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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
4. The Sleeping Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice writing as A.N. Roquelaure
5. Ella Enchanted
A Cinderella retelling!
Tahleen's Pick
5. Ella Enchanted
A Cinderella retelling!
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!
4. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge: Beauty and the Beast retelling!
Lauren's Pick
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!
ReplyDeleteThe other books are unfamiliar to me, but I'll check them all out! Happy Tuesday!! : )
A Court of Thorn and Roses made my list as well. I just read that one and I LOVED it!!!
ReplyDeleteI 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! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat 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
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Amy x
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!
ReplyDeleteElla Enchanted is one of my FAVORITE retellings ever!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who sobbed through the end of Tiger Lily.
ReplyDeleteGreat 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.
ReplyDeleteJamie @ Books and Ladders
Yes! I remember reading Ella Enchanted! That was a good book. I'll have to add your other picks to my fairytale TBR list!
ReplyDeleteI 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! :)
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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.
ReplyDeleteI've never actually read Ella Enchanted... I feel like I've been missing out!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that Tiger Lily was a retelling - I've been wanting to read it for a long time!
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I really need to read Cinder!
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I just picked up Tiger Lily at the library. Very pleased to see your recommendation!
ReplyDeleteSeveral 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
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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!
ReplyDeleteThe Book of Lost Things has an amazing cover and I must check out - Great lists!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteAwww 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! :)
ReplyDeleteI'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.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize Sarah J. Maas' books were fairytale retellings. Makes me want to read them even more!
ReplyDeleteI 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. :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't have these many books in my tbr, but found so many cause of this meme!
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I LOVED ACOTAR, Cinder, and Splintered! I read Ella Enchanted forever ago and really liked it! I haven't read the rest yet however.
ReplyDeleteI 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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