Reading Railroad: October’s Reading

Stack of Catherynne M. Valente Books

I’m late posting this because I’ve had a lot of grading to do! (SO MUCH. HELP ME.) I still have a lot of grading, but that’s probably going to be my entire November and at some point I need to stop and talk about books! Because books are more awesome than grading. Always. Despite the … Read more

Reading Railroad: February’s Reading

Shelves of fairy tale books.

This may be my slowest reading month ever. Due to my hospital visit in January, I became super behind on work, so I didn’t read as much as I normally do. I did finish 5 books in all; surprisingly, not a single novel. Fairytale Collections One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling by Hanan Al-Shaykh. Published in 2013. In … Read more

Book Review of Roses and Rot by Kat Howard

  Title and Author: Roses and Rot by Kat Howard Publication Date: May 2016 Genre: Fantasy, fairytale novel How I got it: Bought the print book from Amazon   Review: “Once upon a time, there were two sisters, and there was a forest. The forest was, in the way of these things, full of secrets. … Read more

Recommendation List! Favorite Animal Transformation Fiction

Last week, I wrote about Beauty and the Beast and animal transformation fairy tales, so for this week I’ve gathered a list of my favorite fiction featuring animal transformations. These are in no particular order. Please feel free to share your own favorites in the comments.   Novels The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness: About … Read more

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