Julie Mathison
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Believe
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Vasilisa (Old Rus, #1)
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The Starlet Letter (Canary House Mysteries #1)
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Elena the Brave (Old Rus, #2)
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"Vasilisa the brave and Baba Yaga… classic traditional Russian folklore expanded to a story in novel book form. Imagined and interpreted while weaving the riddles and lore that kindness wins.
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"A nice retelling of folklore, the narration for the audiobook was really smooth to listen to, Kimberly (the narrator) has a really nice cadence, and her different tones and accents went down really well!
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Wow, this review really made my day. I can’t tell you how delighted I am that this hit home with an experienced reader of the genre. Thank you!
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"I’m a huge fan of mythology and folktales; it’s probably one of the biggest genres that I read. I loved that this book was based in Russian folklore, because I feel like those are tales that don’t get told as often as tales from Western Europe. I’ve "
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A belated thank you, Bonnie, for taking the time to review Elena the Brave. Made my day :) I'll be starting on the sequel this year, so stay tuned!
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“The wideness of the sky and steppes, the whiff of villages and men -- from these, the forest sprite recoiled, and so he hid within a rotten log, and his voice sounded like the crackling of dry leaves.”
― Vasilisa
― Vasilisa
“...in the end, sleep claimed them both. Neither heard the great horned owl hooting from a hollowed oak, nor the strange buzzing cry of the woodcock, nor the keening of coyotes some two miles away. The wind kicked up from the east and roared in the treetops like a distant ocean, but neither...saw the leaves beneath the willow come to life, rustling and boiling, even as they sank into the forest loam. Roots reached and found and pulled them down, and - deep below - the bones of dinosaurs groaned aside, making room for their passage.”
― Vasilisa
― Vasilisa
“Mothers have a secret source of energy, hidden somewhere in their body, though medical science has yet to discover it. The energy comes out in little waves that you can feel, warm and full of God or love or whatever it is that makes galaxies turn.”
― Believe
― Believe
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