Okay, sometimes I start books and put them down midread to pick up again later. It does not always mean I don't like the book. Usually, books I don't like I read straight through just to finish them and be done. Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede is a book I truly enjoyed, and enjoyed returning to over the past month. I am glad it is one of my Nook books.
Ms. Wrede took the Grimm fairytale and rewrote it with a new setting in Elizabethan England. I haven't read the Grimm tale, but each chapter begins with an excerpt of their story that serves as framework and set up. The weaving that is done between the Grimm's fairytale and Wrede's enriches the story and adds to it's charm.
The Olde English is well written and necessary to the fairy telling, but I must confess, when I am away from it for any length of time it does trip my tongue. That is a confession meant for blogspot and myself alone. ;) My literacy rating might drop if word gets out. Perhaps with liberal sprinklings of "hither" or "mayhap" and similes that trip off my tongue like sparkling water tripping over the stones of a brook (yes, that is right off the top of my head, thank you) I could redeem myself.
Favorite Quotes:
"Blanche blushed red as a rose. Then she went pale as milk and looked down at her feet."
"I'll give thee peace indeed, as much as a grain of corn between the millstones."
Overall Opinion:
I am glad I didn't read it straight through; there was something about returning to it, and reading it slowly over time, that made me feel like coming home again. Picking it up was like seeing a friend you haven't seen in months, but still feel like it's just been yesterday since you last spoke.
Rating:
A Good Friend
Ms. Wrede took the Grimm fairytale and rewrote it with a new setting in Elizabethan England. I haven't read the Grimm tale, but each chapter begins with an excerpt of their story that serves as framework and set up. The weaving that is done between the Grimm's fairytale and Wrede's enriches the story and adds to it's charm.
The Olde English is well written and necessary to the fairy telling, but I must confess, when I am away from it for any length of time it does trip my tongue. That is a confession meant for blogspot and myself alone. ;) My literacy rating might drop if word gets out. Perhaps with liberal sprinklings of "hither" or "mayhap" and similes that trip off my tongue like sparkling water tripping over the stones of a brook (yes, that is right off the top of my head, thank you) I could redeem myself.
Favorite Quotes:
"Blanche blushed red as a rose. Then she went pale as milk and looked down at her feet."
"I'll give thee peace indeed, as much as a grain of corn between the millstones."
Overall Opinion:
I am glad I didn't read it straight through; there was something about returning to it, and reading it slowly over time, that made me feel like coming home again. Picking it up was like seeing a friend you haven't seen in months, but still feel like it's just been yesterday since you last spoke.
Rating:
A Good Friend
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