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I love Ella Enchanted! I am a constant re-reader! I think the books I have read the most are Ella Enchanted, Island Of The Aunts, and The Penderwicks.
(Edited for typo.) ... it!
2) I have tons of favorite books but top ones are The Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Harry Potter, The Mortal Instruments, Ella Enchanted, and Fablehaven.
3) I love books by Gail Carson Levine, Eva Ibbotson, and J.K Rowling. I had just gotten a copy of Ella Enchanted through BookMooch when I read Stasia's review this week, so I read it last night for some light fare after The Drunkard's Walk. It was a quick, light, well-handled, and enjoyable read, a Newbery Honor book. ... road from March all the way to here. I am in awe of your book-completion abilities.
And I am awfully glad that you liked Ella Enchanted, because I love Gail Carson Levine and sometimes I feel like she's a bit of a guilty pleasure -- for example, the Princess Tales series she did was ... ... makes the physics very accessible and I will definitely be rereading it at some future time; highly recommended
377. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - juvenile fiction; I have never watched the movie version of the book other than a couple of scenes, but a couple of people in the ... Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine ... of absurd remarks made by customers in secondhand bookshops by Shaun Tyas
23) The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
24) Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
25) Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
26) Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
27) Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
28) ... OK, I've seen this around a few times so here's my attempt!
Describe yourself: Ella Enchanted
How do you feel: Passing for Normal
Describe where you currently live: Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Egypt's Golden Empire
Your favourite ... ... her other books are probably pretty good. Of course, I'm a sucker for a well written retold fairy tale. I really liked Ella Enchanted the first time I read it (though not as crazy about Levine's other books), and love Robin McKinley's books in the same genre. ... and am sorry my girls think they're too old for me to read to them, because I'd love to share it with them the way I did Ella Enchanted, the Harry Potter books, A Little Princess, etc. ... and am sorry my girls think they're too old for me to read to them, because I'd love to share it with them the way I did Ella Enchanted, the Harry Potter books, A Little Princess, etc. 4 1/2 stars. #115: How is Ella Enchanted? I have never read it. thanks! Some are kind of sort though... :)
154. 18. Ella Enchanted (reread)
Howl's Moving Castle - not a fan of that type of animation. Very disappointing.
Ella Enchanted - did anyone actually READ the book before writing the screenplay?
The Black Cauldron - my pick for very WORST book adaptation EVER. Not surprising if it put generations of kids off of reading ... ... !
...no cover pics this time...and not quite all the reviews are up on my blog yet - but - here's another batch :)
#73 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Youth Fantasy / Fairytale
After being enchanted at birth by a fairy, Ella must obey every command she is given. In an effort to ... ... ke>
-1997 Ruth White Belle Prater's Boy Honor
1998 Karen Hesse Out of the Dust Winner
-1998 Gail Carson Levine Ella Enchanted Honor
-1998 Patricia Reilly Giff Lily's Crossing Honor
-1998 Jerry Spinelli Wringer Honor
1999 Louis Sachar Holes ... Artemis Fowl, Maximum Ride, Alex Rider, Septimus Heap, Howls moving Castle, Ella Enchanted and the Goose Girl are all good books. I would like to add Fablehaven, the Alchemyst (and the rest of the series), the Bartimaeus Trilogy, Ender's Game, Uglies, Dragon and Thief and ... ... he likes.
>14 I didn't mean to dis-girls. It's just that my son won't read what he thinks is a "girl" book... like Ella Enchanted, Goose Girl etc. I like a mystery and adventure as much as the next "guy". :-)
Let me know if you think of any more. Thanks again! ... Excellent recommendations. I was a school librarian for years (decades!) and I heartily agree on all points - especially Ella Enchanted and Goose Girl. ... A. McKillip, but again she doesn't write urban fantasy. (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, is an example that touchstones.)
Ella Enchanted is also a good book, if you're in for something more romantic and fluffy. (Don't let that put you off, though. It's a darned good book! Doesn't treat romance ... ... wanting to read a whole series at one time.
Here are some of the books we have read recently that we have all liked.
