Blog — Joy V Spicer

Blackbriar - Eerie Gothic Music

Blackbriar - Eerie Gothic Music

Joy2 March 2021Blackbriar, Symphonic Gothic metal, Netherlands, dark fairy tales, Arms of the Ocean, sirens, Cry of a Banshee, MusicComment

Roadmap to Freedom? I Won't Hold My Breath...

Roadmap to Freedom? I Won't Hold My Breath...

HistoryJoy23 February 2021UK, Lockdown, Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, Psychology, Fear, Masks, Freedoms, Liberties, AwakeningComment

Book Review - 'Roxanna Britton' by Shirley Allen

Book Review - 'Roxanna Britton' by Shirley Allen

Books/FilmJoy16 February 2021Roxanna Britton, Shirley S Allen, Autobiographical, American West, Book Review III Comments

Book Review - 'The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays' by JRR Tolkien

Book Review - 'The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays' by JRR Tolkien

Books/FilmJoy2 February 2021JRR Tolkien, The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, On Fairy-Stories, Book Review II Comments

Why 'Violet Evergarden' Is Probably My Favourite Anime

Why 'Violet Evergarden' Is Probably My Favourite Anime

Books/FilmJoy26 January 2021Violet Evergarden, Anime, KyoAni, Kyoto Animation, Netflix, War, Emotions, Anime Review, Film/TV Review, Joy V Spicer Comments

Book Review - Why I Love 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott

Book Review - Why I Love 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott

Books/FilmJoy19 January 2021Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Book Review II, March family, Meg March, Jo March, Beth March, Amy March, Friedrich Bhaer, Laurie, Joy V SpicerComment

The Selfish Price of Lockdown - Battered Babies and Starving Children

The Selfish Price of Lockdown - Battered Babies and Starving Children

HistoryJoy12 January 2021Lockdown, UK, Starvation, Dying children, Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, MSM, Psychology, Fear, AwakeningComment

Quotes To Live By

Quotes To Live By

Joy9 January 2021Quotes, Inspirational, LifeComment

Reading and Writing Plans for 2021

Reading and Writing Plans for 2021

WritingJoy5 January 2021Writing plans, Reading plans, 2021, Weekly II Comments

A Forgotten Christmas Favourite, Rediscovered

A Forgotten Christmas Favourite, Rediscovered

Joy26 December 2020Christmas, Bing Crosby, David Bowie, Little Drummer Boy, Peace on Earth, Celebrate!Comment

Why I Love the 1994 Film of 'Little Women'

Why I Love the 1994 Film of 'Little Women'

Books/FilmJoy22 December 2020Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, Gabriel Byrne, 1994 film, Film/TV Review Comments

The Mistletoe - Ancient Sacred Symbol

The Mistletoe - Ancient Sacred Symbol

StoryJoy19 December 2020Mistletoe, Celtic Druids, Christmas, Norse mythology, Baldr, Frigg, EuropeComment

10 Creatures From Greek and Norse Mythology

10 Creatures From Greek and Norse Mythology

WritingJoy15 December 2020Mythical creatures, Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Echidna, Typhon, Cerberus, Manticore, Fenrir, Jormundgandr, Midgard serpent, Weekly IIComment

Film Review - 'Macbeth'

Film Review - 'Macbeth'

Books/FilmJoy8 December 2020Macbeth, Shakespeare, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Justin Kurzel, Film/TV ReviewComment