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Once Upon a Time Challenge: Messenger by Lois Lowry

Once Upon a Time Challenge: Messenger by Lois Lowry

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This is my second post for the 2013 Once Upon a Time challenge over at Stainless Steel Droppings. (The first was Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin.) As I mentioned, I’m doing Quest the Second, which calls for the reading of one mythology, folktale, fairy tale, and fantasy book. After reading Messenger by Lois Lowry, I dithered over classifications and finally decided to put this novel in the fairy tale category. I think the forest was the tipping point. Midsummer Night’s…

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Stardust Read-a-long

Stardust Read-a-long

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As a (ahem…tardy) member of Carl’s Once Upon A Time Challenge, I’m excited to participate in the Stardust read-a-long over at Stainless Steel Droppings. As you know from previous posts, of late I’ve become a Neil Gaiman fan, having read (along with Carl and the gang) Neverwhere and The Graveyard Book. And you also know, knowing me, there has to be a ghost in there somewhere. I love what Neil Gaiman said at the end of The Graveyard Book when…

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