Hello everybody, my name is Cara, and today I am here with my TBR for the Retelling Challenge
of 2019.
I will link all of the information down below, it's basically a bingo board and I'm so excited.
Y'all know that I love retellings, I love like folklore-inspired stories so this is
gonna be perfect I think.
So this is of course subject to change like all of my TBRs but I thought it would be fun
to just kind of share what I'm thinking about for each of the prompts so maybe you guys
will hear about some books you hadn't heard of or if you're planning to participate in
the challenge maybe you'll find something that you'd like to pick up for it.
And actually some of these on the list are new releases that I talked about in my 2019
Anticipated Releases video which I will definitely link down below.
And a couple of these were also in my most recent November/December/Christmas Book Haul.
So if that is already posted I will definitely link that down below as well.
The first challenge is to read a Beauty and the Beast retelling and I will be reading
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley.
I've been really enjoying her books so far so I'm really excited to get into this one
and this is actually one of the books that my friend Giselle Bradley picked out for me
to read.
And she was also the one who told me about this challenge.
Next is to read a retelling set in a foreign country and for that one I will hopefully
finally be getting to The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner.
This is kind of inspired by the Goblin Market story and it is also heavily influenced by
Jewish folklore.
I've recently heard kind of mixed things about this one so I don't know how I'll feel about
it, but I'm pretty sure that this one...yeah, this one is set on the border of Moldova and
Ukraine, so this definitely takes place in a foreign country [since I live in the U.S.]
The next challenge is to read a standalone and I will be reading The Raven and the Reindeer
by T. Kingfisher.
T. Kingfisher I think has the potential to become a favorite author for me, I've only
read one of her books but I absolutely adored it, it was a Beauty and the Beast retelling,
and I'm just really excited to get into more of her stuff; all of her books are like pretty
short and they're just really beautifully written and she does a lot of kind of um,
fairytale retellings and like eerie folklore-inspired stories, so she's right up my alley.
Next we are supposed to read a Wonderland retelling or kind of reimagining and I'll
hopefully finally be getting to Heartless by Marissa Meyer.
I've had this book on my TBR for so long and I kept putting it off because I heard mostly
very negative things about it but I just need to figure out once and for all if I actually
enjoy this and I'm hoping I will, I tend to really enjoy Marissa Meyer so we'll see what
happens.
We're also supposed to read an award-winning retelling and I will be picking up Frogkisser!
by Garth Nix.
I did look this up, I don't remember--I don't remember what the award was that it won but
I know it won something, it might have been like Mythopaeic Award?
somethin' like that.
But this is another one that I hear kind of mixed things about but I think I'm gonna enjoy
it so *shrugs* we'll see.
Next is to read something with a one word title and I will be getting to Disenchanted,
the second book in the--what is it called?
I don't remember what the name of the series is but the first book is Grounded: The Adventures
of Rapunzel, and this is Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella by Megan Morrison.
I loved the first book, and this is a companion sequel that follows a black Cinderella character
and I believe it's all about like labor unions and she takes on like unsafe workplace practices
and I think it's gonna be really fantastic like, social justice Cinderella I am totally
here for!
We're also supposed to read a Bronte or Austen retelling and I hope to get to The Glass Town
Game by Catherynne M. Valente.
I have really been enjoying Catherynne M. Valente's work so far and this is actually
an autographed copy.
I got this from BookOutlet, and you know how sometimes they'll just surprise you with an
autographed edition?
That's what happened, so I'm really excited to be getting to this one!
I don't know too much about what this book is about, except that it follows the Bronte
children, like the siblings, so I don't even know what it retells but I'm excited.
Next we are supposed to read something that is a Native American retelling or inspired
by Native American folklore and I hope to finally get to [Trail of] Lightning by Rebecca
Roanhorse.
That's an urban fantasy that I know has been super popular this last year, in 2018 when
I'm filming this, and I keep meaning to pick it up and I just haven't yet, so this will
be the perfect opportunity to finally get to it.
Another challenge is to read a 2019 release and I will be reading Unmarriageable by Soniah
Kamal.
This was one of the ones that was on my most anticipated releases list and I am so so excited
about this: this is Pride and Prejudice set in Pakistan, and I am already so excited for
it; I will definitely be pre-ordering this one.
Next we are to read one with Egyptian myth and I will be picking up Lily of the Nile
by Stephanie Dray.
