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#WyrdAndWonder Book Tag for May 2021

#WyrdAndWonder Book Tag
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For the Wyrd & Wonder challenge, throughout May 2021 we have a series of challenge prompts. I thought of linking them all up with a single mammoth #WyrdAndWonder Book Tag (because book tags are cool and I’m still new to them). So, here it is:

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Top 20 Ways to Get Over Reader’s Block

How to get over Reader's Block.

You may have heard of writer’s block, but have you heard of the reader’s block? There are some really funny descriptions over at Urban Dictionary. But simply put, the Reader’s Block is this perfectly incomprehensible state where a prolific reader’s bookish habits come to a screeching halt.

Sometimes, the Reader’s Block can go on for days, sometimes weeks. What are the triggers, and how do you cope with it? Read on to know more.

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Vulpes Vulpes. The Fox as Motif in Folklore, Literature, Culture. [Long Post]

The Sly Red Fox
"Cold, delicately as the dark snow,
A fox’s nose touches twig, leaf;
Two eyes serve a movement, that now
And again now, and now, and now
Sets neat prints into the snow … "
~ "The Thought Fox" by Ted Hughes

Is there a creature more cunning than the sly Fox? If we go by Slavic folklore, the Fox would have hoodwinked you many times over before you even got to say, “Wait a minute … ” Swift-footed and stealthy, the Fox never claimed it had a heart of gold to match its fur.