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Hello everyone! Welcome to this month's magical challenge, Where Dreams Come True!
Good luck, and happy reading to all of you! :-)
I'm looking forward to seeing what books everyone will be reading throughout the month.
"All our dreams can come true; if we have the courage to pursue them."---------------------------------------------------------------------✍️ How to participate:
― Walt Disney
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❖ To have your progress updated on the participant roster, post a new comment in which you include both your original message number and status:
Update to msg #xx: (current progress)/(challenge goal)
❖ Should you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. You may also edit your original post to say {redacted}, if you wish. Thank you!
❖ If you have further questions, or are in need of more information, feel free to reach out, or check out this thread.
📜 Participants:
Beth - 7/15
Brianna - 0/5
Bobbi - 0/5
Carmen - 0/12
Chrissie - 5/3
Debra Diggs - 0/3
Gwen - 0/10
Jenn - 0/15
Laurie - 0/5
Lea - 0/4
Lina - 7/4
Lisa - 0/TBD
Kalyn - 1/4
Kendra - 0/4
Kristina - 0/10
Rachael - 1/3
Sarah - 0/12
Sheila - 0/10
Sherri - 0/5
Suzanne 1/5
TerryJane - 7/13
Updated up to message #33
Surprising absolutely no one, I'm joining this challenge... because listen, It's frigging Disney Princesses, ofcourse I'm going to be in!Goal TBD :p
Reserved
Sheila from eastern NC ready for a new month and this looks like a great challenge. I’m signing on for 10 to start with.
Please sign me up for 3 books. I'll be reading 2 Snow White retellings and 1 Mulan retelling.COMPLETED: 3/3
1. Snow White (Snow White retelling) finished 5 October, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
2. Reflection (Mulan retelling) finished 29 October, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Poisoned (Snow White retelling) finished 31 October, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
OMG! I love Disney and I will definitely join the challenge. I will set my goal to 4 books, because I don't know yet which princess I will pick and how much time I will have to read :)
WHERE DREAMS COME TRUEOctober 01 - October 31, 2023
Progress: 0/10
Sign me up for 10 books! I'll be mixing and matching prompts with some of my favorite princesses.
📖 BELLE 📖
1. A book with a character who is not understood by others around her: The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
2. A book with a character who loves books: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
🗡️ MULAN 🗡️
3. A book about a powerful Chinese woman in history: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
4. A book with a woman warrior: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
5. A book with a dragon in the title: The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
💤 AURORA / SLEEPING BEAUTY 💤
6. A book released in 1959: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
7. A book with "one hundred years" in the title: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
🐸 TIANA 🐸
8. A book with a black woman as a protagonist: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
🐠 ARIEL 🐠
9. A book with a character who travels to a new and strange lands: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
❄️ ELSA ❄️
10. A character with magic: The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
11. A book with a complicated sister relationship: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
12. A book released in 2013: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
🐰 ALICE 🐰
13. The original story: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
14. A book about exploring a strange new land: Utopia by Thomas More
Love, love, love this challenge. And, I have no time for it.
But, please sign me up for 3 books. Thanks.
WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE
3/3
✔ 1. - Cinderella - retelling - If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
✔ 2. - Merida - story features a a strong, independent, courageous woman. - The English Assassin by Daniel Silva
✔ 3. - Elsa - sisters - The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
..
