picked up at Friends of the Aurora Public Library Book Outlet

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!

It is one of the best books I have read in a VERY long time. And thanks to bookcrossing for bringing it to me...I don't think it is something I would have picked up on my own.

My mom is still with me, but as a witch (pagan/whatever you decide to call us) I found the similarities to the Black Madonna worship and Goddess Worship undeniable. And the sisterhood reminds me so much of my girls (the gals I worship with) -- finding the strength in self -- I just have too many good things to say about this book...and I think I will have to add Kidd to my "must read" author list.

A few quotes I found:

"How did bees ever become equated with sex? They do not live a riotous sex life themselves. A hive suggest cloister more than bordello." - The Queen Must Die: And Other Affairs of Bees and Men pg 115

"Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with the colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die." The Queen Must Die: And Other Affairs of Bees and Men pg 136

"...everybody needs a God who looks like them..." pg 141

"Really, her spirit is everywhere, Lily, just everywhere. Inside rocks and trees and even people, but sometimes it will get concentrated in certain places and just beam out at you in a special way." pg 141

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I found this copy in a Little Free Library – April 2023

I have many copies of this book on my shelf, in fact I have decided it should always be the book I have the MOST copies of on my shelf --
the copy I read
my PC copy
the Sheraton Crystal City OBCZ copy
from 1/2 Price in Houston, passed on to a friend
another from 1/2 Price in Houston, passed on to a friend
and another from 1/2 Price in Houston, passed on to a friend
ARC copy - released in 2008
copy from Jefferson County Friends of the Library Sale June 2011
copy from the book barn in Niantic August 2011
copy from Jefferson Country Friends of the library Sale Oct 2011
2nd copy from Jefferson Country Friends of the library Sale Oct 2011
copy from Jefferson Country Friends of the library Sale May 2013
2nd copy from Jefferson Country Friends of the library Sale May 2013
3rd copy from Jefferson Country Friends of the library Sale May 2013
copy from Jefferson County Friends of the library Sale June 2014
2nd copy from Jefferson County Friends of the library Sale June 2014
3rd copy from Jefferson County Friends of the library Sale June 2014
Little Free Library on Marion in Centennial Aug 2014
From the Jefferson County Friends of the library Sale October 2014
From the Jefferson County Friends of the Library Sale October 2015
2nd copy from the Jefferson County Friends of the Library Sale October 2015
3rd copy from the Jefferson County Friends of the Library Sale October 2015
picked up at the thrift store, because I have a hard time passing this book by October 2017
picked up at the thrift store, because I was there
picked up at the thrift store, because I was there
retrieved from a Little Free Library in November 2022
retrieved from a Little Free Library in April 2023

Headed out to Fifna as part of the Movie Sweepstakes!

One of two books I received as the decoy in the Movies Sweepstakes. I read The Book of Longings by the same author and absolutely loved it, so I have high hopes for this one. Thank you very much indeed!