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Jessica Day George Prize Pack #2, Courtesy of Sierra
Today we're reinforcing our love of Jessica Day George with an AWE.SOME. prize pack sponsored by Sierra @ Yearning to Read! Check it out:Blessed—or cursed—with an ability to understand animals, the Lass (as she’s known to her family) has always been an oddball. And when an isbjorn (polar bear) seeks her out, and promises that her …
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Review: Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli is a retelling of Rapunzel, as the name would suggest and this may very well be one of the most disturbing and dark rooted fairy tale retellings I have ever read. Part of what unsettled me so much about this story is that Mother genuinely loves Zel but it is an extremely unhealthy love. Her whole world is wr…
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Guest Post with Heather Dixon, author of Entwined
This awesome interview comes to us courtesy of Bonnie from A Backwards Story. We've already mentioned Bonnie and the sphere of awesome she inhabits — she's really gotten on board with Fairy Tale Fortnight, and on top of posting scads of awesome reviews on her blog during the event, she's also sending some pretty terrific content o…
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Why I Always Forgive My Fairy Tales
It's no secret by now that I love fairy tales or the fairy tale retellings are some of my absolute favorite reads. The more retellings I read, the more people I discuss them with and the more reviews I come across for these stories, the more I have realized something. I am very, very forgiving of my fairy tales.In many books and s…
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Review: Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli is a retelling of The Little Mermaid that ties in the Sirens from Greek Mythology. It is, without a doubt, my favorite of all the Napoli retellings I am familiar with. In this story, Sirena is a mermaid and a siren. All sirens have the opportunity to earn immortality, but they must know the love of a huma…
