Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Fairytales & Fairytale Retellings -- Top Ten Tuesday



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This week we are breaking up Top Ten Tuesday into our favorite fairytale retellings and fairytale retellings that are on our TBR!

Favorite Fairytale Retellings

Jamie's Picks

1. A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas: A Beauty & the Beast retelling but also integrates dashes of other fairytales and fairy lore. SO GOOD.
2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer: I've read Cinder and Scarlet in this series of fairytale retellings and OH MY GOODNESS. THEY ARE RIDICULOUSLY GOOD. I love how it plays with the fairytales but feels so different also because it is sci-fi.
3. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson: OH MY HEART.  This is one of my favorite YA books ever. It's just...WOAH. I sobbed through the ending.

Lauren's Pick


Fairytale Retellings On Our TBR List

Jamie's Picks

1. Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas: This one hasn't been released yet but it's a Cinderella retelling (with a pretty cover) that I'm excited to read soon!

2. The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh: Inspired by One Thousand and One Nights and I've heard it's INCREDIBLE.
3. Splintered by A.G. Howard: An Alice in Wonderland retelling but not Alice...further down her family tree.

4. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge: Beauty and the Beast retelling!

Lauren's Pick

5. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly


Let's talk fairytales and retellings!!!




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26 comments:

  1. Hey, your picks all look GREAT! Of course I want to read A Court of Thorns and Roses!! I love the original story! I also want to read Cinder, and Ella Enchanted. These two are part of my own list. As for The Sleeping BEauty Trilogy, by Anne Rice, I had no idea she had published a set of fairy tale retellings! Thanks the heads up!

    The other books are unfamiliar to me, but I'll check them all out! Happy Tuesday!! : )

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  2. A Court of Thorn and Roses made my list as well. I just read that one and I LOVED it!!!

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  3. I really liked both Cruel Beauty and The Book of Lost Things (but I forgot to put this last one on my ttt this week). I haven't read The Wrath and the Dawn yet but it looks wonderful and I need to get to it soon! Thanks for the recommendations! :)

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  4. Great list! A Court of Thorns and Roses is on my tbr list, but I never knew it was like beauty and the Beast! Love that fairytale :D
    Have a great day,
    Amy x

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  5. I can't believe I forgot the Anne Rice Sleeping Beauty books. Doh! The Wrath and the Dawn was incredible. You should definitely read it!

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  6. Ella Enchanted is one of my FAVORITE retellings ever!

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  7. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who sobbed through the end of Tiger Lily.

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  8. Great picks! I love Ella Enchanted as well. And I can't wait to read The Wrath and the Dawn, hopefully my library gets it in soon.

    Jamie @ Books and Ladders

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  9. Yes! I remember reading Ella Enchanted! That was a good book. I'll have to add your other picks to my fairytale TBR list!

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  10. I fell asleep last night and never put a post together, but I HAD to participate today. Fairy tales are my lifeblood, and I feature them so frequently! So frequently that I'm sure I've done this exact list before, so instead, I focused on featuring obscure tales being retold today! :)

    Thanks for this prompt!

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  11. Great list! I loved The Wrath and the Dawn so much! Such a detailed and wonderful setting. I have had Splintered on my TBR list forever! I hope to get it very soon.

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  12. I've never actually read Ella Enchanted... I feel like I've been missing out!

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  13. I didn't realize that Tiger Lily was a retelling - I've been wanting to read it for a long time!

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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  14. I really need to read Cinder!

    https://readingismysuperpower.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/top-ten-tuesday-fairytale-retellings/

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  15. I just picked up Tiger Lily at the library. Very pleased to see your recommendation!

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  16. Several of these made my list too: Cruel Beauty, ACOTAR, Cinder, and Splintered! (I'm finishing up AG Howard's series now and loving it!) I didn't realize that Ella Enchanted was a book! I love the movie. I'm going to have to check it out. Also Tiger Lily! It's been on my radar for a while and I hadn't heard anything about it. Now I need to go get it too :D

    Here's my TTT.

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  17. I loved A Court of Thorns and Roses, and any take on the Beauty and the Beast story. Thanks for sharing these. I forgot about Ella Enchanted; that sounds good to me! So many titles now for me to check out!

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  18. The Book of Lost Things has an amazing cover and I must check out - Great lists!

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  19. I loved Cinder and The Wrath and the Dawn. A Court of Thorns and Roses and Ella Enchanted made my list too. I still need to read Cruel Beauty.

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  20. Awww I LOVE Ella Enchanted, it's still one of my favorite books! ACOTAR and Cinder are great choices too, I still need to read Tiger Lily. Cruel Beauty is amazing! And I want to read Ash & Bramble and The Wrath and the Dawn too. Can't resist a retelling of any sort! :)

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  21. I've read The Wrath & The Dawn, Cruel Beauty, and Cinder; loved them both. I am currently reading ACOTAR and it's very good so far. I didn't realize that Tiger Lily was a retelling; I will definitely add to my TBR list.

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  22. I didn't realize Sarah J. Maas' books were fairytale retellings. Makes me want to read them even more!

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  23. I didn't add it to my list, but I agree that The Wrath and the Dawn looks incredible. I can't wait to read it. Need me some more diverse fairytale retellings. :)

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  24. I didn't have these many books in my tbr, but found so many cause of this meme!
    Check out my first TTT

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  25. I LOVED ACOTAR, Cinder, and Splintered! I read Ella Enchanted forever ago and really liked it! I haven't read the rest yet however.

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  26. I had no idea Anne Rice wrote a Sleeping Beauty trilogy under another name! I am hyperventilating! Thanks for the heads up!

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