Tag Archives: fairy tale

A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

Posted on November 30, 2022 by thebookgator

Read August 2022 Recommended for fans of the Scholomance ★   ★   ★   1/2 Fairy tales and I go way back. For a little perspective, you have to remember I’m the Disney Classic era, so I’m not talking movie fairy tales … Continue reading →

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Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Posted on October 19, 2022 by thebookgator

Read August 2022 Recommended for fans of folk tales ★   ★   ★   ★    ★        I liked this so much I’m going to go read again. Brb. The third installment in a series of novellas that loosely … Continue reading →

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Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Posted on August 10, 2021 by thebookgator

Recommended for fans of cracked fairy tales Read in August 2021 ★   ★     My least favorite of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. When I recently acquired the e-box set, I discovered Wrede put a little introduction in front of each … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Posted on August 9, 2021 by thebookgator

Recommended for:  fans of fractured fairy tales Read in August 2021 ★   ★   ★   ★   ★    Charming and cute. Nostalgia and a sale on the electronic boxed set brought this to my attention; while I have the paperback set, … Continue reading →

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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

Posted on October 13, 2020 by thebookgator

Read September 2020 Recommended for seriously hetronorms  ★      No one knows a girls’ friendship like a guy, amIrite? Just kidding, totally sexist of me, just like this entire hetronormative mess of a Hogwarts derivative with more contradictory messaging … Continue reading →

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The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

Posted on May 8, 2019 by thebookgator

Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of feminist fairy tales ★   ★   ★  ★    T. Kingfisher stories have a kind of magic for me. They seem to be exactly what I need to read at that point in … Continue reading →

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Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer

Posted on April 6, 2019 by thebookgator

Read February and March 2019  ★     ★    ★     ★   ‘Cat Pictures Please,’ the titular story, won a Hugo and Locus, and was nominated for a Nebula, which rather implies Kritzer’s short stories are something to look … Continue reading →

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Indexing by Seanan McGuire

Posted on April 4, 2018 by thebookgator

Read  March 2018 Recommended for: not me ★    ★   At the end of the day, McGuire needs to stop turning in first drafts. Either that, or hire a new editor, because the one she has is about as rigorous as … Continue reading →

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The Secret History of Moscow by ekaterina sedia

Posted on February 3, 2018 by thebookgator

Read  December 2017 and January 2018 Recommended for fans of Cat Valente ★    ★    ★    ★   1/2 The Secret History of Moscow is, judging by the wide range of reviews, the literary equivalent of an optical illusion: You might … Continue reading →

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Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Posted on January 3, 2018 by thebookgator

Read  December 2017 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy horror, ocean ★    ★    ★    ★   1/2 I knew Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant had it in her, somewhere. She takes the promise she had shown in Feed, her creature inventiveness from Discount … Continue reading →

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