Ella Enchanted
A Tale of Despereaux
The BFG
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Half Magic
A Wrinkle in Time
The Silver Chair 24) Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
I bought this on the strength of the glowing reviews on Amazon, many from people who loved both the book AND the film. I actually found the two to be very different, and on balance I much prefer the film (sacrilege, I know, I know...). Where the film ... ... books, cups of tea, and the most friendly cat I ever met. While I was away I finished The Big Over Easy, read Ella Enchanted and Angels and Demons, and now I'm over halfway through Breaking Dawn. I was waiting to read the last two until this holiday, so I could really let ... #58: I have not read Ella Enchanted although I have seen the movie. I will give the book a go. Thanks for the recommendation! ... a Hero by Hilari Bell
Yay! Am now reading the third book.
I still think they all should have been one book.
31. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
I've already read every book she's written, because this was the first book of hers I ever read, and I ADORED it. It's all ... ... she finds herself as well as the killer of her parents.
A nice combination of fairy tales. Sort of reminded me of Ella Enchanted but Ben wasn't nearly as likable as Ella until more towards the end. Good read. It could've used a bit more magic, I thought. I wish Murdock had left it open ... ... of" (or something along those lines).
It would work like this:
A Thousand Acres
Version of King Lear
Ella Enchanted
Version of Cinderella
It would be kind of silly to collect all of the versions of King Lear without including the original, so maybe that one ... ... read in eight-ten years that I read dozens of times when I was young (The Witch Family, The Forgotten Door, Ella Enchanted, etc.). Nowadays, probably:
1. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
2. The Young Wizard books by Diane Duane
3. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... Ella Enchanted its a kids book but is still good.
The movie doesn't do it justice so if you've seen the movie its not remotely close to the book ... Ella
Ella Minnow Pea
Just Ella
Ella Price's Journal
Ella Fitzgerald: A biography of the first lady of jazz
Ella Enchanted
... enjoy seeing the same author go at the same story from a different angle in Rose Daughter.
And then of course, there's Ella Enchanted and Fairest by Gail Levine. >166 I think Ella Enchanted is much, much better than the movie. I hope you enjoy the book.
I added two Georgette Heyer books from amazon.uk.com to my library today; Venetia and Frederica. I got two books in the mail yesterday:
The Town by Bentley Little
and
Ella Enchanted, which I didn't know was a book until reading it on a reco list. We love the movie here, so I had to grab the book :-) ... be! Having said that they might be too young for the average 11 year-old these days anyway if they're reading Twilight.
Ella Enchanted might be worth a go, admittedly I read it as an adult but I loved it and, again, don't remember it being too racy. ... ogan
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- 'Spitfire Women of World War II' by Giles Whittell
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer
- The Butterfly House by Marcia Preston
- The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
- The ... ... with more focus on characters and emotions. Some examples that really nailed it for me are Robin McKinley's Beauty and Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
That said, I'm all for modernizations and trying things out in different settings and times if it works! Oh, I can help here!
Gail Carson Levine- Ella Enchanted (better than the movie!), The Two Princesses of Barmarre, etc.
Agatha Christie- starting with some of her short story collections may be best, though she may enjoy The Man in the Brown Suit as it's more of a thriller/romance ... Book Fifteen: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
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Short review: Young girl under a fairy's "blessing" must make her way in a world where she is magically compelled to be ... Book Fifteen: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
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Short review: Young girl under a fairy's "blessing" must make her way in a world where she is magically compelled to be ... My Amazon Marketplace order from the other day has just arrived - Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. I know it's a YA but I love the movie and I thought it'd be a good girlie read! Now I'm just waiting for the ones from Amazon itself which should be here next week, yay! ... I have in the hopper for February:
1. Marooned on Eden by Robert L. Forward and Margaret Dodson Forward.
2. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
3. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
4. The BFG by Roald Dahl.
5. George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald ... ...i love an easy game...
I've never read Ella Enchanted, but I have read The Wasp Factory Ooh, this just may work!
I've never read Tarzan of the Apes, but I have read Ella Enchanted. ...
