Systematic Student [04/26/16

  • Fairy vs. Faerie; a guest post with Laura

    We have Laura here with us today, who blogs at Laura Howard: Finding Bliss, and she is talking about the differences between Fairy tales and Faerie tales! Let's hear what she has to say!~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~When you think of fairy tales, do you imagine towering castles and lovely princesses — or perhaps adorable pixies…

  • Review: The Princess Trio by Mette Ivie Harrison

    The Princess Trio by Mette Ivie Harrison begins with The Princess and the Hound, continues with The Princess and the Bear , and then finishes with The Princess and the Snowbird . The series takes one main story arc and follows it between three very different women.The trilogy takes place in a kingdom rich with magic. The aur-magic…

  • Fairy Tales, Myths and World Building: Between the Sea and Sky

    Today's guest post comes from author Jaclyn Dolamore (Magic Under Glass, Between the Sea and Sky). When I (Misty speaking, here) contacted her about being involved in FTF and possibly doing a post on the behind the scenes stuff for Between the Sea and Sky (research loving dork that I am), I was understandably geeked when she agree…

  • Acrostic Awesomeness + Children's Prize Pack Giveaway — CLOSED

    We have something fun for you today. Right now on both The Book Rat and Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing, we're hosting 2 super cute guest posts (you can see mine below) and 2 Prize Packs to go along with them.Alanna from The Flashlight Reader wanted to be involved in FTF, and wanted to get her students involved (which I was s…

  • Favorite Movie Adaptations with Titania

    Today's guest post comes from Titania who blogs at Fishmuffins of Doom. She also wrote a guest post on Misty's blog that includes a giveaway! Make sure you read her thoughts on her favorite dark fairy tales!~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Fairy tales are adapted into films all the time. The most famous of these are the Disney films that …