Introduction

So I recently ordered "Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales" from Amazon for $22 or so. It turned out to be a very nice leather-bound copy:

The pages have a gold-trim, the artwork is pretty cool, and it even has one of those fabric bookmark thingys.  It would have been nice if each story had a little illustration or something, but considering what I paid I'm pretty pleased with my purchase.  I think I'll feel quite fancy reading this whilst sipping tea (Earl grey, hot [probably just green tea, actually]).

A little background information - I've actually never blogged before, nor have I ever read any of these stories.  Of course, I'm familiar with modern interpretations of Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, etc - but for the most part, I'm going in completely fresh.  I'm expecting the stories to be dated and a little twisted...  it should be interesting.

The plan is to read all 210 stories, and after I finish each, to come here and record my thoughts/impressions. Hopefully this won't suck and will actually be interesting/entertaining.  I'm a CS major who's into sci-fi & fantasy, so there'll probably nerdy references sprinkled throughout.  There isn't really going to be a structure for these posts - I'm basically going to give short summarys of the stories and rant a bit.

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Obligatory Batman reference to start us off

And here. We. Go.