Me, please! I'm in for 15.15/15
👑 1. Pocahontas: Read a book where the protagonist is Native American - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
👑 2. Princess Jasmine: Read a book where the character is named Jasmine - The Menagerie (Menagerie, #1) by Tui T. Sutherland
👑 3. Snow White: Read a book that is a retelling of Snow White. - The Claiming of Snow White by Bella Swann
👑 4. Aurora: Read a book where the main character is unaware of her biological family or where she comes from. - The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman
👑 5. Mulan: Read a book where the protagonist disguises herself as a man or enlists in the army. - Murder at Kensington Palace (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery, #3) by Andrea Penrose
👑 6. Ariel: Read a book where the protagonist has red hair. - The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop (Whistle Stop, #2) by Fannie Flagg
👑 7. Belle: Read a book where the protagonist loves books and reading. - The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
👑 8. Esmeralda: Read a book where the character has a pet goat. - The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
👑 9. Megara: Read a book where the character is cynical about love. - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
👑 10. Tiana: Read a book that takes place in New Orleans - New Orleans Mourning (Skip Langdon, Mystery #1) by Julie Smith
👑 11. Cinderella: Read a book that is a retelling of Cinderella. - The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back (The Ugly Stepsister, #1) by Sariah Wilson
👑 12. Rapunzel: Read a book where the MC was kidnapped. - Unmissing by Minka Kent
👑 13. Alice: Read a book where the protagonist defies a monarch (preferably a queen). - John Adams by David McCullough
👑 14. Jane: Read a book set in Africa. - Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
👑 15. Tinker Bell: Read a book where the protagonist is very shy or has problems communicating. - Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6) by Martha Wells
Ooooh I'm so excited for this one! For now, sign me up for 4 pls :)I have no clue about all the books I'll read or for sure what princesses I'll focus on quite yet lol
Progress: 1/4
🧞 JASMINE 🧞
1. Retelling of Aladdin: A Whole New World
😴 AURORA/SLEEPING BEAUTY 😴
2. A character who sings/ a book with birds in the title: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ✔️
Hola!Count me in, please 😉
PROGRESS: 8/12
SYMBOLS IN COVER ART
Soñar con la superficie (Ariel) ✅
La ciudad de las sombras (Jasmine)✅
El príncipe de los prodigios (Tinker Bell) ✅
Jesús me quiere (Moana)✅
You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs (Tiana)✅
Secrets and Stilettos (Cinderella)❎️
The Terracotta Bride (Mulan)❎️
RETELLING
Las brujas del ayer y del mañana(Aurora, Bella, Rapunzel)❎️
Finished: 2023/10/13I'll go with a mix and match one and probably 3 books for a start. Not sure how yet, but more details to come.
Progress: 5/5
Mulan:
✓Aurora/Sleeping Beauty:
✓Belle:
✓Arielle:
✓Merida:
✓
Signing up for 4 for now, thanks!✨ Where Dreams Come True - Monthly Challenge ✨
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
✨ Progress: 7/4 ✨
Merida = honorable (Gaelic)
✨ 1. Published in the same year as the movie release (2012) ✨
The Hound of the Baskervilles or Dracula
2. Set in the same place (Scotland)
3. Set in the same time period (10th century)
✨ 4. Iconic symbol (archery) ✨
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
✨ 5. Someone who shares a life experience (family member turning out to be a 'monster') ✨
Big Bad
✨ 6. Someone who shares a physical trait (red hair!) ✨
Howl’s Moving Castle
✨ 7. Someone who shares a personality characteristic (brave) ✨
The Hate U Give
✨ 8. A title that you can relate to a movie song (The Witches Cottage) ✨
The Haunting of Hill House
✨ 9. Siblings (3 'Brothers') ✨
Kate
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I'm in for 4! A look at my TBR shows me that I have some good titles that feature women who are outstanding individuals and are mainly working solo for one reason or another, so I'll match each one to a relatable princess ~ Progress: 4 /4
Done! I haven't finished Lonely Castle yet, but I did get to 4 books with interesting parallels to the princesses!