Matilda
The City of Ember
Coraline
Zodiac
Ordinary People
The Outsiders
The Mist
A Wrinkle in Time
Ella Enchanted
Many of the Narnia books
The Golden Compass
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Harry Potter books
Holes
The Lovely Bones
Cirque du Freak
The first ... ... there are a number of other re-told fairy tales in that series, all by different authors. Have you read Just Ella and/or Ella Enchanted? I love Gail Carson Levine's fairy tales, they're a lot of fun. :)
>9: If you can manage 75 books while at school, kudos to you!!! I couldn't have done it ... ... by Customers in Secondhand Bookshops - Sean Tyas (post 140)
23) The Big Over Easy - by Jasper Fforde (post 143)
24) Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine (post 144)
25) Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (post 146)
26) Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer (post 148)
27) Life on the Refrigerat ... Oh, I also thought of Ella Enchanted and Howl's Moving Castle. ... Dessen's books.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares
Any of Tamora Pierce's books. bookmooched to new homes-
The Last Camel Died at Noon
Children of the Storm
Naked Once More
Two Little Lies
Ella Enchanted
The Havana Room
Blindspot
These books went to Colorado, New York, Florida, and California. ... shadowland
mr. darcy from pride And prejudice
owen from just Listen
wes from the Truth about forever
char from ella Enchanted my first literary crush
frizz from Extras
jace from city Of bones
po from graceling the most recent
What fairy tales are you particularly fond of?
I've loved the adaptations by Gail Carson Levine, particularly Ella Enchanted, and Robin McKinley's work. I'm especially fond of Beauty and the Beast stories and loved McKinley's Beauty.
And of course, I love fractured fairy tales ... ... at Holly's house. Here's the list:
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Princess Bri ... ... can carry. Which books would you save from your burning home?
Ack! Um, all the harry potter books, Howl's Moving Castle, Ella Enchanted, Murder on the Orient Express, East, Alanna, Pride and Prejudice. How will I carry all that? I'm going to put them in a bag of course. ;)
I know I' ... Sometimes I find if I see the movie first, I like it better than the book. This happened for both Ella Enchanted and Stardust. But most of the time I like the book better than the movie.
I'm very back and forth on the whole "Twilight as a movie" thing. I love the book but never thought ... ... writes a group of retellings: Fairest, a version of Snow White, Ever, a blend of fairy tale and myth, and of course Ella Enchanted.
I also love reading the fairy tales that come from various cultures. The Persian Cinderella was one I liked, though definitely a children's story. ... recommend it.
I wish I could say such nice things about Ever by Gail Carson Levine. I absolutely *loved* Ella Enchanted. I can't even tell you how many times I've read that book. I thought Fairest was so-so, and decided to wait and get Ever from the library; thank god I ... Since May 8th I've finished:
Shades of Glory
Pirkei Avos
The Far Traveler
Ella Enchanted
From Dead to Worse
Shakespeare's Landlord
Love Lies Bleeding
28 out of 63 = 44%
A little behind where I should be.
I should have read 36 by now, but I've been reading ARCs and ... #68 - Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, 232 pages. Saw the movie, wanted to read the book. Cute, but another take on the Cinderella story. My big weepy books are: the Anne of Green Gables series, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, and Ella Enchanted. I guess I'm a sucker for orphaned heroines! I finished The Dark is Rising series, and I just did a reread of Ella Enchanted (a big favorite of mine).
Now I think I'm going to be wandering around, deciding what I should read next. ;) ... at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Shades of Glory by Lawrence D. Hogan 888
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine 888
Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin
The Woods by Harlan Coben
Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky - LT author
From Dead to ... 58. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
This was basically a retelling of the Cinderella story. Written for children, but still entertaining for me! ... with the female leads turned into real characters. One of my favorite childhood authors; her best-known book is probably Ella Enchanted.
Certain Terry Pratchett books have female leads, mainly any of the ones to do with witches (Equal Rites, Witches Abroad, Wyrd Sisters, Carpe Ju ... I saw the movie of Ella Enchanted first and have to admit that I was a bit disappointed when I read the book afterward.
And I totally agree with Ilithyia about Hugh Dancy. So Cute!! ... ability to sing "Somebody to Love" (Queen - I think) with the giants as back up singers!
