#Sarah Edith Wynne

[opera-ghosts]

EDITH WYNNE. The subject of our present pencilling was born at Holywell. She made her debut, as a soprano of no ordinary promise, at the great National Eisteddvod held at Llangollen in 1858. Those who had the good foitune to be at the elithusiastic meetings of that glorious gathering will never forget the sunny little girl in Welsh costume who sang "Clycbau Aberdovey" as she plied her tiny, wee, stock-knitting the while. How she did pour out her very soul in song to be sure, as her clear, silvery notes came flying out of her lips, and went careering around the roof of the spacious pavilion-as if a flight of nightingales was" migrating from earth to btaven It was while that' little girl was retiring, amid a storm of applause, after singing "Aderyo Pur" that tho gentleman seated beside the writer first broke silence. Verre goot," said he, magnifique par Dieu; one grand song. I undeltake one great travel, route entiere from Italy, for to hear this style of du Welsh Shant, and that one song has made repay ali mine expenses." The promising young sungtress of the Llugollen Eisteddvod of 1858 again reappears before her countrymeu upon the platfurm of the Mold Eisteddvod in 1873. But how changed during the interval ! The aspirant for musical fame of 1858 returns in 1873 as a soprano of world-wide celobrity-as a Cantatrke whom the denizens of two Hemispheres have flocked to hear and to applaud. She returns decked with triumphs. But of all the proud wreaths which adorn her brow, the fairest is this-she has never forgotten her native land. Edith Wynne.. has not:—nor its dear old melodies, They were the first companiono of her earlier struggles -the witfie«ses and the assistants of her first triumphs, those old Welsh songs were. There may or there may not be hidden in the inmost recesses of the great Songstress's escritoire some old pebble, or withered heather, or faded flower bud-embleni of this sad or that speiny memury-theie may, or there may not. But the unfinished sock is assuredly there and the knitting needles and just a scrap of an old MS. song, with Un, dati, tri"-(pedwar, worn uut). pump. ckwech-meddai Clychau Aurdovey."No, Edith Wynne has not forgotten her Welsh songs. She still sings her national melodies, with the expression and pronunciation of a native. She never astonishes the Aboriginta with such form of the Welsh words of Aderyn Pur" as the following, which was given at a Penny Keadiug, in the writer's hearing, by a young lady from Liechwedd y Llidiardau, who had been once to Manchester, and twice, by an excursion train, to Birkenhead. Now, the eharw of Edith Wynne's Welsh singing is its correct enunciation. London has not made her forget her Welsh.She can enunciate it as currcctly now as when sbe hrst left her native hills. Not only can, but does; and to say that is to say a good deal. Because it cannot be but that long residence in England, and continued practice in other tongues should, as it dots, mar one's readiness iu an unused foim of speech. But not in Wales only is our heroine a star of whom any people and any land may be proud. A concert or a festival in Loudon or in the English provinces would soarcely be held to te complete,the programme which did cointain the ever welcome and honoured name of Edith Wynne.And whether she sings before Royalty,at a National Eisteddfod own people, she is always the same popular, unaffected, patriotic, honest, "open spirit. Wales has in the presellt day many sons; and daughters of whom she can well atiord to be pruder, but of no one is she prouder than of this chief of song, who casts a lustre alike upou herself aud upon her people by the proud positiou which she holds amoug the" very first of contemporary musical celebrities.—

