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le_corbeau_romantique's review against another edition
5.0
My favorites are "The White Doe," "The Girl-Fish," "The Enchanted Wreath," and all of the animal stories.
aminowrimo's review against another edition
4.0
I read the fairy books for writing inspiration. I didn't need any when I started this one, but that was only because I have 2 stories being written, 1 clamoring in my head like a bird... and about ten more in various stages. But my reading group has a food challenge...
And I can never quite pass up a challenge. So I read this collection of fairy tales. My favorites were:
- Ian, the Soldier's Son
- The Enchanted Wreath
- The Foolish Weaver
- The White Doe
- The Frog and the Lion Fairy
- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired
- The Princess Bella-Flor
- The Bird of Truth
- The White Slipper
- The Magic Book
Since the food challenge includes finding a recipe containing the food in the title/author's name (and the description of balsam in the White Slipper never states what sort of plants are used in it), I started hunting some exotic orange recipe.
Instead, I found mandarin orange dust-- which sounds like a magical fairy powder.
And delicious.
I found the recipe here:
http://penandfork.com/tips-tutorials/mandarin-orange-dust/
The recipe?
- very thinly sliced orange,dried in an oven or dehydrator, pounded into dust, with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar added in.
That's it.
And I can never quite pass up a challenge. So I read this collection of fairy tales. My favorites were:
- Ian, the Soldier's Son
- The Enchanted Wreath
- The Foolish Weaver
- The White Doe
- The Frog and the Lion Fairy
- The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired
- The Princess Bella-Flor
- The Bird of Truth
- The White Slipper
- The Magic Book
Since the food challenge includes finding a recipe containing the food in the title/author's name (and the description of balsam in the White Slipper never states what sort of plants are used in it), I started hunting some exotic orange recipe.
Instead, I found mandarin orange dust-- which sounds like a magical fairy powder.
And delicious.
I found the recipe here:
http://penandfork.com/tips-tutorials/mandarin-orange-dust/
The recipe?
- very thinly sliced orange,dried in an oven or dehydrator, pounded into dust, with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar added in.
That's it.
kellytopia1013's review against another edition
3.0
This was a fun read, and I got to see a lot of new stories.
Unfortunately most of the stories were the same basic formula so it got boring towards the end. I know a lot of fairytales are like that but when there's so many in a row is harder to appreciate them individually.
Unfortunately most of the stories were the same basic formula so it got boring towards the end. I know a lot of fairytales are like that but when there's so many in a row is harder to appreciate them individually.
iceangel9's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The classic fantasy collection of fairy tales, the 10th in the series. A wonderful collection of tales from varied countries. A Reader's Corner Must Read
jennoux's review against another edition
2.0
The quality of the audiobook was very bad and I couldn't wait to finish it. It was ok like every one of these.
libmeh's review against another edition
5.0
As a child, I read this over and over and over again. I remember my parents bought it for me at the little shop attached to a restaurant called The Light of Yoga, which had peanut butter soft serve ice cream and lots of things with sprouts on them. They unfortunately burned down a long time ago.
bellbo's review against another edition
5.0
My favorites are "The White Doe," "The Girl-Fish," "The Enchanted Wreath," and all of the animal stories.
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Another interesting collection of fairy stories. The further "afield" they go, though, the more there is reference to the editing done and I have to wonder what is changed and how much culture ended up being elided in order to make them "appropriate."
bellbo's review
5.0
My favorites are "The White Doe," "The Girl-Fish," "The Enchanted Wreath," and all of the animal stories.
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