✅✨🔹 Belle - curious and persistent, a love of books and reading, and a firm hand with the beast she has to live with - Our Hideous Progeny
🔹 Snow White - cautious, navigating a fraught relationship with her mother, a magical mirror, a secluded refuge, and the promise of meeting new friends - Lonely Castle in the Mirror
✅✨🔹 Merida - brave and determined, a close sibling relationship, unconventional beauty, and setting out to solve a mystery - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
✅✨🔹 Rapunzel - isolated, horse as bestie and reliable companion, born into a family with a curse, strong and independent, and ready to work hard to save herself Lone Women
✅✨🔹 Cinderella - orphan brought up by relatives, judged by harsher standards than the parents' natural children, love relationship with the son of a politically powerful man, magical happily ever after against all odds The Year of the Witching
5/5 Complete
🐠 Starfish: An tribute to Flounder
🐠 Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938: A tribute to Under the Sea
🐠 The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story: A tribute to Ariel's red hair
🐠 The Silent Quarry: A tribute to the restoration of Ariel's voice
🐠 Scone Cold Killer: A tribute to gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs (shown on cover)
👸🏻 WHERE DREAMS COME TRUE - Monthly ChallengeDuration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
Progress: 13/13 -- COMPLETE
👸🏻 The Broken Girls - Cinderella and Snow White are unwanted girls.
👸🏻 The Overnight Guest - Belle is invited to "Be Our Guest" by enchanted objects when she arrives at Beast's castle.
👸🏻 Death's Acre - Maleficent casts a death curse on Aurora. Snow White's stepmother tries to kill her. Mulan's ancestors are worshipped in the family temple. Several princesses have lost one or both parents.
👸🏻 The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - No vampires, but Tiana is a southern girl in Louisiana; and Belle is a book nerd.
👸🏻 Murder at Kensington Palace - There are palace connections to many of the princesses -- Aurora, Cinderella, Merida, Mulan, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Snow White, Belle, maybe more.
👸🏻 We Run the Tides - Ariel, Pocahontas, Tiana, and Moana live in or near the sea.
👸🏻 Cassandra in Reverse - Time/midnight deadline is critical for Cinderella. (Timepiece on cover.)
👸🏻 A Fistful of Collars - Mulan has a dog named Little Brother. Pocahontas is eventually adopted by Ratcliffe's dog, Percy. (Dog on cover.)
👸🏻 Shutter Island - Moana is a Pacific islander.
👸🏻 The Love Letter - Cinderella's song "So This Is Love."
👸🏻The 9th Judgment - Published in 2010, the same year that Tangled was released.
👸🏻 Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - In "A Whole New World," Aladdin sings the line Hold your breath, it gets better to Jasmine while flying on magic carpet; and Rapunzel is an artist.
👸🏻 From the Earth to the Moon - Author is French, like Belle. Bonus points because Disney Paris originally themed their Space Mountain after this Jules Verne book.
Sign me up for 12 books. I am going for three princess Bella, Aurora and Rapunzel.12/12-COMPLETED
Belle (From Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and Beauty and the Breast: Belle's Magical World)
✅Original story which the movie was based on: Madame de Villeneuve's The Story of the Beauty and the Beast: The Original Classic French Fairytale (7/10/23)
✅ Published in the same year as the movie release (1991): Shiloh (3/10/23)
✅Set in the same place (France): The Sun Also Rises: Ernest Hemingway's best novel (10/10/23)
✅A retelling/reimagining: Beauty (11/10/23
Aurora (From Sleeping Beauty)
✅Original story which the movie was based on:
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Classic French Fairy Tales (12/10/23)
✅ Published in the same year as the movie release (1959): Happy Birthday to You! (3/10/23)
✅Set in the same place (France): The Necklace and Other Short Stories (11/10/23)
✅A retelling/reimagining: Beauty Sleep (13/10/23)
Rapunzel (From Tangled, Tangled Ever After and Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)
✅ Original story which the movie was based on: Rapunzel: grimm brothers fairytales (2/10/23)
✅Published in the same year as the movie release (2010): Criminal Women: Famous London Cases (9/10/23)
✅Set in the same place (Germany): The Reader (14/10/23)
✅A retelling/reimagining: Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel (8/10/23)
Hi everyone, and welcome to this month's challenge! Can you believe October is upon us already?! 🎃🍂🍁🍎Autumn is honestly my favorite season, very closely followed by winter (as long as there's snow). There's just something magical in all the colors, and the crinkling of the leaves and the weather, you know?
