Riverkeeper rated Spinning Silver: 4 stars
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
"A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy …
Two things I adored about this book: The inspiration the author used and the weather.
This is the type of story that I dreamed about as a child.In the long hours when I was in a library gulping down stories of Greek,Roman or Indian mythology I was sad that all the stories still felt strange and foreign to me. At the same time I used to listen to my grandmother as she warned me of things that take unruly children or sighed that we should not stalk around her like "lampiri". I learned that the wind from the south in winter always brings disease and that you should never pick up spilled salt with anything but your palm or your family will quarrel. In time I forgot some of these things but they never quite faded. This book will revive the memories of anyone growing up with a babuska and …
