tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689237444917451564.post8669092451340352395..comments2024-01-03T00:59:05.275+00:00Comments on Daisy Chain Book Reviews: Guest Post: Alma Katsu author of The Taker and The Reckoning on The Influential Power of Fairy Tales. Leanna Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156147175772720617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689237444917451564.post-33736390372980004442013-02-12T13:42:27.232+00:002013-02-12T13:42:27.232+00:00Love this! I studied Grimm's fairy tales with ...Love this! I studied Grimm's fairy tales with my students last year and we discussed the reemergence in pop culture. In fact, I shared that very quote that Tammy just posted below from Neil Gaiman. I, for one, hope fairy tales continue to be popular. I'll never get sick of them! Christina Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689237444917451564.post-66326745478507815882013-02-11T18:25:43.299+00:002013-02-11T18:25:43.299+00:00Oh I absolutely adored this post. I'm a huge, ...Oh I absolutely adored this post. I'm a huge, huge fan of fairytales and think they still carry a lot of power within them. I've come across quite a few that we can look forward to this year. Ther'e's a quote by Neil Gaiman (I think), that goes a little something like this, and that I think sums it up perfectly:<br /><br />“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons <br />exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”Tammy @ The Book Fairy's Havenhttp://bookfairyhaven.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com