{"id":162,"date":"2009-12-09T10:16:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T16:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2011-09-23T20:45:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T01:45:49","slug":"into-the-path-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/09\/into-the-path-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the path of Gods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/386227\">Into the path of Gods<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/author\/gulerkathleencunning\">Kathleen Cunningham Guler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a very handsome publication. I enjoyed reading Ms. Guler&#8217;s book, but that almost didn&#8217;t happen. Very quickly I realized the story was going to be told in a very definite feminine voice despite having the appearances of being a legendary style action story. I read a few paragraphs to my wife and we settled on the description that if a movie this was written as a &#8220;chick flick&#8221; set in an &#8220;action\/adventure movie&#8221;. Once I became accustomed to the voice the story was a good one, seasoned with Celtic names places and settings.While enjoyable (and stimulating for doing other reading on the Celts) I think it would have benefited from a more careful proofreading. There are more than a few awkward turns of phrase or poorly chosen words; just enough to distract one from the flow of the story and read for grammar instead for a while.I rated the book 3 stars. The grammar was worth half a star and the feminine voice that seemed more appropriate to a paperback romance was worth another half. It is a good story and I recommend it to the reader with those two cautions. 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