Foreign Cover Friday is a weekly meme hosted by The Reading Fever, where foreign covers of the books we know and love are spotlighted and discussed. To join, either pick your favourite foreign cover, or pick many foreign covers, and start discussing! This is the first week I have been involved with Foreign Cover Friday,Continue reading “Foreign Cover Friday: The Initiate by Louise Cooper”
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Disney’s First Non-White Princess, Jasmine.
The thing about Disney is that they like to add technically non-princesses into the Disney Princess line-up. When you think about it, throughout their entire films, Belle and Cinderella weren’t actually princesses. Sure, they became princesses afterwards by marrying a prince, whatever. But then you come across characters like Alice (who is sometimes marketed thatContinue reading “Disney’s First Non-White Princess, Jasmine.”
On Beta Reading and Unfortunate Gaming Mishaps
Lately, I’ve been doing more beta-reading than writing. Reading is taking up a lot of time. I’ve been reading published books as well, and dreaming about the books I’m going to buy when I get back to Australia. I beta read the most phenomenal dystopian by a sixteen year old that blew my mind –Continue reading “On Beta Reading and Unfortunate Gaming Mishaps”
Sleeping Beauty: The Passive, Peasant Princess
Sleeping Beauty, Disney’s third Disney Princess film, was released in 1959. I enjoyed Sleeping Beauty a lot more than I enjoyed Cinderella, which I enjoyed a lot more than Snow White. It seems that Disney was only getting better with age. Princess Aurora has the beginnings of the later 90s princesses I adore. The PrinceContinue reading “Sleeping Beauty: The Passive, Peasant Princess”
Seven Virtues Flash Fiction Challenge
After the success of the Seven Deadly Sins flash fiction challenge, Lady Antimony is hosting the Seven Virtues flash fiction challenge. Seven Days Seven Virtues 100 words Starting 7th August 2011 The Seven Virtues are not as widely known as the Seven Deadly Sins, so I’ll list them in the order Antimony would like usContinue reading “Seven Virtues Flash Fiction Challenge”
Lissa Bilyk 