[HPFGU-OTChatter] Shelter of the Stone (and whiners)

[Mary Jennings]

>Just to make everyone realize things could *always* be worse....I have just
>finished The Shelters of Stone, book 5 of the Earth's Children sequence by
>Jean Auel (the first was Clan of the Cave Bear, anyone remember that...?).

Amanda, how was the book?  I don't have "my" copies of the Clan books 
anymore as they were actually my mothers, and I had the decency to leave 
them behind when I moved to England (wasn't so decent with other books, but 
never mind).  I heard book 5 was *finally* out, and you're right about the 
12-year wait.  Anyway, I was wondering whether it was worth my while to book 
onto the library waiting list for this book.  What's your opinion?

I read Clan of the Cavebear loads of times and it was by far my favourite 
book of the four.  As fond as I am of Jondalar, he reminds me a bit too much 
of a prehistoric Ken doll, except that Jondalar actually has working "aching 
loins".  Boy, do they work.  I studied anthropology so I'm really interested 
in Auel's interpretation of Homo Sapiens Sapiens/Neandertal interaction.  I 
haven't read any of the books for 7 years, since I moved here, so maybe I'll 
reread the first 4 as the library waiting list is bound to be huge.  
Something to look forward to?

But we're *still* going to whine about OoP, so there ;)

Mary Ann
(who remembers the Clan of the Cavebear movie as being really, really bad)

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