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... down and well with two book addicts running around what do you expect? So I ended up buying...
Gone by Michael Grant
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
I Capture the Castle by ... My favorites are probably....
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Dogsbody, The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, volume one, Fire and Hemlock, and Howl's Moving Castle, all by Diana Wynne Jones... you can tell she's one of my ... ... including Robin Hood (Outlaws of Sherwood), Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and Rose Daughter), Sleeping Beauty (Spindle's End), and the more obscure Deerskin that tackles incest. She also has young adult books with female protagonists set in her imaginary land of Daria: The Blue S ... ... and I'd second the recommendation of the Hollow Kingdom series. You might also like Why I let my hair grow out and Spindle's End. Wildwood Dancing isn't an easy read, but it's pretty good, as well. ... out my next challenge story off my young adult list, Gypsy Rizka by Lloyd Alexander.
It kind of reminds me of Spindle's End by Robin McKinley except not so wordy and not a fairy tale remake. Spindle's End ... princess-fairy-tail book, and Mags got a book on Texas (where my mom lives).
Some of the other books I got were:
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley ~ a YA sleeping beauty story.
The Dragon Scroll by I. J. Parker ~ I honestly bought it for the cover and it says "A mystery of ancient J ... ... several lovely retellings of fairtales -
Beauty and Rose Daughter are two different takes on Beauty and the Beast. Spindle's End is Sleeping Beauty, and Deerskin is a take on a slightly more sinister fairy tale. I don't remember the latter two very well, but I love Beauty and enjoy ... re: McKinley -- I enjoyed her Spindle's End (Sleeping Beauty) very much, but as I haven't read Beauty I can't compare the two. ... titles for someone's concerted effort to read along these lines?
Robin McKinley has a number of them, Beauty, Spindle's End ... but I know there are many others. ... Adventure by Tamora Pierce (same here)
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (her Beauty was good and I heard her Damar stories were the best)
My book buying habits have changed so much since last year - I ... ... Secret, Chimera's Curse, The Wrong Hands, Dark Whispers, Sword of Waters, The Dead and the Gone, Ender's Game, Spindle's End, The Graveyard Book, Ranger's Apprentice: Sorceror of the North by John Flanagan, The Lab, and Eon. I've also started The Truth-Teller's Tale. Was it a fantasy? Sounds like to might be Robin McKinley's Spindle's End. Which I obviously need to reread, because I can't tell if it matches or not.
I wonder if anyone's tagging books with "hidden royalty" or something of the like - it's a pretty widespread trope.
Edit: well if they are, ... ... I'm starting a little late, so here's numbers 1-5
1. Sammy Keyes and the Cold, Hard Cash by Wendelin Van Draanen
2.Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
3. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
4. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
5. Coraline by Neil Gaiman (I can't wait for the ... ... do have dogs - Dogsbody by Diana Wynne Jones, A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, Deerskin and Spindle's End and various other books by Robin McKinley.
I enjoyed many of these stories, especially the one about the color-changing puppies.
4. *Uncharted Terri ... Okay, I can buy that about Spindle's End, though I still like the book (and, honestly, part of that is the fact that the story is not as often done in comparison with something like, say, a straight-up Cinderella story).
And regarding Rose Daughter I agree with foggi -- it's not "sex with an ... ... of the story. If he had still been a full-fledged Beast, I would think their reactions would have been different.
About Spindle's End -- SPOILERS --
Did anyone else feel that the ending of Spindle's End is a bit of a cop-out? By switching the two girls, everybody gets what they want, ... LOL beserene. I don't really like Spindle's End :-P. It's funny how we gravitate to different poles of McKinley's work.
You aren't bothered by the idea of sex with an animal? I love the rose theme and McKinley's writing is gorgeous, of course. But I feel she changed the story too much. The ... ... unique.
But much love to Beauty as well. :) McKinley is one of my very favorite authors and I love her fairy tale work -- Spindle's End is another great one. ... unique.
But much love to Beauty as well. :) McKinley is one of my very favorite authors and I love her fairy tale work -- Spindle's End is another great one. ... unique.
But much love to Beauty as well. :) McKinley is one of my very favorite authors and I love her fairy tale work -- Spindle's End is another great one. ... unique.
But much love to Beauty as well. :) McKinley is one of my very favorite authors and I love her fairy tale work -- Spindle's End is another great one. ... totally second (or third) your views of Beauty. I have read it several times, as well as McKinley's Rose Daughter and Spindle's End. I have introduced many students to her. And I see on Amazon that there are other retellings of classics out there, so I must buy more. ... remember them, but I don't think I'll re-read yet. I've also read at least one Beauty-and-the-Beast book, and I think Spindle's End... might reread those. Wife had pups, fifteen days ago, said the dog-fox.
