Bookworm Friday: Fairy Tale Fever

Who doesn’t love a good fairy tale? My heart thumps for a Prince Charming, a happily ever after, some morals and adventure along the way… or even, when you look at the real tales, a little bit of gore!

Unless you’ve had your head under a rock, you’ve probably noticed that America is going gaga for fairy tales.

We’ve got movies that retell them in a classical sort of sense:

Movies that put a modern spin on things:

TV Shows are jumping on the bandwagon, and I already think I have a favorite:

Once Upon a Time will air on ABC next fall

Grimm will air on NBC next fall.

And books… there are too many to name really, but here’s a few that I’ve either read, or want to read:

No cover art has been released yet for Cinder by Melissa Meyer,

set to release in 2012, but I can’t wait to read it!

But fairy tales have been told and retold for ages. It’s just that now they’re gaining an extra dose of popularity. It’s a Fairy Tale Fad! A Fairy Tale Fenomenon! (I know, I spelled it wrong on purpose, calm down, kids)

Or maybe just a Fairy Tale Flood. My prediction is it’ll calm back down to a trickling stream eventually, so I’m going to sit back, relax, and enjoy all the retellings that are inundating me until the Powers That Be decide it is no longer “in.”

And also, in the meantime, I think I’m going to brush up on my Grimms’.

Pretend the text on this isn’t backwards.

Thanks.

Can’t hurt, right?

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There are 14 Comments for this entry.

Kat said:

This is a lovely post! I’m quite enjoying the fairy tale resurgence too – I think spurred on by Kate and William, a total modern day fairytale.

Posted June 11, 2011 at 2:39 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  Thank you! And yes, I agree, they definitely are the living fairy tale these days!
  
  Posted June 11, 2011 at 2:41 pm | Permalink
amber said:

I can’t wait for the Grimm series – I loved their fairy tales as a kid.

(visiting from the Tea Party :) )

Posted June 11, 2011 at 3:39 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  The Grimm series looks good… but I think Once Upon a Time looks even better!
  
  Posted June 12, 2011 at 2:54 pm | Permalink
Lauren said:

I love Ella Enchanted. It’s one of my favorites. Hugh Dancey is a dream. Sigh. Lol. Stopping by from the LBS Social Tea Party.

Posted June 11, 2011 at 3:45 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  My copy of Ella Enchanted is so raggedy from the amount I’ve read it that I should really be ashamed.
  
  Posted June 12, 2011 at 2:55 pm | Permalink
Missy said:

I think that little girl in all of us never quite goes away. I love fairy tales!
Stopping by from the LBS tea party! :)

Posted June 11, 2011 at 4:41 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  Thanks for stopping in! And yes, my inner little girl is alive and well.
  
  Posted June 12, 2011 at 2:54 pm | Permalink
Jane said:

I love fairy tales! I am definitely going to go check out those books, I am in need of a new read. Such a cute post! Stopping by from LBS. :)

Posted June 11, 2011 at 6:45 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  Oh, there are a ton of retellings out there right now. Just look around online for a bit to see which ones sound like your style. :)
  
  Posted June 12, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
toni rose said:

i knew it.

fairytales is still good in the market.

hmph

i dont know why disney had to stop making them :(

Posted June 11, 2011 at 11:02 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  Are they done for good? Tangled was pretty successful and very recent :)
  
  Posted June 12, 2011 at 2:06 pm | Permalink
Faith said:

Have you watched the mini series The 10th Kingdom? It’s long of course, but it’s worth it! You should watch it :)

Posted June 12, 2011 at 3:37 pm | Permalink
- jbaggiero said:
  
  Haven’t heard of it, I’ll have to look into it, thanks!
  
  Posted June 13, 2011 at 11:34 am | Permalink

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