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A review by emmareadstoomuch
Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert
5.0
My first favorite book of the year...happening in the first month of the year?
It's more likely than you think.
https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/the-very-best-books-of-the-worst-year-yet/
And since usually I end up five starring less than 10% of the books I read in any given year, I was thinking "not very likely."
Dear Melissa Albert: Thank you for making this book (which I basically had the idea for - I mean, you mentioned it in a different book, but I am on the record as saying I would like it to be a real book before even you were, so), and thank you for making it everything I wanted it to be, and thank you for giving me a five star read against the odds.
Even if I've read 30+ so far this year with only one more five star to my name. So what. We count our blessings.
This is a book of fairytales (my favorite) that is full of darkness and blood and powerful girls and selfish girls and powerful girls and violence and anger and revenge and badassery (all of which are my other favorites).
It is, in short, a dream.
Bottom line: More please!!!
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pre-review
when the book you dreamed up lives up to said dream >>>
review to come / 5 stars
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currently-reading updates
i don't want to be dramatic but i think this is the prettiest book that has ever existed
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tbr review
i WAS trying to buy fewer books this year...but then this one came out.
"I want to read Tales from the Hinterland (Grandnanny’s book) so badly. If Melissa Albert is smart, or loves me or the world or both, she will write that spinoff."
THAT'S FROM MY REVIEW OF THE HAZEL WOOD.
WHICH I WROTE MONTHS AGO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?????? I'm magical and the world is granting my wishes.
...
I would also like a pony and for all of my student loan debt to be paid off. And unlimited cookies.
It's more likely than you think.
https://emmareadstoomuch.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/the-very-best-books-of-the-worst-year-yet/
And since usually I end up five starring less than 10% of the books I read in any given year, I was thinking "not very likely."
Dear Melissa Albert: Thank you for making this book (which I basically had the idea for - I mean, you mentioned it in a different book, but I am on the record as saying I would like it to be a real book before even you were, so), and thank you for making it everything I wanted it to be, and thank you for giving me a five star read against the odds.
Even if I've read 30+ so far this year with only one more five star to my name. So what. We count our blessings.
This is a book of fairytales (my favorite) that is full of darkness and blood and powerful girls and selfish girls and powerful girls and violence and anger and revenge and badassery (all of which are my other favorites).
It is, in short, a dream.
Bottom line: More please!!!
------------
pre-review
when the book you dreamed up lives up to said dream >>>
review to come / 5 stars
------------
currently-reading updates
i don't want to be dramatic but i think this is the prettiest book that has ever existed
------------
tbr review
i WAS trying to buy fewer books this year...but then this one came out.
"I want to read Tales from the Hinterland (Grandnanny’s book) so badly. If Melissa Albert is smart, or loves me or the world or both, she will write that spinoff."
THAT'S FROM MY REVIEW OF THE HAZEL WOOD.
WHICH I WROTE MONTHS AGO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?????? I'm magical and the world is granting my wishes.
...
I would also like a pony and for all of my student loan debt to be paid off. And unlimited cookies.