I’ve always loved Cold Comfort Farm. It’s one of those books I keep more than one copy of in case I lend it to someone and it doesn’t come back. But I’ve also always been aware that it was a parody. The spoof introduction and dedication to someone who is obviously a caricature of Thomas Hardy makes that clear.
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Review: The Book of Mormon
We went to see the stage show of The Book of Mormon at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. I haven’t laughed so much for ages. It was hilarious. It’s also making some serious points about religion.
Diverse Witchy Novels
There are many excellent and entertaining books with diverse LGBTQ+ and Black characters that you could be reading instead of that book, or that other book. Deciding whether to boycott the work of problematic authors is on a case-by-case basis, and depends on how awful they are, or were. In the case of living artists, is buying their work enabling them to continue to be awful? (Almost always yes.) Is their awfulness reflected in their work? But that’s the subject of another post. This is about reading authors who write more inclusive books.
There seems to be a flurry of witchy romance books at the moment, and magical stories in general are definitely having a moment.
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Review: Morgan is my name
Morgan is my name by Sophie Keetch is an absolutely wonderful version of Morgan Le Fay’s story. Unputdownable and gorgeously written.
Continue readingReview: The Witch’s Path
Whether or not you’re feeling stuck in your witchy or Wiccan path, do yourself a favour and buy this book.
Continue readingReview: The book of Cernunnos
A very moving collection of stories of encounters with Cernunnos, together with an analysis of what is known about him from history and archaeology. I’m glad people are willing to share such deep personal experiences, as it gives such a depth to books like this.
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Review of Changing Paths
I had a wonderful chat with Hana the Suburban Witch yesterday for her podcast, and today she has posted a wonderful review of Changing Paths (she was one of the advance readers and is quoted on the cover).
Continue readingWorld Book Day 2023
My recommendations for World Book Day. LGBTQ+ and/or BIPOC, Indigenous, Latine, AAPI subjects and authors. All of them are brilliant stories.
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