The participant's roster is now updated, and everyone is added. As per usual, please let me know if I've overlooked anything.
Wishing everyone the best of luck! I see lots of fantastic books planned amongst the lists above, and I can't wait to hear what you think of the books you read :)
Have fun, and Happy Reading!📙
I'm going to try for at least 10, but have no idea how I'm going to do it yet
Mmm... I think I can manage 5 horror themed.
October 2023
Read: 2/5
1. How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 🧡🖤 10/13/23 ➖ Beauty and the Beast
2. The Sacrifice - Rin Chupeco 🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡 10/13/23 ➖ Moana
3. Ex-Purgatory - Peter Clines 🧡🖤🧡🖤 10/21/23 ➖ Big Hero 6
4.
5.
completed 5/51. published in the same year as the movie release (Aurora: 1959)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, 3/5*, 10/3/23
2. someone who shares the same life experience (Mulan soldier)
If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien, 3/5*, 10/4/23
3. lives on an island (Moana)
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, 3/5*, 10/26/23
4. somebody who shares a personality trait - strong, independent (Merida)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, 5/5*, 10/10/23
5. a character from the same culture/heritage (Mulan-China)
Peony in Love by Lisa See, 3/5*, 10/22/23
2023 Reading ChallengeOctober - Where Dreams Come True
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
Progress: 5 out of 5
In recognition of Disney's 100th Anniversary this month and its former park tagline, "Where Dreams Come True," this open challenge celebrates our favorite Disney princesses.
You can choose one princess to focus on, and read books based on her culture, time period, etc. Or you might wish to focus on multiple princesses and read retellings or their origin stories. You may want to look for iconic princess symbols in cover art, such as apple, shoe, rose, etc. Or if you prefer, mix and match as you see fit. Which approach will make your dreams come true?
Examples/ideas (not limited to these):
🔹 original story on which the movie was based (Cinderella: Cendrillon)
🔹 published in the same year as the original story (Tiana: 1812 The Frog Prince Or Iron Henry)
🔹 published in the same year as the movie release (Aurora: 1959 The Haunting of Hill House)
🔹 set in the same place (Belle: France The Paris Library)
🔹 set in the same time period (Merida: 10th century Beowulf)
🔹 an author from the same culture/heritage (Jasmine: Arabian Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi)
🔹 a character from the same culture/heritage (Pocahontas: Native American The Plague of Doves)
🔹 a retelling/reimagining (Ariel: Part of Your World)
🔹 an iconic symbol on the cover (Snow White: apple The Apple Orchard)
🔹 someone who shares a life experience (Raya: warrior Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War)
🔹 someone who shares a physical trait (Rapunzel: long hair Cress)
🔹 someone who shares a personality characteristic (Mulan: courageous The Hunger Games)
🔹 a princess companion animal (Moana: pig or chicken Charlotte's Web)
🔹 a title that you can relate to a movie song (Belle: "Be Our Guest" The Overnight Guest)
1. Vanellope - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - ***** - 10/1/2023 - 401 Pages - Both Love Video Games!
2. Meirda - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - **** - 10/7/2023 - 336 Pages - Set in Scotland!
3. Mulan: As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto - ***** - 10/11/2023 - 289 Pages - Girl presenting as a Boy
4. Snow White: Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 10/12/2023 - 198 Pages - Apple on Cover
5. Sleeping Beauty: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman - ***** - 10/13/2023 - 71 Pages - Retelling
Not sure how I will be doing this challenge yet but sign me up for 5!Progress: 0/5
Update to msg #11 plsProgress: 1/4
Update message #13 - finishing with 5/5
Update for message #14: ✨ Progress: 7/4 ✨
Thanks!
I'm SO sorry for being MIA, you guys! Between life, work, sickness, and all the other boring adult-stuff, I hadn't had a chance to get your progress updated, and hype you up like I wanted to. But I'm back now ! So:
How's everyone doing so far? Any favorites yet?
