Hard to believe Spring is over already, and the Once Upon a Time reading challenge is done. Per usual, I did challenge the first, which was to read at least five books in the challenge categories. I managed 13. I’d say four were folklore, one was straight mythology, two were fairy tale based, and […]
Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge 3/21/14 – 6/21/14 Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Well here’s something you don’t see every day – a non-Newford Charles de Lint book. Angharad is a tinker. When her entire family is killed by a plague, she’s not sure how to go on, but the fey of the land gift her a harp,
Into the Green – Charles de Lint Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VII Reading Challenge. Just before the invasion of William of Normandy, two sisters live in a Saxon hall in southern England. Allison is the legitimate daughter of the lord, and Wildecent has always been assumed to be his byblow, except that she remembers different parents before her life
Unicorn and Dragon – Lynn Abbey Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. The legends of Prester John were popular among medieval Christians. He was said to be a priest and king of a Christian kingdom somewhere amongst the Muslims kingdoms of the Middle East. He was thought to be a wise and benevolent ruler, and it was
The Habitation of the Blessed – Cathrynne M. Valente Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. I really can’t say enough about these books (the Sevenwaters Trilogy), which till the story of a family in Ireland trying to keep to the old ways as the Druids are dying out, and the English and Norse are starting to invade. This third book
Child of the Prophecy – Juliet Marillier Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. This is actually an omnibus containing three books: The Green Knight, The King’s Damosel and King Arthur’s Daughter. They retell the Arthurian legends from the points of view of the women in the stories: the first is Merlin’s granddaughter Vivian (granddaughter of Morgan and Morgause’s
The Three Damosels – Vera Chapman Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Eff is a twin, and her younger brother is the seventh son of a seventh son, making him a natural born magician with strong powers. Problem is, because of the number of sisters they have, that makes her the thirteenth child, and even some of
Thirteenth Child – Patricia C. Wrede Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Jena is the second of five sisters. They live with their merchant father in the mountains of Transylvania, and they have a secret. On the night of the full moon, as long as they are together, they can open a portal to the Fairy Realm,
Wildwood Dancing – Juliet Marillier Read More »
Read for the Once Upon a Time VIII Reading Challenge. Well here’s an interesting combination – an Arthurian post apocalyptic tale. And it’s from the 80s, so it predates the current post-apocalyptic YA trend. The story is set in a boarding school in what used to be called Wales. It’s about 500 years past a
Winter of Magic’s Return – Pamela F. Service Read More »
Read for the Georgette Heyer Reading Challenge. Prudence and Robin have lived all their lives with their father as masqueraders – adventurers on the continent. When they get mixed up in the Jacobite rebellion, and things go badly, their father hatches a plan to allow them to escape. Thus, Peter (Prue) and Kate (Robin) are
The Masqueraders – Georgette Heyer Read More »