I requested this one – a graphic novel written by YA author Shannon Hale – for my birthday. I'm a big fan of stories which take fairy tales and worldbuild so that the often-illogical details of the original story suddenly make sense. Robin McKinley is the mistress of this genre, covering nearly all the most famous stories, but Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted and Margo Lanagan's Tender Morsels (veeeery different books, don't get them mixed up) are some good examples. Also, Juliet...
Published on January 06, 2010 04:29