FAIRYTALE & FOLKLORE RETELLINGS

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  • @BookishRaider
    @BookishRaider 4 роки тому +30

    The barbie version of The 12 Dancing Princess's was very much apart of my childhood.

    • @GalaxyElfJess
      @GalaxyElfJess 3 роки тому +4

      Also the music in that movie is a masterpiece

    • @BookishRaider
      @BookishRaider 3 роки тому

      Definitely agree, should rewatch all of the barbie movies I own atm.

  • @sildyhernandez2329
    @sildyhernandez2329 4 роки тому +28

    My two personal favorites are “The bear and the nightingale” and “spinning silver”. Both are great folklore/retelling books with a cold winter atmosphere making it perfect for fall/winter.

  • @KimbaZed
    @KimbaZed 4 роки тому +13

    I have not read the Lunar Chronicles, but I have heard it was originally Sailor Moon fanfiction, which isn't a bad thing.

  • @NBH_Flora_and_Fauna
    @NBH_Flora_and_Fauna 4 роки тому +3

    My girls were little when the Barbie fairy tale retellings came out, and we used to own several on DVD, which included The 12 Dancing Princesses, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and the Magic Pegasus.
    Some books and authors of retellings that I can recommend: Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones; The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey; Thorn by Intisar Khanani; several novellas by T. Kingfisher; several novellas by Suzannah Rowntree; The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas; Briar Rose by Jane Yolen; and, of course, quite a few by Robin McKinley.

  • @thenameofthewind7429
    @thenameofthewind7429 4 роки тому +13

    And I Darken is a great retelling of Vlad the Impaler!

  • @heabooktubes
    @heabooktubes 4 роки тому +7

    I also think that fall is the perfect time for retellings. 😆 I have my own recs going up on Thursday but they’re all romance. There’s just something so perfect about autumn and fairy tales. 🍂♥️🍂

    • @JadaSimons
      @JadaSimons 4 роки тому +2

      Ooo sounds interesting, im definitely gonna have to check that out!

    • @heabooktubes
      @heabooktubes 4 роки тому

      @@JadaSimons awwww, well thanks. I love me some romance. 😆

  • @moev29
    @moev29 4 роки тому +2

    You sold me on Geekerella a while back and I read them all. LOVED those books. They’re cute and silly and super nerdy. They’re just quick, lighthearted reads that were a nice way to break up all the dense, heavier things I tend to read.

  • @victoriastambaugh5177
    @victoriastambaugh5177 4 роки тому +1

    You should check out SECONDHAND CURSES. It follows fairytale characters Jack (jack and the beanstalk), Frank (Frankenstein's monster), and Marie (Belle and Beast's daughter) as a traveling band of mercenary-esque fighters as they stumble their way through other fairytales like Cinderella (but the Fairy godmother is actually a slave trader.) It's a dark and entertaining take on fairytales.

  • @TheLibraryofAllenxandria
    @TheLibraryofAllenxandria 4 роки тому +3

    "I love the trees; they wouldn't betray me!" 🤣🤣
    "A sexytime retelling of Beauty and the Beast".....I'm so excited to read ACOTAR.....
    I LOVE Fables! I read the entire series after playing Wolf Among Us. So good! Also, where is our Wolf Among Us 2??

  • @itari1190
    @itari1190 4 роки тому +4

    Christina Henry is an author that has done several dark fairy tail retellings! I've read the one for Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland and enjoyed both

  • @Cottonmagic
    @Cottonmagic 4 роки тому +3

    I recommend the Blackthorn and Grim, and also The Sevenwaters series by Juliet Marriller. They give me all the fall feels!

  • @TessoftheTales
    @TessoftheTales 4 роки тому +2

    I loved the 12 Dancing Princess Barbie movie so much as a kid; need to get to House of Salt and Sorrows soon!

  • @brinleyowens2551
    @brinleyowens2551 4 роки тому +6

    I love Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly. That was such a satisfying book, and it's a standalone too

    • @artybluegirl
      @artybluegirl 4 роки тому +1

      It's a fun book for sure, one you read for the specific trope and characters

  • @isabel35
    @isabel35 4 роки тому +3

    To Kill a Kingdom, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Heartless, and Spinning Silver are some of my favorites! I really liked A Curse So Dark and Lonely too but I was disappointed by the sequel

    • @mireilleoppenheimer6662
      @mireilleoppenheimer6662 3 роки тому

      I loved A Curse so Dark and Lonely!! i also liked the sequel, but I wasn't a big fan of ACOTAR...

