CIRCLES OF STONE (The Mother People Series Book 1)

I actually purchased this book with hesitation due to the description and I was wondering how I was going to read about 3 characters with the same name and not get confused. After reading the first few pages I was hooked! Although we can only speculate what happened so long ago, this author does an excellent job of telling the story, which spans over millions of years, in such a way that you feel a part of each character. Full of adventure, joy, danger, violence of man and nature, and love, this book has it all wrapped into a perfect combination! A must read!

I chose this book because it was recommended as similar to Jane Auel`s Clan of the Cave Bear series. While I found it similar in time period, it was different in the fact that it focused on more spiritual end sexual content of the times. I recommend this to all those who are interested in anthropology and Homo sapiens and all of our ancestry, I would not recommend it for a young readers.
Joan Lambert has a way of writing that transports you to another place in time, with heart-stopping scenes of hunting and violence that must have been common stance for these peoples. She writes at the end of this book that most of the ideas came to her in dreams, I believe that wholeheartedly, and to Joan Lambert I say Dream On and keep sharing what you do is beautiful and amazing.

Pales in comparison to Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series, which successfully conveys positive messages of peace and harmony without being overly pedantic or preachy. This book seemed to all but plagiarize the storylines of Clan of the Cavebear, The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters AND The Plains of Passage only to deviate by beating feminism to death under the flail of appealing to the audience. I wanted to like this book and I support works that use the platform of entertainment to enrich society. This one corrupted the act in an attempt to use positive messages as selling points for the book itself and thereby came off as insincere, abrasive and ridiculous.

I enjoyed the book and will continue on to read the rest of the series. I chose to read this because Auel is my favorite author of all time and the blurb said it was like Clan of the Cave Bear. I would agree with that on topic and the repetitive character name for the wise woman, but little else. I believe this book stands on it's own and does interesting things with prehistory. my favorite author is still Auel but I very much enjoyed a new look at different family groups in a different time period before Clan of the Cave Bear would have existed. I look forward to trying out the other books too.

This book really made me feel some of the terror that our early ancestors must have felt, foraging out a life where the earth itself was as much foe as friend. I enjoyed some of the supernatural aspect, and I liked that it showed the gradual progression of mankind. Good book. Would definitely recommend, although I'm not sure I'm going to read the next in the series.

Three women, all named Zena takes us through a saga that weaves through thousands of years. It is reminiscent of Jean Auel's books, yet the characters take us though passages of time. If you like Clan of the Cave Bear and a little more recent in time, the Edge of the New World series, then this book is for you.

An interesting read. Not nearly ad captivating as the Earth Children series by Auel, but if you haven't read that series, this is enjoyable. The characters are likable, but you don't feel as if you really get to know them.

I've always wanted to write a book so here's my idea. My main character will be a young woman living in the stone age. She loses her family in a natural disaster. But she thrives, she discovers how to make fire with stones, she will know how babies are conceived. She will learn to sew with needles, discover a new valley. She will also ride wild animals. She will be a healer dedicated to the Mother. Oh yes, and the spear thrower idea. Oh, darn it, wait, this book has already been written, TWICE!!!!!!!

This is a quick and flowing read. The main characters are beautifully captured, though I do wish it was a bit more detailed in it's historical facts about the people. (like People of the Wolf books) I look forward to the next book.

I have read this book 3 times in the last several years. I love it, I never knew that there was sequels. Now I am excited. My other all time fav books are the Clan of the Cave Bear series. I have read them 9 times.