We have to wait until December 13th for the full length version, but it’s fun to get a hint of the epic movie that’s headed our way! Yay for more beards and the return of Legolas!
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Beauty and the Beast directed by Christophe Gans
Time to brush up on my French! I was so excited when I stumbled across this still from Christophe Gans’ adaptation of Beauty and the Beast that he is currently transforming for the Big Screen in February, 2014, that I had to share it here. Gans directed Brotherhood of the Wolf, a chilling, yet captivating … Continue reading
The Too-Clever Fox by Anna and Elena Balbusso
Siege and Storm comes out today (!) by the marvelous and creative Leigh Bardugo, and while I’m waiting patiently to get my hands on a copy of the much talked-about sequel to Shadow and Bone, I’ve devoured the novella that Tor Books released today to celebrate, called The Too-Clever Fox (which you can read online for … Continue reading
Song of a Stone Heart by Magdalena
Baba Yaga and the Skulls of Her Enemies by Isabelle Melançon
Isabelle Melançon (aka Secondlina) posted this amazing image she created on her blog recently; I would love to read about this character. Such a great idea: One of my favorite fairy tale figures is Baba Yaga, an old witch who lives in an enchanted forest, rides a mortar instead of a broom, lives in a … Continue reading
Haunted by Ghosts of Every Description by Valin Mattheis
Magic by C. Viss
On Telling Tales…
“To have the antiquarian Grimm Brothers regarded as the fathers of modern folklore is perhaps to forget the maternal lineage, the ‘mothers’ who in the French veillées and English nurseries, in court salons and the German Spinnstube, in Paris and on the Yorkshire moors, passed on their wisdom. The Grimm brothers, like Tereus, Ovid, King Shahryar, Basile, … Continue reading
Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller
Top Ten Inspiring Authors to Celebrate Our One Year Blogiversary
Wowza. We can’t believe it, but it’s been a year since we launched Gathered Nettles! In order to celebrate, we’re feasting on pancakes and have put together a list of the authors we’ve become acquainted with in the past year who have totally rocked our world. This inspirational Top Ten honors the reason we, as … Continue reading