I will make one personal caveat before I start: despite much screeching and near-hysterical insistence that “man” automatically equates to (or conflates with) “human,” the…
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What is the Heroine’s Journey? (part II)
In the end, however, I found myself as turned off by Murdock’s supposed “heroine’s journey” as I was by Campbell’s vision of women. This is…
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When I was a child we spent several years in Spain. I remember being stuck one summer in an old country house with family and…
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Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, Book 3) As far as background characters, Crest is…
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Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, Book 3) Speaking of literary heroines in general within…
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Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, Book 3) This leads neatly into my next personal…
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Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, Book 3) First and foremost, the number one commandment…
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Magic Bites (Kate Daniels, Book 1) Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, Book 2) Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, Book 3) I’ve always had a fondness, even well…
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Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 1) Tails up This is the author’s first novel, and as such it’s technically well done. The paragraphs and…
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Bitten (Women of the Otherworld, Book 1) A human’s-eye view In essence, this book is yet another romance novel. It is also therefore a good…
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