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Originally Posted by issybird
I'm quite surprised that so far, none of the nominations has been a retelling of a myth or Shakespeare! Among others, I was sure we'd have a nomination of one of the Madeline Miller retellings. I know Circe was a non-starter, but there was Achilles. [...]
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As you know I was thinking about Madeline Miller's books, and I looked seriously at several Shakespeare retellings that I've never read: Catlady mentioned
A Thousand Acres, but I also considered
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski and some of the "
Hogarth Shakespeare" set.
I finally worked out I wasn't in the mood and started looking at fairytale retellings. I saw that Disney sponsored a series
Once Upon a Time mostly by Cameron Dokey. The reviews looked a bit spotty and I thought the intended audience looked a bit too young so I kept looking.
I eventually came across a YA that spoke of the Chinese legend of
Hua Mulan which sounded interesting to me, and the Wikipedia article linked directly to Maxine Hong Kingston.
Which is how I ended up so far from where I started ... and lost so many hours in reader's bliss looking at virtual book shelves.
