Read for the Mythopoeic Award and Once Upon a Time II reading challenges. The Sorceress and the Cygnet is a beautifully written, very dense book. The story is told from two points of view: Corleu, a Wayfolk man forced into finding legends made flesh to rescue those he loves, and Meguet, the guardian of the […]
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I’d originally chosen Patricia A. McKillip’s The Forgotten Beasts of Eld for the Mythopoeic Award Reading Challenge, and then added it to the Once Upon a Time II reading challenge. I’d planned on getting it out of the library, but this has proven impossible if I want to read it within the timeframe of the
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. I’ve found a new fantasy series to follow. I’d almost bought The Naming and The Riddle (the second book in the series) last Christmas, based on the cover illustrations and short descriptions in the book. However, I was good, and once I
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Read for the Mythopeoic Award and Once Upon a Time II Challenges. I need to read more Peter Beagle. I’ve read The Last Unicorn, but it was long enough ago that I only remember the bare bones outline of the story. I picked up this book of short stories out of the Mythopoeic award list
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I have my first post up on the Soup’s On challenge blog. Just a little intro, and some possible selections for the challenge, which runs from 4/1 to 3/31/09.
Read for the Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenge. I’ve had Anansi Boys and American Gods on my to read list for quite some time (because someone had them buried in the basement and could never remember to grab them whenever he was in the area…). I’d always intended to read American Gods first,
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Read for the Young Adult and Once Upon a Time II Reading Challenges. This tale of the beast from “Beauty and the Beast” is an interesting twist on the fairy tale. In the author’s notes, she lists a popular poetry version of this tale by Charles Lamb in 1811 as the inspiration for the setting
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Read for the TBR Reading Challenge I do enjoy a good book where I’m completely surprised when the mystery is resolved at the end of the story. The build up of this story was great. Margaret Lea, a book store employee who has published a couple of biographical essays, but is certainly not known for
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I can’t resist a fantasy/fairy tale/folklore reading challenge. Those subjects are such a large percentage of my TBR pile I’m happy any time I find a way to structure in reading more of them. I’m going to do the first quest, and read at least five books in the challenge subjects. I’ve come up with
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Read for the Young Adult Reading Challenge The Goose Girl is an expanded version of the fairy tale where a princess is sent to marry the prince of a neighboring kingdom, but on her way there, the princess’s maid steals her identity and the princess is forced to work as a goose girl. Eventually, events
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