- Spindle's End, by Robin McKinley
... textures. Beneath its vibrant glittery surface and gilt edges is a deeper message one must not fail to listen to.
37. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Spindle's End is another lovely fairy tale retelling by Robin McKinley. She takes the Sleeping Beauty story and spins it into ... ... Tales Retold group for some ideas. Robin McKinley has a number of good ones, including Rose Daughter, Deerskin and Spindle's End; so does Juliet Marillier (Daughter of the Forest, Wildwood Dancing.) Angela Carter's book The Bloody Chamber might interest you, too. I did like Spindle's End better than Beauty. Even though it was a re-telling, it was a much more original re-telling (hopefully that makes sense). There was only a very passing resemblance at all to the original story.
If anyone is interested I did full reviews of all three books under the ... ... books
The List of Seven by Mark Frost
The Dark River by John Twelve Hawks
The teen/YA selection I'm reading next is Spindle's End by Robin McKinley.
Non-Fiction book: So Sexy, So Soon ... Magic by Alice Hoffman -- finished 3/1/2009 My review
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley -- finished 4/11/2009 My review
Green Rider by Kristen Britain -- fini ... ... off the box set, A Robin McKinley Collection and thought all three books; The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown and Spindle's End were decent, although The Hero and the Crown is by far my favorite McKinley yet.
Generally I didn't really care for Beauty: A retelling of the story ... I finished Spindle's End which was the last volume of my A Robin McKinley Collection that I needed to read for my Go Review that Book! group! I'm feeling pretty accomplished :-)
I decided to read a short romance before starting Wicked Lovely so I picked Enemy Mind by Maggie Shayne ... #87 - Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
I'm so proud to have finished this book. Back in June A Robin McKinley Collection had been assigned to me on the Go Review That Book! thread and finishing this means finishing that assignment as well.
Review -
In this re-structuring of the S ... Still listening to Interworld and reading Spindle's End. ... Whitney, My Love discussion. I haven't even attempted to read one of McNaught's books since that one.
Still reading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. Not sure what's up after that. It should be Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr which I have out from the library but I might have to ... ... by Neil Gaiman which is more sci-fi than I usually read or expected, but it is good nevertheless.
Also reading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, a Scholastic biography about Genghis Khan and Princess, Princess Volume 1. The anime was so cute I couldn't resist taking the manga ... ... Crown. Now I'm listening to the audio of Interworld by Neil Gaiman which has been interesting so far and am reading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. I cruised through Any Given Doomsday and am now reading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. I finished Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland this morning and got into the first few pages of Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. I'm also working my way through volume one of the manga By The Sword by Sanami Matoh. ... pick out my next 7. I do know that I will be reading Any Given Doomsday which is the ER book I haven't received yet and Spindle's End by Robin McKinley which is the last book of the box set assigned to me in the Go Review that Book! group. Outside of those two I'm not totally sure. ... The Hero and the Crown and started Simply Sensual (wrong touchstone!) by Carly Phillips. I've also pulled out Spindle's End to start soon. ... my first and I did enjoy it, but I've been horribly lax in finishing up my assignment. After this one I still have to read Spindle's End to complete the set. I think of McKinley's works so far that I've read I like Sunshine the best, but I read that years ago. ... I think this time I'll make a go of it, I just wasn't in the mood the last time I started it. After this I'll be reading Spindle's End to finish up. 22 Scooby
Do you mean Spindle's End? I really like it, but it's not one of her most popular. ... more scenes between Alleyn and Troy (because they are just adorable). Other than that, it was simply wonderful.
I have Spindle's End by Robin McKinley on the coffee table, but I can't quite seem to get into it at the moment. Guess it's time to pull Marius (my Kindle) back out and start on W ... ... to where things are coming together, but I was nodding over it and thought it better to put it up.
I just got a copy of Spindle's End by Robin McKinley that I may read along with Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh after I finish the Austen. Just to break things up before diving back into the ... ... just finished Racing the Dark by Alaya Dawn Johnson. It was a great first book for her. I have just started reading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. Its one of those warped bedtime stories type novels with fairies. ... Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips which has been pretty amusing.
Up next will either be a historical romance or Spindle's End by Robin McKinley depending on my mood at the end of this book. ... Richards
Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Louise Engdahl
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Finn's Going by Tom Kelly
Lonely Crusader: The Life of Florence Nightengale by Cecil Woodham-Smith
Blue River by Etha ... ... Daughter both by Robin McKinley. She has also revisited Donkey Skin in Deer Skin - a bleak retelling. Her book Spindle's End redoes Sleeping Beauty. Thank god. That story needed to be redone. A Door in the Hedge is a story collection that retells several fairy stories. She's ... Very possibly The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, Spindle's End, Deerskin, and Sunshine, all by Robin McKinley.
