Starsong by Tehlor Kay Mejia - two girls debate science vs. magic ★★★★ Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer - a difficult birth leads to a witch trial ★★★ The HStarsong by Tehlor Kay Mejia - two girls debate science vs. magic ★★★★ Afterbirth by Andrea Cremer - a difficult birth leads to a witch trial ★★★ The Heart in Her Hands by Tess Sharpe - fated love turned on its head ★★★★ Death in the Sawtooths by Lindsay Smith - a magic mortician and her former bully investigate a mysterious possesion ★★★ The Truth About Queenie by Brandy Colbert - a witch girl reunites with her crush ★★★ The Moonapple Menagerie by Shveta Thakrar - a playwright seeks demon assistance for inspiration ★★★ The Legend of Stone Mary by Robin Talley - a witch's descendant needs to deal with a curse ★★ The One Who Stayed by Nova Ren Suma - in the woods, a girl runs toward a circle of light ★★★ Divine Are the Stars by Zoraida Córdova - two cousins are summoned to a family reunion ★★★ Daughters of Baba Yaga by Brenna Yovanoff - a girl meets a fellow witch at school ★★★ The Well Witch by Kate Hart - a girl living alone in the rugged Texas outback receives unwelcomed guests ★★★ Beware of Girls with Crooked Mouths by Jessica Spotswood - a hard choice needs to be made in order for a witch to save her sisters ★★ Love Spell by Anna-Marie McLemore - a witch that helps with heartbreak falls for an acólito ★★★ The Gherin Girls by Emery Lord - three sisters reunite ★★★★ Why They Watch Us Burn by Elizabeth May - concentration camp for witches ★★★...more
There is not one bad apple in this anthology, but even though I liked all the essays and poems, there are some that rocked my world.
What Color Are MyThere is not one bad apple in this anthology, but even though I liked all the essays and poems, there are some that rocked my world.
What Color Are My Heroes? by Mari Kurisato Erasing Athena, Effacing Hestia by Alex Conall Not so Divergent After All by Alyssa Hillary The Doctor and I by Benjamin Rosenbaum Natives in Space by Rebecca Roanhorse ...more
Thanks to this collection a lot of authors have been added to my TBR.
Eraser Tattoo by Jason Reynolds - girl is moving across country leaving her boyfrThanks to this collection a lot of authors have been added to my TBR.
Eraser Tattoo by Jason Reynolds - girl is moving across country leaving her boyfriend behind ★★★★ Meet Cute by Malinda Lo - two girls are stuck together during a convention power outage ★★★ Don’t Pass Me By by Eric Gansworth - in a majority white school, some can pass others won't ★★★★ Be Cool for Once by Aminah Mae Safi - while attending a concert, a girl meets up with the boy she has a crush on ★★★★★ Tags by Walter Dean Myers - structured like one-act play, four boys are tagging walls ★★★★ Why I Learned to Cook by Sara Farizan - a girl prepares a meal for her grandmother and girlfriend ★★★ A Stranger at the Bochinche by Daniel José Older - a boy needs to recover a stolen notebook ★★★ A Boy’s Duty by Sharon G. Flake - runaway boy tries to survive before enlisting ★★★ One Voice by Melissa de la Cruz - a girl attending Stanford's whole world shifts when racial slurs are graffitied ★★★★ Paladin/Samurai by Gene Luen Yang - a group of friends stop playing Swords and Spells to check out a party happening next door ★★★ Catch, Pull, Drive by Schuyler Bailar - first day on his swim team as a boy after having just come out as trans on Facebook ★★★ Super Human by Nicola Yoon - a superhero gives up on humanity and decides to destroy it unless someone convinces him otherwise ★★★★★...more
I was pleasantly surprised to find Lucian Blaga's "I Do Not Crush the World's Corolla of Wonders" and Adrian Codrescu's "Defense of the meek" in this I was pleasantly surprised to find Lucian Blaga's "I Do Not Crush the World's Corolla of Wonders" and Adrian Codrescu's "Defense of the meek" in this great collection....more
După vizionarea minunaturlui documentar Planeta Petrila, m-am hotărât să cumpăr acest album cu caricaturi, grafitti şi poezii ale „Periferiei EuropeneDupă vizionarea minunaturlui documentar Planeta Petrila, m-am hotărât să cumpăr acest album cu caricaturi, grafitti şi poezii ale „Periferiei Europene Petrila”....more
1. How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2. from The Song of Solomon, The Bible 3. A Birthday by Christina Rossetti 4. from Romeo and Juli1. How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 2. from The Song of Solomon, The Bible 3. A Birthday by Christina Rossetti 4. from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 5. Vissi d’Arte from Tosca, Puccini 6. Letter from Marianna Alcoforado (the Portuguese Nun) to the Marquis of Chamilly and St. Leger 7. Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft To Gilbert Imlay 8. To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet 9. We Two by Kuan Tao-Sheng 10. Letter from Julie-Jeanne-Eléanore de l’Espinasse to the Comte de Guibert 11. from Psychology by Katherine Mansfield 12. Letter from Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murray 13. Letter from Heloïse to Abelard 14. from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 15. Si, me chiamano Mimi from La Bohème, Puccini 16. Meeting by Christina Rossetti 17. Letter from Jane Clairmont to Lord Byron 18. If Thou Must Love Me by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 19. from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 20. Letter from George Sand to Pietro Pagello 21. from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf 22. from Song of the Geishas 23. Un bel di, vedremo from Madama Butterfly, Puccini 24. Conviction IV by Stevie Smith 25. Letter from Clara Wieck to Robert Schumann 26. from Ulysses by James Joyce...more
This collection was a delight regardless of your gender, especially the "Talking Turkeys!" poem by Benjamin Zephaniah.This collection was a delight regardless of your gender, especially the "Talking Turkeys!" poem by Benjamin Zephaniah....more
Given how disappointed I was with the ending of The Strange Women, I was invested in reading more pulp lesbian fiction only if I could skip the endingGiven how disappointed I was with the ending of The Strange Women, I was invested in reading more pulp lesbian fiction only if I could skip the ending. This book of excerpts offers the perfect solution.
