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[#BookReview] Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyers. This was such a fantastic fairy-tale retelling that I fell in love with almost instantly. This genre is one that can be hit or miss for me, but this one blew me away. I loved the writing, romance, love of books and storytelling. I think this is one of the best fairy-tale retellings I‘ve read.

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Just all of the love for this book. It made what was a terribly rough week much better 💙💙💙

Fairy tales, Greek myths, and memes (by the academic definition) came up in lit discussion with the teen readers who meet at my work.
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I lost a grant request for this program yesterday and it suuuuuuucks.
#teenprogramming #yalit

Had a great time meeting Joanna Ruth Meyer! 🐺🐳

The authors voice really does lend itself to this type of dark fantasies/folklore/Grimm Brothers content but OMG STOP DOING DAMN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLINGS! This book is by no means bad but it offers nothing new to the "girl taken from forest to save father and held with beast who is actually being held by witch and he transforms" concept.

Stumbled upon this one on Goodreads. It's a Beauty and the Beast (with a sprinkle of a few other fairy tales) retelling and it sounds awesome.

Anyone read it?

I wept in the snow and crumbled to ash, for I was only pages in a book, burned and lost and gone forever.

I think Meyer has great potential, but I had a lot of issues with how she chose to approach this tale. Relationship dynamics in reworkings of East of the Sun, West of the Moon/Beauty and the Beast/Tam Lin can be tricky. I wasn‘t satisfied that the hero was worth the sacrifice here.

Look at the wonderful cover on this book that @Avanders sent me for my birthday along with all this great tea, cute keychain & these adorable Alice stickers! Thank you so much girl!!!

Second weekend book. I have always loved the fairytale East of the Sun West of the Moon so whenever a book pops out based on that, my Wanna Wanna-radar starts beeping.

So far so good, but no wow factor (yet). But the cover is stunning..

This book was inspired by several of my favorites and managed to capture that wondering fairy tale feeling remarkably well. The farther on I read, though, the less I liked the main character. Its not a horrible book by any means but Echo went from a girl of action, fighting back against the forest and people treating her badly to just going with the flow. I might like this one better another time when I'm more in the mood for a fairy tale.

Long, hard week. What better time to dive into a book that is not only in my favorite genre, dark fairy tale, but also by someone I know and want to support? The opening pages are gorgeous and intriguing. And just look at this cover art! 😍

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Rating: 5/5 Stars
I am a sucker for retellings of any type of any fairytale. So, this was right up my alley. I love how different this was from other retellings I‘ve read in the past and how the magic system and world building was done. I could not put this book down. And now I‘m off to read a new release that is also a retelling. 😂
#echonorth #bookstagram #litsy #littens #ya #youngadult #fantasy #bibliophile #fivestars #pick

Here is my final check in! I got 52 pages into my fifth book in the 25 hours I read out of these 48 hours. #24in48 #24b4monday #goodnight #ineedsleep #echonorth #litsy #littens #bookstagram #bibliophile

I already hit 24 hours, but I‘ll read for another hour before I go to bed (10pm mst-I have to wake up at 6 for work), so I‘ll start this. I could have chose to read another arc that comes out the 5th, but I‘ll just read one of the books I bought. Good luck to everyone for the next hour with #24in48 and #24monday! You guys got this! 😊💜

Dropping it. It didn‘t get good within 50 pages and I don‘t have time to suffer through more and see if it does. Shame, I was looking forward to this one.

Three chapters in. Another retelling of my favorite fairy tale “East of the Moon and West of the Sun”. Already spotted elements borrowed from Slavic tales and lifestyle, okay, we‘ll see how it‘ll work ( though felt boots and elaborately embroidered sarafan, my word, that‘s a silly look, there were other shoe options. Just saying.)

Day 16: Retelling
Look what came in the mail just in time for today‘s prompt.
#anewchapter

Thanks again for the gift card, @bookishmarginalia! I used it to pay for most of my January preorders!

#BookMail

Insomnia bad. Books good.

I like this cover but I feel it tells me nothing about the book. Your thoughts?

#CoverLove #YAedition
January, 15, 2019

When magical houses aren‘t up to speed on the important stuffs! ☕️✨‼️