Book Fangirling Blog Award

Yay! I saw this tag going around and thought it was so cute! Thanks to Jane @ the Greenish Bookshelf and Zezee @ Zezee with Books for tagging me! The rules: Thank the blogger who nominated you. Answer the questions they set for you. Set some new questions and nominate five more bloggers. Jane's questions: What…

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On Harry Potter

I've had this blog for almost 3 years now, and it's strange how few times I've mentioned Harry Potter. So I've decided to dedicate a whole post to it in order to fill the incredibly large and conspicuous gap that is the lack of HP on this blog - and attempt to explain why that…

International Fanworks Day!

Hey everyone! It's International Fanworks Day! Fanwork (noun): a creative work produced by one or more fans, generally intended for other fans. A common defining phrase used in fandom is "by fans for fans," or something similar, though this definition might incorporate other fan activity as well. The Harry Potter Alliance reminded me today that it…

Rose Recommends: November | Fan Phenomena

| This month's recommendation is actually a collection of books, one of which I read over the summer. The series is called Fan Phenomena and is published by the University of Chicago Press. Each book in the series is about a different fandom and contains scholarly essays that examine the phenomenon surrounding that particular fandom. I discovered these…