If you liked the book Ella Enchanted she has a sequel Fairest about her Areida and living in Aorthya. She has several fairytale-ish books and they're all pretty good. I've just started Shades of Glory my April ER book. I read Ella Enchanted over the weekend - an embarrassingly easy read but in my 888 challenge as an award winner. A re-telling of the Cinderella tale.
On the way out of the house this morning I grabbed Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crisp ... ... my April ER book Shades of Glory. I'm dithering about a second book - possibly L.A. Requiem, Murder on the Links, or Ella Enchanted. Something light, anyway.
I'm supposed to read The Merry Wives of Windsor AND Hamlet for a June bookclub meeting, but am dithering about starting ... ... of Asprin's Myth series?
#3 Some other way of deleting numbers. For instance, do I need to count all three books of the Ella Enchanted series or just count the first/most important one?
*I'm at book 280, editing. The Dr Seuss books
Ella Enchanted
The Monster Bed
This is all I can think of now, I may come back later with more. ... a good job of following the book, than I might consider the movie cover. I would never, for example buy the movie cover of Ella Enchanted because the movie was totally unrelated to the book.
so far I haven't run into the opera book club thing, I think that she and I don't have very ... ... to be "teen reads": I read Wrinkle in Time when I was under 10 (and am reading it now to my kids, all under 12), and Ella Enchanted is also for young adolescents surely. Good books but not 'teen reads'.
I don't mean to be picky--if I did, this comment would go on for pages! I just ... I've read:
Blood of Flowers
A Child Called It
Cheaper by the Dozen
Chronicles of Narnia
copper sun
east
Ella Enchanted
Elsewhere
Feed
Fried Green Tomatoes
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Maximum Ride (both of them on this list)
New Moon
The Notebook
Pr ... ... Boy
The Catcher in the Rye
Chronicles of Narnia (as a child)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Ella Enchanted
Fahrenheit 451
Feed
Flowers for Algernon
Gathering Blue
The Giver (as a child)
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the G ... ... in Time
...as an adult:
Anansi Boys
The Book Thief
The Brief History of the Dead
The Chronicles of Narnia
Ella Enchanted
Flowers for Algernon
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (2-3 times)
Gilead
The Girls
The Giver
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The ... ... So glad to have found this group!
My favorites are Beauty by Robin McKinley, the Enchanted Forest Chronicles and Ella Enchanted,
But I also enjoyed the sort of fractured fairy tales in The Unhandsome Prince and Heroics for Beginners by John Moore. And I've found Jasper Fforde's ... My favorite???
I must say Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
The best. *more big, enormous, gigantic, large, huge, super-sized big hugs for meg*
One of my favorite comfort reads is Ella Enchanted. It still makes me laugh, and it's a fairly quick read. ... of Attolia, and The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
I loved the way each book was from a different POV.
Ella Enchanted and Fairest - Gail Carson Levine
Quite well done. Nothing like the movie (which I also enjoyed, but simply on its own merit).
The Hunter's Moon - ... Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen...is it possible to NOT love this book???
and
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine it's the first and one of the very few books to ever make me cry.
and
(currently) Terrier by Tamora Pierce Fantabulous! ... Lloyd Alexander
FAVORITE BOOK(s): Mountains Beyond Mountains, Kite Runner, Katherine, The Outsiders, Ella Enchanted, Walk on Water
FAVORITE DRINK: Cranberry Apple Juice, Ramune, Chai
FAVORITE CHEESE: Most of them
FAVOURITE SPELLING OF FAVORITE: Favourite…it looks ... ... few novels, although if you like "were-" stories, you might like her Owl in Love, featuring a girl who is a were-owl.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. Levine also recasts many fairy tales with an ironic twist in her humorous Princess Tales series.
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vi ... ... name of pants! - Louise Rennison
Category 8: Made into a film/Soon to be released as a film
1. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
2. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
3. Stardust by ... ... pick up one of her Shopaholic books at the library - not sure I loved it enough to pay for another of her books, though.
Ella Enchanted was delightful. It was an easy read, but it was clever and insightful. It was definitely worth reading, and far better than the film version, in my opinion. ... ... The Princess Diaries, and Lucy and Aslan from The Chronicles of Narnia.
