Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale | 
My #BookishConfession is that, while 'hate' is too strong a word, I find myths and fairytales to be deeply, deeply uninteresting. I usually try to avoid fiction tied too closely to them by allusion, theme, or structure because my eyes tend to glaze over.
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CouronneDhiver I'm totally with you! 👏🏽 7y
Lindy This surprises me. The first books I remember loving were big fat collections of fairy tales at my grandmother's house. Encountering them in contemporary writing is a special thrill. 7y
shawnmooney @Lindy Again, this is definitely not a hatred, but I just find fairytales and myths to be boring and devoid of any visceral meaning or appeal for me. They are in some ways the ancestors of the novel, but let's leave them buried in the cemetery – that's my feeling. :) 7y
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Lindy @shawnmooney I find they touch the elemental fears, so they are visceral to me. I'm not talking about Disney versions, of course; those are bland and unappealing to me. 7y
shawnmooney @Lindy My opinions on this topic, unlike, say, Proust or Harry Potter, are tentative: if you suggest a fairytale or myth/novel pairing that I should read – not Oyeyemi, as I need some more time before I am ready to give her another try – I will do so sometime and let you know how I make out… :-) (Of course, no pressure at all to bother to do so...:) 7y
Lindy @shawnmooney Challenge accepted. I will think carefully on this. 7y
shawnmooney @Lindy Wonderful! Take your time. But I'm excited! 7y
shawnmooney @lindy In university I did Muriel Spark's novels, some of which played on fairytales and Shakespeare plays. So I have maybe read many of those… 7y
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