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Enchanted Garden Book Club

What is the Enchanted Garden Book Club?

This is our quarterly book club to discuss fairy-tale retellings. Discussion months are March, June, September, and December. The month following a discussion we will vote on the next book. Elizabeth and Mary do individual reviews on their respective blogs, and do an in-depth discussion covering the questions below. We host more open discussions about the book on our Discord community and in our Facebook group. Join us on Discord or Facebook to discuss all things fairy-tale, as well as the current book club title.

​Our in-depth discussions cover six questions:
  1. In what ways is the retelling similar to the original fairy tale?
  2. How are the two stories different?
  3. Did the retelling retain enough of the original to be satisfying? Why or why not?
  4. What did the retelling do better than the original?
  5. What gaps did the retelling fill in that were missing in the original?
  6. Any additional thoughts about this book?
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June 2020 Book

​Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Fairy-Tale: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Historical Context
  • Discussion

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September 2020 Book

​Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Fairy-Tale: Rumpelstiltskin
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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December 2020 Book

Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson

Fairy-Tale: Diamonds and Toads
  • ​​Introduction
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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March 2021 Book

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Fairy-Tales: Hansel & Gretel, The Gingerbread Man
  • Introduction
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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June 2021 Book

Towering by Alex Flinn

​Fairy-Tale: Rapunzel
  • Introduction
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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September 2021 Book

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

​Fairy-Tale: Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Introduction
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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December 2021 Book

The Raven and the Reindeer by T. Kingfisher

Fairy-Tale: The Snow Queen
  • ​Introduction
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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March 2022 Book

Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer

Fairy-Tales: Beauty and the Beast; East of the Sun, West of the Moon; Tam Lin
  • ​Introduction
  • Mary's Review
  • Elizabeth's Review
  • Discussion

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June 2022 Book

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

Fairy-Tale: The Goose Girl

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    • Elizabeth's Bio
    • Elizabeth's Blog >
      • Chronicling
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  • Contact