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My grandma is the toughest and wisest woman I know! #wisewomanday @Eggs

#wisewomenday #thankfulthoughts

This collection features 100 folk tales from around the world about girls and women who actually do things: they rescue each other as well as the princes they woo; with their sharp wit, they demonstrate the danger of underestimating a woman‘s intellect; and they prove the power of peacemaking in the midst of war. Not every story won me over, but for the most part, this is a refreshing alternative to the helpless damsel-in-distress fairy tales.

All the books read for this months #LitsyATXReadersSociety theme: fairy tale retellings/reimaginings

Three are mine (I kind of went overboard this month cause I LOVE this theme) - and I‘m super excited to read all the ones talked about by other members!

1. My latest bargain ebook! (What can I say, my weekends are all booked. 😂)
2. Nope but that would be fun. #AustinTX anyone?
3. Breakfast! Any combo of cereal, bananas, pancakes, scrambled eggs, hash browns, or chicken sausage—maybe with some salsa. 😋
4. Navy blue with embroidery around the neckline.
5. 28. But six of them are series so I think I should get extra credit. 😉
@MinDea #HumpDayPost

Almost immediately after I got an idea yesterday for writing a feminist fairy tale to round out the story collection I‘ve been working on, I discovered this via @bookriot Deal of the Day. What are the odds?? I had never heard of it before, and the timing was perfect. Synchronicity happening for sure. And it‘s still on sale at Amazon last I checked!

Finished this in the nick of time! I needed a fairytale from another culture to complete my Round the Year in 52 Books Challenge. Loved some of these female-centred fairy tales more than others. But loved reading the ways women are portrayed in fairy tales around the world 🌘 #christmastimereads #7booksin7days #book5