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Edith Wynne came from a musical family in North Wales, and sho was one of the many famous artistes whose genius was first discovered by Llew Llwyfo, the versatile Welsh bard and musician. Llew heard the future prima donna when she was in her 14th year. This was in an eisteddfod in the neighbourhood of Wrexham, at which Llew was adjudicating. The purity and richness of her voice at once attracted the attention of Llew, and it was mainly at his urgent request that Miss ynne's family were persuaded to train her for a musical career. Having studied for some years at Liverpool, she proceeded to Italy, and at Florence placed herself under the tuition of Romani, and afterwards studied with Signor Vauncini. Her first appearance before a London audience was in 1862, at a concert given by Mr. John Thomas, the Queen's harpist, at which Thalbcrg and the great Jenny Lind were present, and both predicted for her a bright career. She soon established for herself an enviable reputation as a soprano vocalist, and secured triumph after triumph in various parts of the kingdom. In 1871, accompanied by the late Madame Patey, Mr. Santley, and Mr. W. H. Cummings, the present president of the (.uildhall* School of Music, she toured in the United States, and repeated the visit in 1874, when she appeared in Boston at the Handel and Haydn triennial festival. Upon her return she was presented by her countrymen and country- women with a marble bust of herself and a diamond bracelet, the presentation taking place at a concert given by the London Welsh Choral Union. The bust was handed to her by Col. Coruwallis-West, the present Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire, and the bracelet—which had on it her eisteddfodic iiom tie pin nit, "Eos Cymru" (The Nightingale of Wales), set in large brilliants—was formally presented to her by the great Sir Watkin, the "Prince in Wales." Edith Wynne, in her day, saug at all the great festivals of the kingdom except that of Worcester, and has on repeated occasions sung at State concerts at Buckingham Palace with Madame Christine Nilsson, Madame Albani, and the late famous contralto, Alboni. Madame Edith Wynne had a brief experience of the stage, for in 1864 she played Lady Mortimer in Henry IV. at Drury-lane for eight weeks. She used to sing each night "Clychau Aberdovey" in Welsh; and on one occasion al a party given at his house shortly belore his death, Charles Dickens remarked to her Miss Wynne, I shall never forget the pleasure you gave me in hearing you sing in Henry the Fourth.' In 1875 she was married at the Chapel Royal, Savoy, to Mr. Aviet Agabeg, an Armenian gentleman who enjoys a lucrative practice as one of the leaders of the Rangoon bar. Madame Agubeg resided in England to superintend the education of her daughter, their only child, who, according to Mr. Frederic (irimths in his Notable Welsh Musicians" gives great prominence of having inherited her mother's talent.

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Okay, folks, the mini-tourney is inching closer to the finals, so I'm going to give a list of the competitors in the Miss Billboard Tourney in order to give everyone a chance to submit more propaganda. The nominees are:

Lale Andersen

Marian Anderson

Signe Toly Anderson

Julie Andrews

LaVerne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Ann-Margret

Joan Armatrading

Dorothy Ashby

Joan Baez

Pearl Bailey

Belle Baker

Josephine Baker

LaVern Baker

Florence Ballard

Brigitte Bardot

Eileen Barton

Fontella Bass

Shirley Bassey

Maggie Bell

Lola Beltran

Ivy Benson

Gladys Bentley

Jane Birkin

Cilla Black

Ronee Blakley

Teresa Brewer

Anne Briggs

Ruth Brown

Joyce Bryant

Vashti Bunyan

Kate Bush

Montserrat Caballe

Maria Callas

Blanche Calloway

Wendy Carlos

Cathy Carr

Raffaella Carra

Diahann Carroll

Karen Carpenter

June Carter Cash

Charo

Cher

Meg Christian

Gigliola Cinquetti

Petula Clark

Merry Clayton

Patsy Cline

Rosemary Clooney

Natalie Cole

Judy Collins

Alice Coltrane

Betty Comden

Barbara Cook

Rita Coolidge

Gal Costa

Ida Cox

Karen Dalton

Marie-Louise Damien

Betty Davis

Jinx Dawson

Doris Day

Blossom Dearie

Kiki Dee

Lucienne Delyle

Sandy Denny

Jackie DeShannon

Gwen Dickey

Marlene Dietrich

Marie-France Dufour

Julie Driscoll

Yvonne Elliman

Cass Elliot

Maureen Evans

Agnetha Faeltskog

Marianne Faithfull

Mimi Farina

Max Feldman

Gracie Fields

Ella Fitzgerald

Roberta Flack

Lita Ford

Connie Francis

Aretha Franklin

France Gall

Judy Garland

Crystal Gayle

Gloria Gaynor

Bobbie Gentry

Astrud Gilberto

Donna Jean Godchaux

Lesley Gore

Eydie Gorme

Margo Guryan

Sheila Guyse

Nina Hagen

Francoise Hardy

Emmylou Harris

Debbie Harry

Annie Haslam

Billie Holiday

Mary Hopkin

Lena Horne

Helen Humes

Betty Hutton

Janis Ian

Mahalia Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Etta James

Joan Jett

Bessie Jones

Etta Jones

Gloria Jones

Grace Jones

Shirley Jones

Tamiko Jones

Janis Joplin

Barbara Keith

Carole King

Eartha Kitt

Chaka Khan

Hildegard Knef

Gladys Knight

Sonja Kristina

Patti Labelle

Cleo Laine

Nicolette Larson

Daliah Lavi

Vicky Leandros

Peggy Lee

Rita Lee

Alis Lesley

Barbara Lewis

Abbey Lincoln

Melba Liston

Julie London

Darlene Love

Lulu

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Barbara Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Vera Lynn

