
Books and reading are a key part of my identity. And now I spend most of my time writing about them on the internet, teaching children and teenagers about how to read and write them, and working towards creating my own someday. I studied books in college and grad school. Seriously, this should come as no surprise to anyone. Outside of my family, the longest and most important relationship in my life has been my relationship with books.


Harrow puts her own spin on Sleeping Beauty in A Spindle Splintered, and more. Marissa Meyer takes on Rumpelstiltskin in Gilded, Lauren Blackwood gives an Ethiopian-inspired fantasy twist to Jane Eyre in Within These Wicked Walls, Alix E. Fortunately, Edgar doesn’t notice Benny stuck in the book, who has overheard the entire evil plot.This collection of audiobooks features classic stories and favorite fairy tales and reimagines them with modern flair. 😉 Then Edgar tests Ella’s secret and sends her out in order to kill Char. But alas! Edgar comes into the room and blocks her way, sneering, “I hope you’ve found everything to your satisfaction?” Due to the total lack of help or interest from the reel librarian, I would have answered with a definitive NO! But Ella is more polite than I am. “I don’t know where else to look.” Because asking the librarian is obviously not an option!įinally, Ella spies a clue in the book in which her friend Benny is enspelled - NOT in one of the library books, I might add - and figures out how to find Lucinda. “I can’t find anything in any of these books,” she laments, banging her head on the book.

The reel librarian will certainly be of no help, and this camera trick underscores just how alone Ella is in this seemingly hopeless task.Ī few minutes later, after a brief scene full of Edgar’s evil scheming, we return to Ella slumped in a chair in the Hall of Records. The camera than spirals up, giving us a bird’s eye view of the messy table in the Hall of Records (see above).
