Posts Tagged ‘retelling’
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Classics Retold Un-Classically: Two Odyssey “Retellings” to avoid.
5September 19, 2013 by Heidi
So I’m guessing at this point that you’ve all noticed my complete and utter failure to keep up with my …
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Category Adult, Audiobook, Review, Young Adult | Tags: adult, apocalyptic, Audiobook, Connecticut, Doubleday, Gothic, Henry Holt, Historical Fiction, LGBT, literary, magical realism, Moby Dick, New England, Random House Audio, retelling, The Odyssey, whaling, young adult
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Booking it Across the US | Ohio and Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
4August 9, 2013 by Heidi
Welcome to Ohio! Did you know that Ohio is the only state whose name doesn’t share any letters with the …
keep readingCategory Adult, Audiobook, Review | Tags: Audiobook, Booking It Across the US, Brilliance Audio, ghosts, Gothic, Ohio, retelling, review, romance, The Turn of the Screw
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Booking it Across the US | New Jersey and Tithe by Holly Black
5August 7, 2013 by Heidi
Welcome to New Jersey! The state that brought us Zach Braff’s Garden State (or I suppose the Garden State that brought us …
keep readingCategory Miscellany, Review, Young Adult | Tags: book events, Booking It Across the US, Celtic mythology, fae, fairy tale, fantasy, Miscellany, New Jersey, retelling, review, Tam Lin, urban fantasy, young adult
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#FridayReads: Six Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
4July 12, 2013 by Heidi
Okay, so I’m admitedly cheating a bit because this was my #FridayReads last week, but I didn’t actually get into it until …
keep readingCategory Adult, Vlog | Tags: #FridayReads, fairy tale, home on the range, retelling, Snow White, vlog, Wild West
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Salute Your Shorts: Yellowcake by Margo Lanagan
5July 8, 2013 by Heidi
Salute Your Shorts is a regular feature here at Bunbury in the Stacks highlighting and reviewing short stories and novellas. …
keep readingCategory Review, Salute Your Shorts, Young Adult | Tags: Aussie reads, diviners, fairy tale, fantasy, Historical Fiction, Knopf Books for Young Readers, rape, Rapunzel, retelling, review, Salute Your Shorts, speculative fiction, The Soldier and the Tin Box, young adult
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With Bated Breath: Classics Retold
23April 21, 2013 by Heidi
We all know by now that I’m a sucker for a good retelling, so when my blogging buddy Alyssa got together …
keep readingCategory With Bated Breath | Tags: events, retelling, The Odyssey, With Bated Breath
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Retro Friday Review: The Swan Kingdom by Zoë Marriott
12March 22, 2013 by Heidi
Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Angie at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This …
keep readingCategory Retro Friday, Review, Young Adult | Tags: Candlewick Press, fairy tale, fantasy, retelling, review, The Six Swans, The Ugly Duckling, The Wild Swans, young adult
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Review: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
30March 18, 2013 by Heidi
Title: Tiger Lily [Amazon|Goodreads] Author: Jodi Lynn Anderson [Twitter|Facebook] Standing: Stand alone novel. Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Retelling Published: July 3rd, 2012 by HarperCollins Children’s …
keep readingCategory Review, Young Adult | Tags: fae, fantasy, HarperCollins, immortality, LGBT, mermaids, Peter Pan, pirates, retelling, review, young adult
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Review: Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson
37March 11, 2013 by Heidi
Title: Strands of Bronze and Gold [Amazon|Goodreads] Author: Jane Nickerson [Website|Twitter|Facebook] Standing: Stand alone/first in a series of companion novels. Genre: Historical, Gothic, Retelling, …
keep readingCategory Review, Young Adult | Tags: Bluebeard, fairy tale, ghosts, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mississippi, murder, Random House, retelling, review, slavery, Underground Railroad, young adult
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Retro Friday Audio Review: A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
26March 8, 2013 by Heidi
Retro Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Angie at Angieville and focuses on reviewing books from the past. This …
keep readingCategory Audiobook, Retro Friday, Review, Young Adult | Tags: Audiobook, fairy tale, fantasy, fiber craft, retelling, Retro Friday, review, Rumpelstiltskin, Scholastic Audio, weaving, young adult
