I read, quite a while back, Love Among the Walnuts (Or How I Saved My Entire Family from Being Poisoned), by Jean Ferris. I don’t remember much about the book. What I did write was: Silly little happy book. Once Upon a Marigold (same author) could be described in much the same way. Ferris has a wonderful knack for writing stories that fundamentally make me feel happy. There isn’t much to Marigold: a guy, a princess, a troll, a wicked mother… what makes it so thoroughly enjoyable is the way she writes. The troll is constantly mixing his metaphors (“it’s all spilled milk over the dam” is my favorite). The princess loves telling awful jokes. And they all communicate by the “modern” p-mail (pidgeon). I couldn’t help but smile. It wasn’t “hilarious” but it was sweetly funny and endearing.
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This sounds like “The Goose Girl”, by Shannon Hale–light, fun predictable fairytale that is actually fairly well written. We’re reading that for our Book Group, because some members of our group needed a light breather after reading, “Peace Like a River.” Shannon Hale, the author of “The Goose Girl”, is also Mormon.
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i absolutly loved this book it was funny and romantic and i love how marigold can read minds (only when she’s upset though) and christian sounds really nice and romantic.
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