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This Quarter’s Book Pick

Our Fairy-Tale Book Club Pick for December 2022 is: The Bone SpindlebyLeslie Vedder Join us in reading this adaptation of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairy tale. In December, Mary and Elizabeth will each share a review of this novel. Then, they will discuss the book and...

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Sisters in Story Discuss: Six Crimson Cranes

This quarter, for our third book club pick of 2022, we are discussing Six Crimson Cranes, a fairy tale retelling by Elizabeth Lim which combines tales such as Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans" and the Grimm's "The Six Swans" with East Asian folklore. We've...

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Book Review: Thorn

Title: ThornAuthor: Intisar KhananiGenre: FantasySeries: Dauntless PathFairy-tale Inspiration:The Goose GirlAge group: Young AdultAuthor website: http://booksbyintisar.com/ Thoughts Thorn ​is a retelling of Grimm's The Goose...

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Elizabeth Reviews: Thorn

 Thornby Intisar KhananiGenre: YA Fantasy, Fairy-Tale RetellingFirst published (HarperTeen edition) 2020 (original edition was independently published in 2012) "Tell me, veria, what is the price of justice in your land?"I watch his fingers, thinking of Valka, of...

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This Quarter’s Book Pick

Our Fairy-Tale Book Club Pick for June 2022 is: ThornbyIntisar Khanani Join us in reading this retelling of the fairy tale "The Goose Girl." In June, Mary and Elizabeth will each share a review of this novel. Then, they will discuss the book and share their...

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