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I've done some art for awesome web versions of Beauty and the Beast I've read, but here's some Beauty's from Beauty and the Beast adaptations I physically have on my shelf.
From top left we have Honor "Beauty" Huston from Robin Mckinley's lovely first novel, 1978's "Beauty", her first adaption of the classic tale, which Disney 100% took inspiration from for their version with it's chatty castle staff and bookworm Beauty.
Top right is Beauty from Mckinley's second adaptation, 1997's "Rose Daughter" , a dreamlike and fantastical version featuring a Beauty who is a talented gardener and plagued by dreams of the Beast awaiting her since childhood.
Bottom right is Annabelle "Belle" from the 2008 novel 'Belle' by Cameron Dokey, part of the Once Upon a Time book series of fairytale adaptations. Similar to Mckinley's Honor this Beauty is the plainest of her three sisters, but has a talent for woodcarving which comes in useful once she's taken into the Beast's domain.
And finally we have Beauty from @megan-kearney 's "Megan Kearney's Beauty and the Beast" which was originally a webcomic that ran from 2012-2019 but can now be also purchased as a paperback 3 volume set and I'm happy to say I own all of them :) This Beauty is a kind hearted scholar who has a past more mysterious then even she realizes...
They're all excellent books and I would highly recommend them :)
#my art#other people's awesome writing#book recs#beauty and the beast retelling#beauty and the beast#robin mckinley#cameron dokey#megan kearney#fairytale retellings
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Nandermo + Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
Something about loving someone for who they are even when they don't love themselves.
Something about being faced with such love and always being afraid of the moment it ends.
Something about fairytales and the darkness that comes before you get to live happily ever after.
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✨ The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Robin McKinley has a very atmospheric way of writing. A magical, a knightly way of writing. And that is plainly clear in this book as she rewrites four fairy tales and extrapolates on new themes and magic. I really liked this collection as each story felt new and different, even if I already new one of the tales- The Princess and the Frog- which ended up being one of my favorite retellings.
#godzilla reads#the door in the hedge#robin mckinley#reading#book review#book blog#bookworm#booklr#bookish#books and flowers
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The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams / The Curious Thing by Sandra Lim / Deerskin by Robin Mckinley / The Plague Dogs
#the plague dogs#richard adams#the curious thing#sandra lim#deerskin#robin mckinley#web weave#web weaving#my edit#traumacore#actually mentally ill#actually ptsd#dog
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JOMP BPC || March 27 || Flowers:
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
#Spindle's End#Robin McKinley#jompbpc#justonemorepage#books#book photo challenge#book photography#Not out of void but out of chaos#I just keep redoing this photo whenever this bush blooms!
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“People forgot; it was in the nature of people to forget, to blur boundaries, to retell stories to come out the way they wanted them to come out, to remember things as how they ought to be instead of how they were.”
#spindle's end#robin mckinley#fairy tale#fairy tale retelling#retelling#sleeping beauty#book#books#booklr#plant#book and plant#sleeping beauty retelling#my book pictures
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“Last night–I tried to go out of my room. The door wouldn’t open, and–I was frightened.”
“I see,” he said; it was no more than a rumble deep in his chest. “It was on my orders that the door was locked.”
“You said I had nothing to fear,” I said.
“That is so; but I am a Beast, and I cannot always behave prettily–even for you,” he replied.
--Robin McKinley, Beauty
#book quotes#fairy tales#robin mckinley#this was one of the books the smiling man put on Ollie's shelf#and I feel like it fits Empty Smiles themetically in terms of their dynamic#also will be relevant in Bright Lights eventually.
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#fairy tale retellings#robin mckinley#gail carson levine#juliet marillier#gregory maguire#jessica day george#shannon hale#angela carter#anna marie mclemore#edith pattou
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vote YES if you have finished the entire book.
vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.
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Curled up absolutely sobbing at, "I thought there was a world where I was too late, it's all okay if I was too early."
"IT'S ALL OKAY IF I WAS TOO EARLY"
#brb#an absolute wreck#brennan lee mulligan#you absolute madman#how dare you#RIGHT in my elder sister feels#it's all okay if I was early#it's all worth it#worlds beyond number#the wizard the witch and the wild one#episode 23#don't mind me#just going to be sobbing deeply into my pillow until I pass out#about brianne#fully hitting every time skip trauma button I have#hero and the crown#robin mckinley#Luthe always loved children#*sobbing*
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Little doodle for the ending of “Spindle’s End” (A Sleeping Beauty retelling where a butch cursed princess rescues the decoy Sleeping Beauty put in her place with True Love’s Kiss—and then they both end up with dudes -including a dude literally old enough to be her dad 🤢—cuz this is 2000 :p )
Anyway Rosie x Peony forever and the book really is lovely just ignore the tacked on ‘romance’ ending
#my art#spindle’s end#robin mckinley#sleeping beauty#wlw#fairy tale retelling#sleeping beauty retelling#briar rose#tried to put in Rosie’s ridiculously long eyelashes but not sure how well it shows up
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i also excluded beauty because while it is nice, i doubt it's anyone's favorite. comment below if i'm wrong!!
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Book Bracket: Favorite Novel by a NaNoWriMo Pep Talker
Did you know that nearly 70% of NaNoWriMo writers are women? This year for Women's History Month, we've gone through our list of NaNoWriMo Pep Talkers to find some of our favorite books written by women and featuring a strong female protagonist. In the spirit of March Madness, here's a just-for-fun book bracket featuring eight of our favorites. Which is yours?
To vote, choose your favorite on each individual poll that will be posted separately and linked below. We'll tally up the votes for all three rounds to find out which book you all like best!
We think all of these books are fantastic, and you should check them all out. If you want to see our full list of Pep Talk authors and read their inspiring messages, you can find them at https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talks
Round 1:
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce vs. Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron: Vote in Poll 1.1
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee vs. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin: Vote in Poll 1.2
The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley vs. Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders: Vote in Poll 1.3
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo vs. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik: Vote in Poll 1.4
#nanowrimo#book bracket#march madness#pep talks#by nano hq#poll#tamora pierce#kalynn bayron#min jin lee#nk jemisin#robin mckinley#charlie jane anders#elizabeth acevedo#naomi novik
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Deerskin - Robin McKinley
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