  • @mckennahorman7675
    @mckennahorman7675 4 роки тому +1

    One book I read every year during the fall is Poison by Chris Wooding. It's full english folklore and has Faeries in it, though not a traditional fairytale. Plus it has some good spooks for the Halloween season.

  • @mangalover0149
    @mangalover0149 4 роки тому +7

    ACOTAR is one of my favourite series of all time. I'm happy that you recommended it. And yes, it's NA. I don't get why it's been marketed as YA.

    • @laurakindle5356
      @laurakindle5356 4 роки тому +1

      NA is new adult. And I think ACOTAR was originally marketed as YA because NA doesn't exist in book stores and because the story and writing style matches YA audiences more. Plus Maas already had a YA fanbase.

    • @mangalover0149
      @mangalover0149 4 роки тому

      @@laurakindle5356 That's probably why. And now they've changed it to a more adult audience.

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 роки тому

      NA....?!🤔....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @whyonthefall5373
      @whyonthefall5373 3 роки тому +1

      @@mangalover0149 yeah, it does have some very explicit stuff in there

  • @fantastic_calves5977
    @fantastic_calves5977 4 роки тому +9

    I’m so here for this

  • @macrosense
    @macrosense Рік тому

    I have a weakness for Mercedes Lackey’s Elemental Masters Series. It loosely adapts old fairy tales. She later expanded it to include psychics and Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. They are set in Victorian and Edwardian Britain.

  • @josiehelsel6889
    @josiehelsel6889 4 роки тому +4

    Yay! This is the video my fairy tale obsessed heart has been waiting for 🖤😍🖤

  • @KitarraChaosWeaver
    @KitarraChaosWeaver 4 роки тому

    Any of the retellings by T Kingfisher (AKA Ursula Vernon). She writes crack! She is both funny and poignant in turns with an imagination so twisted it actually goes non-Euclidean! LOOOOOVE her! While she has other books too she has a whole series of twisted fairy tales. Bryony and Roses is a Beauty and the Beast retelling where the main character is a sort of average girl who gets into misadventure because of her garden. The Raven and the Reindeer is a retelling of a classic Finnish fairy tale. It is just about as delightful and fantastical as one could ever possibly want. And Ursula actually consulted real Finnish folklorist to make sure she was portraying it correctly. The 7Th bride is a retelling of a story I am not familiar with but I am assured it is a classic. It was a spooky but delightful mystery read. Plus she has 3 collections of short stories all of which are fabulous. Because I don't have much time to read, I really appreciate her writing style. Especially when life is chaotic, her work is easy to read and never fails to make me happy. I can't recommend her books enough!

  • @afantasybabble6222
    @afantasybabble6222 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the video. I love fairytale retellings. My favorite is Beauty by Robin McKinley. Julliet Marillier also has some good ones.

  • @riakm921
    @riakm921 4 роки тому +3

    Best book/series for the Fall is definitely either Lord of the Rings or Memory, Sorrow , and Thorn (why not both)!

  • @cpolt1192
    @cpolt1192 4 роки тому

    I did read the first two And I Darken and was super impressed with the series so far. The main characters are not the usual YA style and I'm here for it! That's a Vlad the Impaler retelling if ppl aren't already aware. I was a fan of ACOTAR as well, bc I really liked Rhys immediately (ik, you're not supposed to, but I did) but it's def not like, the most amazing writing. Just super entertaining and I loved the friend group in 2nd and 3rd books. Happy reading!

  • @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy
    @PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 4 роки тому

    I liked but didn’t love Uprooted, but I agree that it’s an apt fall read. Not sure if it’s the mood you’re going for, but The Last Wish, the first short story collection in The Witcher books, has some interesting folktale parodies. Thanks for the fun video!

  • @faith8488
    @faith8488 4 роки тому +1

    I also enjoy the Snow Queen series by K.M. Shea (a frozen re-telling), not great but good. I loved Wicked by Gregory Maguire, it's a Wizard of Oz story told from the witch's perspective.

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 роки тому

      Loved Wicked! It's a serie, if I remember well?

    • @faith8488
      @faith8488 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, there's a sequel that follows what happens to her son after she dies. The author also has re-tellings about other fables like Cinderella.

