“My dear, it was only a dream” Imma go & buy the collection of Brothers Grimm stories

note I have only read The Yellow wallpaper, I haven’t read Herland yet as I found out it is a part of a trilogy! So I must read “Moving the Mountain” first.

The 2 short stories in this book is The Old Nurse’s Story and Curious, if True. 👧🎹🏰 I really liked both of these stories! I love the way Elizabeth Gaskell writes her characters, they always feel so lively and vivid. I recommend her books for those wanting to get into classics, as I feel like the writing is easy.

The Old Nurse’s Story My goodness. This was genuinely scary. I had no idea Elizabeth could do ghost stories! This story starts off slow but seemingly normal, than suddenly hits you with a ghost. Like what?. So good.

Curious, if True I absolutely love the fairytale references in this story! So cool, though just like the first story, was a bit slow to get into to start with, and I wish there were more references throughout, or just add them earlier.

This just makes me wanna read more from Gaskell! I have read North and South and really liked it too.

There are 2 stories in this book, A Slip under the Microscope, and The Door in the Wall. Note, my rating is only for The Door in the Wall.

A Slip under the Microscope I don’t know what it is about this story but I literally had no idea what was happening. Perhaps it was the writing, or the timing, or because I read it after the other story I don’t know. I also had this issue with War of the Worlds, which I DNF’d. Although I am willing to give these 2 stories another go someday! But yeah I don’t even feel ok with rating it, so I won’t.

The Door in the Wall 🚪 I LOVED this story. H. G. Wells is just so good at creating these little fascinating thought-provoking scientific and imaginative stories. This is defs one of my favourites (2nd to “The Time Machine” — don’t mind the fact that I’ve only read 3 stories from him lol). The Door in the Wall is the kind of story that I think people will get different things out of it. For me, it is about missed opportunities due to priorities, the choices we make solely for the future, and how we lose our childlike wonder as we age.

I read this at the perfect time, as I stop thinking too much about the future & get back into my childhood interests by re-reading my fave books and buying dolls again 🧚‍♀️

wow. this is quite sad & really gives you a lot to think about with childrens minds & how they process things

i think i wanted more from this. to expand on the ideas & characters

The only association I had with Peter Rabbit was the 2018 movie adaptation so I felt I just had to read this to know the origin 🐰 I didn’t realise just how short the book is! I thought there was more to it (perhaps due to the movie) but overall it’s a nice story! 🌳 I am very interested in reading other editions with different illustrations for sure.