The first review of the year! Writing this one always feels fresh and hopeful to me and like it may set the tone of my reading year in a way. This was a very good one to start with. And the moral of this story appears to be: I will never tire of Beauty and the Beast retellings. A fact I was not unaware of, but that I am happy to have confirmed once more, this time after reading Brigid Kemmerer's A Curse So Dark and Lonely. My favorites tend to run the Robin McKinley way, with the most recent favorite retelling being Meagan Spooner's wonderful Hunted. But this is the first retelling of my favorite fairy tale that I've read that includes both traditional fantasy and modern contemporary settings. I didn't think it could work. Or, at least, I was skeptical that the one would interfere with the other or that the different dialogues might clash. How happy I was to find that the whole thing played out seamlessly. How happy I am to have discovered Brigid Kemmerer's writin…
I LOVE House. . . I just got a few seasons of it from the library this week, so that I could rewatch some favorite episodes and catch some that I missed.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome cartoon, thanks Angie!
ETA: My confirmation word is "sucker". Awesome.
Jannsen, it's such a great show. Sounds like you've got some fun evenings ahead.
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How can anyone not love House....Hugh Laurie is my hero....ok, not really but he is one of my all time favorites. We haven't seen this season yet cause Jared made me promise not to watch while he was in Chile so we now have to wait till it comes out on DVD.....oh the torture.
ReplyDeleteLiz, I know. I heart Hugh. We haven't been watching this season either (no cable) so we'll be right with you the day it comes out on DVD.
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We haven't seen this season yet cause Jared made me promise not to watch while he was in Chile so we now have to wait till it comes out on DVD
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