what happened to them. Doidge, Megan Ciana Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic **** Fiction. First in the Dowser urban fantasy series set in Vancouver. Jade is a half-witch who owns a cupcake bakery. She has a foster sister, Sienna, who is also a half-witch. Sienna’s boyfriend is a necromancer, and when Jade is accosted by a vampire and a werewolf who are looking for a killer, Jade believes the killer to be her sister’s boyfriend. Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic ***** Fiction. Jade must face off wit her foster sister, but she can’t do it alone. The Adepts gather on Vancouver Island to fight a horde of demons that Sienna has called forth, and not all of the heroes survive. Trinkets, Treasures and Other Bloody Magic ***** Fiction. Second in the Dowser urban fantasy series. Jade is still conflicted about her foster sister’s death, and she’s still discovering new adaptations to her own magic.When a sorcerer invites her to Portland, the vampire and the werewolves accompany, as does her mother, Scarlett. What she finds there is a horror. Her sister is back, and Jade finds out more about who she is. Garrett, Danielle Bad Ghosts Club **** Fiction. Scarlet is in Seattle to look for houses with her husband, when a ghost appears looking for someone to help her sister. Scar gets drawn into the mystery and stumbles upon a sdangerous ecret society. The Witch is Inn **** Fiction. Holly and her fiancè are planning to open the inn, but a liaison from the SPA is holding them up with his constant demands. When he is found dead on their property, they have to find the killer. Haig, Matt Reasons to Stay Alive *** Non-fiction. Treatise on depression as experienced by the author. Hamilton-Parker, Craig Lucid Dreaming and Dream Recall ***** Non-fiction. Methods of recalling dreams, keeping dream diaries, and learning to lucid dream. Johnson, Robert A. Inner Work ***** Non-fiction. Contacting and communicating with the unconscious through Dream Work and Active Imagination. Kimelman, Emily Blind Vigilance ***** Fiction. A pregnant Sydney wants only to hide away somewhere to work out how she feels about her life, but the threats keep coming, and her friends do what they can to protect her, even if that’s the last thing she wants. MacInerney, Karen A Killer Ending **** Fiction. First in the Snug Harbor cozy mystery series. Max has been divorced for ten months, when she decides to uproot her life and buy a bookshop in a small coastal town in Maine. When she finds a body the day after the grand opening, she becomes one of the main suspects. Neal, Toby Wired Strong ***** Fiction. Twelfth in the Sophie Ang thriller series. Sophie is expecting her second child, but threats from Pim Wat and the Master have her on tenterhooks. Conrad, as the Master’s Number One, must do what he can to protect Sophie and her children, but when he is driven to kill the Master, he takes up the mantle of the new Master, forming a barrier that he nor Sophie can get through. Penny, Louise Fatal Grace ***** Fiction. Second in the Armand Gamache mystery series set in Three Pines, Canada. An unlikable woman has been killed, and Armand’s task is to find her killer, no matter who it might be. Percy, Nigel & Maggie The Dowsing Encyclopedia **** Non-fiction. An encyclopedia about the art of dowsing. Rose, M.J. The Library of Light and Shadow ***** Fiction. Third in the Daughters of La Lune trilogy set in Paris and England. Delphine’s gift is drawing people’s hidden memories, and for this she has become famous. But when one of her drawings results in the death of a man, she refuses to draw any more of them, up until she’s asked to draw a castle that legend says is hiding a long sought-after manuscript. The Secret Language of Stones ***** Fiction. Second in the Daughters of La Lune trilogy set in Paris during WWI. Opaline is a jeweler with a special talent. Using the talisman’s she makes, she can retrieve a dead man’s last wishes for a family member. The Witch of Painted Sorrows ***** Fiction. First in the Daughters of La Lune trilogy set in Paris. Sandrine flees an unhappy marriage in America to travel to Paris and the safety of her grandmother, a grand courtesan. What she finds are family secrets that will take over her life and change it forever. Rowling, J.K. HP and the Deathly Hallows ***** Fiction. Harry and Voldemort face off in their final duel. HP and the Half-Blood Prince ***** Fiction. Harry finds a book of potions that someone has annotated with shortcuts and new spells. It belonged to the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry wonders if that was Voledmort, who has been ramping up his attempts to kill Harry. Dumbledore interferes and pays with his life. HP and the Order of the Phoenix ***** Fiction. Dolores Umbridge is installed as the new headmaster of Hogwarts after the minister of magic refusing to believe Dumbledore or Harry that Voldemort is back. The Weasley twins leave school in a spectacular way. Harry finds his mind invaded by Voldemore, and he and some of the D.A. travel to the Ministry to find a mystery. Schiller, Linda Yael Modern Dreamwork ***** Non-fiction. Combining training in different paths, the author shares her knowledge of dreamwork. Vida, Kezia The Dreaming I **** Non-fiction. Interactive dream journal. Warner, Sylvia Townsend Lolly Willowes **** Fiction. Laura, also known as Aunt Lolly to her relatives, leaves them behind in London to live out her life in a small village in the country far from restrictions placed on women in the 1920’s.