Recently my mother published her latest book, ‘Parting Gifts: Notes on Loss, Love and Life’. Because it’s not only written by my mother, but because it’s a fantastic personal story; check it out here. It covers her journey in ‘loosing faith and finding God’ along with what she went through when I transitioned, and coming [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Anne Hines, Come Away, Cybele, Gallae, Kushiel's Legacy, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, The Great Goddess, The Reborn, University
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade' Kinks, Jade's Diary

I just finished reading ‘Come Away’ and the ending had me in tears. The good kind. Well… it was a good ending but (and I don’t want to give anything away) it hit home and it hit hard and I really felt the pain of Shahiroz. (A character I identify with greatly) All in all, [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Anne Hines, Come Away, Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary

Adding to the list of things that “if you told me five years ago what I would be up to today, I either wouldn’t have believed you, wept for joy or fainted” today added “Studying all day, of my own free will, and I’m not in any class”. Not just studying, but finding interesting ways [...]

posted by Jade Castillo
Tags: Anne Hines, Ariochus, Come Away, Ishtar, Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, Neverwinter Nights, The Great Goddess, The Lady General
Filed under: Cybeline Faith, Jade's Diary