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Shané Oosthuizen

👤 Speaker
805 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I mean, Twilight had to come up at some point.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

Books that shaped us, come on.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

When she's reading Wuthering Heights.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

Oh, she's where I got the judgment from.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

Oh my goodness.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I was like, I'm not reading the right, I'm joking.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

It's not really her, but I'm like, it was that kind of thing.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

It's like, I should be reading classics.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

Yeah, that was a really good –

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

And that's so relatable again.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

Like that's the thing, like seeing yourself as a teenage girl reflected in the books that you read, which is not something that's going to come up in Eragon.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

Like the only women are kind of like mythical elves.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I think there's maybe one other human female character.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

But yeah, it's not really the point of the story.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I think I didn't come across a scene like that until

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I want to say it was like Empire of Storms or something.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I think Elide, it happened to her on the boat.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

But yeah, it's very rare to see like as a woman, I think yourself reflected in stories from like this era in fantasy.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

I think for me, it was more the kind of romance, the paranormal romance era.

Lit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast
Peak nostalgia and pure magic: The fantasy books that shaped us as readers

So it wasn't until like Tessa from Clockwork Angel, Book of Prints, like I loved because I was like, you know, she was more of a bookish character.