    • @ChristmasLore
      @ChristmasLore 3 роки тому

      @@faith8488 , thank you!🎋
      I've read those (at least two or three I think) like a decade ago, yet they left me obviously a good impression, as I remember them kindly.
      No flowery romance, a writing style quite wity and sort of classical, and finding indeed a fairytale vibe.
      I might pick them up again one of these days. I do miss the days before YA became the YA ...it has become. That's why I enjoy so much P.Pullman (especially the Lockeheart'serie), Cornelia Funke, something like The Alchemist series, Angie Sage... these days, those are labelled as Middle School I guess, and yet the writing is sooooo superior to anything YA/ "NA" (what the helle is this, the girls that enjoyed YA as they grew up and are incapable of growing out of it..?) these days...
      I'll check your other recommendation too.
      Not trying to offend anybody, I'm aware this is not the channel for me.
      But as a long time ago, when I was already over 3o, I enjoyed reading middle school fantasy and some YA dystopia (not the most famous though, even if I've read those too), and I'm quite curious to...where the genre has gone.
      For what I gathered from different channels...it pains me to no end. There was so much potential.
      On the other hand, Fantasy ( the genre for "adults" I guess, if you have to label it down- high/epic fantasy) has evolved,let's just say, in better directions.
      I'm aware that the most important thing is to read, whatever you like. If someone needs something light, with accessible prose, that's ok. It's fine, it's great.
      Yet it's no way an excuse for the real "dumbing down" that is happening. Many books and series published these days would never have been published 10 or 15 years ago. Not because of their content, simply for how poorly written these are.
      Many authors of quality are proof till this day, that you can very well write to younger audiences or people "looking for a fun time" without taking them for simple minded ... whatever.
      So sorry- it's late here and it's a subject I've been thinking a lot about these last few days, watching some of these videos.
      Basically just so glad someone remembered Wicked 🎋
      Have a wonderful day 🌠

  • @TheBookishMom
    @TheBookishMom 4 роки тому +2

    I feel like a lot of these books are ones I have had just chilling on my shelves for much too long!
    I honestly had no idea that 12 dancing princesses was a thing... now I want to find the Barbie movie LOL
    I am trying to work my way through the Lunar Chronicles now, I read Cinder and want to just finish the rest of the books at some point this year.
    I've been SO back and forth on reading ACOTAR... I am trying to get Allen from Library of Allenxandria to buddy read it with me though!

  • @knit0004
    @knit0004 4 роки тому +1

    I love Fables. It is just such a good comic series. I even teach the first volume in a course on the depiction of oppression and oppressed peoples in graphic novels.

  • @catsandbats77
    @catsandbats77 4 роки тому

    Robin McKinley actually has TWO Beauty and the Beast retellings that manage to be quite different from each other: Beauty and The Rose Daughter. I also loved her Sleeping Beauty retelling Spindle's End. Patricia McKillip's book In the Forest of Serre is a beautiful retelling of the Firebird. Juliet Marillier has done a few retellings as well: Wildwood Dancing is a YA retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses(she didn't add all 12), Daughter of the Forest is based on an Irish myth, and Heart's Blood (my favorite) is a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Also check out the Andari Chronicles by Kenley Davidson.

  • @aye.p
    @aye.p 4 роки тому +1

    I'm currently reading fairetales, the original ones. Love them. They are so creepy!!! And I love retellings too. Thanks for the recomendations!! Hugs from Argentina!!

  • @thenameofthewind7429
    @thenameofthewind7429 4 роки тому

    I just placed a hold on Fables at my library yesterday! So glad to see this comic here.. I’m now looking forward to it more than I already was! Can’t wait for it to come in now

  • @Amanda-qt6lc
    @Amanda-qt6lc 4 роки тому +1

    I've recently read a song of wraiths and ruin (west African folklore), and girl, spent, Thorn (Serbian folklore). Both were really good 4-4.5 stars.

    • @NBH_Flora_and_Fauna
      @NBH_Flora_and_Fauna 4 роки тому

      Those have been on my radar. Glad to hear good things about them.

  • @ReiraWrites
    @ReiraWrites 4 роки тому

    I absolutely loved the Queens of Innis Lear, and I think I'm going to read soon Lady Hotspur! Long books and cups of tea are a match made in heaven!

