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I recently finished Unenchanted by Chanda Hahn. I am a big fan of fairy tales and love to see them reimagined. Hahn attempts to bring not only fairy tales, but the myth of the Grimm curse to the 21st century. The Grimm curse has been mentioned in movies and the show Grimm where a Grimm descendant is responsible for either keeping stories in line or fairy tale creatures in their place. The narrative is centered around a young girl named Mina, who is unaware of her ancestry., i

I love stories about different cultures so I decided to give Bound a shot. Xing Xing is bound to her stepmother and stepsister. She is essentially a servant. Their wealth has diminished over the years and their only hope for survival is to marry, Wei Ping, the stepsister off to nobleman of some sort. Since the father never had Wei Ping's foot bound before, the stepmother decided she had better start binding her feet. Back then, small feet, bound feet, were consdered beautiful

So I have been a wee bit slackerish lately. My sincerest apologies. I started going to school to work on getting into a Bilingual Teching Credential and I've been focusing on that, but I always have time for leisurely reading. :) Book reviews coming up (in no particular order): NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (I keep wanting to write Jonah for some reason. Sorry, Joe!) NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, theNew York Times bestselling a