Siw Malmkvist

Lata Mangeshkar

Linda McCartney

Kate McGarrigle

Christie McVie

Bette Midler

Jean Millington

June Millington

Liza Minnelli

Carmen Miranda

Joni Mitchell

Liz Mitchell

Marion Montgomery

Lee Morse

Nana Mouskouri

Anne Murray

Wenche Myhre

Holly Near

Olivia Newton-John

Stevie Nicks

Nico

Laura Nyro

Virginia O’Brien

Odetta

Yoko Ono

Shirley Owens

Patti Page

Dolly Parton

Freda Payne

Michelle Phillips

Edith Piaf

Ruth Pointer

Leontyne Price

Suzi Quatro

Gertrude Rainey

Bonnie Raitt

Carline Ray

Helen Reddy

Della Reese

Martha Reeves

June Richmond

Jeannie C. Riley

Minnie Riperton

Jean Ritchie

Chita Rivera

Clara Rockmore

Linda Ronstadt

Marianne Rosenberg

Diana Ross

Anna Russell

Melanie Safka

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Samantha Sang

Pattie Santos

Hazel Scott

Doreen Shaffer

Jackie Shane

Marlena Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Dinah Shore

Judee Sill

Carly Simon

Nina Simone

Nancy Sinatra

Siouxsie Sioux

Grace Slick

Bessie Smith

Mamie Smith

Patti Smith

Ethel Smyth

Mercedes Sosa

Ronnie Spector

Dusty Springfield

Mavis Staples

Candi Staton

Barbra Streisand

Poly Styrene

Maxine Sullivan

Donna Summer

Pat Suzuki

Norma Tanega

Tammi Terrell

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Big Mama Thornton

Mary Travers

Moe Tucker

Tina Turner

Twiggy

Bonnie Tyler

Sylvia Tyson

Sarah Vaughan

Sylvie Vartan

Mariska Veres

Akiko Wada

Claire Waldoff

Jennifer Warnes

Dee Dee Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dinah Washington

Ethel Waters

Elisabeth Welch

Kitty Wells

Mary Wells

Juliane Werding

Tina Weymouth

Cris Williamson

Ann Wilson

Mary Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Anna Mae Winburn

Syreeta Wright

Tammy Wynette

Nan Wynn

Those in italics have five or more pieces of usable visual, written, or audio propaganda already. If you have any visuals like photos or videos, or if you have something to say in words, submit it to this blog before round one begins on June 25th!

If you don't see a name you submitted here, it's because most or all of their career was as a child/they were too young for the cutoff, their career was almost entirely after 1979, or music was something they only dabbled in and are hardly known for. There are quite a few ladies on the list whose primary career wasn't "recording artist" or "live musician," but released several albums or were in musical theater, so they've been accepted.

[dw-flagler]

BLONDE WILDBOW CHARACTERS

Every wildbow character with hair color described as blonde or similar to blonde. Characters are listed in alphabetical order.

A character's category is determined by their debut appearance. Though Lisa Wilbourn appears in both Worm and Ward, she will be listed as a Worm character, and not as a Ward character.

WORM:

Ashley Stillons I (Damsel of Distress)

Ava ? (Cuff)¹

Brad Meadows (Hookwolf)

Carol Dallon (Brandish)

Crystal Pelham (Laserdream)

Dean Stansfield (Gallant)

Elijah Mathers (Valefor) (Later dyes white)

Elle ? (Labyrinth)

Emily Piggot

Eric Pelham (Shielder)

Gabriel Maxberry (King)

Glastig Uaine/Valkyrie

Greg Veder (The Worst)

Hero

Hoyden

Jaager Charles (Gasconade) (Appears ONLY in PRT Quest)

Jeanne Wynn/Brown (Citrine)

Jessica Biermann (Fenja)

Katherine Oldershaw (Grace)

Kurt Wynn (Harbinger/Number Man)

Leonid(?)

