Recs if you like Mr. Fox...

No Hans Christian Andersen on this list. Retellings based on...Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, The Goose Girl, Snow White, Snow White + Rose Red, Rapunzel, Hansel + Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, King Thrushbeard, The Pied Piper, The Six Swans, The Brave Little Tailor, Bearskin, Puss in Boots, Allerleirauh, The Wolf + the Fox, The Pink, Maid Maleen, Brother + Sister, The Golden Goose, The Six Swans, etc. As always… no Gaiman

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

my favorite genre. elvia wilk’s essay is the best on what this genre is, but here’s an excerpt: “Weird knowledge does not deny the capacity of the human mind and body to produce knowledge, but it does not reduce the world to human subject experience either. Unlike science fiction—in which there is a rational explanation for everything—and fantasy—where magic explains it all—weirdness hovers between poles of explainability.”

Retellings of the Bluebeard legend

different literary adaptations of Bluebeard I could find (plus the original). other recommendations welcome!

my favorite novels featuring experimental, inventive, unconventional narrative forms and structures

genre is fake anyways but for the sake of clarity, basically non-romance-genre (tho i do adore it too!) literary fiction with tender, interesting love stories and/or well-written sex and yearning, NOT necessarily any happy ending, however.

Books that have a bit of whimsy and weird in their pages.

He's rich. You hope that's all it is. Don't ask about the locked room.

These are some books that I'm planning to read for the 75 Booked Challenge, please post yours too or add to the list if possible!

books to convey to the general public that you are cool, well-read, smart, and interesting. also, they're just great intellectually stimulating reads!