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Book 31 - A book you started but never finished

The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm edited by Noel Daniel, translated by Matthew P. Price

"Silly Songs with Larry. The part of the show where Larry comes out, and sings a silly song."

You may have noticed that the last few books have trailed one behind the other with little time in between. If we are going to keep with our challenge and show the list who's boss; we will need to read some books that are of little volume and quick reading. I don't regret the two weeks where vacations took hold and I only read one book. With such slacking on my part, you had to have seen this coming. 

But let's not dwell on the past, tis a nasty place to sit and ponder. To the book!

If there is one thing I absolutely hate, it is starting a book and not finishing it. I can't start a book and then put it down and start a new one. That just isn't okay.

So then you may be wondering how I have come to read a book that I started but never finished. 

Well, this isn't a novel. If I hadn't already used the "A book of short stories" this book would have been perfect. This book is comprised of 27 fairy tales all written by the Grimm Brothers, translated from the seventh edition which was written in 1857.

If there is one thing I love about The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm it is how wonderfully they are different from those Disney versions we've all seen. They are, after all, the originals.

Today's parents would have a hard time reading these tales to their children as they are not exactly written for a younger audience. 

These stories are rather morbid, gruesome; not, altogether, pleasant. 

A few months ago I had the pleasure of visiting the cinema, on my own independence, to view the film Into the Woods. I rather enjoyed the fable as it is both musical and fairy tale wrapped into two beautiful hours. The movie is dark and very much Grimm. (See what I did there?) While I was reading the stories in this book I was happy to encounter fairy tales which the movie bad based it's stories off of. These sorts of fairy tales are far more exciting than Disney's butterflies and daisies. 

Though I have happily viewed many a Disney classic in my time, I was very excited to have the opportunity to confront the same tales that I've always loved, but in a wonderfully new way. 

I would not suggest that you take this book to your next daycare read-a-long, but if you have even the slightest respect for literature, pick it up. It's fantastical!

Take a break, for heat exhaustion's sake! this is t-bear signing off