Comments on: Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes

By: Library Loot: June 10-16, 2009 « A Striped Armchair

Library Loot: June 10-16, 2009 « A Striped Armchair — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:52:03 +0000

[...] Southern Challenge), Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes (for the Southern Challenge, thanks to Chris’ review), Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (for the Southern [...]

By: Beverly

Beverly — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:33:23 +0000

I have read all of Jewell Parker Rhodes books and enjoyed them. Beautiful writing that informs as well as entertain

By: Lu

Lu — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:32:53 +0000

The cover of this book is amazing. Very intriguing!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:12:24 +0000

OK. You talked me into it!! I’ll see if I can get this one from my library system!!

By: Shanra

Shanra — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:20:49 +0000

Of course I ordered it, you silly! Nothing above a bit of retail therapy after all. ^-~ And it sounds absolutely fascinating. If I do dislike it, though, it also sounds like the kind of book my mum might enjoy reading, so that’s a bonus. ^-^

By: chrisa511

chrisa511 — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:02:33 +0000

Jeanne, Voodoo is sort of a mish mash of various religions. It actually takes quite a bit of it’s beliefs from Catholicism believe it or not!

Shanra, You ordered it? Yay!!! I think you’ll enjoy it…I hope you enjoy it at least :/

Deslily, No! I totally missed that! What happened? Some people are just nuts…literally, nuts. Sadly, that kind of thing happens all too often.

Molly, You are so darn sweet! Thank you so much Yeah, this isn’t a book for everyone, but I enjoyed it. You should come down for Jazz Fest one year!!

Steph, I’m sure you’d love it down here. The good thing about New Orleans in literature is that it’s so easy to capture the feel of the city! And Rhodes does it really well with this book!

Nymeth, No I haven’t read Tell My Horse yet, but it was literally right next to this book at the jazz fest tent! I almost bought it in fact. Ok…*runs and adds it to his already ridiculous now 10 page wishlist* :/

Debi, I’m afraid you may just want to stay away from my blog for a little while then, lol. I’m reading Starfinder by John Marcos right now and it’s so much better than I expected! And I’m sure I’ll just fall in love with the Simon Van Booy book if it’s anything at all like his first. You and Annie should totally study voodoo!!! It’s such an interesting religion! Great history behind it too.

Joanne, Oh I think you’ll like this one…and there’s zombies in it too! Not your normal zombies, but the ones that Marie Laveau was said to have made. Sort of a state of being dead (no heartbeat) yet still alive.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:24:54 +0000

Ooo this sounds excellent! I’ve put library holds on both Dreams and Season! I like reading about voodoo also, but it’s hard to tell what books will be serious or more joking about it. One non-fiction on voodoo I really enjoyed was The Serpent and Rainbow.

By: Debi

Debi — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:52:47 +0000

Man, you’ve been killing me lately, Chris!!! I’ve simply must read this. Must. I find voodoo fascinating, too. In fact, I’ve been thinking for a while about doing a unit on world religions with Annie, just so we can delve into some of these “lesser known” beliefs.

Okay, and now, would you mind reading a few duds to give my poor wish list a rest.

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:10:42 +0000

You did a fine job describing it, Chris! It does sound incredibly good. I find voodoo fascinating too. Have you read Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston? If not, you need to! You’d love it for sure.

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:12:33 +0000

I’ve been toying with joining the Southern Book Challenge, and I would definitely include this one on my list if I did. I’ve never been to New Orleans/Louisiana, but I’d love to visit. But until I can, I might have to do some “armchair traveling” by reading some books that are set there. This sounds like a great way to kick things off. Can’t wait to hear what you think of the rest of the series.