Congratulations to Chrissie, and Lina for already reaching your goals for this month's challenge! I hope you both found some enjoyable books to read :) Everyone's progress is updated on the roster.
Have a great week! Happy reading :)
Update to message #9: 3/3Challenge completed
Update to
Message #17
: 13/13Complete!
Thanks for leading, Lisa!
👸🏻 The Broken Girls - Cinderella and Snow White are unwanted girls.
👸🏻 The Overnight Guest - Belle is invited to "Be Our Guest" by enchanted objects when she arrives at Beast's castle.
👸🏻 Death's Acre - Maleficent casts a death curse on Aurora. Snow White's stepmother tries to kill her. Mulan's ancestors are worshipped in the family temple. Several princesses have lost one or both parents.
👸🏻 The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - No vampires, but Tiana is a southern girl in Louisiana; and Belle is a book nerd.
👸🏻 Murder at Kensington Palace - There are palace connections to many of the princesses -- Aurora, Cinderella, Merida, Mulan, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Snow White, Belle, maybe more.
👸🏻 We Run the Tides - Ariel, Pocahontas, Tiana, and Moana live in or near the sea.
👸🏻 Cassandra in Reverse - Time/midnight deadline is critical for Cinderella. (Timepiece on cover.)
👸🏻 A Fistful of Collars - Mulan has a dog named Little Brother. Pocahontas is eventually adopted by Ratcliffe's dog, Percy. (Dog on cover.)
👸🏻 Shutter Island - Moana is a Pacific islander.
👸🏻 The Love Letter - Cinderella's song "So This Is Love."
👸🏻The 9th Judgment - Published in 2010, the same year that Tangled was released.
👸🏻 Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - In "A Whole New World," Aladdin sings the line Hold your breath, it gets better to Jasmine while flying on magic carpet; and Rapunzel is an artist.
👸🏻 From the Earth to the Moon - Author is French, like Belle. Bonus points because Disney Paris originally themed their Space Mountain after this Jules Verne book.
Update to message #20Progress: 7
Tiana
🐸Call Me Zelda - set in roughly same time (1920s-1930s)
🐸Radiant Sin - MC is hardworking
Merida
🐻The Enigma Game - set in same place (Scotland)
Aurora
👑The Brothers Hawthorne - iconic symbol on cover (golden crown)
👑Romanov - MC is a princess/grand duchess
Mulan
🐉The London Séance Society - MC disguises herself as a man
Cinderella
🐭Hollow City - most of the children are orphans
Sheila from eastern NC, yet again with no idea what my number is. This has been so fun and I have completed it with 17/10. These are all Snow White stories.1. Original story- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
2. Published in 1812- Swiss Family Robinson- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
3. Setting 1500’s- The Cabinet of Wonders- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
4. Setting Bavaria /Eastern European woods- The Forgotten Book, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
5. German author - Funke, When Santa Fell to Earth, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
6. German character- Leviathan, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
7. German character- Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
8. Retelling -- Grump, The Fairly True Tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
9. Retelling- Die Snow White ! Die , Damn You!, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
10. Retelling- -A Dream of Ebony and White, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
11. Icons on cover- mirror, A Mirror Mended, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
12. Icon- Apple, Recipes from the Orchard, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
13. icon- Snow, Glass, Apples, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
14. Published in 1937 - Busman’s Honeymoon, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
15. 1937- Lord Emsworth and Others, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
16. Song from movie-whistle while you work, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
17. Someday my prince will come, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Update to message no.31 - 9/15I am reading fairytale retellings 🙂
Cinderella
Cinderella's Secrets: The Untold Story of Ella
Aurora
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Tiana
Lilies of Loss
Snow White
Snow, Glass, Apples
The Fairest Beauty
Belle
Of Thorns and Beauty
Mountains Made of Glass
Rapunzel
Tower of Thorns
The Golden Braid
Updated message 6: 3/3. Challenge completed. Thanks
Update to post 10: 15/15 challenge complete!Thanks for a fun challenge!
