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Enchanted Garden Book Club on Hiatus

Elizabeth has been dealing with some chronic health problems. Therefore the Enchanted Garden Book Club is on temporary hiatus. We will resume once she is feeling well! Can't do book club without her. We wish her the best of health and send our love.

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Mary Reviews: Vassa in the Night

Title: Vassa in the NightAuthor: Sarah PorterGenre: Magical RealismSeries: standaloneFairy-tale Inspiration:Vassilissa the BeautifulAge group: Young AdultAuthor website: https://www.sarahporterbooks.com/"Turn around," I sing. My voice comes out thin and crackly. "Turn...

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Elizabeth Reviews: The Bone Spindle

The Bone Spindleby Leslie VedderGenre: YA Fantasy, Fairy-Tale AdaptationFirst published 2022 ​That night she dreamed of a white stone tower thronged in roses....​The room inside the tower was equally overgrown, but here the roses were bloodred. The...

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This Quarter’s Book Pick

Our Fairy-Tale Book Club Pick for December 2022 is: The Bone SpindlebyLeslie Vedder Join us in reading this adaptation of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairy tale. In December, Mary and Elizabeth will each share a review of this novel. Then, they will discuss the book and...

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Sisters in Story Discuss: Six Crimson Cranes

This quarter, for our third book club pick of 2022, we are discussing Six Crimson Cranes, a fairy tale retelling by Elizabeth Lim which combines tales such as Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans" and the Grimm's "The Six Swans" with East Asian folklore. We've...

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