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Post: 4855985_1 created on Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:14:22 +0000
Posted: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 20:14:22 +0000

hey. i've been reading Robin McKinley books lately, and they are good. 3nodding

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Post: 4855985_2 created on Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:18:33 +0000
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I love Robin McKinley's books! Particularly The Outlaw of Sherwood, The Hero and the Crown, and The Blue Sword. I believe I have also read Beauty as well.

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Post: 4855985_3 created on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:52:31 +0000
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Which ones have you read? I just finished Spindle's End, which was very, very well done.

I love McKinley's Damar novels and stories, and I really enjoy her retellings of various fairy tales. Her The Outlaws of Sherwood, though, is arguably my favorite. I have a soft spot for Robin Hood.

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Post: 4855985_4 created on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 03:28:50 +0000
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I have read here verison of fairy tales.
Beauty
Daughter of the Rose
Spindle End
one other book that was a colletion of short storys.
I love the fact that no one is the wicked anything.

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Post: 4855985_5 created on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:29:28 +0000
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I love Robin McKinley's books. The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown, Deerskin, The Door in the Hedge, Spindle's End, a couple others that I can't remember the title because I rented them from the library. And that's it. I tried The Outlaws of Sherwood, but I didn't get far before I decided that I didn't really like it. It didn't catch my attention. But I love all the other ones I've read.

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Post: 4855985_6 created on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 04:54:10 +0000
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i have read Rose Daughter and Spindle's End and i want to read all of her other books. I'm about to start on The Blue Sword.

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Post: 4855985_7 created on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:26:47 +0000
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i have read Rose Daughter and Spindle's End and i want to read all of her other books. I'm about to start on The Blue Sword.

The Blue Sword is wonderful, as is its prequel, The Hero and the Crown (which was written later, so it's all right if you read The Blue Sword first). If you liked Rose Daughter, you should give Beauty a try, which is her other retelling of "Beauty and the Beast." A Door in the Hedge and The Knot in the Grain are two short story collections which play on the theme of fairy tales. I've read the first several times, but haven't yet been able to track down the second (I found it on Amazon recently, I need to order it). Deerskin is another excellent retelling of a fairy tale, but it deals with some much harsher themes than her others, including incest. You might want to go into that one prepared.

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Post: 4855985_8 created on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:44:50 +0000
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I love Robin McKinley! My all-time favourite of hers has to be Spindle's End. I'm a softie for re-made fairytales. I also loved Beauty, but not as much.

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Post: 4855985_9 created on Sun, 10 Apr 2005 02:47:19 +0000
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I've read them. A friend of my from Michigan introduced me to the author. I loved the books....haven't stopped reading any of them either.

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Post: 4855985_10 created on Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:35:17 +0000
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I've read Hero and the crown. I have spindle's end but I haven't read it yet.

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Post: 4855985_11 created on Sun, 10 Apr 2005 04:51:11 +0000
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Dude... the Hero and the Crown, and The Blue Sword are my favorites! i am too scared to read any of her fairy tail stories though...

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Post: 4855985_12 created on Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:43:28 +0000
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Moonprincess202

I love Robin McKinley's books! Particularly The Outlaw of Sherwood, The Hero and the Crown, and The Blue Sword. I believe I have also read Beauty as well.

Outlaw of Sherwood? SHe wrote a Robin hood book!? I had no idea, I'll have to go find that now! Thanks ^^

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Post: 4855985_13 created on Fri, 13 May 2005 05:57:53 +0000
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[color=blue][/color]Robin Mckinley is my favorite author! i've read almost all of her books, including some that she wrote for younger children. (What can I say, I'm very thorough!) [i]Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast[/i] is my favorite. I highly recommend her novels! Great reading to you all!

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Post: 4855985_14 created on Sun, 22 May 2005 06:01:07 +0000
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I've read Hero and the crown. I have spindle's end but I haven't read it yet.

You gotta read that I had it for a year before I read it and it is my favorite by her.

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Post: 4855985_15 created on Mon, 23 May 2005 22:04:49 +0000
Posted: Mon, 23 May 2005 22:04:49 +0000

my favorite is Deerskin although its a bit darker than her others. I also really really enjoyed her new book Sunshine. my friends and I are undecided, does anyone else think she might be writing a sequel to it?

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