The Season of the Witch is half over and there is so much yet to explore. Soon I hope to take you on a literary journey of the witch as character, but in the meantime, I have enlisted some help. ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐ I could think of no one better to dive deep into the canvas… Read More Aesthetically Hoarded Guest Post: Witches of Western Art
Madeline Miller’s 2018 international number 1 bestseller, Circe, takes classical Greek literature, in turn based upon classical Greek mythology, as its subject. The title character is perhaps most famous for her appearance in Homer’s ancient epic poem, The Odyssey. This original text follows a war hero named Odysseus on his journey home after ten years… Read More Stone upon Stone: ‘Circe’ Readalong
โIn the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is strange โ not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. But she has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When Circeโs gift threatens the gods, she is banished… Read More Generally Gothic Book Club Readalong: ‘Circe’
Welcome to 2020! It is the year of the rat, and so I begin by rummaging through the dark corners of my bookcase for the texts that I have hoarded this past year, but not yet read. “๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐พ๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ถ๐ธ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ด๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ – ๐… Read More Words Curling Round Me: 2020 Reading List
Generally Gothic 