fairytales – Robo♥beat

At its heart, The Last Wish is a series of monster stories. The first book in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher series (which CD Projekt RED's video games are based on), it's not so much a novel as a line-up of short stories that depict Geralt of Rivia taking on monster-hunting contracts. It feels like reading dark fairy tales,… Continue reading Getting to Know the Witcher in “The Last Wish”

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Halloween Book Pick: “The Bloody Chamber”

October 4, 2012October 4, 2012 Ashley

October is the only month of the year that I go out of my way to find dark stories and scare myself with horror films. This year, I'm re-reading Angela Carter's collection The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories for the first time since college. The stories retell fairytales with a Gothic tone and feminist twist. It completely… Continue reading Halloween Book Pick: “The Bloody Chamber”