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Old 07-25-2004, 12:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Cool OK, Robin McKinley!

Anyone read her books?

This week I read Rose Daughter and The Hero and the Crown and am re-reading The Blue Sword right now. Got any faves of hers?
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Old 07-25-2004, 12:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I love her!! My favorites are

Beauty: A retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beas

Spindle's End: a retelling of Sleeping Beauty

I have read Beauty so many times. It is such a good story.
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I'll have to look for Spindle's End.

Have you read Rose Daughter? It is ALSO Beauty and the Beast. She says she thought she'd said all she had to say in Beauty, but then when a friend asked her to do a short pic book version for him (or a friend?) to illustrate, Rose Daughter came out. It's great!
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Yes I have read Rose Daughter. I think I read half of it in the store before I bought it, LOL. It's wonderful and has so much more deep meaning and symbolism. Beauty is much more simple. I love both of them. She is a great author isn't she. I have read all the ones you listed.
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I just started Deerskin. Its been hard to get into, and i am only half way through. Has anyone else read it?
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How weird is this? WHen I said I had to look for Spindle's End it turned out I already HAD it!! I had just bought it at a used book store based purely on the fact that it was by McKinley - diidn't even read the back, LOL! It was great! Blue Sword is still my fave though. I haven't seen Deerskin yet. Her next I'll work on is The Outlaws of Sherwood Forest or something like that. But I got sucked into my Dune series and need to finish those first.
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LOL. I just finished Deerskin. It's interesting and I need to read it over again because I am sure I missed a few points. But it was pretty good. Lots of descriptions and symbolism. I just started reading Spindles End again. I haven't read the Outlaws of Sherwood Forest, need to do that. Have you been to her website?
http://www.robinmckinley.com/
She has a whole bunch of books out that I haven't even heard of!!
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