Lisa Wilbourn (Tattletale)

Marissa Newland (Sundancer)

Melody Jurist (Cricket)

Mike ? (Lightstar)

Missy Biron (Vista)

Mrs. Knott

Neil Pelham (Manpower)

Nessa Bierman (Menja)

Oliver ? (Oliver)

Principal Blackwell

Riley Grace Davis (Bonesaw)

Sam ? (Prism)

Sarah Pelham (Lady Photon)

Tammi Herren (Rune/Scribe) (last name presumed)

"Tom Moss" (Acidbath)

Victoria Dallon (Glory Girl/Antares)

"White Fairy"²

Blonde Adjacent:

Alabaster (white hair)

Kamil Armstrong (white hair)

Madeline ? (Winter) (white hair)

Paige Mcabee (Canary) (yellow feathers, hair unknown)

Polka (white hair)

Scion (gold hair)

Scrub (white hair)

The Simurgh (silver hair)

Worm has: 38 blonde characters, and 8 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 46.

WARD

Ashley Stillons II (Swansong)

Ashley Stillons III (Damsel of Distress)

Axehead? (Presumed)³

Bianca ? (Goddess)

Harbinger V (Limerick)

Hunter ? (Mincemaid)

Jay ?

Kathlee Rosenthal (Monokeros)¹

Lachlan ?

Lionwing

Moose

Mr. Drowsing

Nate ? (Reconciliation)

Paris

Rain O'Fire Fraizer (Precipice)

Ryan ? (Cradle)

Samuel Vasil

William Giles (Scapegoat)

Blonde Adjacent:

Anita Vera (white hair)

Christine Mathers (Mama Mathers) (silver hair)

Coiffure (silver hair)

Colt (Colt) (bleached hair)

Dino (silver hair)

Egg (yellow hair)

Engel ("glowing" hair)

Enyo (silver hair)

Foggy Idea (gray dyed hair)

Nailbiter (bleached hair)

Presley ? (gray-white dyed hair)

Vince Crowley (poorly-bleached hair)

Voltrage ("pale" hair)

Ward has: 18 blonde characters, and 13 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 31.

PACT:

Blake Thorburn

Chloe Duchamp

Diana Thompson

James Thorburn

Joanna Duchamp

Lea Duchamp

Lola Duchamp

Paul Thorburn

Penelope Duchamp

Peter Thorburn

Rose Thorburn Jr.

Rose Thorburn Sr.

Roxanne Thorburn

Sandra Duchamp

The Briar Girl

Blonde Adjacent

Malcolm "Fell" Atwell ("light" hair)

Pact has: 15 blonde characters, and 1 blonde-adjacent character, for a total of 16.

TWIG:

The Baron Richmond

The Duke of Francis

Duncan Lambsbridge

Emily Gage

Gordon Lambsbridge(?)

Helen Ibott

Jamie Lambsbridge

Jessie Ewesmont

Lord Carling

Lord King

Lord Leeds

Marcella

The Duke of Francis

The Twins (counts as 2)

BLONDE ADJACENT

Lady Glora ("pale of hair")

Lara (white hair)

Nora (white hair)

Twig has: 15 blonde characters, and 3 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 18.

PALE:

America Tedd

Anthem Tedd

Avery Kelly

Edith James

Eloise Miraz

Freak (of Freak & Squeak)

Gillian Ross

Liberty Tedd

Reggie the Composite Kid

Snowdrop

The Family Man

Ulysses Miraz

Wallace Davis

BLONDE ADJACENT

Mrs. Schaff (white hair)

Crooked Rook (white hair)

Gemma Duchamp (Grey hair)

Luna Hare (white hair)

Pale has: 13 blonde characters, and 4 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 17.

CLAW:

"Valentina's Mom & Sister"

Claw has: 2 blonde characters, and 0 blonde-adjacent characters, for a total of 2.⁴

Notes

¹ Both cuff and monokeros are noted to have dark hair in Ward while having blonde hair in their original appearances (Worm and WD Helena respectively).

² White Fairy is Mr. Gladly's girlfriend and a prolific redditor who is seen during the leviathan battle and the PHO greg interlude. deep cut. As a mortal enemy of greg veder, please treat her with appropriate respect.

³ Axehead is never seen in ward. However, Titan Skadi (who forms from Axehead) is described as having golden hair. I am presuming that this is from axehead the human having blonde hair.

⁴ Literally 1 person told me any characters from claw. i haven't read it. there's more than 2, but i haven't seen anything.

