Can’t talk, reading.
Jenny Trout (Abigail Barnette) just released ‘The Baby’, so I’m kind of desperate to get back to that. As usual, it’s outstanding, though I don’t recommend it if you’re not … Continue reading
Trigger warning?
So usually this is where, if you haven’t read the book, I say to do so, but there’s a caveat this time. Robin McKinley’s Deerskin is an amazing and wonderful … Continue reading
Aaaand back to books you may or may not have read.
Because I assume everybody’s read ‘A Wrinkle in Time’, and OF COURSE Meg Murray’s on my list, but I don’t know how many people have read the other books, especially … Continue reading
Colour is overrated, right?
You get black & white today, both because this one kind of got away from me and the colouring is INTENSIVE, and because look how pretty! Did that sound conceited? … Continue reading
She can’t be a witch. She weighs more than a duck.
Who else loves ‘The Witch of Blackbird Pond’? Kit is just so delightful and strong minded and feisty and ok, super wrongheaded about at least one very important issue, but … Continue reading
In which I draw a monkey.
And some other stuff, clearly. ‘A Little Princess’ was one of my absolute favourite books as a kid, even with its painfully Victorian outlook, for fairly shallow reasons. I loved … Continue reading
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lizzie Bennett is awesome.
Well, almost universally acknowledged, since I know a few people who still don’t like Austen (M!!!!!). NOT EVEN THE FILM VERSIONS. I asked, because sometimes, when a book is a … Continue reading
Mama just killed a witch! Put a wand up to her head, used some magic, now she’s dead.
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Stardance!
I think you all know by now that I spent a lot of my life training to be a professional dancer, and that that did not pan out. This isn’t … Continue reading
And then Pratchett again. Because I love Terry Pratchett, and I most especially love Susan Sto-Helit.
I love characters who dress in all black somewhat less, but for you, Susan? Anything. Even adding ‘rat skeletons’ to my Google search history, which is probably making for fascinating … Continue reading
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