Hey, fellows! Today we bring a new book recommendation.
From now on until Book Day on April 23rd, a new book will be featured on the blog every day. Pick your pencils and start taking notes. You might want to start you birthday wishlist early ;o)
We're almost there! Tomorrow is the day! I know we missed our book date yesterday, so to make it up to you we are going to be doing a spotlight on TWO books by the fantastic Gregory Maguire. How about that? ;-)
426 pages
When
Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic
tale we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the
mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And
what is the true nature of evil?
Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich
and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk
and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the
comfort of middle-class stability, and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic
violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who
will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly,
and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about
the nature of good and evil.
An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of
Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who
wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into
a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just
might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in
literature.
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?
Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability, and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.
An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.
372 pages
We
have all heard the story of Cinderella, the beautiful child cast out to slave
among the ashes. But what of her stepsisters, the homely pair exiled into
ignominy by the fame of their lovely sibling? What fate befell those untouched
by beauty ... and what curses accompanied Cinderella's looks?
Set against the backdrop of seventeenth-century Holland,Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister tells the story of Iris, an unlikely heroine who finds herself swept from the lowly streets of Haarlem to a strange world of wealth, artifice, and ambition. Iris's path quickly becomes intertwined with that of Clara, the mysterious and unnaturally beautiful girl destined to become her sister. While Clara retreats to the cinders of the family hearth, Iris seeks out the shadowy secrets of her new household -- and the treacherous truth of her former life.
Read your days away, book fellows. And remember, A Book a Day keeps Boredom at Bay ;o)
Tomorrow we'll be back with a new book recommendation! If you want to recommend a favourite book yourself, leave a comment.
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