As for crushes Harry Potter, Charmont from Ella Enchanted, and Sodapop from The Outsiders. LOL, I know. ... in the mountains; what more could you ask?
The Farthest-Away Mountain by Lynne Reid Banks is another little gem.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is great. Also Zel by Donna Jo Napoli.
I don't think anyone has mentioned Walter Wangerin Jr.'s The Book of the Dun Cow yet (not ... Maybe the best ones should be their own thread.
I agree on Ella Enchanted. Horrid movie, silly and uninteresting. ... Another entertaining read - I'm glad I bought book 3 while I was at it.
I'm currently reading two of my picks, Ella Enchanted and Home to Holly Springs.
... and Dimed
Feed
Courtesan
The Hollow Kingdom
The Prestige
Stardust
Twilight
Close Kin
Schooled
Ella Enchanted
Mere Christianity
The Wealthy Barber
The Great Divorce
Luminous Cities
The Myth of Ability
Fiction: 22
Non-Fiction: 7
Total: 29 ... in
Dreammaker's Magic and the Mystic and Rider series by Sharon Shinn
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Sorcery and Cecilia by Patricia C Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
Mag ... ... disadvantaged kids.
I need to get books for age group (10-14) and for (14-18).
For the 10-14, I was going to get Ella Enchanted, but I don't know whether they'll be going to boys or girls, so I'd like something with cross-gender appeal. Any suggestions for those age groups?
They ... ... so I'd try it out. I do know some people who didn't enjoy them, but those who do love Anne (like me) love her forever.
Ella Enchanted is one of my all-time faves!!! If it's a bit too long (not sure what her reading level's like, but Ella's pretty long) Gail Caron Levine has some great ... ... person. My favorite is Time Enough for Drums about the American Revolution.
And when I was about that age, I adored Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine and Beauty by Robin McKinley - both retold fairy tales.
Hope this helps :-) Holes and Ella Enchanted. The books were better although in the case of Holes I also liked the movie. Off hand, I can't think of any cases where I liked the movie better than the book... ... in the books until after I saw the movie. Needless to say the books were much better :-)
I also saw the movie of Ella Enchanted before I read the book. In that case I actually enjoyed the movie more than the book. ... really have been a lot of terrible film adaptations of children's books, haven't there? I have refused to see the film of Ella Enchanted. Lovely book, but I have not heard a single good thing about the film from other fans of the book. And I didn't even know there was a film of the Earthsea ... ... by Ai-Ling Louie
14. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
15. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
16. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
17. Horace Afoot by Frederick Reuss
18. Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
1 ... ... Games by D.J. MacHale
4. Charlie Bone and the Hidden King—Children of the Red King Book 5 by Jenny Nimmo
5. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
6. A Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
7. A Well-Timed Enchantment by Vivian Vand ... ... from The bronze bow
Marcellus from the robe
Pierre--calico captive
Rhys, The two princesses of Bamarre
Char, Ella enchanted
Owen,The Navigator
The prince,I coriander
They'll be more later ... A dictionary next to a book isn't working, takes to much time and breaks the story up in chunks.
I might check out Ella Enchanted, but it has a strong fantasy theme and for some reason she doesn't like those. I can't really find out why, she doesn't give very clear answers (shy, very, ... it's a little younger but it's been my fave since i was in middle school Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson
and the only other book besides Wicked that I enjoyed by Gregory Maguire: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister I agree that Ella Enchanted is truly terrible. I was actually talking about this adaptation just yesterday! ... the first three Enchanted Forest books, and am just biding my time until I can pick up Talking To Dragons. I also bought Ella Enchanted not long ago, but haven't read it yet.
City of Bones has an interesting premise, but the cover is one of the worst I have ever seen, and there are a few ... ... Pierce's fantasy. The Alanna series is my favorite, but there are a number who disagree.
You also might want to try Ella Enchanted as a fairy tale retelling. >15
I second The Book of Night with Moon. I also loved Morwen's cats in Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Series. They had such character, and such great names. ... if you haven't already.
I just finished Fairest by Gail Carson Levine and it's pretty good, not as good as Ella Enchanted by still a nice little read. The next books on my list are Elsewhere and Magyk ... by Nick Hornby
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Captain Corelli's Mandoli ... ... everything by Judith Tarr.