[wistful-giselle]

wistful-giselle’s book recommendations 🌷♡

stuff of childhood dreams – an escape – fairy tales: 🌷

the little white horse- elizabeth goudge ♡ a little princess- frances hodgson burnett ♡ little women- lousia may alcott ♡ the lord of the rings- tolkien ♡ howl’s moving castle- diana wynne jones ♡ the cruel prince- holly black ♡ when the moon was ours- anna-marie mclemore ♡ when marnie was there- joan robinson ♡ the night circus- erin morgenstern ♡ ballet shoes- noel streatfeild ♡ the book of lost things- john connolly ♡

to read with a patisserie in hand – saccharine prose – old money society: 🌷

age of innocence- edith wharton ♡ the custom of the country- edith wharton ♡ the pursuit of love- nancy mitford ♡ madame du pompadour- nancy mitford ♡ pride and prejudice- jane austen ♡ emma- jane austen ♡ claudine at school- colette ♡ the portrait of a lady- henry james ♡ orlando- virginia woolf ♡ mrs harris goes to paris- paul gallico ♡ the garden party and other stories- katherine mansfield ♡ the great gatsby- f. scott fitzgerald ♡

darkly romantic – rich, witching style – the temptation of goblin fruit: 🌷

fingersmith- sarah waters ♡ rebecca- daphne du maurier ♡ the secret history- donna tart ♡ the picture of dorian gray- oscar wilde ♡ the aspern papers- henry james ♡ the bloody chamber- angela carter ♡ the magic toyshop- angela carter ♡ the poisonwood bible- barbara kingsworth ♡ the doll factory- elizabeth macneal ♡ the bacchae- euripides ♡ a midsummer night’s dream- shakespeare ♡ 

to read in a high castle tower – or the beast’s library – existential melancholy: 🌷

hamlet- shakespeare ♡ the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde- robert stevenson ♡ jamaica inn- daphne du maurier ♡ the yellow wallpaper- charlotte gilman perkins ♡ the iliad- homer ♡ hunger- knut hamsun ♡ jane eyre- charlotte brontë ♡ frankenstein- mary shelley ♡ happy days- samuel beckett ♡ 1984- george orwell ♡ the father brown stories- g.k. chesterton ♡ 

for the joy of knowledge – non fiction – prose like butterfly wings: 🌷

the making of poetry- adam nicholson ♡ the mighty dead- adam nicholson ♡ the madwoman in the attic- gilbert and gubar ♡ at the existentialist cafe- sarah bakewell ♡ the penguin book of the prose poem ♡ the second sex- simone du beauvoir ♡ 

[foxesandmagic]

OCs This Month (April)

Just a list of all the OCs that I’ve seen and have captured my interest this month through other’s aesthetics, questions and the likes.

@codenamekryptonite: Original OCs Wynter and Noah.

@cassercole: Marvel OCs Q and Dawson.

@ocfairygodmother: Harry Potter OC Vivien; The Flash OC Abbi; National Treasure OC Hannah; IT OC Mandy; Marvel OC Libby; Peaky Blinders OC Esther; Percy Jackson OC Ophelia; The Good Place OC Ryan; Divegent OC Edith; Travelers OC Maggie; The Librarians OC Valeria.

@tangleddiaires: Supernatural OC Amber.

@darknightfrombeyond: Arrow OC Amy; The Originals OC Rachel; A Discovery of Witches OC Simone.

@moustache-bonnet: His Dark Materials OCs Kat and D.I. Horowitz; Spiderman OC Adina.

@thecaillic: Star Wars OC Jinana; The Mandalorian OC Mac; Harry Potter OC Tilly.

@randomestfandoms-ocs: Original OCs Alice, Lukas, Roger, Blair and Dorian; Teen Wolf OC Willa; Riverdale OC Amethyst; Marvel OC Stephanie; Glee OC Delilah; Glee OC Roxie; Glee OC Joy; Glee OC Aurora; Riverdale OC Caden; IT OC Caitlin; Riverdale OC Harper; Marvel OC Nikki; Descendants OC Rosabelle.

@fiercefray: Daredevil OCs Mary, Susie and Caroline; MacGyver OC Ryan; Constantine OC Emily; Descendants OC Katherine.

@catharticallysarcastic: Original OCs Leda, Raiden and Nikolaj.

@farrradays: Original OC Kate; Original OC Arthur; Original OC Ardal.