This is actually the first book in a series and I really enjoy Egyptian historical fiction,
but this has more of a mythological or magical kind of twist on it which is why I'm counting
it for this challenge, so I don't really know that much about it but I have read some historical
fiction that follows Princess Selene who is the daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony,
so I think this could be really interesting.
Next is to read something based on Greek myth and I will be picking up The Silence of the
Girls by Pat Barker.
This is basically a feminist retelling of the story of the Trojan women, which I am
so excited for, this was actually one of my most anticipated releases for the second half
of this year [2018] that I talked about I think in a book tag, and I still haven't gotten
to it.
I have no excuse.
Next is to read one by a debut author and I will be picking House of Salt and Sorrows
by Erin A. Craig.
Again, on my most anticipated releases video!
I am so excited for this, this is like a ghost story creepy murder mystery version of the
Twelve Dancing Princesses fairytale, so I'm ready!
We also have one challenge that is a free space, and for that one I am picking Spinning
Silver by Naomi Novik.
I absolutely adored Uprooted and I've been really looking forward to getting to Spinning
Silver, and this is another book that Giselle actually chose for me to read, and I think
she knows me pretty well, I'm hopeful that I'm gonna enjoy this.
For a Shakespeare retelling I will be reading Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca, and
I am so upset I forgot to mention this one in my anticipated releases video, but as I
said this is a Shakespeare retelling.
It's inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream and there is an Indian-American main character
and it's all about like baking magic I think, and cooking, and this just sounds fantastic.
This is another one I'm definitely gonna be pre-ordering.
Next we're supposed to read a book that is based on Asian myth, and for that one I will
be reading Shadow of the Fox by Julie KAgawa, or KaGAwa, I'm not actually sure how to pronounce
that, I will find that out.
I don't know too much about this fantasy novel but it is inspired by Japanese folklore and
it's about kitsune, I think that's...I think that's how you say it.
They're fox people I believe, they're a mythological creature and I'm so so excited to get to this.
And actually I got this copy from the lovely Melissa from Sassy Ginger Book Obsession,
I actually won her giveaway, and this was the book I picked, so I am really really looking
forward to getting to this one.
Another challenge on the list is to read an indie book, which I think is such a cool challenge,
and I will be reading A Dance of Silver and Shadow by Melanie Cellier, I think that's
how you say it, and this is another pick from Giselle and I've actually been meaning to
read this one for a long time.
It's a retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses I think, but it's like a magical tournament
I'm pretty sure and I'm really excited about this.
For the Russian folklore challenge, I will be continuing with The Girl in the Tower by
Katherine Arden which is the sequel to The Bear and the Nightingale.
From what I've heard, I think I'm gonna enjoy this book a lot more than the first one, I
did like the first one but I didn't fall head over heels for it like I know a lot of people
did and like I was hoping to.
But I am really really stoked about this and actually the atmosphere and the folklore elements
and how they were incorporated into the story was one of my favorite things about the first
book, so I have high hopes.
The next challenge was actually one of the ones that was hardest for me which was very
surprising, and that was to read a retelling with a weapon on the cover.
I went into this thinking like oh, every other main character is gonna have like a bow and
arrow or something, but they did not! *laughs* It was actually really tricky, but it does
give me an opportunity to put Sherwood by Meagan Spooner on one of my immediate TBR
lists.
This is a Robin Hood retelling and Maid Marian has to actually take on the mantle of Robin
Hood after Robin is murdered.
And this just sounds so fantastic, I absolutely loved Hunted by Meagan Spooner, that happens
to be one of my favorite retellings of all time, so I have high hopes for this one as
well.
Once again I will probably be pre-ordering this.
Next we have to read a retelling based on Norse myth and this might be bending the rules
a little bit 'cause I picked And I Darken by Kiersten White.
I think this is more of a Transylvania or Romania setting and possibly involving parts
of the Ottoman Empire so I don't know exactly if this counts but I did see it on at least
one list of Norse-inspired books, so I'm gonna count it, hopefully that works!
We follow our main character Lada and this is basically a gender-swapped Vlad the Impaler
retelling, soooo....that sounds amazing, I've heard such good things about the characters
and the world and oh, I'm just so excited for this.
Another challenge is to read a Peter Pan retelling and for this one I hope to be getting to The
Wendy, I don't actually know the author name offhand, but I will insert a picture of the
cover of course [authors are Erin Michelle and Steven Brown].
