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#WitchWeek2021 Day 6
Over at Calmgrove, you’ll find the final Witch Week post. Jean (from Howling Frog Books) reviews a sci-fi novel by John Verney that was published more than 60 years ago. Looks like I’ll be spending time in used book stores … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2021 Day 5
We’ve passed the half-way point of Witch Week, with reviews that I hope have given you a few chills. Today, you’ll find my own Witch Week post, about two fantasy novels — Diana Wynne Jones’ The Merlin Conspiracy and Rachel … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Witch Week
Tagged Diana Wynne Jones, Modest Mussorgsky, Rachel Hartman, Walt Disney
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#WitchWeek2021 Day 4
It’s Science Fiction Wednesday, with Ola and Piotrek, from Re-enchantment Of The World, assessing Roger Zelazny’s classic sci-fi series, The Chronicles of Amber. In any of the 10 novels written between 1970 and 1991, you’ll find royalty threatened by conspiracy … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2021 Day 3
As you read this, I’ll be at the polls, doing my bit as an Election Day worker. If you haven’t voted yet, get yourself out there and do it. Don’t let anyone convince you that your vote doesn’t matter. Today, … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2021 Day 2
Over at Calmgrove, you’ll find our discussion of The Tempest. Ola, Jean, Chris and I had a great time talking about stormy double-dealing, back-stabbing, machinations, and just plain old devilry happening in what’s considered Shakespeare’s final solo project. A suitable … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Shakespeare, Witch Week
Tagged Benjamin Britten, Leonard Bernstein, Shakespeare
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#WitchWeek2021 Day 1
Over at Calmgrove, you’ll find our first guest post for Witch Week, by Lory from Entering the Enchanted Castle. She reviews Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief series. The first book in the series, The Thief, is about an expert thief … Continue reading
Posted in Bonfire Night, Fantasy, Halloween, Witch Week
Tagged Hector Berlioz, Megan Whalen Turner, Socially Distant Orchestra
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#WitchWeek2021 starts tomorrow
For an overview of what Chris and I have planned for this year’s Witch Week — honoring Diana Wynne Jones and fantasy writing of all sorts — check out his blog at Calmgrove. You’ll see our theme is TREASON AND … Continue reading
Posted in Bonfire Night, Halloween, Witch Week
Tagged Diana Wynne Jones, Guy Fawkes, Oxford Lieder Festival
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Don’t look now …
… but Witch Week is almost here! This year’s theme is TREASON AND PLOT (when Chris and I decided on this last year, we certainly didn’t expect it to be so apt), and our read-along is Shakespeare’s The Tempest, with … Continue reading
Posted in Shakespeare, Witch Week
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Banned Books Week 2021, 7th day
This is it, the last day of BBW2021. I hope you’ve learned something new here, or at least found a new source of information that deepens your understanding of something familiar. Today’s link in this week honoring the Right to … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Banned/Challenged Books
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Banned Books Week 2021, 6th day
Today, a quiz. In 2019, the New York Public Library added a Banned Books Quiz to its website, and it’s still available two years later. Only 7 questions, so any trivia fiend can probably finish it in under a minute. … Continue reading
Posted in Am reading, Banned/Challenged Books, Graphic Novel
Tagged Azar Nafisi, Jason Reynolds, Marjane Satrapi, Ray Bradbury
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