7. Fairest - Gail Carson Levine
The was a great children's book, a kind of sequel to Ella Enchanted about the land of Ayortha.
8. The Two Princesses of Bamarre - Gail Carson Levine
I really like Levine, she has a great sense of storytelling. I ... ... in which Charmed is one of the novels. These were some of the first Nora Roberts that I kept and reread eventually. Enchanted was a follow-up story to the original trilogy and featured Liam Donovan. (Sometimes Liam runs as a wolf.) ... thought the adaptation of Holes was satisfactory.
My least favorite adaptations would have to be The Princess Bride, Ella Enchanted, and the Harry Potter Movies, which deviated far too much from the original works, especially Ella Enchanted. That movie was insufferable, with the amount ... I second the Ella Enchanted movie. That was just plain bizarre. I hated Ella Enchanted the movie. Great kids' book, terrible, terrible movie. The adaptation of the Hobbit has to up there, although it's pretty fun to watch in a Mystery Science Theatre 3000 way, making fun of it (I mean, just look at Thranduil!) I also hated the Jim Carrey How the Grinch Sto ... Gail Carson Levine has a new book out, Fairest. It is based on Snow White...I enjoyed it as much as Ella Enchanted although it took me a while to get into it.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a great twist on the Three Little Pigs.
:-) ... catalogued, like Down and Out in Paris and London. And on the unsuggester page is the pairing of Orientalism with Ella Enchanted, both of which I loved. I feel like the unsuggestions don't quite get at the diversity of many people's book collections--in fact, they work on the opposite ... ... totally worth it.
d_rholambda - I'll be interested to see what you think of Fairest, I enjoyed it, but not as much as Ella Enchanted and the singing kinda got on my nerves.
Meaghan - I have to good-naturedly disagree with you, I liked Alaska much more than Katherines, it was one of the ... Wow, I love Dmitri too. But I'm partial to John Cusack anyway.
As for YA characters, I always liked Charming from Ella Enchanted, Sirius Black from Harry Potter, Laurie (Little Women), and John Reid (Time Enough for Drums). I'm sure I'll think of many more later, though. ... particularly Bartimaeus, his voice is just perfect.
Also just finished Gail Carson Levine's latest, Fairest. It's no Ella Enchanted, but definitely worth the read. I loved Ella Enchanted and The Princess Bride (does that count as a children's book?). And also Holes was a great movie, but I never read the book. ... number of reasons, though... The Historian was too creepy to listen to after dark (I'm a giant weenie), so I had to start Ella Enchanted to have something lighter to listen to at night. I also will double-up on books based on size... mass market paperbacks are so much easier to shove in my ... ... times that I adore. Currently I have quite a few Gregory Maguire books (which aren't exactly kidslit, I know), and Ella Enchanted. Anyone want to rec others? Talk about why these things are so darn fascinating? I have to disagree about Ella Enchanted. I was in love with the books when I read it two years before the movie came out, and the movie seemed to make fun of the book.
On the other hand, I fell in love with the movie Big Fish, and afterwards the book seemed lame, wandering, and ... ... about 2/3 of the way through - which also happened to be the point at which my iPod crapped out on me. Moving on to Ella Enchanted for a light kiddielit break before tackling Angela's Ashes.
I wish I had more time to read my non-audiobook, Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, because I'm ... ... it... I'm nearing the end, though, so I'll tough it out and hopefully it'll pick up again. I also started listening to Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, for when The Historian got too creepy to listen to at night and I needed something a bit fluffy. ... Beauty, the One Who Took the Really Long Nap. It's breezy, funny, and light-hearted. I really like retold fairy tales (Ella Enchanted, anyone?), especially ones with humor. The Twice Upon a Time books are also told with the alternating viewpoint technique-- one chapter "his story" (the Princ ... ...
Personally I loved the movie The Bourne Identity but when I read the book I didn't like it quite as much. The same with Ella Enchanted. It is not that I disliked the books, I just felt more in tune with the movie. Interestingly in both of these cases I did see the movies before reading the ...
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