  • @JessieMaeBooks
    @JessieMaeBooks 4 роки тому

    I love your sweater! This video makes me so excited for cooler weather and to just cozy up with books ❤️ Fables sounds awesome 😍

  • @marystevens1476
    @marystevens1476 4 роки тому

    I recently got into the Disney twisted tales and I'm loving them so far. There are now 10 stand alone books in this companion series written by Liz Braswell, Elizabeth Lim and Jen Calonita. These retellings are based on the Disney movies but with a darker twist. The books out so far are: Straight on till morning (Peter Pan), Mirror mirror (Snow white), Reflection (Mulan), Part of your world (little mermaid), Once upon a dream (sleeping beauty), A whole new world (Aladdin), As old as time (Beauty and the beast), So this is love (Cinderella), Conceal, don't feel (Frozen) and the newest one Unbirthday (Alice in Wonderland).

  • @ChantelReadsAllDay
    @ChantelReadsAllDay 4 роки тому

    + has library website open & requests all the books . . . +
    One I read this year and really enjoyed is Stepsister - it's technically not a retelling since it follows one of Cinderella's stepsisters but I would definitely include it in this category.

  • @Aneriana
    @Aneriana 4 роки тому

    Oh yes!! Fall = fairytales, fair folk, fae etc.! Totally! 🍂🍁🎃🧚 Thanks for sharing these recommendations!

  • @KatieSingsGreat14
    @KatieSingsGreat14 4 роки тому

    I started reading A Curse so Dark and Lonely and I’m literally only 20 pages in and I have a feel I’m going to really enjoy it!

  • @lorbito155
    @lorbito155 4 роки тому

    I real liked Neil Gaiman’s spindle and the sleeper too! I think that fits pretty well with this video

  • @nomikonrad
    @nomikonrad 4 роки тому

    One fairytale that I have recently fallen in love with is east of the sun west of the moon. I haven’t found many books for this but one is called North child and another is called East and they are so good. It kind of reminds me of beauty and the beast in the sense that are girls captured and needs to live somewhere for so long. But the magic only works if she does not look at him for so many nights when he transforms. Of course something bad has to happen and she has to go on an epic journey to save her prince.

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 4 роки тому +3

    YES SALT AND SORROW IS SO FREAKING GOOD

  • @chaos6584
    @chaos6584 4 роки тому +1

    thank you for the recommendations! i really needed some fairytales retellings

  • @gerald112b
    @gerald112b 4 роки тому +1

    Hi Elliot. As video game fan I'm wondering if you've played A Wolf among us by Telltale games. Based on the Fables comics. It's well worth a look. You get to play Bigby in his comic book form. Thanks for all your videos btw ☺

  • @lenastorm6280
    @lenastorm6280 4 роки тому

    YES! I love the "Lunar Chronicles"! They're great!

  • @JoshsBookishVoyage
    @JoshsBookishVoyage 4 роки тому

    I love a good retelling! Most of those have been mythological though, but I'd like to read some fairy tales too.

  • @lindybjork2712
    @lindybjork2712 4 роки тому

    I just finished Peace and Turmoil. I enjoyed it a lot.

  • @medueleelorto4266
    @medueleelorto4266 4 роки тому

    Ellie eres hermosa pero más importante tienes una energía positiva que ilumina a todos.
    Soy escritor y lector y casi que tengo en mi tbr los mismos libros que tu tienes.
    Espero que estén bien tu y tu esposo en esta pandemia.
    Espero tu reseña del ultimo libro de Paolini.

  • @paulanovotna3442
    @paulanovotna3442 3 роки тому

    Have you played The Wolf Among Us? It's based on the Fables book and it's pretty amazing!

  • @LanaFeyah
    @LanaFeyah 4 роки тому +1

    I love a good fairytale retelling. Salt of House and Sorrows has been recommended to me a lot recently (not sure if the spooky autumnal vibes have anything to do with it), so I'm looking forward to it.

  • @jennibickford1384
    @jennibickford1384 4 роки тому

    Winter garden by Kristin Hannah is a really unique retelling combining Russian folklore with historical fiction 💕💕

  • @lordramoth3416
    @lordramoth3416 4 роки тому +1

    CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY is my BOTY. I even loved the sequel and have kindle book 3 on pre order.

    • @johnzach2057
      @johnzach2057 4 роки тому

      The first book was unexpectedly awesome. But I really disliked the second book. Hopefully I will like the 3rd book.

  • @mzslk
    @mzslk 4 роки тому

    Haven't read A Curse So Dark and Lonely but I think I just might. I'm never excited for BatB retellings but somehow always end up really enjoying them? Lol (ACOTAR, Hunted by Megan Spooner and Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen)
    So, might just give this one a try as well.

