Nov 6, 2020
#WitchWeek2020: The end is nigh! If you’re reading this, you’ve lived to tell the tale of Witch Week 2020. When you do, make sure it’s a tale with dark corners, collapsed towers, and horrifying specters.
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#WitchWeek2020: The end is nigh! If you’re reading this, you’ve lived to tell the tale of Witch Week 2020. When you do, make sure it’s a tale with dark corners, collapsed towers, and horrifying specters.
#WitchWeek2020 Day 6: MEXICAN GOTHIC and the Classic Gothic Tale
And, with this overview of what must surely become an instant classic, we sight journey’s end in this year’s Witch Week event celebrating all things Gothick. But, like all things, it ain’t over till it’s over…
Wrangling the specters today is guest blogger Kristen M, who has been blogging at WeBeReading.com for most of twelve years and is the creator of March Magics (which annually celebrates…
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#WitchWeek2020 Day 5: Gothic fantasy, with puppets
Puppets! Orphans! Victorian London! Lizzie Ross’s review of Laura Amy Schlitz’novel has everything we desire for a Gothick novel in this latest post for Witch Week 2020
Puppet shows! Fun times for all, right? Not in this chilling Newbery Honor book. In 2007, Laura Amy Schlitz had won the Newbery Award for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. This 2012 gothic fantasy by…
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#WitchWeek2020 Day 4: M R James and the Gothic Tradition
We have entered the season when the telling of ghost stories comes into its element. This latest entry for Witch Week 2020 focuses on a key exponent of the classic tale of horror and the supernatural.
In this post, guest blogger Jean takes us to the world of M. R. James, famous for his creepy gothic tales, which have inspired several 20th and 21st century authors. Jean is a librarian blogging…
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#WitchWeek2020 Day 2: A Gothic Reading of The Betrothed
Day 2 of #WitchWeek2020 sees an excellent synopsis and analysis of the classic Italian Gothick novel ‘The Betrothed’ — don’t miss it!
Today’s guest blogger, e-Tinkerbell, lives in Italy, so it’s no surprise that she brings this classic Italian novel from the 19th century to our attention. e-Tinkerbell is a high school English teacher who loves literature, history… and shoes. She blogs at…
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#WitchWeek2020 Day 1: Gothick Dreams
The first post in 2020’s Witch Week event is by yours truly over on Lizzie Ross’s blog, where this year’s event will be unfolding for the next seven days.
Happy Halloween to all! My first guest blogger is my co-host, Chris, who blogs as Calmgrove on WordPress, where for eight years he’s been exploring the world of ideas through books by way of reviews and discussions. Today Chris has taken on…
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Witch Week 2020 Wotcher, would-be witches, warlocks, wizards and wonder-workers! Witch Week 2020 begins today with a line-up of what's in store between Halloween and Bonfire Night on…
Further reading
Artwork by Tithi Luadthong from 123RF.com.
Approaching the last two months of this extraordinary year — one which I’m sure is seared into our collective consciousness — I thought I’d briefly, with your gracious acquiescence, take stock.
Goodreads tells me I’ve read 70 titles so far in 2020, surpassing my modest target of 60 for the whole year. Bar one or two I’ve reviewed them all too, on…
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