Dora Reads

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)

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Showing posts with label witches. Show all posts

Showing posts with label witches. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 September 2024

Nerd Church - Short Story: The Lady Klara, The Prince Matteo

This is a fantasy short story that first appeared in the 'Promptly Written' publication on Medium, in response...

Friday, 21 January 2022

Friday Fics Fix - Night Magic

'The night wore on, and Merlin still hadn't found anything. The words were beginning to blur together on the page no matte...

Sunday, 1 August 2021

Nerd Church - Witch-Hunts and Fear: The Emotional Maturity of ParaNorman

* = commission link I love the movie ParaNorman *. It’s hugely underappreciated. This beautiful, weird, stop-motion mash-up of classi...

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Review Time! - The Sigil by Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville

* = commission link * Title: The Sigil * Author: Shakeil Kanish, Larissa Mandeville Genre: Young Adult (New Adult crosso...

Friday, 11 September 2020

Friday Fics Fix - Padfoot and Moony's Guide to Raising Harry Potter (Ft. Diverse Representation!)

Note: For the foreseeable future the only Harry Potter fanfiction I'll be rec'ing will have Trans+/NB+ characters. I...

Friday, 28 August 2020

From My TBR: 15 Young Adult and Middle Grade Books By Black Authors

(Warning: this post references racism and police brutality) *** All Amazon.com links in this post are commission links. This means I ea...

Friday, 22 May 2020

Friday Fics Fix - Drarry In An Elevator

They stand in another stretch of silence before a great screeching sound reverberates throughout the elevator. ...

Friday, 1 May 2020

Friday Fics Fix - Witches Loving Witches

'Ginny started to laugh. The Death Eater stopped walking. He was speaking angrily now, growling or snarling something.' ...

Friday, 17 April 2020

Friday Fics Fix - The Self-Care Fanfic Rec-List

Fanfiction is a fab form of self-care (which I know I've said more than once, but that's because it's true!) And seeing as ...

Friday, 10 January 2020

Friday Fics Fix - Harry Potter Fics With Transgender Main Characters

(Warning: this post discusses Transphobia throughout, as well as referencing an abusive ex-rock-star) Oh God, J K Rowling. *sighs* I k...

Friday, 15 November 2019

Friday Fics Fix - 'Round the Houses

'Loki was left-handed and took a broom that was on the very end. He had plenty of flying practice at home, but he was still nervous. H...

Friday, 1 November 2019

Friday Fics Fix - Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

**This post contains affiliate links for Amazon.com (US) - I earn commision from qualifying purchases** '"The handwriting on the...

Friday, 25 October 2019

Friday Fics Fix - HP Halloween: The Ones Who Won't Grow Old

Warning: this post talks about war and related trauma 'Even in the summer, it was cold here. Once, Ginny had been used to it, spen...

Friday, 18 October 2019

Friday Fics Fix - HP Halloween: Star-Crossed Rumors

'...But it wasn’t a dream and he was fully clothed. When he looked back over at the group of girls, they giggled even harder, whi...

Friday, 11 October 2019

Friday Fics Fix - HP Halloween: Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

'“To mine” interjected James, the tall boy with mousy hair and glasses. “Padfoot ran to mine and now he’s staying there.' ...

Friday, 4 October 2019

Friday Fics Fix - HP Halloween Begins!

'Malfoy looks shocked, like a deer caught in headlights, nowhere to run and just staring wide eyed at Ron, pushing Harry towards him. S...

Friday, 2 August 2019

Friday Fics Fix - Rub-a-Dub

'Draco may have screamed (in a very manly and authoritative way, he later insisted to Harry) when he saw the state of the bathro...

Friday, 26 April 2019

Friday Fics Fix - Friends Don't Let Friends Execute Other Friends

'...it started with a bandit, sword falling downwards towards Arthur’s exposed side. It started with Merlin, leaping from behin...

Friday, 5 April 2019

Friday Fics Fix - A Future?

'"Fine, fine," Granger said, starting to pace. "Only my boyfriend is a Neanderthal who won't look past the end of ...

Sunday, 24 March 2019

Nerd Church - The Dilemma of Morally Dubious Media (Ft. American Psycho, Game of Thrones and Harry Potter)

Warning: this post discusses morally dubious media, including but not limited to: rape, murder, incest, general violence. Image by Ge...

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