Katya wrote:C is for wrote:I was actually going to mention The Door in the Hedge as one of her older ones I didn't really like. I remember picking it up in 6th grade and being pretty apathetic towards it. I think that might be the one with the retelling of Twelve Dancing Princesses that was my introduction to the fairytale (it was years before I read another retelling, and now they're all over the place), but other than that, nothing really exciting.
Have you read Jessica Day George's retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses? It's my favorite book of hers (so far) and I think it's a perfect example of what a fairytale retelling should be.
Ha. Yes. I like
Princess of Glass better. Not sure why.
Tangent story: one time Jessica Day George came to a local...middle school and spoke. Actually Shannon Hale was in charge, but she brought JDG and James Dashner and Brandon Mull and Ally Condie with her, so it was a big deal. Since Shannon Hale was the most popular we didn't stand in her line (it was way long) so we just stood in Jessica's. It was really slow, though. We figured out why when we
finally got to her table. She'll talk forever! She was so friendly! (We were in the same ward once, though not at the same time, so we talked about that.) Also she uses a stamp to sign books; we were sad that we'd lost
Dragon Slippers and couldn't get the dragon stamp, but the other stamps are nice too. Anyway. She's a good lady and actually the kind of writer I aspire to be, if I ever get back to writing. Even though she's not at all my favorite writer. /irrelevant paragraph
I don't know why I'm so active and rambly these days. Welcome back C is for Continuously Chatting!