Botulf's Stone Blog

Abstract:  A good if at times challenging read.  This series combines Arthurian legend, good prose, interesting plots, and likable characters into a strong series of children’s literature.  There are some elements, like certain ideas, I have issue with, and the ending wasn’t quite to my taste, but overall I really enjoyed this series.  The audiobooks are also very good, if that is more to your preference. Content Warning (highlight to view):  frightening images, violence, occasional language- especially in later books, some folk-related events that touch on the occult- in particular in book 3, non-detailed references to sexual assault and adultery in later books ——— I have quite a few thoughts to cover in this one, so I’m just going to jump right in. The Dark is Rising Sequence  is a five-book children’s fantasy series by Susan Cooper set in Great Britain during the late 20th century.  At the series’ start, three siblings  stumble upon an ancient ...

Just a brief note- on March 6th, Lent begins, and I usually fast from personal use of the internet.  This will be the last post until at least April 27th, if not May 4th.  In the meantime, though, I will be working on making and planning some changes to the site, so please look forward to those.  Have a good Lent, and have a wonderful Easter Sunday! Abstract:  A short, convicting book that makes a pretty good argument for receiving the Eucharist kneeling and on the tongue rather than standing and in the hand. Content Warning (highlight to view):  Very, very high church ——— A few weeks ago, I overheard a mother talking to her son saying, “The wine isn’t really blood.”  The grade-school child had just gotten out of his Catholic religious education class, and here was his mother teaching heresy in the school hallway.  For any readers not in the Catholic/Orthodox know, for a Catholic to deny that the bread and wine used in the mass really has been transfor...