Reading in the Garden

 Walk Down Memory Lane 💥 For this February's author birthday month challenge, I had several choices on my TBR. Here are the ones I narrowed it down to:   Jules Verne, February 8, 1828. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Toni Morrison, February 18, 1931. The Bluest Eye Wilhelm Grimm, February 24, 1786. Grimms’ Fairy Tales Anthony Burgess, February 25, 1917. Clockwork Orange.  In the end I chose Grimms' fairy tales by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm. Wilhelm Grimm was born Feb. 24, 1786 and his brother Jacob was born Jan. 4, 1785. Although in this self-imposed challenge I wanted to try and read new books, I went a nostalgic route instead, choosing to read fairy tales that my mother read to me as a child.  I still have the book with the colorful illustrations that bring back good memories.    Some of the stories I remember well, like the beloved Frog Prince (Frosch K ö nig). But others have been washed over with the Disney version, like Cinderella (Ashenputte...