http://books.dreamthoughts.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:23:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Title: What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Author: Gregory Maguire Publish Date: 2007 So I loved Wicked, Maguire's cynical Wizard of Oz AU; I think it's brilliant in its intricate sideways look at Baum's universe. I liked Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, his retelling of Cinderella, reasonably well. ... http://books.dreamthoughts.org/fantasy/what-the-dickens Title: The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Author: Nancy Farmer Publish Date: 1994 Batten down the hatches, Abby's about to gush. The setting is Zimbabwe in the 22nd century. Tendai and his siblings, the children of the influential General Matsika, live a sheltered life just outside Harare -- until they sneak out ... http://books.dreamthoughts.org/science-fiction/the-ear-the-eye-and-the-arm Title: Turning the Storm Author: Naomi Kritzer Publish Date: 2003 I think most of the problem is that Turning The Storm is both the second and third books of a trilogy. It feels rushed. It's trying to wrap up all the plot threads from Fires Of The Faithful, plus the new ... http://books.dreamthoughts.org/fantasy/turning-the-storm Title: Beast Author: Donna Jo Napoli Publish Date: 2000 There are a lot of retellings of "Beauty and the Beast" out there, some more original than others, but almost all of them from Beauty's POV. Beast is, I think, the first book I've read to take the other perspective. That alone ... http://books.dreamthoughts.org/fantasy/beast Title: The Dragon Queen Author: Alice Borchardt Publish Date: 2001 "A writer with vision and scope", says the cover. This becomes less encouraging when you realize that it's quoting Anne Rice. Still less when you flip to the back and discover that Anne Rice is the author's sister. Explains it all, really. I wanted to ... http://books.dreamthoughts.org/fantasy/the-dragon-queen