Dashti: Character Connection, Once Upon a Week Edition
We all have characters we love. Let's spotlight these fantastic creations! Whether you want to be friends with them or you have a full-blown crush on them, you know you love them and want everyone else to love them too! Most of you will probably post about how much you love each character, but this is a great place for the more creative ones among you to let go and have fun! Write a love letter to Captain Wentworth. Write yourself into a scene with Anne and Diana. Draw a picture of yourself in Jamie's arms. The possibilities are endless. Be sure to post the book's title and author, and be very careful not to give away spoilers while talking about how much you love your characters. Mr. Linky will be posted here on The Introverted Reader every Thursday. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale is a fantastic book that I just loved. It's based on a little-known fairy tale called "Maid Maleen." In that story, Maleen's father locks her away in a tower for seven years, with only her lady's maid for company, because she's been disobedient. So what would it be like to be that maid? Enter Dashti. Dashti is a simple girl whose streak of misfortune lands her into service with disobedient Lady Saren on the very day she's locked away in a tower. With her simple needs, Dashti isn't too unhappy at first. She's warm and she's fed. That's more than she could say about her life previously. Lady Saren is a wimp though. She just isn't the kind of girl that fairy tale heroines are made of. But every fairy tale needs a heroine, so.... Dashti was the biggest reason I loved this book so much. She starts out as a poor, hungry…
