Tales Archives | Alex+A https://alexplusa.com/category/tales/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:32:16 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://alexplusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-From-Magic-and-Dust-Logo-Site-Id-2-32x32.png Tales Archives | Alex+A https://alexplusa.com/category/tales/ 32 32 182262525 My Constant https://alexplusa.com/my-constant/ https://alexplusa.com/my-constant/#respond Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:06:35 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=846 Saved by Eskom? Wednesday night at 21:29 I got into my Ouma’s Toyota Etios – because, yes, I still don’t own my own car – and I took a drive through the very many streets of our village. Side note:...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/my-constant/feed/ 0 846 Book Club: The Binding https://alexplusa.com/book-club-the-binding/ https://alexplusa.com/book-club-the-binding/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2021 07:13:03 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=770 Discussing Bridget Collins’ The Binding Warning: Spoilers Ahead. This is a short book discussion and not a book review. There will be spoilers in this article. Bridget Collins’ The Binding was not at all what I expected, but a story...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/book-club-the-binding/feed/ 2 770 Foxes and Poetry https://alexplusa.com/foxes-and-poetry/ https://alexplusa.com/foxes-and-poetry/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 19:10:36 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=463 The Fox & the Poem A few weeks ago I had to work through some poetry with my grade 11s. One of the poems we ended up discussing was Ted Hughes’ The Thought-Fox. Surprisingly (or not really), I’ve never actually...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/foxes-and-poetry/feed/ 0 463 My Favourite Bookshops https://alexplusa.com/my-favourite-bookshops/ https://alexplusa.com/my-favourite-bookshops/#respond Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:02:59 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=439 Bookworm: A term that doesn’t mean you only love reading. It is merely an umbrella term, or short introduction which, when you unpack it, actually says: Lover of tales, slight obsession with vintage covers, probably has a feline friend, if...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/my-favourite-bookshops/feed/ 0 439 Relating to Austen https://alexplusa.com/ten-times-jane-austen-described-my-life/ https://alexplusa.com/ten-times-jane-austen-described-my-life/#respond Sun, 04 Mar 2018 12:06:06 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=313 It’s not unknown that I am a complete fangirl when it comes to Jane Austen, despite the fact that I haven’t read all of her books – I’m also one of those people who buys a book, waits for it...

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]]> https://alexplusa.com/ten-times-jane-austen-described-my-life/feed/ 0 313 Styled by Literature: Jane Austen https://alexplusa.com/styled-by-literature-jane-austen/ https://alexplusa.com/styled-by-literature-jane-austen/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:00:43 +0000 https://alexplusa.com/?p=96 Dag Luuks with Austen. Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice was the first book I ever read that didn’t have secret wizards, tiny blue fairies or famed fire-eaters. I didn’t expect to like it, I didn’t expect to understand it (although I...

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