i’m starting a journey into fantasy with a revisit of a childhood favourite. the gorgeous cover art of which left a permanent gender impression on me as a youth in a way i couldn’t understand until much later.
i loved the world & the characters as a kid & so far i’ve been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the writing & how it all holds up on revisiting.
Jan 7, 2025
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there is nothing like revisiting the person you used to be and the tastes you used to have! oh to see the world again with the wonder of a 14 year old with a library card.
Jan 27, 2024
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really beautiful reimagining of children’s mythologies (st nicholas, the tooth fairy, etc.), written & illustrated by William Joyce. the illustrations are beeaaauuttifullll, kinda sci-fi art nouveau. the whole series is kinda like a more maximalist The Little Prince. it’s got magic galore, and fantastic world building, and robots, and flying machines, and fairies, and sentient moonbeams, etc etc the list goes on. it was the inspiration for the Rise of the Guardians movie, but the books have so much more depth & soul to them. they’re definitely a kids series but i can’t think of anything else that more perfectly captures this atmosphere.
Mar 13, 2024
this book introduced me to the world of YA Fantasy with female protagonists, and life’s never been the same since
(technically I think I was 11 or 12 when I first read it, so pre-teen)
Apr 27, 2024
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there’s that little jolt of joy when you discover that you’re having the same experience as another person
Mar 8, 2025
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it’s the perfect length for me to watch after work , i can start a movie at 11 or even 12 & get to bed at the (mostly) reasonable hour of 1:30 at the latest . sometimes i will extend this to 100 or 110 min if i‘m feeling indulgent or ambitious .
i could watch an hour of tv but this gives me a whole story in only a little bit more time .
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