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ginormous part in the actions and
personalities of said characters.
FYI: If you love mysteries and the early
era of the 1930s, then I would
recommend Julianna Deering's (pen
name of DeAnna Julie Dodson's) Drew
Farthering series – Rules of Murder,
Death by the Book, and Murder at the
Mikado.
e m o t i o n a l l y a t t a c h e d
A book that makes me laugh aloud, sigh
at the sweet mushiness of romance,
physically shed a tear, increase my
heart-rate in terror, or clench a fist in
righteous anger has glorious emotional
pull.
Sleeping Beauty. They are set in medieval
Germany and the kingdom of
Hagenheim. (My favorite is The
Merchant's Daughter, dated around the
same as her other novels but set in
medieval England and based on Beauty
& the Beast.)
W I D E U S E O F W O R D S
Surprisingly, I find myself drawn to
novels where I must keep a dictionary
close. New and little-used words keep a
story interesting and alive – far from
dull.
rich vocabulary in any
A
greatly assists in
story
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I don't know about you, but I love that!
I want to be completely invested in the
characters and the story. I want to cry
when they do, laugh at their humor (because
humor is a definite must in any tale), or
scream for justice.
FYI: For good, clean romantic retellings
of your beloved fairytales, I heartily
recommend Melanie Dickerson's
Hagenheim series, beginning with The
Healer's Apprentice – a retelling of
and challenges its
that
to expand their
readers
It's guaranteed if you read novels with
beautiful wording that causes you to
research its meanings, then there's a
good chance you'll find yourself using
such words as “whilst,” “copacetic,”
“endow,” “concur,” “widdershins,” and
“grimalkin.”
own.
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