When I seen this bookish adventure coming up hosted by Misty at The Book Rat and Ashley from Basically Amazing Books, lets just say my “spidey senses”…. were activated…
I had not read any of the “New” fairy tales but have many fond memories of fairy tales as a child…
… and I remember my Great Grandmother reading these stories to me, large hard cover books with gorgeously detailed pages read so often that I knew the words before I could read them…. and who knew then that those stories would stick with me a lifetime?
So… the question was when I was asked to create a quest post about a fairy tale book of my choice… could I bring the magic of those books back?
Fairy tale is a type of short narrative that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments.
I personally find this interesting as in todays stories of wolves, vampires, fairies and feys – they are considered paranormal and not fairy tales at all.
And my quest began…. did I want to read and review a classic fairy tale… or did my literary mind long for a new fairy tale and see what they were like… not knowing of course, old or new – if I would be able to capture that fairy dust again that makes a fairy tale come to life…
“flip flip flip” I went through the pages of fairy tales I found on-line and “click click click” as I went through the books on Amazon until…. finally
FINALLY….
I settled on Cloaked.
Why?
I liked that is seemed to be a mix and match of old fairy tales put in a blender to make a new one… it was both old and new…. both classic and new release…. that appealed to me. I also liked that this was the author of Beastly which I have not read, but know of and know that it is also being made into a movie…. that too appealed to me.
The review and giveaway are not posted here as I did this review for this event at Book Rat and Basically Amazing books. Pop over to see the review here and the giveaway here.
As for here….. what are your thoughts on Fairy Tales? Yay back in the day but Nay now? Or yay and yay? Do you like the new and creative touches to the old classic tales or do you prefer them left untouched as they were?
I love “new” fairy tales. They’re so fun to read and they always seem to make me reminisce about some of the fairy tales I was so in love with when I was just a little kid. I read “Beastly” and really loved it!
I have only experienced the one Meg but I would try another one. 🙂
I prefer keeping the classics as they are. I enjoyed them way back and think that they are unique and special.
I lean that way myself Ellie…. I am the same way about the classics….. 🙂
This book Cloaked actually didnt mix up any of the fairy tales, just mentioned pieces of them in this book… which I thought was kind of cool… especially since they are little know fairy tales. I think it gave the stories a “plug” and now I want to check them out. 🙂
I read a couple George MacDonald books last year — fairy tales as far as I can figure, one in particular — and quite liked them.
Hmmm…. I will have to look that author up… not familiar
He was one of C.S. Lewis’s inspirations. The language isn’t all that easy, but fun stories!
really? That is interesting…. I will definitely look him up…. Lewis, Tolkien, they just amaze me….
Yes, yes! Such great fun.
I love fairytales, and when I was a kid, my aunt had wonderful collections with beautiful illustrations. I used to visit and enjoyed looking at them and reading them.
It’s been a long time, though….
I bet those books are gorgeous Laurel – I love the old covers 🙂
I really like “new fairytales” and I definitely enjoyed Finn’s Beastly so this looks like a winner for me.
I would like to try Beastly – I have seen a couple reviews about it 🙂
Alex Flinn is an incredible writer….read everything she’s written..loved Beastly!
Thanks Staci – I will have to try another. I liked her authors thoughts in the back of this one and like that while she brings recognition to older fairy tales
I am nostalgic and like the old fairy tales just as they are. The wife and I watched Hansel and Gretal recently and still love the witches candy house.
I do not think I have ever “watched” Hansel and Gretel;” Steve…. how interesting! 🙂
I loved fairy tales when I was a child (and even now), and I made certain to read them to my children as well. Not just for the story, but for the moral lessons in many of them as well.
I love them too Julie – they are just gorgeous books – inside and out.
i love fairy tales…i think we always carry that little girl within us 🙂
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about stick. Regards
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