Welcome to Litsy!

A fun tour of Yolen's short stories about classic fictional characters, from Robin Hood to Lancelot to Dorothy from Oz and Alice in Wonderland. My favorite was "Lost Girls," where the newest "Wendy" Peter Pan takes to Neverland leads all the girls in a strike for equality. Loved the process notes and poems at the end of the book too!

Including a pic of my reading buddy Watney finding the nearest sunbeam.

#CatsOfLitsy #FeministFairyTales

#20in4 #Readathon results!

-Almost 12 hours of reading
-3 books finished
-Looking forward to finishing the tagged book

Thanks, @Andrew65, for a fun challenge!

Just finished now this collection of stories by this great Nebula Award winning author and I really enjoyed it. It took me a while to get through all these reimagined folk tales, children's stories, historical stories, legends, myths and more but it was worth the time and I am glad I didn't rush and gave most of these stories the attention they deserved.

And since it is the first book I finished this month, here is my #BookSpinBingo card as well.

I grew up on fairy tales, so I don‘t why Jane Yolen, dubbed the Hans Christian Andersen of America, hasn‘t shown up on my radar before. I‘m glad I stumbled on this story collection of hers—a delightful mix of reimagined fairy tales, Arthurian legends, and even origin stories of historical figures. Yolen is such a master of the fairy tale tradition that her retellings could almost be mistaken for the original yarns that inspired them.

Short stories based on classic fairy tales. Great sci-fi and fantasy twists. Love Jane Yolan

This morning‘s #audiowalk listening to #getbooked podcast and blowing up my TBR some more.

This is my favourite street to walk along, its cliff top and the views are gorgeous. That‘s Rangitoto Island there, the landmark that means I‘m home 😍

Tagged book is the one I‘ve just started - looks good so far 👍

Not a fan of short stories BUT this had my name all over it. Peter pan, wizard of oz, King arthur, edgar Allen Poe and even Alice in wonderland are just some of the tales featured and spun into dark but un-putdownable stories.

You have spoiled me again @ReadingRover ! I‘ve had a rough week but this really brightened it up. I love all of the Oz goodies, especially the Vynl funkos! So adorable. 🤗💚 I‘ve been wanting to read Adulthood is a Myth, and The Emerald Circus looks great! Thank you for including a book for Jace, his library is growing! Love the bath bomb, tea, keychains, charm and stickers. Thank you so much for being so awesome! 🌈🌪👠

#bookmail

Lovely collection based on classics, literary figures and fairytales. #shortstories #fantasy

I‘m needing to get my hands on The Emerald Circus and Noir asap! Noir comes out sooooooon!!! 😀 Thanks @swishandflick for the amazing #swishandwin!!

Jane Yolen is awesome. Fantastical stories about Merlin and Wendy and Dorothy and Alice and... Beautiful and weird and absolutely terrific.

As with any collection of shorts, not all are equal, but every story was enchanting. Yolen's takes on various beloved properties (Arthurian legend, Wonderland, etc) were fantastically inventive: Alice faces off against the Jabberwock, the Lost Girls go on strike, Robin Hood's real origin story and more! I hope she gets around to writing the full story of Evian Steel (girls forging magic Arthurian swords), because as a proof of concept, I'm SOLD!