TUESDAY THREE: Modern-Day Fairytales

With it being Fairytale Week here at Trashi, we decided to give this week's Tuesday Three the theme of modern-day fairytales. From Cinderella tales to fairytale weddings and a book that's been described as 'Shrek mixed with Sex and the City' (yes, really - see the third on our list!), here are three of our favourites!

pibmfg.jpgPersonally, I Blame My Fairy Godmother by Claudia Carroll
The fairytale ending was just the beginning...

Jessie Woods absolutely believes in fairytale endings. So would you if you had a recession-proof career as a daredevil TV host, a palatial pink mansion, and the dream boyfriend.

But, quicker than you can say Cinderella, her life falls to pieces and suddenly her prince isn't quite so charming, her party-loving friends disappear and even her faithful friend Visa no longer loves her...

Utterly heartbroken and jobless, Jessie is forced back home, to live with her stepmum and two evil stepsisters.

Is it time for her to give up on the dream - or will Jessie learn that happy endings can come in the strangest of places?

Avon's hot new acquisition presents a tale of princes who turn out to be frogs, Manolo Blahnik glass slippers and not-so-happily-ever-afters...

reluctantcinderella.jpgA Reluctant Cinderella by Alison Bond
Samantha Sharp turned seventeen,left her old life behind and moved to London, determined to make her fortune.Ten years later and she's a super-agent to the stars, with her name in the papers, millions in the bank, and one success after another. Love has taken a back seat because her past has put her off relationships for good.

Everyone's got a history but Samantha's is particularly murky. What's more, she hasn't got to the top of her game without collecting a few enemies along the way. So when she meets a man who might be a little bit dangerous, someone she's finally close to loving, is there anyone to tell her what a terrible mistake she's making?

Will Samantha find her happy ever after? And if her carefully hidden past comes into the light,will her fairytale coach turn back into a pumpkin?

livingwithfeettoobigforaglassslipper.jpgLiving With Feet Too Big for a Glass Slipper by Lynne Tapper
Welcome to the mythical kingdom of It Is What It Is, where everything is as it seems and people are the perfect performers in the game of life. In the year of 1212 B.R., Before Reason, the beautiful Princess Innocent is born in the Royal Borough of Look At Me, one of the many Drama Districts that constitute the Kingdom. Having been raise on the propaganda of the fairytale, Princess Innocent is ill-prepared for her life's journey when she leaves the castle to find her one true prince. Unfortunately she finds Prince Badboy, Captain Unavailable, Lord Lie-A-Lot and Prince Rescue-Me, among others. Both a parody of the fairytale and modern-day satire on the search for love in all the weird and wacky places, Innocent's fraught journey captures the essence of what it is to be fantastically human. A whimsical tale of magical realism that takes readers on a journey to a mythical Kingdom, Living with Feet Too Big for a Glass Slipper is the first of five in The It Is What It Is Chronicles. It is illustrated by Monica Alesina.

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TUESDAY THREE: Modern-Day Fairytales - Comments

  • I haven't read a book in a very long time. . . Now I know what I've been missing. . ..

    It is what it is. . . . nice to dream every once in a while. .

    Very beautifully fantastic. .

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