Hooray for those of you who have already done some reading on this challenge! It's month two, and I still haven't picked up a book for this yet (but I have one on my list that's coming up - New Girl by Paige Harbison, a retelling of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier).
The winner for last month's prize is Jenni Elyse! I'm still putting the prize together, but I'm quite sure at least one book will be included. We'll be doing the same thing this month, everyone signed up for the challenge is automatically entered. If you leave a link for the month (or a review in the comments, for those with no forum to review), you will get extra entries. Do check out the links folks leave so we can have some discussion. And for a little brain work, today's question is:
What is your all-time favorite retelling (or sequel/related book) and why?
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I hope to get to a re-telling of Persuasion this month. I forgot you had prizes and stuff for this thing! :)
ReplyDeleteI saw you reread Persuasion. I'm getting pretty excited to get to that one again. I really want that new retelling For Darkness Shows the Stars.
DeleteMy favorite is probably Wide Sargasso Sea (Jane Eyre) because it has completely changed the way I read and understand that book forever and ever.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a huge fan of the Bard Academy novels because they're a lot of fun.
I still haven't gotten to Wide Sargasso Sea, though I've been hearing about it for years. And I haven't read the Bard ones either, but I just heard about them not too long ago.
DeleteI just bought New Girl but I'm trying to decide if that's the book I want to use for the challenge. I'd feel the need to reread Rebecca and I don't really want to.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite retelling is actually a movie. I liked Clueless and I think the only real reason was because it's the first time I realized people did retellings or adaptions and I was fascinated...plus it's just pretty funny. ;)
I hate to admit that I don't think I've ever watched Clueless all the way through. But, I think the funny retellings are pretty awesome :)
DeleteOh, you just posted it! I thought you may have posted it last week. :) I'm excited!!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAnd, as for the question, I haven't really read any retellings that I know of. I mean I guess I read The Goose Girl which is a retelling of a fairytale, but not a classic. Hmmm. That's why I'm excited to be part of this challenge, lol.
I'm not quite on top of it enough to post it that early :) And I totally count fairy tale retellings, but I am trying to stay away from them for this because I read so many of them anyway!
DeleteMy favorite, though not really a re-telling, is When You Reach Me. It brought to mind a previous love of A Wrinkle in Time and I've read that book twice since WYRM came out!
ReplyDeleteWhen You Reach Me totally counts! I love it when a newer book makes us want to read (or reread) an older book. That's the main point of this challenge!
DeleteCompleted my first "double"...what fun!
ReplyDeleteI read Frankenstein (along with my students) and Dean Koontz's first novel in his Frankenstein series The Prodigal Son (this is an adult series!).
Here's a link to my comments on these two novels: http://mrsgbookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/7-8-frankenstein-x-2.html
Happy reading!
Ooh, I'm excited to read your review! Thanks again for participating. I put your link on the March links page (sorry, I didn't have a link to it on my sidebar :)
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