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Florence Welch's Favorite Books

A list of Florence and the Machines's top 29 favorite Books to read from Radical Reads! https://radicalreads.com/florence-welch-favorite-books/

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

7.3 (126 Ratings) Rate It

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Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor...

Bone

Bone

Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Raw and stark, the poems in Yrsa Daley-Ward's breakthrough collection strip down her reflections on...

Salt

Salt

Nayyirah Waheed

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The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

8.3 (12 Ratings) Rate It

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014 Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother...

Too Much and Not the Mood

Too Much and Not the Mood

Durga Chew-Bose

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From Durga Chew-Bose, “one of our most gifted, insightful essayists and critics” (Nylon), comes...

Gender studies essays
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Aug 7, 2026 - 12:57 PM  
It's #FolkloreFriday 🌾

This week's folklore focus is on Gŵyl Awst and the harvest traditions of Wales.

The Welsh harvest festival on the 1st August marked the beginning of the reaping season with ceremony as much as practicality. Welsh harvest customs understood the land not as a simple resource but as a presence with its own integrity — the first sheaf treated with significance, the harvest supper binding communities around shared labour, the beliefs around the last sheaf encoding a view of the crop's spirit that persisted well into the modern period.

Gŵyl Awst is the Welsh Pagan tradition at its most grounded and most honest. The land gives. The giving deserves acknowledgement. The ceremony is the community saying both of those things out loud.

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #WelshMythology
      
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Cate Le Bon recommended Yr Atal Genhedlaeth by Gruff Rhys in Music (curated)

 
Yr Atal Genhedlaeth by Gruff Rhys
Yr Atal Genhedlaeth by Gruff Rhys
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"It's his first solo record. To me, in a way, it is a funny record. He is such a talented musician and it is quite a modest record in that it is stripped-down – he plays everything on it – and it is just drums, guitar and bass, and, of course, vocals. But, even though he stripped it down you cannot strip away the fact that he is just supremely talented and has got such an incredible use of melody and hooks. I love the attitude. He had a rule that he could only do five takes and when I was getting to know him and was completely in awe of him, I remember asking him ""but what if you didn't get a good enough take?"" He just laughed and said, ""Well, we just put loads of reverb on it"" and I thought that was such an incredible attitude to have. Also, it is a Welsh language record and although Welsh and English are equally my first languages, I have always struggled writing in Welsh. Gruff has just got this ability to write these lyrics that are so meaningful but whole-sounding and faithful. I am totally in awe of his Welsh lyricism. For me, Welsh is such a difficult language to write in and this is my favourite Welsh language record. Since I was 13 I have been a huge fan of Super Furry Animals and of Gruff. He's just an incredible man and being around that wonderful playful attitude in his music is something I am so glad I was exposed to at that point in my life."

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KathyM (9 KP) rated Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in Books

Nov 25, 2017  
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs | 2013 | Children, Young Adult (YA)
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7.9 (128 Ratings)
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Enjoyed this book, but the plot's pacing was odd, and the writing was a bit cringey at times. Also, why did all the Welsh characters have English names? Having said this, I liked the ideas behind it.
  
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Merissa (14086 KP) created a post

Jun 22, 2022  
"Against overwhelming odds, can she save her legacy?"

Tour: Gwenna The Welsh Confectioner (The New Zealand Immigrant Collection) by Vicky Adin - @Archaeolibrary, @maryanneyarde, @VickyAdin, #CoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #NZBooks, #HistoricalFiction, #WomensFiction, #FamilySaga,

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/gwennathewelshconfectioner-thenewzealandimmigrantcollection-byvickyadin
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Jul 12, 2026  
If you enjoy Welsh mythology-inspired fiction — fairytale retellings, folklore romance, elemental fantasy, paranormal romance, and historical fiction — the full Story Hearth catalogue is available on Payhip, including a free novella via the newsletter.

For readers who want to go deeper into the lore and the worlds behind the books, the Story Hearth Discord has channels for Welsh myth and folklore, book discussions, favourite characters, and seasonal content woven through the year.

Payhip: https://payhip.com/MorganSheppard
Free novella: https://morgansheppard.wixsite.com/morgansheppardauthor/newsletter
Discord: https://discord.gg/gQfzqBRNns

#WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #FairytaleRetelling
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Feb 17, 2024  
Amidst the intertwining of Brothers Grimm tales and Welsh Gods mythology, ‘Slippers and Songs’ unfolds as a captivating Twelve Dancing Princesses retelling, marking the debut of the Brodyr Alarch series.

#Fantasy
#Romance
#WelshGods
#BrodyrAlarch
#BrothersGrimm
#FairytaleRetelling

https://books2read.com/SlippersandSongs
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Dec 27, 2022  
Will Ellis accept her lost responsibility or will Luke fade away before she figures it out?

‘Hiraeth is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret.’

#MagicalRealism
#NorthWales
#Dragons
#Hiraeth

https://books2read.com/Hiraeth2021
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Aug 17, 2022  
Will Ellis accept her lost responsibility or will Luke fade away before she figures it out?

‘Hiraeth is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret.’

#MagicalRealism
#NorthWales
#Dragons
#Hiraeth

https://books2read.com/Hiraeth2021
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Jan 26, 2023  
Will Ellis accept her lost responsibility or will Luke fade away before she figures it out?

‘Hiraeth is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret.’

#MagicalRealism
#NorthWales
#Dragons
#Hiraeth

https://books2read.com/Hiraeth2021