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Book : Pan's Labyrinth Author : Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke Genre : Children Fantasy We have all heard about movies being made from books and at times criticized them for leaving out so much from the books but there are extremely less cases when we see movies translated to books and the one we are talking about here was a major success garnering critical acclaim all over the world. Pan's Labyrinth was a 2006 fantasy film which even made Stephen King squirm in his seat and we finally have the literary adaptation of the same. Pan's Labyrinth is the story of Ofelia who moves in with her mother to her stepfather's place. A gullible girl who still believes that magic exists in the world looks at the people in the same frame of lens. Her surprise knows no bounds when she meets a Fawn who tells her that she is a princess of the Underworld and gives her three tasks to return back. A book based during Spanish Civil War needs no introduction to readers who are f...

Title : Spinning Silver Author : Naomi Novik Genre : Fantasy The book Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik  has been one of my most sought after book since the time I saw it with a subscription box providing it to readers. . Tried really hard to get my hands on it then but it took me months before I could get my hands on this beauty. What I felt on reading the book is that the book was truly worth the wait and was one of the best books that I have read this year. The book revolves around three women, Miryem, Wanda and Irunishka. Miryem who is a daughter of a Russian Moneylender who himself have fallen into debt owing to his failure in recollecting his money. Irunishka, daughter of a farmer who has borrowed money from Miryem's father and is now being forced to work for Miryem to clear the debts. Wanda, daughter of Duke who is forced to marry the Tsar in a turn of surprising events. Their lives gets entangled within one another with Miryem being forced to be the queen of the Wi...