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Top Ten Tuesday: Hidden Gems

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a way to share what you're loving in list form.  The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:   Hidden Gems In...  I've gone with books in the Retelling/Inspired By Genre.   The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski ... a retelling of Hamlet Cinder by Marissa Meyer ... a retelling of Cinderella Heartless  by Marissa Meyer ... a retelling of Alice in Wonderland Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion ... a retelling of Romeo and Juliet Going Bovine  by Libba Bray ... a retelling of Don Quixote The Hours by Michael Cunningham ... a retelling of Mrs. Dalloway The Historian  by Elizabeth Kostova ... a (loose) retelling/continuation of Dracula The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice) ... a retelling of Sleeping Beauty Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys ... ...

Top Ten Tuesday: Fairytale Retellings

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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and it's a way to share what you're loving in list form. The topic changes every week, so there is always something new to discover! This week's topic is:  Top Ten Fairytale Retellings I've Read/Want to Read .  Oh man, oh  man.  What a great topic!  Fairytale retellings have become HUGE recently and there are so many great ones.  Here are my choices: Retellings I've Read Cinder by Marissa Meyer  Based on Cinderella Scarlet by Marissa Meyer  Based on Little Red Riding Hood Cress by Marissa Meyer  Based on Rapunzel Retellings I Want to Read Winter by Marissa Meyer  Based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Briar Rose by Jane Yolen  Based on Sleeping Beauty   A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C Bunce  Based on Rumpelstiltskin   Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George  B...