This is a book of short stories, with at least a little overlap from the other collection of the author’s that I have. I definitely like the fairy tales the best of these – there are a couple more literary tales that aren’t bad, but are a bit too literary for my tastes. There are […]
In the Forest of Forgetting – Theodora Goss Read More »
This is a lovely little compilation of stories, arranged seasonally. There are some stories you might recognize, spun a little differently. The author mentioned how she often listened to the stories of other cultures (like the Coyote stories of North America), and wanted to make sure that the similar stories of Britain and Ireland weren’t
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland – Lisa Schneidau Read More »
This is a wide variety of stories, some connected to various books by the author, but some that are stand alone. She introduces each story, and in some cases, this was collected long after the stories were written, so it’s interesting to see her comments. Some of these I enjoyed more than others, but like
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters – Ursula K. Le Guin Read More »
This is the second novella in this series. In the first, Binti left home, in this one, she returns. Why that’s important doesn’t make any sense unless you’ve read the first story. And I think this story is a certain amount of building to whatever will occur in the third story. These stories have absolutely
Binti: Home – Nnedi Okorafor Read More »
This book is a collection of reimagined fairy tales – some in verse, some in prose. Some of them are quite modern. I’m not the world’s biggest fan of verse, but really enjoyed these stories. I think my favorite story was “The Seven Shoes” – there’s a witch there, but it’s really just a tale
Snow White Learns Witchcraft – Theodora Goss Read More »
This book is nominally set in the Grishaverse, but is all the fairy tales they would tell there. You can definitely see the parallels to tales in our normal world. My favorite story was “Ayama and the Thorn Wood”, which is sort of a cross between “Cinderella” and “Beauty and the Beast”. The younger son
The Language of Thorns – Leigh Bardugo Read More »
I managed to find this in the library’s ebook selection after I started Cry Wolf, and quickly realized there was a bit of the story missing. (Turns out to be “Alpha and Omega” in this book). I really enjoyed the stories here – it’s a wide range of time frames, including all the way back
Shifting Shadows – Patricia Briggs Read More »
This is an anthology of fairy tale retellings with a romantic bent. Like many anthologies, some are definitely better than others (I only gave up on one – it was so blatantly a rip off of the Disney version of that tale that I just couldn’t keep going). It was a good, light read for
Once Upon a Kiss – ed. Althea Kontis Read More »
I found this book on one of my free and bargain Kindle newsletters. It was written (translated at the very least) at the turn of last century, so I’m guessing it’s in the public domain now. It’s a nice little book. The stories don’t seem very Westernized – they definitely have fairy tale aspects, but
Japanese Fairy Tales – Yei Theodora Ozaki Read More »
This is a book of short stories, several of which are twists on fairy tales. I definitely liked some better than others, but this is Patricia A. McKillip, so they’re all well written. “The Harrowing the Dragon” is an interesting tale of a young man who wants to save the place where he grew up,
Harrowing the Dragon – Patricia A. McKillip Read More »
