tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post7729179462867359954..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : The Goose Girl by Shannon HaleBookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-59491168297102733372011-04-30T09:21:40.616-05:002011-04-30T09:21:40.616-05:00Glad you liked The Goose Girl! Enna Burning is fa...Glad you liked The Goose Girl! Enna Burning is fantastic as well. Shannon Hale doesn't leave her world-building just to the first book. She keeps on developing the world and the characters through Enna Burning and River Secrets. I haven't read the fourth book yet.Christyhttp://agoodstoppingpoint.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-695753098226240452011-04-19T12:09:03.816-05:002011-04-19T12:09:03.816-05:00Jenclair,
I wondered if you'd read The Goose ...Jenclair,<br /><br />I wondered if you'd read The Goose Girl! I just realized it's my third Shannon Hale read; I'd forgotten about Austenland. So far, I've loved everything I've read by her, but The Goose Girl is definitely my favorite of the three. I agree; she knows how to turn a fairy tale into an adventurous new story.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-44593754839585523752011-04-19T10:36:59.545-05:002011-04-19T10:36:59.545-05:00I loved it. It was my favorite in the series that...I loved it. It was my favorite in the series that continues with other characters. I also enjoyed her Book of a Thousand Days. She knows how to twist a traditional fairy tale!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-59192403216267720052011-04-18T19:34:44.893-05:002011-04-18T19:34:44.893-05:00Samantha,
Isn't it wonderful? I think I used...Samantha,<br /><br />Isn't it wonderful? I think I used the word "enchanting" in there, somewhere, too. I just couldn't bear to set it aside, after I started. I think I might have a copy of Book of the Thousand Days, too. I'll have to scrounge for that one and add it to my (personal) challenge shelf, if I do. I've been in a fantasy mood, lately. The Nathaniel Hawthorne book I read probably would have fit the Once Upon a Time Challenge, too, had I felt like joining.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-21363011318365549962011-04-18T19:27:26.277-05:002011-04-18T19:27:26.277-05:00I just loved this book when I read it as well! It...I just loved this book when I read it as well! It was so enchanting and I couldn't put it down :) I'm hoping to read Book of the Thousand Days by this author for the Once Upon a Time V Challenge...let's hope I get the chance :)samantha.1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/04124614710493747821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-84154645622324313752011-04-18T16:24:10.106-05:002011-04-18T16:24:10.106-05:00Jeane,
I'm glad I finally got around to it! ...Jeane,<br /><br />I'm glad I finally got around to it! I hope you fall in love with it, like I did.Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-38686711142582072882011-04-18T15:45:03.232-05:002011-04-18T15:45:03.232-05:00Sounds lovely I've been wanting to read it too...Sounds lovely I've been wanting to read it too.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-42372381188219923672011-04-18T14:26:57.929-05:002011-04-18T14:26:57.929-05:00Kathy,
It is, indeed. :)Kathy,<br /><br />It is, indeed. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-37791108822276586072011-04-18T13:35:39.297-05:002011-04-18T13:35:39.297-05:00That sounds fabulous!That sounds fabulous!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-13251437088347756912011-04-18T12:51:26.993-05:002011-04-18T12:51:26.993-05:00Jenny,
I'm pretty sure I've just read two...Jenny,<br /><br />I'm pretty sure I've just read two books by Shannon Hale but The Goose Girl is definitely my favorite of the two. I've got Enna Burning on my challenge shelf and just writing this review has made me doubly eager to read it!Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-16055301742767004822011-04-18T12:50:15.704-05:002011-04-18T12:50:15.704-05:00Joy,
I've discovered I have a low tolerance f...Joy,<br /><br />I've discovered I have a low tolerance for audio books. Either the reader isn't dramatic enough or is too dramatic or I don't like their voice or all the parts they read sound the same. There's always something to put me off. Theatrical audiobooks are better -- you mean with more than one voice, right? It must not have been too bad for a 4/5! <br /><br />Zibilee,<br /><br />If I've read the original, I've forgotten it. I did have a big book of fairy tales as a child, but I'm pretty sure they weren't Grimm's, so I'm leaning toward thinking I've never read it. Regardless, the story is wonderful. I have read one other book by Hale, The Princess Academy, and the slow build-up nearly did me in but I recall feeling like it was worth the wait. The Goose Girl totally sucked me in and held on. It was partly the realization that I'd found something I really didn't want to put down that helped me set aside the other book I was reading at the time (My Jane Austen Summer - which became a DNF 125 pages in).Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-28910445821065124682011-04-18T12:42:45.156-05:002011-04-18T12:42:45.156-05:00Kay,
So . . . how big is that library hold list? ...Kay,<br /><br />So . . . how big is that library hold list? LOL I will tell you I gobbled The Goose Girl down in nothing flat. There, now you know you can bring it home on top of the rest of that pile. ;)<br /><br />Andiloo!!!!<br /><br />You have finally succeeded in shocking me! I can't believe you haven't read The Goose Girl. I just can't. Could you get that big fella of yours to help me up off the floor?Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-73269828669794690132011-04-18T12:14:19.390-05:002011-04-18T12:14:19.390-05:00I love this book. It's definitely my favorite ...I love this book. It's definitely my favorite of Shannon Hales. That's funny about the "very mature" warning.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-50165832508818136502011-04-18T10:36:18.099-05:002011-04-18T10:36:18.099-05:00I have never read the original story from the Brot...I have never read the original story from the Brothers Grimm, so this review was totally new to me. I really like fairy-tale retellings though, and the fact that you loved this book certainly sways me more than a little bit. This is a book that I think I would like to check out, and I appreciate that you avoided spoilers in your review. It was wonderful to read, and I look forward to trying this one out for myself. Thanks!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857638467064749190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-12404817031475104172011-04-18T10:06:12.272-05:002011-04-18T10:06:12.272-05:00This is one that I wished I had read because I did...This is one that I wished I had read because I didn't care for the theatrical audiobook version at all! I still gave it a 4/5 though and thought it was a "delightful adventure." I'm so happy to see that you did, too. I haven't gotten to the next one yet, but . . . one day. :)Thoughts of Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572910467988997432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-46389318277103283822011-04-18T09:54:40.666-05:002011-04-18T09:54:40.666-05:00I've never read ANY of Hale's stuff, but i...I've never read ANY of Hale's stuff, but if I were going there, it would definitely be this book. I'm glad you liked it Nancyloo!!!Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-70853846632064266802011-04-18T09:28:17.909-05:002011-04-18T09:28:17.909-05:00I have meant to read this book for years. I like ...I have meant to read this book for years. I like the cover with pretty girl. Hmmm...can I put one more thing on my library hold list? Let's see. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com