by Shonna | Oct 18, 2019 | reading challenge
After a long run of short stories, we’ve got some hefty fairy tales to read this week: 164: Lazy Henry165: The Griffin166: Strong Hans167: The Peasant in Heaven
by Shonna | Oct 16, 2019 | Cinderella's Dress
This rarely happens! Scoop up this 1940s New York fairy tale while you can: Kindle (link is USA), Kobo, iBooks, Nook! *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
by Shonna | Oct 11, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
Not having read The Glass Coffin before, I had expected a take on Snow White. What a pleasant surprise to read something so different from other fairy tales. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Glass Coffin The Glass Coffin just might be the closest example to modern...
by Shonna | Oct 9, 2019 | reading challenge
Some popular ones this week: 160: A Riddling Tale161: Snow-White and Rose-Red162: The Wise Servant163: The Glass Coffin
by Shonna | Oct 6, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
As we near the end of the #GRIMMread2019 challenges, I’ve started branching out and reading other books about the Grimms and their fairy tales. It seems a lot of modern literary criticism looks down on the Grimms—especially how they didn’t give credit by name to the...
by Shonna | Oct 5, 2019 | reading challenge
Super short stories to read: 156: The Hurds157: The Sparrow and His Four Children158: The Story of Schlauraffen Land159: The Ditmarsch Tale of Lies
by Shonna | Sep 29, 2019 | Lessons From Grimm
Where do kings get their wisdom? A council? Advisers? Their wives? If he’s a king with any wisdom to start with, he’ll get it from whoever is wise, no matter their status. Like a shepherd boy. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Shepherd Boy In one story this week, The...
by Shonna | Sep 27, 2019 | Fairy tales, reading challenge
I’ve been critical of many Grimm titles, but these sound interesting! 152: The Shepherd Boy153: The Star Money154: The Stolen Farthings155: Looking for a Bride
by Shonna | Sep 22, 2019 | Fairy tales, Lessons From Grimm
The Beam fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers is a terrible name for a story introducing us to our first magician in all of the tales we’ve read so far. But, the story itself is quite interesting. Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Beam The magician is actually an...
by Shonna | Sep 21, 2019 | reading challenge
Short stories this week: KHM 149: The BeamKHM 150: The Old Beggar Woman KHM 151: The Three Sluggards KHM 151a: The Twelve Idle Servants Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Old Beggar Woman Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The Three Sluggards Grimm’s Fairy Tales: The...
