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Silver to Gold

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

August 31, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I don’t know what to say about this awesome book. Novik does a great job of developing three characters (Miryem, Wanda, and Irinushka). The setting of the story is great and we have a fire demon, a race of people called the Staryk who live in a wintery world that is adjacent to the Russia the story takes place in. I loved all three of these characters equally (which almost never happens). I wanted a follow-up story though about what happens to Miryem. The ending […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Fairy Tales, mystery, Naomi novik, retellings, spinning silver, Young Adult

Classic's CBR11 Review No:206 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Fairy Tales, mystery, Naomi novik, retellings, spinning silver, Young Adult ·
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“The fairy silver brought you a monster of fire for a husband, and me a monster of ice.” (Bingo)

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

August 7, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Listicle (on a bunch of best of 2018 lists, including NPR, Bustle and Bookbub). Would also work for “Award Winner”, as it’s won a Locus Award, and ALA Award and an Audie, or “Remix”, as it’s a fairy tale retelling. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of Jewish moneylenders, but her father is a dreadful one, who doesn’t have the heart to actually claim back the debts that the villagers owe, even when his daughter is starving and the long, cold winters are making his wife sicker and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: Award Winner, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Eastern Europe, fairy tale retelling, folklore, historical fantasy, listicle, magic, Malin, Naomi novik, Rumplestiltskin, spinning silver

Malin's CBR11 Review No:63 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: Award Winner, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Eastern Europe, fairy tale retelling, folklore, historical fantasy, listicle, magic, Malin, Naomi novik, Rumplestiltskin, spinning silver ·
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Silver in more ways than one

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

July 27, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

Bingo Review 6 (Remix) I am loving this Bingo thing; it’s forcing me to pick up things I’ve been wanting to read but have hesitated to start for various reasons. Spinning Silver is one of these books. I really loved Naomi Novik’s Uprooted fairy tale retelling, and Spinning Silver does a lot of the same things. The biggest change though is also my biggest complaint. Verdict: Spinning Silver is a distant silver to Uprooted‘s gold. Spinning Silver is a mix between a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #cbr11bingo #remix, #fantasy, cbr11bingo, fairy tale retelling, Naomi novik, spinning silver, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #cbr11bingo #remix, #fantasy, cbr11bingo, fairy tale retelling, Naomi novik, spinning silver, YA ·
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Cannonballer Says….. thanks to everyone who reviewed this last year

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

July 13, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

It’s my CBR11Bingo Cannonballer Says Square, thanks to: narfna, velveeter, Aquillia, Jenny S, alwaysanswerb! Before I was a CBR participant I was a CBR lurker. I am always looking for something new to read and this book- and author- got such strong reviews that I’ve had it on my ‘ok I’m finally going to get to this’ reading list for months. Miryem is the daughter of a money-lender in a small town. Her father is too soft-hearted to be any good at his chosen profession, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr11bingo, Naomi novik, spinning silver

Manimama's CBR11 Review No:35 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr11bingo, Naomi novik, spinning silver ·
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“My expectations for a husband had lowered.”

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

February 20, 2019 by crystalclear 1 Comment

Trying to summarize this is hard, because there are a lot of different storylines and viewpoints.  We have Miryem, the daughter of a not-very-good moneylender. Oh, he’s a good man, too good to be a moneylender in fact, in that he’s not the best at collecting his money back.  Miryem eventually decides to take up the slack and collect the debts herself. Responsibility takes a toll on people, especially when you have to take that burden from someone else.  She idly makes a comment that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr11, Fairy Tales, Naomi novik, spinning silver

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr11, Fairy Tales, Naomi novik, spinning silver ·
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Turning Silver Into Gold

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

December 29, 2018 by Jenny S 2 Comments

I was so excited to get Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik as part of the book exchange because I loved Uprooted and had read and enjoyed the first book in Novik’s Temeraire series this summer. This is a loose (very loose) retelling of Rumpelstiltskin set in a past both realistic and imaginary and involving three young women.  Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, and she takes over her father’s business when his inability to demand payment leaves her family almost destitute and her […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: CBR book exchange, Naomi novik, spinning silver

Jenny S's CBR10 Review No:35 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: CBR book exchange, Naomi novik, spinning silver ·
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