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| Teen Books (loved by adults too) |
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| Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley -How many authors are there in the world who can pull off retelling the same fairy tale twice? One at least, and she does it well; Rose Daughter is as different from Beauty as two books can be and still tell the same story. Full of beautiful, shimmering, haunting imagery, that will stick in your mind forever� |
| Note to my sisterz: � �And-and most especially know that I love you and that it is true that our hearts beat in one another�s breasts.� And for the first time in what felt like years, her hand touched the little embroidered heart Jeweltongue had made her, on her leaving for the Beast�s palace the first time�.� I love and miss you! -Big Sissie |
| Spindle�s End by Robin McKinley -This book is�itself. A retelling of Sleeping Beauty, where the princess, Rosie, is very un-princessy, and very much herself. A strange and beautiful, sometimes humorous, and highly magical story, with a haunting ending (it took me a full week to decide how I felt about the ending. I decided I liked it). |
| The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley -The prequel to The Blue Sword, Hero tells the story of Lady Aerin the Dragon-Slayer, and wonderfully unique woman-with-a-sword. I didn�t like the whole second half of the book the first time I read it, but it grew on me with a second�and third reading. The ending is strange, and haunting, and I have yet to decide quite how I feel about it� |
| A Wolf at the Door edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling An excellent collection of short stories based on familiar fairy tales; I love it especially because a number of the stories (most especially �Cinder-Elephant� and �Becoming Charise�) applied directly to me, and had very personal meaning. |
| The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley -Fantasy and�regency England? McKinley drew on her love for Kipling to create this unique story, full of adventure and power (not to mention a dynamic female). |
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| Beast by Donna Jo Napoli -What can I say? My favorite fairy tale in a whole new guise, this time focusing on the Beast, and who he was �before�; a Persian prince, named Orysman. Told in the first person, this is an excellent story, though very different from my first love in McKinley�s versions. |
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| The Forestwife by Theresa Tomlinson -I�ve always loved Robin Hood�correction, Maid Marion. This is a deeply moving book about her, and the Middle Ages as they truly were�You know it�s good, because my sister Rachel (sworn-hater of books) has read it countless times and constantly attempts to steal it from my shelf. |
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| Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede -Another re-told fairy tale. Wrede mixes fact with fantasy in a believable, even probable version of the highly improbable events in the classic story (I�m especially fond of Rosemund, myself). out of print (which is a great shame) |
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| Clicking on a cover will take you to that book at Amazon.com. Clicking on the green book will take you back to my favorite books page. And as always, clicking on the black cat will take you to the site map. |
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