But to actually consider how long I've had the and how many times I've read them - I didn't start keeping track until the last few years, but I've been reading fantasy ... ... favorite rereads (Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Thrawn Trilogy, The Blue Girl, Catherine Called Birdy, Spindle's End, A Knot in the Grain) but those three stand out above the rest as my favorites. I read a number of other new books, too, but Life As We Knew It is without ... I'm reading Spindle's End byRobin McKinley. I'm reading Spindle's End byRobin McKinley. I think my favorite book I read was either Peeps or Spindle's End. My favorite new book - it's hard to call this a favorite, really, but still - was Life As We Knew It. ... the journal. It is by far the most entertaining journal-book I've ever read and Catherine is a fabulous character.
8. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (422)
Another beloved McKinley book - for all I don't like all of her books, she's still my favorite author, because the books of ... ... Child of a Rainless Year, Changer
Robin McKinley The Hero and The Crown, The Blue Sword, Deerskin, Spindle's End, Sunshine
Diana Wynne Jones Howl's Moving Castle, Archer's Goon, Fire and Hemlock
Garth Nix Abhorsen trilogy
Susan Cooper The Dark ... ... Murphy (dragons).
Fairytale:
Cameron Dokey re-tells a lot of fairytales and they are pretty good quick-reads. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, again Levine.
Manga/Comics:
Sugar Sugar Rune, Ultra Cute stuff like that. Be sure to check what audience it is intended for. A ... ... - I loved Beauty by McKinley, but I haven't read Rose Daughter yet. (It's now on my Amazon wish list.) I enjoyed Spindle's End and The Outlaws of Sherwood quite a bit as well, but not nearly as much as Beauty. Please let us know what you think of it, Letta.
... all over creation. I always recommend her earlier works to fantasy fans (The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, Spindle's End, The Outlaws of Sherwood, and Beauty: a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, which is one of my favorite books ever) -- so, if you've missed ... I've read Sunshine too and I enjoyed it. I actually liked it more than Spindle's End. I loved the beginning and the end of Spindle, but the middle seemed longer than it needed to be. ... tales, if you stretch the theme a bit to princesses that don't know they're princesses, what about Robin McKinley's Spindle's End? Rosie is nothing if not determined to find her own destiny, and while not a "farm boy" the blacksmith is certainly a rural character.
... with The Wizard Hunters. Robin McKinley has written mostly fantasy, and almost everything she's written is great; Spindle's End, The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, Sunshine ... a 40% off coupon at Half Price Books
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Best American Short Stories 2005 edited by Michael Chabon
From PBS
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
From Boo ... Beauty , Spindle's End, Rose Daughter, Deerskin, A Knot in the Grain, and A Door in the Hedge are all excellent. The last two are short story or novelette collections.
Also her other books are great. She has quite a few retold fairy tales. Are you all fans of her books?
I'm reading Spindle's End (Sleeping Beauty) now and Beauty (Beauty and the Beast) is in line but I know she has some other retellings too. ... 2F+Literature/books/book+discussion/poll-vote.html?n=52260
Your choices are:
The Golden Compass
My Sister's Keeper
Spindle's End
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Winter Prince
Vegan, Virgin Valentine
A Northern Light
The Looking Glass Wars--I would also like to discuss the age ... ... that's already been read and discussed, please forgive me. I really would recomend anything by Robin McKinley, her book Spindle's End seems pretty interesting. It's about Sleeping Beauty. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson seems pretty interesting too. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley is an absolute delight - it's a subversive retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story. And while it's generally filed in the Young Adult section of the library, it's just as much fun for adults to read. 41. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley - Finally! I don't know why, but I had trouble finishing this book. It was well written, and I enjoyed the imagery, but the characters never grabbed me. I'll try McKinley again - I still have Beauty on my TBR shelf - but not soon.
I've started Anonymou ... ... I really feel sorry for Riley and her all-too-real (even in a paranormal romance) man troubles.
I'm still working on Spindle's End but it's a little slow going. Robin McKinley writes beautifully and draws great word pictures, but sometimes I just wish she'd get on with the story. Some ... I reread Spindle's End, and then The Hollow Kingdom for next month's discussion -- I can hardly wait! 39. Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein - always a satisfying read.
