Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Fairytale Challenge Completed!

The Daily Prophecy
The Fairytale Challenge is hosted by Mel at The Daily Prophecy. There were six different levels you could shoot for and I went for the Big Bad Wolf(10-15 books).

I completed the challenge by reading 15 fairytale retellings this year!
1. Fable by Chanda Hahn. (Not strictly a fairy tale retelling, but the whole series is about fairy tales and this one included Rumpelstiltskin.) Read Jan 3. My review.

2. Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier. (Twelve Dancing Princesses and The Frog Prince). Read Jan 17. My review.

3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer. (Cinderella). Read Feb. 7.

4. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. (Red Riding Hood). Read Feb. 9.

5. Cress  by Marissa Meyer. (Rapunzel). Read Feb. 21.

6. Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter. (Beauty and the Beast). Read Mar. 26. My review

7. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson. (Peter Pan). Read April 29. My review

8. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. (The Snow Child) Read June 16. My review

9. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge. (Beauty and the Beast) Read June 28. My review

10. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge. (Little Red Riding Hood and The Girl With No Hands) Read June 30. My review

11. Fairest by Marissa Meyer. (Sort of a prequel to Snow White) Read in May.

12. Enchanted by Alethea Kontis. (The Frog Prince + others). Read in July.

13. Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James (Beauty and the Beast). Read in July.

14. Winter by Marissa Meyer (Snow White). Read in November.

15. Ash and Bramble by Sarah Prineas. (Cinderella). Read in December.

Did you read any fairytale retellings this year? Share your favorites!

4 comments:

  1. Wow that is quite a few, the only one I've read is Fable.

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    1. So you've read the Unenchanted series? How did you like it?

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  2. Nice list! I've read a few of these, and I got to a couple other fairytale retellings this year too. Besides the ones by Marissa Meyer, I think my favorite of 2015 was Winter's Child by Cameron Dokey. It's a retelling of the Snow Queen and Ohmygoodness it is so beautiful <3


    Alexa
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    1. I haven't read that one! That sounds amazing though; it's going on my TBR list!

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