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Thomas the Rhymer
Thomas the Rhymer | Ellen Kushner
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Award-winning author and radio personality Ellen Kushners inspired retelling of an ancient legend weaves myth and magic into a vivid contemporary novel about the mysteries of the human heart. Brimming with ballads, riddles, and magical transformations, here is the timeless tale of a charismatic bard whose talents earn him a two-edged otherworldly gift. A minstrel lives by his words, his tunes, and sometimes by his lies. But when the bold and gifted young Thomas the Rhymer awakens the desire of the powerful Queen of Elfland, he finds that words are not enough to keep him from his fate. As the Queen sweeps him far from the people he has known and loved into her realm of magic, opulenceand captivityhe learns at last what it is to be truly human. When he returns to his home with the Queens parting gift, his great task will be to seek out the girl he loved and wronged, and offer her at last the tongue that cannot lie. From the Paperback edition.
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imyril
Thomas the Rhymer | Ellen Kushner
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#WyrdAndWonder day 27: #ThrowbackThursday

Wooo I caught up! It‘s a classic, so damn right I tried to make it look iconic: Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner

Why yes I do have a soft spot for folkloric fantasy, why‘d‘you ask?

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Sneakybea
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(Re)reading this one as a mentor text while writing my own faery story, a prequel to Tam Lin. I‘m struggling with a lot of self-doubt as I reach the ending, but yesterday I picked up this cool message from the text (highlighted).
Will push on, and hope people love my story like I loved this!

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I think I bought this because I was working my way through a cataloguing project that was all about making book prizes searchable - I also love Fire & Hemlock by DWJ and this sounded like it had similar vibes...

Plus I think I mixed up this author with Ellen Schreiber who had a teen vampire series that I half read during the height of the Twilight inspired vampire resurgence back in the day...

Moonprismpower Oooh this sounds really good. So you going to read it now? 4y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Moonprismpower, fingers crossed for reading next year 4y
AllisonM89 Another book i adored!!!! Enjoy! 4y
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AllisonM89
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1. At least 7...
2. Thomas the Rhymer (I just finished it last week)
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

@mollyrotondo

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 😊🤩📚👍 4y
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AllisonM89
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An absolutely beautiful book. Storytelling at its finest! This is one of those lovely stories I'd love to curl up and live inside...
#DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#JoysOfJune #Readathon @Andrew65
Two books down! Need to decide on my third book....

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
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AllisonM89
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A beautiful cover and I'll absolutely in love with the story so far #JoysOfJune #Readathon

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elkeOriginal
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Just an answer to @aeeklund 's question.
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I don't think it's part of the Fairy Tale series by Windling, but it's another Canty cover!

aeeklund Bahahaha. Touché! 7y
JazzFeathers 😍😍😍😍😍 7y
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Otherworld_Library
Thomas the Rhymer | Ellen Kushner
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Women Writers

Some of these are more famous than others, but here are a few of my favorite-unique-interesting novels by women.

#septphotochallenge #somethingforsept

RealLifeReading I love A Wrinkle in Time! Haven't read this book by McKillip yet though! 8y
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