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“I like stories where women save themselves.”

The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

April 24, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Gaiman smushes the stories of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty together in this gorgeously illustrated novella.  The setting of the book is sometime after Snow White is awakened from her coffin and at the 100 year mark after Sleeping Beauty’s curse set in. But the stakes are raised when the sleeping sickness that has fallen on the princess and her kingdom is spreading out further and further as the curse lingers.  Several of the dwarves bring this to their queen, and conveniently she is looking […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: chris riddell, Fairy Tales, Grimm, illustrated, Neil Gaiman, novella, princesses, Quick read, short book, sleeping beauty, Snow White, strong female protagonist, twisted tales, warrior princesses

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: chris riddell, Fairy Tales, Grimm, illustrated, Neil Gaiman, novella, princesses, Quick read, short book, sleeping beauty, Snow White, strong female protagonist, twisted tales, warrior princesses ·
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Ah Amnesia, it’s been too long…

October 6, 2016 by Jensicola 11 Comments

First let me address the elephant in the room: I have failed at my bid to read 52 books this year seeing at I have only made it to number three and it is October. Sigh. When I decided to go for a cannonball I was pregnant with Love Spawn #2 and figured I would read while my belly grew and I was able to move less and less. Then life threw a curve ball by way of a difficult pregnancy and all bets were […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: easy read, Fiction, short book, Suspense

Jensicola's CBR8 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: easy read, Fiction, short book, Suspense ·
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buying the flowers herself

Finally read past the famous first line

December 5, 2014 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

Clarissa Dalloway, a high-society woman in post-World War I England, walks through London on a fine June morning after the famous first line–“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.”  We follow Mrs. Dalloway as she prepares for that evening’s party and although the plot takes place over the course of only one day, the thoughts, dreams, emotions, and memories of the characters cover a lifetime of choices and experiences. Clarissa is the main character, of course, but the narration weaves in and out of her story, spending […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: classics, Mrs. Dalloway, short book, Virginia Woolf

Fiat.Luxury's CBR6 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: classics, Mrs. Dalloway, short book, Virginia Woolf ·
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