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For August, I‘ve selected this collection of dark, twisted, angry fairy tale retelling short stories.

Wonderfully creepy and full of rage, these were everything I wanted out of them.

#12BooksOf2025 @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo Sounds good 1w

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rwmg

The Shortest Day | Colm Tóibín

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Nicely done eerie tale.

#coffeeandabook
#seasonalreading

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GingerAntics

The Shortest Day | Colm Tóibín

I couldn‘t sleep last night, I so enjoyed my yearly reread of this lovely little short story.

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Arvena

The Monsters of Rookhaven | Padraig Kenny

so-so

Gothic, eerie and spooky tale of friendship and monsters.

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Make dumb choices, win stupid prizes. A hauntingly written battle of conscience.

#TheElements

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BookmarkTavern

Tangleweed and Brine | Deirdre Sullivan

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You think the Grimm fairy tales are dark and twisted. Just wait until the women of the story decide that they‘ve had enough.

13 beautiful, lyrical, and dark retellings of 13 different fairy tales. I desperately need to listen to these on audio during a dark autumn evening. All about the patriarchy‘s control of our bodies and voices, and the feminine rage unleashed to control our stories. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

BookmarkTavern A very belated thank you @Aconight for the book. I loved it. #14Books14Weeks @Liz_M #CatsOfLitsy #Lucygirl

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BookmarkTavern General warning for references to sexual assault, violence, body horror; Specific warning for Riverbed, threats of sexual assault and incest (edited) 5mo

Texreader What a beauty!!! 5mo

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AnnCrystal 💕😻💝. 5mo

ElizaMarie This Kitty is so so cute! So beautiful! I couldn't get anything done if I had that baby on my lap! 5mo

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willaful How can you get any reading done?! 2mo

BookmarkTavern @willaful USUALLY, she curls up in the crook of my knees when I‘m curled up on the couch. She just posed very dramatically this time. 😂 2mo

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britt_brooke

Earth | John Boyne

Been a while since I‘ve relaxed with a book at soccer practice. It‘s warm but pretty nice out! 📖⚽️

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Hooked_on_books

Earth | John Boyne

I know Boyne is well liked, but apparently he‘s as bad as JKR and I thought people might want to know.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/11/polari-prize-nominees-and-judges-w...

mcctrish This came up in my feed too 5mo

Prairiegirl_reading This is so disappointing. 😞 5mo

EKonrad Oof. So disappointing. 😢 5mo

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TheBookHippie I knew this. Also he‘s hugely antisemitic… covered in writing so you feel bad for the non Jewish person in his writing… hugely problematic. It is disappointing as I loved some of his books… there have been articles before about him. Not this huge however. 😵‍💫 5mo

lil1inblue Ugh. Gross. The statement from Polari gave me so much ick. 5mo

TrishB I‘ve been following this on Twitter….its been known for a while, sadly. 5mo

BarbaraBB Wow this is new to me. 5mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie @TrishB My guess is this story hasn‘t been as big as JKR because he lacks her level of fame. But it makes me glad I‘ve never read any of his books. I for sure won‘t now. 5mo

TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I loved The Hearts invisible Furies by him … then I read quotes from him on how there were good Nazis 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. 5mo

marleed Oh dang. I‘ve loved his books but have now dropped him from my auto read authors. 5mo

AmyG NOOOOOOOO. Goddammit. @TheBookHippie WTF? (edited) 5mo

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie What the what now? 😵 5mo

TheBookHippie @AmyG yup even got into a war of words with THE Auschwitz Memorial and others …. @lil1inblue (edited) 5mo

Deblovestoread So incredibly disappointing! I don‘t know why I expect better from authors but I do. (edited) 5mo

Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie Sure, all those good Nazis! What were the rest of us thinking? 😵‍💫 5mo

peaKnit @AmyG I think you were reading my mind with your comment. WTF indeed! 💩 5mo

CarolynM Seems a bizarre decision by Polari. I didn‘t know Boyne was problematic but I didn‘t much like the only one of his books I‘ve read so I wasn‘t planning on reading any more anyway. 5mo

Amiable DAMN. I love(d) Boyne‘s books. I‘d heard none of this. It feels like a kick in the stomach. 5mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie sounds like an author to avoid. 5mo

AmyG @Amiable Same. 😢 5mo

janeycanuck I heard rumblings about this a few years after The Heart‘s Invisible Furies came out but nothing definitive. How disappointing that he‘s still on this train. 5mo

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