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Music Monday -- iPod Shuffle

Beauty and the Beast Broadway "Home" 

Fiona Apple "Paper Bag"

Snow Patrol "Chocolate"

tags: beauty and the beast, Fiona Apple, iPod Shuffle, Snow Patrol
categories: Music
Monday 02.22.16
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Music Monday -- Broadway Faves I

I love musical theater!  There's something about it that speaks to me.  For today's Music Monday, I thought I would share some of my favorite Broadway songs...

Beauty and the Beast "Home" -- Ignore the crappy video, but this song is just lovely.  A great addition to the Broadway show.

The Phantom of the Opera "Music of the Night" -- Another stupid video, but I had to pick the original with Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, of course!

Wicked "Defying Gravity" -- Must be a live version to show!

Hairspray "You Can't Stop the Beat" -- From the Broadway cast...  Check out Matthew Morrison from Glee!

Rent "Take Me or Leave Me" -- I really really love Tracie Thomas in this...

Les Miserables "I Dreamed a Dream" -- While Anne Hathaway is just gorgeous, I really love this version.

tags: beauty and the beast, Hairspray, Les Miserables, Rent, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked
categories: Music
Monday 04.22.13
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison

Title: The Princess and the Hound (Princess #1)

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison

Publisher: HarperTeen 2007

Genre: Fairy Tales

Pages: 410

Rating:  4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Telling Tales; Fall into Reading

How I Got It: Library Loan

He is a prince and heir to a kingdom threatened on all sides, possessor of the forbidden animal magic.

She is a princess from a rival kingdom, the daughter her father never wanted, isolated from all except her hound.

In this lush and beautifully written fairy-tale romance, a prince, a princess, and two kingdoms are joined in the aftermath of a war. Proud, stubborn, and bound to marry for duty, George and Beatrice will steal your heart—but will they fall in love?

I actually grabbed the second book in this series, but stopped before reading it.  I went back to the library to grab the first one in the series.  A retelling of Beauty and the Beast.  I wasn't expecting that, but was pleasantly surprised.  The book is told mostly from the side of George.  it took me many pages before I figured out that this was a Beauty and the Beast retelling.  I was thrown by the concept of animal magic and the gender role switch.  After settling into the idea, I started to really like the story.  I loved George's struggle between who he is and who he thinks he should be.  It was a nice internal struggle.  I wish that we could have gotten to know Beatrice/Marit better.  It seems that George falls in love with her, but I couldn't pinpoint why.  For the ambiguous love, I dropped the book a star.  I just had too many questions at the end of it.  Maybe the second book will answer some of those for me.

Princess

  • #1 The Princess and the Hound
  • #2 The Princess and the Bear
  • #3 The Princess and the Snowbird
  • #4 The Princess and the Horse
  • #5 The Princess and the Wolf
tags: 4 stars, beauty and the beast, fairy tales, Mette Ivie Harrison
categories: Book Reviews
Monday 10.22.12
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
Comments: 2
 

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