Dora Reads is the book blog of a Bookish Rebel, supporting the Diversity Movement, bringing you Queer views and mental health advocacy, slipping in a lot of non-bookish content, and spreading reading to the goddamn world! :) (All posts may contain Amazon links, which are affiliate, unless marked otherwise. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. USA ONLY - please do not make UK purchases with my links)
Thursday 31 January 2019
Tuesday 29 January 2019
2018 Fanfiction Reading Challenge Final Update + 2019 Fanfiction Reading Challenge Sign-Up
Fanfiction time! XD
In no way has this post been thrown together in the odd moments that my hectic life grants me *shifty glances.*
OK, so maybe it has... just don't tell anyone! 😎
I was originally trying to get this post all done and dusted in December, but my December was... not good. So here we are!
Sunday 27 January 2019
Nerd Church - A Few Ruminations on Perspective
You can see exactly the same thing as someone else... and somehow you both see it differently.
Sometimes that's because you were looking at what happened from a different angle - a physically different angle, where you literally saw things differently.
For example, videos taken from different angles lead people to believe different versions of events.
People see details that are blocked from the view of others, but in turn they lose details that others can see.
Friday 25 January 2019
Friday Fics Fix - True Love, In Honour of Santes Dwynwen
(Warning: this post discusses the story of St Dwynwen, which includes rape/sexual assault)
'Arthur’s mouth has always been Merlin’s weakness, hasn’t it.'
Dydd Gwyl Santes Dwynwen Hapus/Happy St Dwynwen's Day!
Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, her name has a variety of meanings (as most 'wen' or 'wyn' names do,) but the most common translations are 'white wave' or 'to steal purity/fairness.'
Which kind of fits in with the less happy aspects of her story.
Thursday 24 January 2019
Sunday 20 January 2019
Nerd Church - Caffeinated Current Events: Dear Lord, the Breakfast (Brexit)
I swear to God. I swear to Iesu Grist. Wtf parliament dudes?! Wtf?!
Breakfast (or, as some people call it, Brexit,) isn't going too well, so I'm hear to explain in a caffeine-fuelled, (hopefully) satirical fashion!
(Note: these are my opinions, you can totally disagree with me, I don't mind.)
Yep, this is another 'Caffeinated Current Events' post - 'cos you lot seemed to like the last one.
(It's a little like Drunk History - only sober and present-day, so... not.)
Friday 18 January 2019
Friday Fics Fix - He's a Phantom!
'Most of the lesson was spent in silence, with the usual crash outside followed by Danny's hand shooting up and asking to go to the bathroom; reappearing later on when the ghost fight was over, claiming to have gotten stuck under some debris from the fight.'
I miss Danny Phantom.
I really hope that at least some of you have heard of, and/or watched this cartoon, because if not it's just an injustice!
(Also, it ended over a decade ago and I feel very old now.)
And a shout-out is due to the awesome Carrie @ Cat on the Bookshelf, who got me in a Danny Phantom mood!
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