And this is actually a recommendation from my lovely friend Hana from Linh Hermione.
I really really trust her opinion, this sounds like such a great Peter Pan retelling, I don't
know too much about it besides that but I trust Hana's judgment.
Another challenge is to read a retelling that is 500 pages or more and for that one I will
be getting to a classic and that is Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.
I know so many people who count this among their favorite retellings, like I know Misty
from BookRatMisty talks about it a lot and Huck from Badger Reads, and I still have not
started the Sevenwaters series.
I have really enjoyed some of Juliet Marillier's other books so it's finally time.
This is a retelling of...oh, why do I always forget the name of this fairytale?
It's like Silent for Seven Years, it's the one where the girl's brothers get turned into
swans and if she speaks then they'll be killed.
That's the fairytale I'm talking about.
I love Juliet Mariller's writing and worldbuilding and atmosphere and I just--I'm so excited
about this.
I'm finally gonna get to it.
It's gonna happen.
Next we are to read a retelling set in space and I will be picking up Heart of Iron by
Ashley Poston.
This is an Anastasia retelling and I think I mentioned this in the book haul I talked
about it in, but I know Gabby from Gabs About Books really enjoyed it which made me more
interested in picking it up 'cause up until then I had heard kind of mixed things about
it, but I don't know.
Also, purple edges.
I got it from a used bookstore and it was someone's fancy copy and I'm pretty excited
about it.
*laughs* Another challenge is to read a book based on Middle Eastern mythology and I will
be reading The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty.
I know a lot of people who really enjoy this series, I know Jocelyn from yogi with a book
and I think Kazen from Always Doing, I feel like she talked about this book recently too.
And I'm just so excited to get to it.
It reminds me a little bit of The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, which is one of
my favorite books ever, and this obviously has Middle Eastern mythology.
There are djinn and spies and I'm just--I think this is gonna be amazing.
Next is to read a retelling of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, which shouldn't be too hard
because a lot of the ones that are very well-known are Brothers Grimm stories.
And for that one I'm gonna be reading Blanca y Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore.
I have read to date only one book by this author but I absolutely fell in love with
it and I have a couple others by her on my TBR.
This is a retelling of Snow White and Rose Red and there might be some other fairytales
mixed in as well.
And I believe it's about two sisters and one of them is cursed to become a swan forever
and I don't know if the sisters are close or if they're like enemies or what happens
but I know there's gonna be some fantastic dynamics between them and I've just heard
so many gorgeous things about this book, I'm so excited about it.
And finally the last of the 25 challenges is to read a retelling published at least
10 years ago.
And for that one I will be picking up a book that hopefully by the time I read it, I will
have figured out how you're supposed to say that *laughs* and that is The Penelopiad?
*repeats badly multiple times* by Margaret Atwood.
*laughs* Sorry, please excuse that horrible mispronunciation.
But I am so so excited about this, I've been wanting to pick this up for ages because it
is a feminist retelling of a Greek mythology story, which...YES *laughs* yes please.
And also it's a Margaret Atwood!
So I am just so looking forward to this.
Also, I wanted this specific cover because--because the cover is actually artwork from a painter
that I really love and that is Tamara de Lempicka.
Like, look up her paintings!
I will link her name in the description because they are all just so gorgeous and strange
and I love them.
But this is something I am so so excited to finally read.
And just in her introduction to the book, Margaret Atwood said something that I'm gonna
read to you: "I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve
hanged maids.
The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus which focuses on two questions that must pose
themselves after any close reading of The Odyssey: what led to the hanging of the maids,
and what was Penelope really up to?
The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water:there are too many inconsistencies.
I've always been haunted by the hanged maids; and, in The Penelopiad, so is Penelope herself."
Just...fuck me up, Margaret Atwood.
I'm ready.
Okay everybody, so that is my tentative TBR for the Retelling Bingo 2019 challenge.
Of course, this may change, this may shift, but that's kind of what the plan is right
now.
But please let me know if any of you are participating in this challenge.
Also let me know if you have read any of these books what you thought about them, especially
some of the like less popular ones or ones I haven't heard about like Lily of the Nile
or The Glass Town Game, I'd be especially interested to hear what you guys think about
those.
Thank you all so much for watching, I will see you soon with another video, and I hope
you love the next book you read.
Bye!
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