emmadilemma started reading Art of the Grimoire by Owen Davies

Art of the Grimoire by Owen Davies
Grimoires, textbooks of magic and occult knowledge, have existed through the ages alongside other magic and religious texts in part …
mostly sapphic·witch·romance (pick two) and, in warmer times, climate paranoia
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Grimoires, textbooks of magic and occult knowledge, have existed through the ages alongside other magic and religious texts in part …
This is a good book for web devs or security folks to backfill or enhance their knowledge. You need to already understand each covered topic; none of the chapters will get you off the ground floor of any subject, and the book is hampered by editing errors, especially in acronyms, that will confuse those who don't already know what the author meant.
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what …
I'm conflicted about this book. I'm getting good information from it, but the author promises to explain things to beginners better than he does. It's useful to people with a fair bit of experience in JavaScript. Coders in other languages will need a crash course in the deeply nested callbacks that are typical in modern JS.
The paint-loaded palettes of fifty world-renowned artists are displayed alongside the paintings the artists created using those hues, and the …
The paint-loaded palettes of fifty world-renowned artists are displayed alongside the paintings the artists created using those hues, and the …
"A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical" is exactly what you're getting here, and if you missed the reference, "Changed for Good" is a key song from the musical Wicked. Initially panned by critics as entertainment for screaming teenage girls, Wicked overcame the slights of the critic world - most of whom are basically the opposite demographic from teenage girls.
Ms. Wolf uses that arc of critical reception to illustrate musical theater's journey as a whole. A bit strident in places, with a couple of head-shaking moments that weren't so egregious that I remember them, Changed for Good is the only book I've come across to approach musical theater from the female POV.
@bluestocking@sfba.club thank you for this, a review of a book that moved you profoundly, but that might move other modern people in other ways. though this does sound like it has problematic bits to modern readers, we tolerate much worse from Great Literature that we expect our kids to read and recite.
tell it like it is, fly its flag, don't stand down. i don't have this courage, which is why i originally left goodreads after one too many dogpiles.
A charming read where I could identify with nearly all of the characters in some way, uncommon for me as I normally find myself inside the MC only. Enough plot for me to move forward without being blocked in fear. Worldbuilding is spread out, mostly being introduced as characters are, which works well for me.
A fine addition to my sapphic-witch-romance list, and one of the few that hits all three.
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The author of Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced …