No.29 Scarecrow #Drawlloween
Today is day 29 of Drawlloween – a fun event that I found out about here on the lovely ‘Not Yet Read’. Today is Scarecrow. I was going for something creepy…so don’t laugh.. or maybe do!
‘Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you…..’
29 October 2015
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Tags: Fairytales, The Fantasy Review Barn, Tough Travelling
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, in the land of make believe, a young man called Nathan set off to make his fortune. Toting his spotted hanky he set off down a long windy road to see what adventures he could find. He played his flute as he walked and his music enchanted other people who travelled alongside him recounting stories of their own. Anyway, This week over at the Fantasy Review Barn, Nathan is taking us tough travelling through the tropes of fantasy. This week the topic for discussion is:
FAIRY TALES ARE NOT JUST STORIES
Fairy tales are real in fantasy land. They may seem like stories told to kids, but in fantasyland they are very, very real.
Okay, I’m not sure if I’m on the right lines for this one but here goes:
- Beauty by Robin McKinley – A retelling of Beauty and the Beast
- Poison, Beauty and Charm by Sarah Pinborough. These are three excellent books. Each one contains a number of different, well known, fairy stories and mashes them up into a wicked and darker version of the original story.
- Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marilier – this isn’t a retelling or reimagined fairystorY (well I’m not sure if it is or not) but it’s a fantastic read and I really can’t recommend it enough.
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making by Catherynne M Valente. Whimsical and Wyverns.
- The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
And, they all lived happily ever after.
The End
No.28 Black Cat #Drawlloween
Today is day 28 of Drawlloween – a fun event that I found out about here on the lovely ‘Not Yet Read’. Today is Black Cat. Best I could come up with! Cat and Mouse:
Waiting on Wednesday
27 October 2015
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Tags: Breaking the Spine, Fire Touched, Patricia Briggs, Waiting on Wednesday
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday we get to highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. I love the Mercy Thompson series – I’ve already seen this around the place,but even so, I really want it!!!!!! Due March 2016.
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs:
Mercy Thompson has been hailed as “a heroine who continues to grow and yet always remains true to herself.”* Now she’s back, and she’ll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it’s the children who suffer…
Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago by the fae.
Defying the most powerful werewolf in the country, the humans, and the fae, Mercy, Adam, and their pack choose to protect the boy no matter what the cost. But who will protect them from a boy who is fire touched?
No.27 Witch #Drawlloween
Today is day 27 of Drawlloween – a fun event that I found out about here on the lovely ‘Not Yet Read’. Today is Witch.
Here is my witch – mirror, mirror on the wall….
Books and travelling with Lynn 