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JOMP Book Photo Challenge

March 05, 2025 - Bookshelf

I've started double stacking! Running out of space again.

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Early morning

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"Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark."

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"Never underestimate the power of tea and a good book"

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A book, a cup of tea, a cinnamon muffin 😋

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More than 2 years later I have only read two of those 🫣

I might have a little problem a.k.a all the books I have brought home from work in the last two weeks 🙃 📚

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I keep passing by this cute little bookshop after work, always in a rush, but today I finally went in and it's as lovely as it looked through the windows 📚

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge

June 10, 2025 - Books and Sunshine

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My read for this month's Read Christie 2025 ☀️

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I finished this book recently and Oh My! I can't wait for the movie which is already in the making even though the book doesn't come out till next year!

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Those "modern fairy tales where the princess saves herself" types of books not only misrepresent the gender roles in fairy tales (there are tons of stories where girls get to save the day), but they fundamentally misunderstand the entire genre.

Fairy tales aren't about saving yourself.

These aren't epic myths or heroic legends about the great warriors who slay every monster in their path because they're so awesome. Fairy tales are almost always about ordinary, even incompetent, people who get thrown into strange situations where they only succeed because of the help of others.

It's not a gendered thing. The boy who goes off to seek his fortune is usually the dim-witted third son whose older brothers are the strong, smart ones. The third son succeeds because he is kind to the magical helpers who then complete the tasks for him--and the exact same thing happens when a girl is the main character.

The characters in a fairy tale rarely succeed because they embrace their own strength and take their own path. Much more often, they are told step-by-step what to do, and they succeed because they obey--respecting the wisdom of others.

The core virtue of a fairy tale is not pride, but humility. It's not a story about the strong, but those who are weak, small, helpless. The people who can't do it all on their own, but can recognize the worth and wisdom of others.

Turning this story into a "girl power" (or even a "boy power") story warps it into something that is fundamentally the opposite of a fairy tale, and it has nothing to do with the gender of the main character.

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I quite liked that one!

"The Very Secret Society of Witches met on the third Thursday of every third month, but that was just about the only thing that never changed."

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“The odd thing about people who had many books was how they always wanted more.”

―The Bell at Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip

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Bag End by CNSajolanArt