Books & Cupcakes January Book Photo Challenge || Day 18: Retelling
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I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
J.D. Salinger, A Boy in France
(via bookmania)
My aesthetic: Books. Books at the bookstore. Books on bookshelves. Books coordinated by color. Books coordinated by series. Books with fantastic covers. Books that are small. Books that are huge. Books. BOOKS.
YA Fairy Tale Retellings
I’ve had several people ask for some YA retelling book recommendations, so here are a few of each! I marked my favorites with an asterisk:
Cinderella
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine*
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer*
- Gilded Ashes by Rosamund Hodge
- Cinderella and the Colonel by K.M. Shea
- Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
- Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell
- Bewitching by Alex Flinn
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas (the sequels get way better)*
Snow White
- Winter by Marissa Meyer*
- The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine
- Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
- Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
- Mirrored by Alex Flinn
- Beauty by Nancy Ohlin
- Nameless by Lili St. Crow
- Devoured by Amanda Marrone
Beauty & the Beast
- Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge*
- Beastly by Alex Flinn
- Beast by Brie Spangler
- Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea
- Beauty by Robin McKinley
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas*
- Of Beast & Beauty by Stacey Jay
- Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
Sleeping Beauty
- Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay (about Aurora’s daughter)*
- A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
- A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
- Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis
- A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
- Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
- Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley
Rapunzel
- Cress by Marissa Meyer*
- Reign of Shadow by Sophie Jordan
- The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson
- Towering by Alex Flinn
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
- Entwined by Heather Dixon
- Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
- The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn
- The Phoenix Dance by Dia Calhoun
Peter Pan
- Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell
- Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- Never Never by Brianna Shrum
- Everland by Wendy Spinale
- Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
- The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse
- Never Ever by Sara Saedi
- The Child Thief by Brom
- Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
Aladdin/1,001 Nights
- The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury*
- The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh*
- A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Red Riding Hood
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer*
- Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
- Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George
- Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Hansel & Gretel: Sweetly by Jackson Pearce
The Little Mermaid: Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon
The Frog Prince:
Rumpelstiltskin: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
The Snow Queen
A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.
C.S. Lewis
Reblog if you’re in one or more of this fandoms and I’ll follow you
- Shadowhunters (books, tv series, movie, whatever)
- ACOTAR, Throne of glass
- Six of Crows
- Rick Riordan’s books
- Lunar Chronicles
- Other autors such as Jennifer Armentrout, Holly Black, Rainbow Rowell, Victoria Schwab, Melissa Marr, A. G. Howard etc…
- Books in general
TV SERIES such as:
- Teen Wolf
- The Vampire Diaries/The Originals
- Once Upon a Time
- Charmed
- Sherlock
“I don’t think I’m dreaming…I ain’t got the brains to make this up.”
–J K Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them