I started drafting this over a month ago but it's ended up being quite topical, so apparently being far too busy to finish this in time had a silver lining! Disney's The Little Mermaid is a love story about a mermaid who is granted humanity (though personally, I think Ariel comes across as giving up [...]
It's been absolutely ages since I have done one of these but I plan to bring them back to being a regular feature! Today, I want to talk about one of my favourite books: Poison. It's a dark, twisted look on the traditional fairy tale and very self aware, poking at tropes and narrative devices used in [...]
(If I backdate this to the start of September, will people notice I'm severely late on this and that I completely missed August?) Rapunzel is an odd one - it's one of those stories that you think you know but the original is a little bit more interesting and in true Grimm fashion, a little [...]
Hi all, this month I'm venturing outside the bookish world and talking about Once Upon a Time. I absolutely *adored* this show and after 7 glorious seasons we saw the last episode this year. This show weaves fairy tales and literary characters into a larger plot that spans across both our world and a realm [...]
Hi folks and welcome to another instalment of Fairy Tale Fridays! Today I want to talk about Cinderella. The most famous version of the tale is the Charles Perrault incarnation which Disney adapted in 1950. I thought it would be more interesting (and darker) to look at the Brother's Grimm version today. Fairy tales, and [...]
Hello and welcome to the third in my monthly series on fairy tales! This month I want to talk about The Sisters Grimm, a middle grade book series. Some Background Information Author: Michael Buckley Illustrator: Peter Ferguson Based on: various fairy tales, the Brothers Grimm, Shakespeare and more! Published: 2005-2012 Fairy tale tropes featured: wands, [...]
Welcome to Fairy Tale Fridays, a new monthly series where I pick fairy tale inspired media and share my love of fairy tales. Today I'm focusing on Neil Gaiman's The Sleeper and the Spindle. I didn't enjoy this much on the first reading but when I re-read the book for this blog post I kind [...]
