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My Christmas present from my mom 🎄
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I felt their children and grandchildren, eager to meet me and see if I was as interesting as their parents had said.
And I felt my Yashaa, bearded and wrinkled, when he pressed his lips to mine.
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A Thousand Nights series

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The story is about a girl who sacrifices herself to save her sister from a king who kills his brides

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The threads of magic are tightly spun, binding princess and exiled spinners into a desperate plot to break the curse before the demon can become a queen of men. But the web of power is dangerously tangled--and they may not see the true pattern until it is unspooled.
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We know exactly how we came to these cold, hard mountains, and we remember everything that we have lost since we arrived here.
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The threads of magic are tightly spun, binding princess and exiled spinners into a desperate plot to break the curse before the demon can become a queen of men. But the web of power is dangerously tangled--and they may not see the true pattern until it is unspooled.
#Spindle #EKJohnston #AThousandNights #book #books #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite #Fantasy #YoungAdult #Retellings #FairyTales #Fiction #Romance #YoungAdultFantasy #Magic 💙💙💙

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And I felt my Yashaa, bearded and wrinkled, when he pressed his lips to mine.
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We know exactly how we came to these cold, hard mountains, and we remember everything that we have lost since we arrived here.
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And I felt my Yashaa, bearded and wrinkled, when he pressed his lips to mine.
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Spindle by: E.K. Johnston 📚📚
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We know exactly how we came to these cold, hard mountains, and we remember everything that we have lost since we arrived here.
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And I felt my Yashaa, bearded and wrinkled, when he pressed his lips to mine. #Spindle #EKJohnston #AThousandNights #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookxcess #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign #bookclub #bookclubs #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookbag #bookbinding #bookbeau #bookblog #bookblogger #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite #booknerdy #booknook #booknation #nerd #nerds #nerdy 💚💚💚💚

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Yaasha sets out to break the curse over the kingdom with his three friends and the princess herself in this lush, transformative retelling of Sleeping Beauty

You‘ve gotta dance like there‘s nobody watching, Love like you‘ll never be hurt, Sing like there‘s nobody listening, And live like it‘s heaven on earth. -William W. Purkey #Spindle #EKJohnston #AThousandNights #WilliamWPurkey #book #books #bookart #bookartist #bookaddict #bookaddicts #bookaddiction #bookaholic #bookaholics #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshelfie #bookstack #stack #bookstore #bookshop #bookshopper #bookshopping #bookdesign 💓💓💓💓💓

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The mind I love must have wild places. -Katharine Mansfield #Spindle #EKJohnston #KatharineMansfield #book #books #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshelfie #bookstack #stack #bookstore #bookshop #bookshopping #bookshopper #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgasm #bookgang #bookgiveaway #bookhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookholic #bookholics 💓💓💓💓💓

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This was a nice, quick read and the characters were interesting, but I didn't find the plot overly engaging. Definitely the first 100 pages or so were slow going. I do wonder if it would have read better if I'd read book 1, even though they don't involve the same characters. Very much a meh read. #YA #fantasy #retelling #iwantamehsticker

"We watched it whirl, faster and faster as Tariq spun. His thread stretched thin in places, and was thick and uneven in others, but he didn't care. All he wanted, all he needed, was to feel the pull of the spindle's drop and the growth of thread beneath his fingers."

This was slow to start but I'm finding it more interesting now that I'm 150 pages in. Let's see if it holds through the second half. #YA #fantasy #istartedwithbooktwo #retelling

Ok...I need opinions. My friend just told me she would buy me any book for my birthday and this was the one I picked out. Now I am at the hundred page Mark and I am just so not into it. If it wasn't a gift I would just put it aside and sell it eventually at half price books but I don't want to hurt my friends feelings but I have other books on my shelf that are calling my name. Thoughts?

My first book read this year was Spindle by EK Johnston and I absolutely loved it! It's sort of a sequel to her first book A Thousand Nights but can stand on its own.

#ReadJanuary

Our reviewer enjoyed reading Spindle! It wasn't perfect for them, but they enjoyed the fantasy and retelling.

I enjoyed this book. I am a big fan of retellings so I am always on the lookout for new twists on familiar stories. This is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty & the 2nd book in the Thousand night series. I may have enjoyed this book even more than A Thousand Nights if it hadn't been for the ending. I don't know what it is but I felt almost cheated with that ending.

How fitting is it that while reading a book that is a retelling I use a bookmark has characters from a show that is constantly focused on retellings? I have to show some Rumple love (although Killian/Hook is my favorite 😍😍).

It seems only right that when I am reading a Sleeping Beauty retelling I need to use a Maleficent bookmark 😁😀

As soon as I found out this was a Sleeping Beauty inspired read, I got excited to read it. I haven't read A Thousand Nights yet, but the interstitial short story that takes place between “A Thousand Nights” and “Spindle” is available for FREE on Nook and Kindle. It‘s called “Garden of Three Hundred Flowers! Can't wait to dive into this one.

In partnership with Disney-Hyperion, here's a cozy winter giveaway for my Litsy friends. Here's your chance to snuggle in with a new YA Sleeping Beauty retelling!

One winner receives:
· copy of Spindle
· Sleepytime Tea
· Cozy Socks
· Tea infuser travel mug

To enter, leave a thoughtful comment telling me why you want to read this! Ends 12/9/16. US only, our usual giveaway rules (on the blog) apply.

Prizes + review copy provided by the publisher.