Tag: Fantasy
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What I Read this Spring & Summer – and on into Fall
Hi. It’s been awhile. A long while. I intended to take a break from blogging for the summer, and then summer stretched into fall and I couldn’t quite pick it up again in September like I thought I would. I enjoyed my extra six weeks off, but finally started to feel a little bit of…
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When Books Come Alive: A Visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
I’ve been thinking a lot about the ways in which fiction and real life become intertwined – especially fiction that finds us when we need it most. I can’t think of a place where fiction and life are closer than the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I grew up as part of what I like…
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Story in Review: Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K Rowling is a book you should probably read sometime between now and November. Maybe even a few times, really. As if anyone expected less of the Queen of Fantasy, the short volume is filled with just the sort of turn of phrase that Rowling has become famous…