@luucypevensie: Percy Jackson and Teen Wolf OC Tally; Percy Jackson OC Luna.

@raging-violets: The Flash OCs Brady and Cadence; The Chronicles of Narnia OC Issi.; The Chronicles of Narnia OC Brielle; Criminal Minds OC Averey; Snowpiercer OC Stella; Charlie’s Angels OC Stacey; The Flash OC Averey. 

@erzascarlettitania: The Originals OC Christine; Teen Wolf OC Anastasia; Harry Potter OC Elizabeth; Glee OC Vivienne; Harry Potter OC Meg; Legacies OC Grace; Legacies OC Faith.

@notxjustxstories: Miraculous Ladybug OC Roxane; Wynonna Earp OC Bianca; Scooby Doo OC Deidre; OC Brooke.

@the-october-reviewer: The Flash OC Lilian.

@susiesamurai: IT OC.

@heirsoflilith: Original OCs Aislin, Archer, Ezora, Tomy, Kasey and Murtagh; Original OC Simon. 

@harleyquinnzelz: Buffy OC Rose.

@earthsmighiestteens: Multiple Marvel OCs .

@kendelias: The Maze Runner OCs Bell and Emmeline.

@kenobi-jinn: Marvel OC Nina; Game of Thrones OC Shaera.

@prophecy-grrl: Teen Wolf OC Liza; Harry Potter OC Eris; Misfits OC Zed; Teen Wolf OC Fred.

@seize-the-droid: Original OCs The Mongtomery Family; Power Rangers OCs The Briggs Family.

@darling-stories: Peaky Blinders OC Mona.

@audreycarterrogers: Marvel OC Audrey.

@wild-stdreams: Original OC Hazel.

@curious-kittens-ocs: The Walking Dead OC Morgan; Harry Potter OC Sebastian; Marvel OC Jaedyn.

@daisyjohvson Teen Wolf OC Sarah.

@molotovsoul: OCs Simone and Hayden.

@ahsokatonas: Marvel OCs Miles and Jeanie.

@newthomally: Star Wars OC Bre;Sta Wars OC Nova.

@papergirlverse: Harry Potter OC Emilia; Riverdale OC Davis; The Mandalorian OC Nira; Legends of Tomorrow OC Nova; Legends of Tomorrow OC Alexandra; Arrow OC Willa; The Flash OC Jasmine; Glee OC Isabelle.

@psychchesters: Criminal Minds OCs Rozalyn.

@dancing-with-the-devil-series: Original OC Ezora; Original OCs Kasey, Tomy and Aislin.

@perfectlystiles: Arrow OC Emilia; Riverdale OC Rhys; SVU OC Eloise.

@creatively-inept: Myans M.C. OC Leigh.

@theseowleyes: Jimanji OC Kalea.

@a-song-of-quill-and-feather: Harry Potter OC Cassiopeia.

@isaaclahys: Teen Wolf OC Tessa.

@noble-crescent: OC Maleny; Doctor Who OC Minerva; Doctor Who OC Avalon.

@sgtbuckyybarnes: Marvel OC Harper; Teen Wolf OC Perrie.

@bitchyesimadeahpblog: Harry Potter OC Shiloh; Harry Potter OC Isabelle.

@princessofdarkness12: Heroes OC Leticia.

@xanaphorax: Harry Potter OC Wren.

@billy--hargroves: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina OC Meg; Stranger Things OC Charlie; Riverdale OC Lydia; Riverdale OC Lennon; Riverdale OC Ivy.

@poe-tato-dameron: Marvel OC Nora.

@hogwarts-is-my-wonderland: The Flash OC Karen.

@thanksbutnoshanks: Teen Wolf OC Nora.

@ceruleanmusings: Riverdale OC Wynn; Teen Wolf OC Mel.

@missunderstoodxoxo; The Walking Dead OC Molly.

@tandybowcn: OC Benjamin.

@wowihavewaytoomanyocs: Peaky Blinders OC Felicity.

@noble-crescent: SVU OC Montserrat.

@whctsherncme: OC Levi.

@seize-the-droid: OC Minerva.

@wonder-boy-reid: Riverdale OC Amy.

@httpcorahale: Titans OC Valerie.

@httpcorahale: Titans OC Camila.

@annibunnysworld: Teen Wolf OC Riley; Teen Wolf OC Nixie.

@lahnistersden: The 100 OC Asteria.

