I have been noticing over the past little while that my book pile on my closet shelf — the books I’ve read, mostly enjoyed, but have no desire to keep — has grown to monumental proportions. Sure, I could sell (some of) them at a used book store, or put them on Book Mooch, but I think I’d rather get rid of them by degrees, and pass them on to some other appreciative reader. This will be a weekly event for a while (until the pile is gone, at least), so if you don’t like this week’s book, check back next. 🙂
Up for grabs…
an ARC of Jessica Day George’s Princess at the Midnight Ball. (Here’s my review, as well as a sampling of others: Becky’s Book Reviews, Deliciously Clean Reads, Presenting Lenore, The Magic of Ink, and Wands and Worlds.)
To enter, leave a comment (with a valid email, if it’s not readily available on your blog) by 7 a.m. Friday (US Central time) answering the question: which is your favorite fairy tale re-telling or re-imagining (see Charlotte’s review for a good definition)? It’s open to both US residents and international readers, and I’ll put your name in a second time if you spread the word on your blog.
I’ll pick (or rather, one of the girls will) the winner on Friday.
Good luck!
The Book Nut 
I would like to be entered in your contest. My favorite fairy tale retelling was “Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister” by Gregory Maguire. While I did not like his Wicked series as much, I really did enjoy the Stepsister one. This book looks really interesting and I would love to check it out.
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I love fairy tale retellings and I've been meaning to get Princess at the Midnight Ball. So please enter me! My favourite fairy tale retelling…there are many I love, but Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones is probably the winner. It's a re-imagining of the stories of Tam Lin and Thomas the Rhymer, and it's one of my all-time favourite books. Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan is also a new favourite.
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Please enter me. I love fairy tales, and enjoy new perspectives on old classics.
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I put this one on my TBR list after I read your review, so I would love to win!My favorite fairy tale retelling is either Zel by Donna Jo Napoli or Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley.
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I really want to read this.<>The Goose Girl<> by Shannon Hale is without a doubt my favorite fairy tale retelling, although <>Ella Enchanted<> by Gail Carson Levine comes pretty close. <>Wildwood Dancing<> by Juliet Mariller is gorgeous too. (Fairy tale retellings/reimaginings is one of my favorite subgenres.)
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I would love to enter! My favorite re-telling was my recent read of A Curse as Dark as Gold, a very unique re-telling of Rumplestiltskin. Thanks!
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Throw my name in the hat too please!!
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I’m pretty sure you’ve got my email. 🙂 My favorite re-imagining at the moment is Rapunzels Revenge. Have you read it yet? Perhaps I will search your archives now…
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Oh, I want to read this book. I have so many favourites! um, Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones, the Five Hundred Kingdom series by Mercedes Lackey… and many more!
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omgoodness i really want to read this!my fave fairytale retelling is the frog princess by e.d. baker….theodoragroger@yahoo.com
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it would be ella enchanted thanks for the giveaway
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Hmm, right now I’m liking My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison, just cause it was so creative and unusual. I’d love to be entered into the giveaway. I’ve been eying this book for awhile. 🙂My email is emsbookshelf@gmail.com
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Pick me! Pick me! There are many retellings that I like, but I think my favorites are The Ordinary Princess, by M. M. Kaye, Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale, and Beauty, by Robin McKinley
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Mine would have to be Ella Enchanted. asthenight at gmail dot com
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I haven’t read a whole lot of fairytale retellings but I’d like to read more. The Goose Girl was good. I liked Fairest and Ella Enchanted. I was a little disappointed with Princess Ben. I noticed in Sarah’s comment that she listed The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye. I’ve read several M.M. Kaye books and I haven’t heard of this one. I will have to try it. Please enter me in the drawing.
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Although I love Shannon Hale, my favorite fairy tale/myth retelling is C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces, a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. It’s for adults, not children, not because it’s X-rated, but because it’s about love and God and jealousy and faith.
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I love Beauty by Robin McKinley. And Shannon Hale’s Goose Girl is pretty dang good too! (my email is jenstusue AT yahoo DOT com)
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I'm going to have to vote for Fire & Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones as well.Thanks so much
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Please enter me in the contest.My favorite fairy tale retelling is Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. She is such an amazing writer!LiddypooL2(at)aol(dot)com
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Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. Hands-down. 🙂
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So hard to choose just one. I like a lot of them, Goose Girl, Fairest, Ella Enchanted, Dragon Slippers, Just Ella, East, but I think my favorite is Goose Girl because I kept re-reading the ending because I liked it so much.
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