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GatheringBooks
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#JuneSpecials Day 2: This book features the village of Tos, in the remote hills of the Cameroons. In the introduction of the author, she described it as “isolated, with no paved roads closer to it than a full eight hours away. None but the most adventurous visitor would dare risk the steep and bumpy, rocky clay paths leading to the thatch-roofed village that clings to the side of an almost extinct volcano.” My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-Ut

Eggs Exquisite - another one to stack 💞 2d
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jitteryjane724
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm
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Fascinating to read the original fairy tales as gathered by the brothers Grimm. Their surname is an apt descriptor of many of the tales, such as “The Children Who Played At Slaughtering“. My goodness!

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underground_bks
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This is a useful, relatively quick-reading resource for those delving deeper into fairy tales, their history, and most of all, their critical and popular reception. A bit dated (a couple of unnecessary references to Harry Potter, for instance) and I wish the author had spent more time on Les Conteuses of the 17th century and their use of the literary fairy tales as resistance, but I found a lot of useful context too!

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LitsyEvents
Tale of the Firebird | Gennady Spirin
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repost for @TheBookHippie:

June #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025

Let us see what versions of this tale we can find!

Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Afanasyev

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarevitch_Ivan,_the_Firebird_and_the_Gray_Wolf

So sorry my month has been a little busy!!! But here is next months read!!!

TheBookHippie ♥️ 1w
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monalyisha
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Fiction: Juno Loves Legs (book club)
Nonfiction: Cunning Folk (just started)
Audio: Of Time and Turtles (nearly done)

I just cracked open the middle book this morning & I‘m already slightly obsessed (despite the fact that it has endnotes, which make me want to rip my hair out; fortunately, it seems like they‘re mostly just crediting source material & I can ignore them without missing anything). Also, how gorgeous is that cover?! 🤩

#weekendreads

rachelsbrittain Oo that one sounds super interesting! I'm going to have to check it out 👀 2w
monalyisha @rachelsbrittain YES! I think what‘s been most fascinating to me so far is the close overlap of priests and “cunning folk”, religion and “service magic.”

I was under the impression that anything smacking of magic would‘ve been condemned as witchcraft & grounds for getting a person (usually a woman) hanged during the trials. But it seems like “cunning folk” were largely safe and well-regarded (even the women!).
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monalyisha @rachelsbrittain And priests could/did employ and sometimes even WERE “cunning folk.” Practices included finding lost things or people, healing, etc. And the exact rituals are hugely fascinating!

I know my understanding is different because my witch trials history is US-based (I actually lived in Salem, MA for a spell) while the author‘s from the UK & digging into the history there. But still!
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rachelsbrittain That's fascinating! 1w
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GatheringBooks
Tam Lin | Susan Cooper, Warwick Hutton
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#Bibliophile Day 24: This book is a good fit to #LostRoyalty. In this story, the reader gets to see how this impetuous, staunchly-disobedient young girl was able to chart her own path and meticulously follow a set of enchanted rules (which includes recognizing her man no matter how horrible the shapes he would magically assume) – to save the day and be the heroine in the story. My full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-3oQ

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️👏🏻❤️ 2w
Eggs You have no idea how many times I have sought out the books you recommend 🥰🤗😌 2w
GatheringBooks @Eggs you have made me very happy today. 🌷🌷🌷 2w
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