Review: Jack in the Green by Charles de Lint
while this retelling of Robin Hood has its moments, it came off very one dimensional; as flat and obvious. Everything feels like a caricature; even if the setti...
Tag: fairy tales
The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults by Stephen Mitchell
I think Publisher's Weekly sums it up well: "Insubstantial though it may be, however, the tale is gracefully told, and sympathetic readers will find it an appea...
One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling by Hanan al-Shaykh (Translator),
Way back in July I was looking for books to load up on my Kindle to read on vacation. In an attempt to keep my book spending to a minimum, I frequently use Ove...
The Council of Mirrors (The Sisters Grimm #9) by Michael Buckley
Do you ever get into a reading funk where nothing seems to click; where even normally favorite authors don’t give the joy they once did? Well, in case th...
The Snow Child = Great Marketing
Everything about The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey makes me want to read it. The cover art, the website, the video, the plot, the connection to a Russian fairy tale,...
The Inside Story (The Sisters Grimm, #8) by Michael Buckley
I am a big fan of this series but Book Eight: The Inside Story struck me as a little thin in places. It has sort of postmodern – or Jasper Fforde-ish R...