VOTARIES OF HORROR

"Votaries of horror" is a phrase used in a 1946 review of The Duchess of Malfi. This site is not devoted to the genre of horror but rather to the practices of the votary. Basically, the votary is a devoted fan. According to current academic thought, horror is any product of Western culture and capitalism. Since I like such products, the title seemed appropriate.

Showing posts with label A-Z Book Review Part 3. Show all posts

Showing posts with label A-Z Book Review Part 3. Show all posts

Z is for Zahler: Classic Retold Fairytales

Zahler writes retold fairy tales. I chose Princess of the Wild Swans because it was one of my favorite fairy tales growing up. My mothe...

Y is for Yolen: Dragons Belong to Sci-Fi, Not Just Fantasy

For Y, I went back to an oldie but goodie: Jane Yolen's Dragon's Blood , the first in her Pit Dragon Series. Yolen is an extr...

X is for Xu (Ru Xu)

Yes, I found an "X" children's author! Ru Xu wrote NewsPrints , a graphic novel published by Scholastic that takes place in a...

W is for Wrightson, Book Collecting, and Australian Fantasy

Patricia Wrightson's An Older Kind of Magic is one of those books that I read as a kid, then couldn't find again for years. I remem...

V is for Vivian Vande Velde and Rumplestiltskin

Vivian Vande Velde writes mostly YA literature, mostly of the fantasy variety. One of my favorite stories is her Rumplestiltskin tale, ...

U is for Updale

For U, I read Johnny Swanson by Eleanor Updale, the author of the Montmorency novels. Updale has the remarkable ability to create charact...

T is for Taylor and 1950s Literature

For a T author, I read All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor nee Sarah Brenner. I may have read this book--or had it read to me--when I was...

S is for Slote: Cloning for Kids

Speare, Stoltz, Seredy, Keatley Snyder, Streitfeild, Sutcliff: S was a difficult author to choose. I settled on Alfred Slote who wrote o...

R is for Raskin

Ellen Raskin wrote the Newbery Award Winner, The Westing Game . The Westing Game is a great book and one that carries a special place in my ...

Q is for Quiller-Couch: the Virtues and Problems of Beauty & the Beast

I originally reviewed this book in connection to another A-Z list. * * * Arthur Quiller-Couch was a nineteenth-to-twentieth century British...

P is for Peck

Richard Peck has written numerous YA books from funny to very, very serious. My favorite series by him, however, is usually found in the kid...

O is for O'Brien and Outlandish Science

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh is the type of book I usually don't read--I prefer people, even tiny people like the Borrowers or th...

N is for Nesbit

This cover captures the aura of Nesbit's book. I dislike covers or children that imply, "These books are about kids; they must...

M is for McGraw

When I was younger, I became enamored with Ancient Egypt. I adored Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (I knew all the songs and c...

L is for Laughter

Originally, L was the Lowry. I determined early on that I wouldn't discuss The Giver because (1) I only read it once; (2) I don't c...

K is for Konigsburg

Konigsburg illustration And she's great! Okay, that's the end of the post. No, not really. Konigsburg wrote many books, a...

J is for Jones, Diana Wynne

Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) was a magnificent fantasy novelist. A number of her books fall into shaggy dog territory-- Howl's Moving ...

I is for Ibbotson and Irritating Arguments about Fantasy

Eva Ibbotson is a fun writer. She is also a helpful rebuttal to the argument that a famous author eliminates other authors' chances....

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