  • @ando336699
    @ando336699 3 роки тому

    I highly recommend fables to anyone , i got into it from.wolf among us game on ps4
    Way better then once upon a time or shows like that

  • @alixboyer8202
    @alixboyer8202 4 роки тому

    YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS EXACT VIDEO!!! 👌😍🦄

  • @hugogonzalez7942
    @hugogonzalez7942 4 роки тому

    I know a couple of books from the list, but the only one I've read is the comic book 'Fable' and I highly recommend it! Really love it.
    Thinking on other books in this topic, it quickly come to mind the 'Cruel Prince' by Holly Black. Also thinking on reading it, seems like a good read.
    Btw, going a bit off topic, I'm not sure if you read or have time to read some IG DMs, but I've sent you one showing Mistborn editions of my country (Portugal) that I think you'll really like the art. If you have time to check it out, just let me know what you think of.

  • @aishaameera4921
    @aishaameera4921 4 роки тому

    Loooove love love fairytale and folklore retellings!❤️

  • @AdrianasWonderland
    @AdrianasWonderland Рік тому

    i needed exactly something like that

  • @trewaldo
    @trewaldo 4 роки тому

    Your Fall TBR are always lit! 🤓

  • @sarahbookworm5937
    @sarahbookworm5937 4 роки тому

    I love fairytale retellings! This video was great!

  • @brushlow9344
    @brushlow9344 4 роки тому

    Spin the Dawn and Unravel the Dusk are fantastic.

  • @heabooktubes
    @heabooktubes 4 роки тому

    I loved To Kill A Kingdom and, of course, ACOTAR. ♥️🌿

  • @Torsin2000
    @Torsin2000 4 роки тому

    My favorite retelling was a snow white short story by Tanith Lee, it's called "Red as Blood". My only problem with it is the heavy, and I mean heavy, Jesus overtones.

  • @kellycox3621
    @kellycox3621 4 роки тому

    Omg!! I’m so excited you did this video. I’m of need of some new ideas For folklore

  • @Okapeep
    @Okapeep 4 роки тому

    I loved the creepiness in a house of salt and sorrows, wasn't a fan of how the love story was done, though.
    Edit: Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly was a fun read as well

  • @teanlit2949
    @teanlit2949 4 роки тому

    I love this video topic! I die for a good retelling.

  • @johnsaxongitno4life588
    @johnsaxongitno4life588 4 роки тому

    I am going to try and read some of these books 📚

  • @piecookies3488
    @piecookies3488 4 роки тому

    The lunar chronicles got me into reading

  • @ItalianStallionBDM
    @ItalianStallionBDM 4 роки тому

    For more of a gothic horror take on fairy tales, check out the bloody chamber by Angela Carter!

  • @ThemeManager-gs4rn
    @ThemeManager-gs4rn Рік тому

    Incredible!

  • @nohelanikh6788
    @nohelanikh6788 4 роки тому

    The Bone Houses is inspired by Welsh mythology and perfect for fall 🍂

  • @BoosGaming1
    @BoosGaming1 4 роки тому

    I'm curious, I don't know if El said anything. But will her and her hubby play more video games? Or Card games again on the channel?

  • @anumrajput4234
    @anumrajput4234 3 роки тому

    House of salt and sorrows is heart🖤

  • @corinaradu9771
    @corinaradu9771 4 роки тому

    I love these recommendations 🧡

  • @thebookbella4764
    @thebookbella4764 4 роки тому

    I still need to read House of Salt and Sorrows. The reviews on it have been so good!
    I adored the Lunar Chronicles I was so hooked!
    ACOTAR is super Steamy! I love the Steam!
    I enjoyed to Kill a Kingdom! It was quite a bit darker than the Litter Mermaid but it was so much fun.

  • @sillypuppy5940
    @sillypuppy5940 4 роки тому

    I like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

  • @nikolettapr
    @nikolettapr 4 роки тому

    Great video!!!!!

  • @lyragillespie3511
    @lyragillespie3511 4 роки тому

    Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron :-)

  • @safinan8008
    @safinan8008 4 роки тому

    Which is ur favourite Disney cartoon??

  • @sehajarora9371
    @sehajarora9371 4 роки тому

    Maybe an unpopular opinion but I really hate the main protagonist of heartless. Went into the book very excited and hyped up but the whole story was spoiled because of the main character. Just opinion srsly