Hi kittens! I hope everyone had a fantabulous New Year period. Now for the part I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath on the edge of your seat for. The winners of the giveaway where you got to choose which of my books you could receive. Because there were eight entries, there are four winners. EveyoneContinue reading “Christmas/New Year Giveaway Winners”
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The Best Books I Read For The First Time In 2011
This list is basically a Christmas gift list of recommendations for young female book lovers. These five books had a huge emotional impact on me in 2011. I’m planning on re-reading them in 2012. The good thing is, these oldest of these books were printed in 2009 so they should still be available in bookContinue reading “The Best Books I Read For The First Time In 2011”
Guest Interview: Charlotte English of Words About Words
Charlotte is a lovely lady I met on Twitter, and I was instantly drawn to her blog because she often discusses tropes and ideas in fantasy fiction such as – my favourite – warrior women. Charlotte is another expat… I seem to be collecting them… except that she’s an English lady living in the NetherlandsContinue reading “Guest Interview: Charlotte English of Words About Words”
Disney’s Working Class Princess: The Princess And The Frog
I’d never watched The Princess and the Frog before I did so for this weekly Disney segment. I wish I hadn’t left it so long. It was released in 2009, so well after the established 8 Disney Princess franchise had been set up (around 2000-2001). Yet Tiana was easily added to the Princess line upContinue reading “Disney’s Working Class Princess: The Princess And The Frog”
Mulan: Disney’s First Warrior Princess
I have to admit: although I’m not a huge fan of Disney’s thirty-sixth animated feature film, I have an incredibly soft spot for the eighth Disney Princess Mulan. My Honours thesis was on two cross-dressing Shakespeare plays, where young women dress up as boys for various reasons – one to protect her virginity, and theContinue reading “Mulan: Disney’s First Warrior Princess”
Lissa Bilyk 