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Fairy Tales

October 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Haunted Readings: All Our Scary, Spooky and Otherwise Halloween Ready Book Lists in One Place

Whether you are looking for twisted fairy tales, ghosts or more, we’ve got some great reads for you! Read if you dare. Alice in Wonderland retellings Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit Assasins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit Beyond the Grave: dead narrators Bioengineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA […]

January 29, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Graphic Novel Review: Once Upon a Time Machine, reviewed by Karen D

Once Upon a Time Machine  edited by Andrew Carl, Chris Stevens, and Jason Rodriguez NetGalley Graphic Novel Anthology Oct. 2012 Book Jacket Summary Fairy tales have fueled our dreams and fired our imaginations for centuries. Step inside a time machine built by a collection of today’s finest storytellers, and enter a range of futures where […]

September 18, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Where’s My Glass Slipper? Top 10: Cinderella Retellings

I am a HUGE fantasy addict.  HUGE. I will admit it.  Give me a well written fairy tale, and I can curl up and be completely content for the afternoon.  Even better, give me something that has a twist in it.  Since we’re talking about Cinderella, here are my top ten retellings that fall within YA… […]

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September 17, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

“And maybe she’d been right to do it.  Maybe it was Cinder’s duty as a cyborg to sacrifice herself so all the normal humans could be cured.  Maybe it did make sense to use the ones who had already been tampered with.  But Cinder knew she would never forgive Adri for it.  The woman was […]

Friday Fill-Ins: Once upon a time . . . fairy tales retold

June 8, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Yesterday I went and saw Snow White and the Huntsman.  It was the second retelling of Snow White I have seen this year as I also went and saw Mirror Mirror.  And many of us spent Sunday nights waiting to see which fairy tale they would incorporate into Once Upon a Time, the hit television […]

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upon a time, there were tales . . . and today, those tales are being re-told.  With a twist. One of my very favorite fairy tales retold is Enchanted by Orson Scott Card.  It is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty; but what I really love about it is the way he portrays the magic of […]

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