Update to msg no 15: Progress: 4 /4
I'm done! I haven't finished Lonely Castle in the Mirror yet, which was originally a part of my goal for this one, but I did get to 4 books with interesting parallels to the princesses!
Thanks :)
Update to #16 Thanks for a fun challenge!5/5 Complete
🐠 Starfish: An tribute to Flounder
🐠 Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938: A tribute to Under the Sea
🐠 The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story: A tribute to Ariel's red hair
🐠 The Silent Quarry: A tribute to the restoration of Ariel's voice
🐠 Scone Cold Killer: A tribute to gadgets, gizmos, whosits, whatsits, and thingamabobs (shown on cover)
Update to message no.31- 15/15Fairytale retellings 🙂
Cinderella
Shard of Glass: A Cinderella Romance
Cinderella's Dress
Snow White
Reflect: Snow White Retold
Ariel
Silence: Little Mermaid Retold
The Prince and the Sea Witch
Silencing the Siren
Finished!2023 Reading Challenge
October - Where Dreams Come True
Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
Progress: 5 out of 5
In recognition of Disney's 100th Anniversary this month and its former park tagline, "Where Dreams Come True," this open challenge celebrates our favorite Disney princesses.
1. Vanellope - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - ***** - 10/1/2023 - 401 Pages - Both Love Video Games!
2. Meirda - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - **** - 10/7/2023 - 336 Pages - Set in Scotland!
3. Mulan: As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto - ***** - 10/11/2023 - 289 Pages - Girl presenting as a Boy
4. Snow White: Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley - ***** - 10/12/2023 - 198 Pages - Apple on Cover
5. Sleeping Beauty: The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman - ***** - 10/13/2023 - 71 Pages - Retelling
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl (other topics)Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (other topics)
Apple Crush (other topics)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (other topics)
The Sleeper and the Spindle (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Gabrielle Zevin (other topics)John Colapinto (other topics)
Neil Gaiman (other topics)
Gail Honeyman (other topics)
Lucy Knisley (other topics)
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Duration: October 1 - October 31, 2023
In recognition of Disney's 100th Anniversary this month and its former park tagline, "Where Dreams Come True," this open challenge celebrates our favorite Disney princesses.
You can choose one princess to focus on, and read books based on her culture, time period, etc. Or you might wish to focus on multiple princesses and read retellings or their origin stories. You may want to look for iconic princess symbols in cover art, such as apple, shoe, rose, etc. Or if you prefer, mix and match as you see fit. Which approach will make your dreams come true?
Examples/ideas (not limited to these):
🔹 original story on which the movie was based (Cinderella: Cendrillon)
🔹 published in the same year as the original story (Tiana: 1812 The Frog Prince Or Iron Henry)
🔹 published in the same year as the movie release (Aurora: 1959 The Haunting of Hill House)
🔹 set in the same place (Belle: France The Paris Library)
🔹 set in the same time period (Merida: 10th century Beowulf)
🔹 an author from the same culture/heritage (Jasmine: Arabian Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi)
🔹 a character from the same culture/heritage (Pocahontas: Native American The Plague of Doves)
🔹 a retelling/reimagining (Ariel: Part of Your World)
🔹 an iconic symbol on the cover (Snow White: apple The Apple Orchard)
🔹 someone who shares a life experience (Raya: warrior Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War)
🔹 someone who shares a physical trait (Rapunzel: long hair Cress)
🔹 someone who shares a personality characteristic (Mulan: courageous The Hunger Games)
🔹 a princess companion animal (Moana: pig or chicken Charlotte's Web)
🔹 a title that you can relate to a movie song (Belle: "Be Our Guest" The Overnight Guest)
To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read.
👸🏻👸🏼👸🏽 The Royal Princesses, along with your humble moderators, offer their warmest thanks to Lisa, who graciously volunteered to lead this challenge.