I've moved Spindle's End from the bathroom to my main book, so should finish it shortly. I'm not sure what I'll tackle then, but I'm leaning toward Anonymous Rex. That just sounds like fun. ... People keep fading in and out. I seem to be the only one here right now.
*conjures comfy chair and footrest, pulls Spindle's End out of bag, and settles down to wait for everyone else* ...
I've really been feeling the need for a "comfort read" so have started Time Enough for Love. I'm still working on Spindle's End as my bathroom book. ... bigger tote so I can carry it to work easier. I need to get it read so my sister and I can discuss it.
Still working on Spindle's End, and my new copy of Time Enough for Love arrived at the bookstore - so I'll be dipping into that off and on too. ... me, and I haven't been home much lately. So, my "carry around" books are Fluke or, I know why the winged whale sings and Spindle's End. I'm REALLY liking Fluke and am looking forward to lots more of Moore! ... retelling of Beauty and the Beast - The Rose Daughter, Robin Hood - The Outlaws of Sherwood, and Sleeping Beauty - Spindle's End.
Enjoy! ... by Charles de Lint (1)
The Last Colony by John Scalzi (2)*
Rereads:
Sunshine by Robin McKinley (1)*
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (1)
Squire by Tamora Pierce (2)
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (2)*
Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane (2)* ... Blue Sword
The Hero and the Crown
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
A Knot in the Grain
Spindle's End
Sunshine ... Blue Sword
The Hero and the Crown
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
A Knot in the Grain
Spindle's End
Sunshine Ok, well, here's a new list for you:
Spindle's End
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Outlaws of Sherwood
Deerskin
The Hero and the Crown
The Blue Sword
Rose Daughter
And if you ever feel like the short stories, too...
A Knot in the Grain
Water: ... ... re-tellings, short stories...what are you interested in?
Style-wise, I'd say A Knot in the Grain (short stories) and Spindle's End (Sleeping Beauty re-telling) are closest to Sunshine, and they're two others that I quite like (ok, that's a silly thing to say, I like almost all of her ... ... tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust." - Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (they needed ROOMBAS!!)
and then probably my fondest favourite:
"Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down ... ... Pierce
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
*Earth by David Brin
...
...
*Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
*Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
Actually, I've read more than that, but I didn't feel like listing them all. I've read 22 ... ... and sort of want a complete Scalzi collection (or at least complete early Scalzi, since he's fairly prolific).
21. Spindle's End by Robin McKinley (422)
A re-telling of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. I really like this book, and more each time I read it I think. There is just ... ... middle of Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson, but I've put that aside for a while. Right now I'm rereading Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. I picked it up because I couldn't decide what I wanted to read, and it was unsatisfying at first (because I didn't really feel like ... ... use/control one's powers in it. Some other books by McKinley, too, actually; The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, Spindle's End, all have that theme in one form or another. ... ephemeral style of her earlier books to the more concrete style of the later ones - if you liked Sunshine, you might try Spindle's End. It's a similar style (though another fairy tale rewrite).
I'm used to her not doing sequals, so it doesn't bother me much. Though I'd like it if she ... ... McKinley is classified as YA, particularly her more recent books - the two that have been mentioned here, Sunshine and Spindle's End, specifically, which are more difficult and more adult than most of her other books. The same goes for Pullman's His Dark Materials, which many adults, ... The most difficult book i've read recently is Spindle's End by Robin Mckinley. It's just the way the words seem to wander, like a long staircase winding up and down, until i couldn't make the head and tail of it. Sometime I had to go back to the beginning coz the whole page just slipped of my ... ... the disney film!
She's written another book on the Beauty and the Beast tale Rose Daughter which I also enjoyed and Spindle's End which is based on the sleeping beauty story. ... "rediscovered" my Andrew Lang coloured fairy tale books and delve into them every once in awhile for a morsel.
I read Spindle's End over the summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a spin (pun???) on the Sleeping Beauty story that's fun.
I haven't heard of The Enchanted Forest Chronicle ... The Fairy Godmother is more of a romance novel that I enjoyed, and wished their was more of.
Spindle's End is incredible, as is most of Robin Mckinley's work.
Howl's Moving Castle, while it does have a sequel, is completely competent standing alone, is one of the most effectively ... firefly7522:
Spindle's End is awesome. It's by far McKinley's best in my opion. I've always felt that Sunshine is Robin McKinley's only other book that comes close. ... World of Pies by Karen Stolz. About 3 chapters in and it's great so far.
I'm also on the first few chapters of Spindle's End by Robin McKinley. ... Rinaldi writes really good historical fiction, especially Girl in Blue.
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech and Spindle's End by Robin McKinley were/are two of my other favorites. And of course, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
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