TFF is based on TOP TEN TUESDAY by The Broke and the Bookish. I always frown in a defeated manner trying to come up with ten books for TTT so...
FAVORITE FAIRYTALE RETELLINGS
I would have failed miserably with TOP TEN TUEDAY this week because after seeing the prompt, and thinking about it, I have read exactly FIVE retellings in my lifetime!
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ISN'T THIS COVER STELLAR!
What is inside this book is even more magnificent.
It is a retelling of The Goose Girl, which I have never read, so for me it was a brand new storyline.
I cannot express how much I ADORED this novel! I am happy this week's TTT prompt was fairytale retellings because it has reminded me that I have to review this FIVE STAR beauty.
It is a standalone, however...
This short story is set in the same world.
And it is a FREE ebook!
And there is going to be a trilogy about the MC in The Bone Knife called The Theft of Sunlight. The first book, A DARKNESS AT THE DOOR, is supposed to he published this year.
The author has another YA Fantasy trilogy started called The Sunbolt Chronicals, and I just now bought the first book SUNBOLT for my Kindle because the ebook is only $1.99.
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TWO
GOODREADS
When my son was little we used to go with his father to Barnes and Noble once a week. I saw this book right after it came out in paperback and squealed because The Wizard of Oz is my thing. He told me the book was too expensive, it was the fancy PB with the cut out cover, and walked away. Well, a couple of days later he came home from work with the book in hand. He said it was killing him how disappointed I had looked. Ha! I wished my ex had stayed that compassionate. Anyway, I immediately defaced the book because our bathroom was done in an Oz theme, so I framed the mini print inside the front cover.
Oh, and I loved the book, absolutely loved it! I really don't know why I didn't get the other books as they came out. I think during that period of time I was too busy pre-reading books for my son, and also reading along with what he was reading so we could discuss them.
I bought the ebook a while back to re"read" for the Fairytale Retelling Challenge because it was on sale for $1.99, and then I added the narration for some ridiculously low price, $2.49, maybe? Then a couple of weeks later I used my Audible 30 day trial free credit to buy SON OF A WITCH narrated by Maguire himself.
I would like to get all four of the series novels in hardcover.
THREE * FOUR * FIVE
THE SPLINTERED TRILOGYGOODREADS
A bizzare and macabre retelling of Alice in Wonderland. These stories are DELICIOUS!
Here are my blog reviews:
SPLINTERED
UNHINGED
ENSNARED
I've read many. Would have to go back and check to see all of them. The Splintered Trilogy is one of my favorites though:)
ReplyDeleteI figured out one of the problems is I have had quite a few retelling DNFs for some reason. I do have a Thumbalina retelling on my Kindle that I need to get to for my challlenge.
DeleteI would have fallen short if I had done my favorites this week too. I really love the cover of Thorn! I've never heard of it before so I'll have to check it out. I adored Wicked! It was so vastly different. I read Son of a Witch and A Lion Among Men as well and really enjoyed them. They were not as good as Wicked, but they were still really good reads. I've read most of his other retellings as well like Mirror Mirror, Lost, and The True Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister.
ReplyDeleteMy goal for the fairytale retelling challenge was to read all of Maguire's retellings, but unless I get off my duff, it isn't going to happen. I had Egg and Spoon from the library and never got the chance to open it before it had to go back. I hope you get a chance to read Thorn!
DeleteThorn is on my wishlist and my friend Jenny dud the cover . Her work is wonderful. My daughter loves the Splinter series and Wicked looks good!
ReplyDeleteWicked was wonderful. I hope you get to read Thorn soon. I want a poster of the cover!
DeleteThorn is on my wishlist and my friend Jenny dud the cover . Her work is wonderful. My daughter loves the Splinter series and Wicked looks good!
ReplyDeleteThorn is on my wishlist and my friend Jenny dud the cover . Her work is wonderful. My daughter loves the Splinter series and Wicked looks good!
ReplyDeleteI just added Thorn! It looks really good! I wish I could say I enjoyed Splintered or Wicked, but I am definitely a black sheep on those. LOL
ReplyDeleteI think you will love Thorn because it is written more like a traditional fairytale. :D
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