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Tereska Torres: Women’s Barracks Vin Packer: Spring Fire Anne Herbert: Summer Camp Sloane Britain: These Curious Pleasures Joan Ellis: The Third Street Randy Salem: Chris Artemis Smith: The Third Sex Valerie Taylor: The Girls in 3-B Valerie Taylor: Return to Lesbos Miriam Gardner: The Strange Women Dorcas Knight: The Flesh Is Willing Kay Martin: The Whispered Sex Fay Adams: Appointment in Paris Brigid Brophy: The King of a Rainy Country March Hastings: Three Women Shirley Verel: The Dark Side of Venus Della Martin: Twilight Girl Paula Christian: Edge of Twilight Paula Christian: Another Kind of Love Ann Bannon: Beebo Brinker Ann Bannon: I Am a Woman Jill Emerson: Enough of Sorrow ...more
Thanks to this anthology, I found some interesting authors and it also helped me create a portrait of how childhood has changed throughout the 19th anThanks to this anthology, I found some interesting authors and it also helped me create a portrait of how childhood has changed throughout the 19th and 20th century....more
De la banchete la buruieni, de la ţară la oraş, de la reţetele bunicii la reţetele proprii. Acestea sunt extremităţile traseelor la care ne invită autDe la banchete la buruieni, de la ţară la oraş, de la reţetele bunicii la reţetele proprii. Acestea sunt extremităţile traseelor la care ne invită autorii. Nimic mai uşor având în vedere talentul şi grija acestora....more
Au mai păţit-o şi alţii de Constantin Negruzzi - În semi-europenizatul Iaşi de la începutul secolului XIX, venerabilul indolent Andronache Zimbolici sAu mai păţit-o şi alţii de Constantin Negruzzi - În semi-europenizatul Iaşi de la începutul secolului XIX, venerabilul indolent Andronache Zimbolici se căsătoreşte cu mult mai tânăra Adalghiţa, adeptă a romanelor franțuzeşti.
Amalia de Mihai Eminescu - Un tânăr se îndrăgosteşte de o femeie căsătorită.
Povestea lui Ionică cel prost de Ion Creangă - Într-o seară, Ionică cel prost bate la uşa lui Vasile, un flăcău fruntaş proaspăt căsătorit, cerându-i adăpost ca să nu fie bătut de flăcăii beţi de pe stradă. Vasile îl ia sub aripă şi chiar îi propune să-l căsătorească cu verişoara lui Ioana. Ionică fiind orfan nu ştie ce să facă cu o femeie şi Vasile îi dă înstrucţiuni puţin cam... prea clare...
Calul dracului de Ion Luca Caragiale - În toiul nopţii, o babă cerşetoare şi un adolescent drumeţ se întâlnesc la puţ. Ambii au un secret.
Fântâna dintre plopi de Mihail Sadoveanu - La hanul Ancuţei, căpitan de mazâli Niculai Isac îi povesteşte comisarului Ioniţă o întâmplare trăită cu mai mult de douăzeci de ani în urmă, o poveste de dragoste cu un final tragic.
Manole, Manole, Meșterul Manole de Victor Papilian - Mitul jertfei zidirii examinat din perspectiva unui tânăr care are o aventură cu soţia unui arhitect.
Un popă român la curtea Papei Borgia de Victor Papilian - Un pampfet este găsit de autor în arhivele Vaticanului şi dezvăluie întâlnirea neprihănitului popa Vasile cu Guliei Farnese, amanta popei Borgia.
La câmp de Marin Preda - Scena unui viol al cărui protagonişti sunt doi ciobani şi o fată. Mai multe detalii aici.
Pățania cucoanei Ilenuței de Radu Rosetti- Cucoanei Ilenuța povesteşte unei nepoate aventura amoroasă cu un tenor italian....more
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