tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524847123828720703.post8210514012614868083..comments2018-07-24T22:58:10.861-04:00Comments on Simple Little Bookworm: Tale as Old as TimeS.L. Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00677026074804828244noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524847123828720703.post-82171272623191213682011-01-08T17:46:42.665-05:002011-01-08T17:46:42.665-05:00Also, see this link:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pm...Also, see this link:<br />http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwiceToldTaleS.L. Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677026074804828244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524847123828720703.post-83997660543192103602011-01-06T21:44:36.492-05:002011-01-06T21:44:36.492-05:00I've read most of what you mentioned (and I lo...I've read most of what you mentioned (and I loved MIRROR, MIRROR by Gregory Macguire), but I'll definitely check out the Scheherazade stories. And yes, WIDE SARGASSO SEA is worth a read. The writing and descriptions are beautiful.Laurel Symondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068689723273405111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524847123828720703.post-21680329361062722742011-01-05T23:26:04.341-05:002011-01-05T23:26:04.341-05:00PS. I'm intrigued by Wide Sargasso Sea. I read...PS. I'm intrigued by Wide Sargasso Sea. I read Jane Smiley's A Hundred Acres (King Lear) with a class and was so glad I did. Do you think it'll be a good read outside of an academic setting?S.L. Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677026074804828244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524847123828720703.post-79958700841738958172011-01-05T23:23:39.890-05:002011-01-05T23:23:39.890-05:00Oh, that sounds so exciting! I'll have to chec...Oh, that sounds so exciting! I'll have to check those out. Where were you working on them? <br /><br />I hear you about the less famous fairy tales. This past summer, I went to see Grimm, a collection of short plays reworking Grimm fairy tales. My favorite was one based on "Clever Else" that played out with soccer moms worried about the recession.<br /><br />Do I have recommendations? Pandora's Box! Of course, Gregory Macguire has done a few. He like to plunks down fairy tale heroines in different time periods, so it’s like a mash-up of historical fiction/fairy tale. I love Scheherazade stories: Susan Fletcher's Shadow Spinner and Cameron Dokey's The Storyteller’s Daughter. (Dokey has a whole series of fairy tale retellings if you check on Amazon.) I'd be remiss to not mention Robin McKinley's Beauty and Rose Daughter (both B&B). Also, she did a Sleeping Beauty (Spindle’s End). I myself am looking into Beast by Donna Jo Napoli.<br /><br />As for non-recommendations, I am reviewing Fairest by Gail Carson Levine tomorrow. Stay tuned. ;)S.L. Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677026074804828244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524847123828720703.post-31370651090888012512011-01-05T21:21:59.931-05:002011-01-05T21:21:59.931-05:00This post definitely made me want to watch Beauty ...This post definitely made me want to watch Beauty and the Beast; if I were a Disney princess I definitely would be Belle. :-)<br /><br />It also made me want to read more fairytale adaptations. Lately I've been reading a lot of 12 Dancing Princesses; I've worked on both PRINCESS OF THE MIDNIGHT BALL (Bloomsbury) and the upcoming PRINCESS CURSE (HarperCollins). It's fun to read retellings of less familiar fairytales because it gives the author a little more license. <br /><br />Also an interesting retelling of Jane Eyre is WIDE SARGASSO SEA...it took me three readings of it (all for different classes) before I appreciated how the author manipulated the story. And I just got JANE for Christmas, so I'm excited to see how that is!<br /><br />Any good retellings to recommend?Laurel Symondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068689723273405111noreply@blogger.com