Lossecorme’s Comments (group member since Sep 14, 2021)

Lossecorme’s comments from the Chicks with Swords: A Book Club group.

I’m a chick with a sword because I’m a woman with a sword-fighting hobby (with the Society for Creative Anachronism). Aside from the rattan swords I fight with, I also have a replica of Éowyn’s sword.
I read mostly historical fiction growing up. My fantasy was limited to Narnia, and later Harry Potter. Reading The Lord of the Rings at 15 changed my world, and I quickly followed with the Silmarillion. But in university I read all the wrong fantasy (for me), and gave it up for a while. The pandemic forced me to pick up books again, and I’ve finally found the right books. I’ve been devouring books full of sword wielding heroines over the last year.