Bits and pieces from our little corner of Texas.
I’m glad to have had the experience of reading Ceremony, despite my initial difficulties with its fractured narrative. The overall message is one of healing and hope, a reminder of the interconnectedness of all humans, and a tribute to the powers of storytelling and subversive traditions.
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The Disney animated version of this story was one of my absolute favorite things as a child; for several years, I was a being OBSESSED.
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I will confess that since I started writing this review, I’ve had “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” stuck in my head on a loop; I’m not mad about it, and I rather hope it’s happening to you, too.
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The story’s concept is fairly straightforward — animals take control of a farm, must figure out how to run it, and experience a series of sociopolitical upheavals.
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The stakes are high, the consequences of missteps are catastrophic, and no one is quite sure of the motivations of the other players in the game. This all adds up to a nail-biting story of non-stop action from first to last page.
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This is a good choice for readers who have an interest in the history or mythology of the Irish Celts, or an interest in stories of the fair folk or witchcraft more broadly.
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Elinore’s varied experiences are told with an engaging combination of reverence for nature, care for her occasionally exasperating neighbors, and just a simple appreciation of a good fun time whenever it can be had.
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I would recommend this book to folks who enjoy time travel sci-fi or portal fantasy, of course, but also to people who have an interest in historical fiction set in pre- Civil War America from the point of view of someone other than Scarlett O’Hara.
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I think based on my experiences with the genre so far, it’s safe to say that early-20th century crime fiction is just not my thing.
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I think this is a pretty good intro book for Westerns, if you want to give the genre a try but don’t necessarily want to devote hours and hours and hours of your life to something as epic as Lonesome Dove.
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