Tale of Tales
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It is an app designed for children to elicit creative play. Our goal with this was to create a story...
ClareR (6118 KP) rated The Gloaming in Books
May 2, 2018 (Updated May 2, 2018)
Mara Ross and her family live in a run down castle, that they never quite manage to repair. After her little brothers death, Mara leaves the island with Pearl, who she often refers to as a mermaid or a selkie (it's her job, actually).
This is a story of love, loss, hope, return and growing up. Fairy tales are used as a way of illustrating gender roles and how they have changed. This all sounds far too 'dry' though. This story is written in such lyrical, wistful language. It's beautiful. I could carry on reading it for another 200 pages. You're never quite sure what's real and what's fairy tale - and that's O.K.
And for the record, I like that there's no definite ending. I think that works really well with the rest of the novel.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher.
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#1 New York Times bestselling YA author Alex Flinn is back with magical twists on four fairy-tale...
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Anidora-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree spent the first years of her life...
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Stardust in Books
Feb 15, 2021 (Updated Feb 15, 2021)
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Stardust
By Neil Gaiman
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Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall - named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining . . .
This was such a cute little fairy tale! It was a little odd and quirky I loved it. Neil Gaiman is brilliant and his writing is brilliant! It was genuinely a sweet fairy tale written in Victorian England/ fairie land.
Lindsay (1807 KP) rated Gertrude and Toby Meet the Wolf in Books
Sep 13, 2019
It also features another story or fairy Tale which is called “The Three Little Pigs”. The author does wonderful with mixing it a bit with the two starting with “The boy who Cried Wolf” scenes and then somewhat changed it to add the “The Three Little Pigs” scenes. The ending is done cute as well.
My favorite is the artwork that is done. The pictures are drawn well. I really like that. They look like some took the time to draw the scene and the the wording was put together after. Who will win their fishing contest?
Dracoria Malfoy (690 KP) rated The School For Good and Evil in Books
Aug 19, 2017
I loved the way this book went, full of surprises and so many amazing things. Definetely worth your time.
Obsessed book reviews (49 KP) rated Taming Lily (The Fowler Sisters, #3) in Books
May 7, 2019
highly recommended
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David Staines and Hilary Staines
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A collection of circular walks covering historic and 'best kept' villages such as Eynsford and...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1) in Books
Jan 7, 2021
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That last twelve % was hard to read through my tears, i'm just glad it all worked out in the end considering and as Natalie said "it would be a cruel fairy-tale" if it hadnt worked out.