2012/2013 Challenge Progress

[Christine]

This is a place to brag, crow, cry about your progress.

[Ali]

1/12 for me and that too was unintentional. Read Jessica Day's , an original re-telling of Cinderella. :D

[Nicola]

I keep on coming back to fairytales and browsing this group has reignited my passion and made me order a load of books! So I will be joining this challenge :)

[Christine]

I read and Hrothgar

[Nicola]

I'm reading - think I will finish it today it is only 70 pages and some are illustrated!! So that's 1/12 for me.

[Nicola]

So I've done:


1. by Charles Perrault

2. by Marissa Meyer

3. by Robin McKinley

5. by Charles Perrault

12. by Hans Christian Andersen


I'm really enjoying this challenge :) they've all had 5* ratings so far apart from The Little Mermaid - I loved The Little Mermaid story but some of the others in the collection are a bit weird!!

[Nicola]

I've done number 12:


Loved The Little Mermaid - some of the other stories in the collection, such as Little Claus and Big Claus, were a bit traumatic to say the least!!!

[Nicola]

Read my sci-fi fairytale - it was good but not one of my favourite Cinderella retellings!

[Will]

Not as good as Ella Enchanted? Which, by the way, I didn't even think was a re-telling until two thirds of the way through haha!

[Nicola]

Oh nowhere near as good! Haha I know what you mean when you say that. I have Fairest by her to read as well will lend you in when I'm done (sorry if I've said that to you 5 million times already!)

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7/12 so far: (I'm updating this post as I go, because it seemed like a good idea.)

1. A version of Cinderella:

3. A historical fiction fairy tale:

4. A "romance" fairy tale:

5. A fairy tale featuring animals:

8. A fairy tale mystery

10. A Native American Legend/Tale:

12. Readers Choice:

[Christine]

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12. (urban legend)

[Melanti]

I suppose I could officially join instead of just mentally filling out the list.

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[Christine]

Burning Your Boats does have a Cinderella story in it as well as Puss in Boots so it can work for 5. I would say that Entwined would count as a romance.

[Melanti]

Good point on Burning Your Boats. Thanks! I was thinking of the collection as a whole and not the individual stories. It also has variations of Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood and Peter and the Wolf that would count for "animals" as well. Most of these are in The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories if anyone doesn't want to read the omnibus.

And also true on Entwined, but I have the "romance" slot filled with Ash already and I liked it slightly better than Entwined.

[Melanti]

Done! I swapped out a few of my previous choices for ones that were a better fit for the category or that I just liked more.

[Leah]

I'm going to follow Beth's lead and edit this post as I make progress. Here's the link to my in-the-forest shelf which contains the books I've read and plan to read.

1. A version of Cinderella

2. A sci-fi fairy tale


3. A historical fiction fairy tale

4. A "romance" fairy tale (Think romance novels or Jane Austen)


5. A fairy tale featuring animals


6. A biography about one fairy tale writer/artist/movie director

7. A critical work about fairy tales

8. A fairy tale mystery


9. A collection of fairy/folk tales from Asia (or a retelling of such tale)

10. A collection of fairy tales from one of the following (1) Native Americans (2) First People (3) Aborgines (4) Inuit

11. A collection of folk/fairy tales from Africa.

12. Reader's Choice

[Laura]

I have gotten a copy of The Mammoth Book of Merlin -- hope that counts here, too. It is a group read in related group.
Also I dug out my copy of Scandinavian Folk & Fairy Tales, which was not as much of a fun read as you might think. Maybe I will find something interesting this time around.
Also-- awaiting receipt of a retelling of the Red Riding Hood fairy tale. Should be interesting!

[Christine]

Merlin counts. It's not like I'm trying to be strict or anything.

[Leah]

Here's what I plan to read for our 2013 Challenge. I'd really love to see what other members plan to or have already read. And if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations for #9 I'd be most appreciative!

1. Read a traditional collection of tales. (Andersen, Grimm, Lang etc. Collections edited by Zipes would also count).
DONE

2. Read a collection of tales from China.


3. Read a dark retelling of a fairy tale.


4. Read a book that combines or uses several different fairy tales.
DONE

5. Read a Celtic collection of tales.


6. Read a collection of Nordic tales.


7. Read a themed collection (be it original or short stories).
DONE

8. Read a retelling from the villain’s point of view.
DONE


9. Read a collection of tales from Central or South America.


10. Read a collection of French tales.


11. Read a collection of Italian tales.


12. Read a fairy tale that you are not familiar with and then read a retelling or critical look at said tale.

[Melanti]

I have multiple books read this year for some categories and nothng at all for about half the categories.

1. Read a traditional collection of tales. (Andersen, Grimm, Lang etc. Collections edited by Zipes would also count).
(planned)
2. Read a collection of tales from China
No clue
3. Read a dark retelling of a fairy tale.

4. Read a book that combines or uses several different fairy tales.

5. Read a Celtic collection of tales.
No clue
6. Read a collection of Nordic tales.
No CLue
7. Read a themed collection (be it original or short stories).

8. Read a retelling from the villain’s point of view.

9. Read a collection of tales from Central or South America.
No Clue
10. Read a collection of French tales.

But would like to finish:

11. Read a collection of Italian tales.
(planned)
12. Read a fairy tale that you are not familiar with and then read a retelling or critical look at said tale.

[Leah]

Glad I'm not the only one still searching for a selection to fit #9. :D

[Christine]

For #9

Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions

Little Book of Latin American Folktales

Fairy Tales from Brazil (Illustrated Edition) (free edition for Kindle, most likely up at Guttenberg)

Additionally several of Lang's fairy tale books cover SA tales.

The catagories were chosen because most of them can be filled with free books via Kindle, nook, or Guttenberg.

[Christine]

Myths and Legends of China

China and Japan

Some Chinese Ghosts

[Christine]

Celtic would include - Ireland, Scottish, Welsh, Breton.

Celtic Fairy Tales

More Celtic Fairy Tales:

Also collections by Yeats, Lady Gregory. Anything about Arthur has roots in Celtic myths.

[Christine]

Nordic

East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths

Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology

[Christine]

1. Five Classic Fairy Tales

2. Bejing Stories Vol 1.

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5. King Arthur: The History and Folklore of the Arthurian Legend

6. Padric Colum's Odin listed above (planned)

7. Creation Myths and Tales of Origin

8. Krampus: The Yule Lord

9. Fairy tales of Brazil (planned)

10. Old French Romances

11. various ones, have to pick.

12. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival