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June 15, 2021

REVIEW: The Captain’s Daughter: Essential Stories by Alexander Pushkin

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 19th century / class differences / classic literature / Deception / fathers and daughters / First-Person / gambling / Historical / Russia / Russian literature / War / Military3 Comments

A dazzling new collection of Pushkin’s fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin’s stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in ... more >

February 23, 2021

REVIEW: Vasilisa by Julie Mathison

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1910s / Baba Yaga / Dark Fantasy / fairy tale / friendship / Historical Fantasy / quest / Russia / teens / Witches / World War I / YA fantasy / YA romance / Young-Adult3 Comments

It’s 1919, but in Edenfall, Pennsylvania, the Great War is not over — not for Vasilisa, at least. Papa is presumed dead, Mama is being courted by an absolute ogre, and now Babka, her beloved grandma, has had a bad spell. Or has she fallen under one? Only the Old ... more >

May 15, 2020

Film Review: Office Romance by Eldar Ryazanov

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / Film ReviewsRussia8 Comments

Office Romance (Russian: , romanized: Sluzhebnyj roman) is a Soviet comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov. It was filmed at Mosfilm and released in 1977. The film’s plot is based on the stageplay “Co-workers” (Russian: , romanized: Sosluzhivtsy) written by Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky, and tells the story of Ludmila Kalugina, ... more >

January 15, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: The Wolf and the Girl by Aster Glenn Gray

JanineA- Reviews / C+ Reviews1910s / actors / f/f romance / fairy tale retelling / France / friendship / joint review / LGBTQIAP+ / Russia / Russian Revolution / silent cinema / theater / witch / wolf12 Comments

I was impressed by Briarley, Aster Glenn Gray’s debut retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and when I saw that Gray had a new, 120-page f/f retelling of Little Red Riding Hood just out, and that it was set in pre-revolutionary Russia, I thought Sirius, a lover of LGBT romances ... more >

January 14, 2020

REVIEW: Blood Heir (Blood Heir Trilogy #1) by Amelie Wen Zhao

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsFantasy / Magic / magic users / Russia / YA7 Comments

This hot debut is the first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father’s murder. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them ... more >

October 25, 2019

REVIEW: Through the Water Curtain by Cornelia Funke

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsFairy-Tales / France / Germany / Japan / POC / Russia / Siberia / Sweden / Ukraine / VietnamComments Off on REVIEW: Through the Water Curtain by Cornelia Funke

: International bestselling children’s author Cornelia Funke has long been inspired and fascinated by fairy tales. This wonderful anthology is Funke’s personal selection of fairy tales from all around the world – not just from her native Germany but from Russia, Japan and the Native American tradition. It’s the perfect ... more >

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