i'll read anything written by claire keegan. including hard to find 67-page novellasi'll read anything written by claire keegan. including hard to find 67-page novellas...more
i saw a paragraph from this book 2 months ago and i haven't stopped thinking about it sincei saw a paragraph from this book 2 months ago and i haven't stopped thinking about it since...more
welcome to...FEBRUARY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM.
this is another installment of my long classics project, which began as an approachable way to reawelcome to...FEBRUARY TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM.
this is another installment of my long classics project, which began as an approachable way to read classics by spacing out chapters over a month, and has devolved into an excuse for me to indulge my penguin clothbound addiction.
that's where this comes in. i'm trying this year not to buy books i haven't read yet, so i checked this book out from the library, whose edition has a different title and which has also been in my possession for about 3 months.
so i'm using this project to force myself to read it (in two stories a day installments) and return it.
hi, my name is emma, and i'm a fairytale addict.
THE FROG KING, OR IRON HEINRICH you can tell i'm really excited about this book because i read the whole historical and etymological introduction. revoke my bookworm card if you must, but i'm not normally a preface kind of girl.
legendary one, of course. the golden ball is as memorable to me as any frog guy. rating: 3.5
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE SET UP HOUSE so far i would say that the style of the stories is nothing to write home about, but the little historical bit at the end explaining their origins and spinoffs is a real delight. rating: 3.5
THE BOY WHO LEFT HOME TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE SHIVERS always a personal favorite of mine. there's something about an old-timey haunted house. rating: 4
FAITHFUL JOHANNES all the edgy teens who are like "i do not dream of labor" when you ask them what they want to do when they grow up should put some respect on johannes' name. and the haunting portrait. and the ominous talking birds. rating: 4
THE TWELVE BROTHERS if i were an extremely beautiful princess whose 12 brothers had been exiled and disenfranchised so i could one day inherit everything in a huge feminist win before its time...i can't say i'm 100% sure i would move in with them in their forest cottage to clean all day without a second thought. rating: 3.5
LITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE SISTER the inciting incident of this book is that little brother gets turned into a deer, and by the time happily ever after comes around, he is still a deer. must be a nice lifestyle. rating: 3
RAPUNZEL icon alert!!! disney hates to admit how much the original revolves around stealing lettuce. rating: 4
THE THREE LITTLE MEN IN THE WOODS i would never survive a fairytale. if three creepy little guys in the forest asked me to hang out in their house and do a bunch of chores i'd be like "no thanks." rating: 3.5
HANSEL AND GRETEL another point for my early death in any fairytale situation: i would have way too good of a tiem with an edible house. rating: 4
THE THREE SNAKE LEAVES i wish i cared as much about anything as fairytales care about the number three. rating: 3.5
THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE this story is about how you're allowed to be as greedy as you want, up to demanding being the pope but not including becoming god. rating: 3.5
THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR is the brave little toaster a play on this? time to google. rating: 3.5...more