Klaeber's glossary defines aglaeca/aeglaeca as monster, demon, fiend when referring to Grendel or Grendel's mother. On the other hand, aglaeca/aeglaeca is translated by Klaeber as warrior, hero when referring to the character, Beowulf.

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The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

Published August 14, 2011

Finished up the 5th book in the Ice & Fire series only to find out that book 6 is probably 2 years away and book 7, well who knows.  So… picked up “The Red Queen” because the description on the back cover made me think of Cersei (Queen of King’s Landing from Ice & Fire).  And indeed… Margaret R. is definitely in the same vein of crazy.  Or should I say “devout”.  I’m finding that I enjoy historical fiction much more than I expected I would.  It was any easy read… especially coming off my previous tomes — far few characters to keep track of.  Gregory’s writing is smooth and you don’t get lost in the details.  The only negative I would mention is the ending.  It just kind of stops at the end of Margaret’s immediate story.  I suppose, historically, I know that Henry Tudor was King, etc but I just thought the author would give a bit more.  I may pick up some of her other books, not sure yet.  Anyhoo… for a quick, enjoyable read in the historical fiction genre I recommend “The Red Queen” by Philippa Gregory.

So… now the quest begins for the next book.  Suggestions ae welcome!

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lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub

Published May 21, 2011

May be the best book of his career. ~ Stephen King

I should have passed this one over after seeing that pitch. I’ve never been able to get through anything of King’s and while I did finish this book I didn’t think much of it. Way too much back and forth narration with extremely poor transitions. The base story was somewhat interesting, I guess. Just really did not care for his writing style. Plus I think I would have liked a better ending. Short review, folks… cause it wasn’t a very good read in my opinion. Sorry, Peter, I won’t be picking up any of your other works.

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Dimiter by William Peter Blatty

Published May 18, 2011

Dimiter 

William Peter Blatty is probably best known for The Exorcist - admitedly I haven’t read the book but I still contend that the movie is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen!  So, when I saw his name emblazoned on the cover of this book while browsing the ilses my interest was peaked.  This was not at all what I was expecting… it was not a horror story.  It wasn’t even about demonic possession though the reference to the “agent from hell”  on the back cover might lead you to expect something like that.  It was really more a character story about a man who finds and then becomes(?) Christ. That said, this is not an overtly religious fiction.  It is, for lack of a better term, a spy thriller.  I think it progresses nicely and to my great pleasure I had not figured out what was going on half-way through the book!!  Even with the foreign names and language throughout (which are sometimes bothersome to me) this was a pretty easy read.  I will probably check out some of Blatty’s other work — though I don’t think I’m brave enough to read the Excorcist!

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