Literature
I just happened to stumble across one of the coolest reading challenges over at Stainless Steel Droppings and could not resist joining up. The main focus is on four genres: Fairy Tale, Folklore, Fantasy and Mythology but the event is divided up into various sub-challenges to suit your reading schedule. Pretty neat. This is also the perfect opportunity to read more Guy Gavriel Kay. ;)
Taken from site: Read at least 5 books that fit somewhere within the Once Upon a Time categories. They might all be fantasy, or folklore, or fairy tales, or mythology?or your five books might be a combination from the four genres. My list so far (a general guideline, I won't be reading all of these):
Taken from site: Fulfill the requirements for The Journey or Quest the First or Quest the Second AND top it off with a June reading of Shakespeare?s A Midsummer Night?s Dream OR a viewing of one of the many film versions of the play. Love the story, love the films, love the idea of that magical night of the year and so this is my chance to promote the enjoyment of this farcical love story.
Considering my love for Mr. Shakespeare and Midsummer Night's Dream, this one is a no-brainer.
I would really appreciate some recommendations of folklore, fairy tales and mythology. My knowledge on these genres is quite limited.
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Literature
Once Upon a Time IX
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous
- Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
- The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
- The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
- Book of Greek Myths by D'aulaires
- The Iliad by Homer
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
- River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
- Kraken by China Mieville
- Discworld by Terry Pratchett
- Ilium by Dan Simmons
- The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland...by Catherynne M. Valente
- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
- This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
- Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny
Considering my love for Mr. Shakespeare and Midsummer Night's Dream, this one is a no-brainer.
I would really appreciate some recommendations of folklore, fairy tales and mythology. My knowledge on these genres is quite limited.
- The Summer Tree (the Fionavar Tapestry #1) By Guy Gavriel Kay
?We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.? Considering how much I adore the writings of Guy Gavriel Kay, it pains me to give his debut novel The Summer Tree a barely passing grade. It is hard to believe that this...
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This week sure went by fast didn't it? Daylight savings time certainly didn't help matters but it won't take much longer to fully adjust to the time change. Of course, the big literary news this week is the death of Terry Pratchett, who sadly...
- Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books On My Fall To-be-read List
It's been a while since I last participated in the Top Ten Tuesday held by the Brooke and the Bookish so let's give this another go. As the first day of fall, this weekly meme is quite appropriate and asks fellow book bloggers to list their...
- "the Books I Should Have Read By Now" Challenge!
I've decided to participate in my first reading blogger challenge hosted by Gabriel at Gabriel Reads starting on June, 1. As a bibliophile, my shelves are overflowing with books and turning my room into a hazardous obstacle course. Well, this is just...
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Welcome to my ultimate reading challenge! This will be an on-going project of mine and I hope to read everything on this list before departing from this world. I am always open for recommendations so if you want me to read something that is not already...