@daisyjohvson: Supernatural OC Alexis.

@nellie--crain: Harry Potter: The Marauders Era OC Jo.

@dreamerwithapen1: Star Wars OC Aella.

@megandaisy9: OC Libby.

@atomicgracy: Batman OC Claire.

@randomfandoming1: The Vampire Diaries OC Nova.

@farklelucas: Teen Wolf OC Adam.

@wonder-boy-reid: Criminal Minds OC CJ.

@fandomqueenlove: Star Wars OC Anya.

@malice1329: Percy Jackson OC Maya; MacGyver OC Isla.

@chlobenet: Peaky Blinders OC Gennie.

[monsters-and-villains]

BatB BOOKS

Beauty and the Beast themed books:

Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

Beauty by Robin McKinley

Chalice by Robin McKinley

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier

The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey

Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Radiance by Grace Draven

The Hollow Kingdom by Clare B. Dunkle

The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce

Science Fiction setting:

Beauty (part of the short story collection Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) by Tanith Lee

Breath of Life by Christine Pope

Of Beast and Beauty by Stacy Jay

Books I haven't read yet but sound interesting:

Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey

Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

Masque by W.R. Gingell

Beauty by Susan Wilson

Entreat Me by Grace Draven

Beast by Donna Jo Napoli

Other people´s recommendations:

Truth in the Dark by Amy Lane – recommended by @gailcarriger

Spellbound by Sara Celi – recommended by @bebe-benzenheimer

The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey –  @nerdberd

The Rakshasa´s Bride by Suzannah Rowntree – recommended by @kecharitomene

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Choksi – recommended by @kecharitomene

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter – recommended by @kecharitomene

Hunted by Megan Spooner – recommended by @kecharitomene

The Beast´s Heart by Leife Shallcross – recommended by @kecharitomene

Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen – recommended by @kecharitomene

The Beauty´s Beastby E.D. Walker – recommended by @kecharitomene

Roses in Amber by C.E. Murphy – recommended by @kecharitomene

A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer – recommended by @kecharitomene

Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer – recommended by @kecharitomene

Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter – recommended by @kecharitomene

East by Edith Pattou – recommended by @kecharitomene, @bookbeastfeast

Beast by Donna Jo Napoli – recommended by @momolady, @girlfrien3

Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter – recommended by @darkladyreylo

Five Enchanted Roses – short story collection – recommended by @darkladyreylo

Beastly by Alex Finn –  recommended by @abandoned-as-mustard, @tamynightmerz, @thelilessisters

A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kimmerer – recommended by @thelilessisters

In the Vanisher´s Palace by Aliette Bodard – recommended by @mlwangbooks

Goddess of the Rose by P.C. Cast –  recommended by @the-lady-mienshao

The Tigers Bride by Angela Carter – recommended by @missnargaluna

The beast´s Garden by Kate Forsyth – recommended by @fluffycakesistainted

Rozalia by Magdalena Wala – recommended by @neoma2

Also a big thank you to the MULTIPLE people who recommended Of Beast and Beauty by Stacy Jay :)

DNF (books I´ve tried to read but do not personally recommend):

Eye of the Beholder by Elizabeth Darcy, Depravity by M.J. Haag

[stephie-studies-archive]

Hello, everyone!

I kept a list in 2019 of everything I read and I thought it would be fun to share it here! If you have any questions about any of the texts listed below, or if you’ve read any of them before and want to discuss them, please send me an ask/message. I would love to start a conversation about literature here!

Key: <short story, ~children’s book, *play, anything I had read before

~the wind in the willows // kenneth grahame

<hunters in the snow // tobias wolff

<how i met my husband // alice munro

<a worn path // eudora welty

<there will come soft rains // ray bradbury

~charlotte’s web // e.b. white

~alice’s adventures in wonderland // lewis carroll

~the wonderful wizard of oz // l. frank baum

~james and the giant peach // roald dahl

<a family // jamel brinkley

<boys go to jupiter // danielle evans

<a history of china // carolyn ferrell

<what got into us // jacob guajardo

<everything is far from here // cristina henriquez

<the brothers brujo // matthew lyons

<a big true // dina nayeri

<suburbia! // amy silverberg

<the prairie wife // curis sittenfeld

<somnambulism: a fragment // charles brockden brown

<the fall of the house of usher // edgar allan poe

<my visitation // rose terry cooke

<circumstance // harriet prescott spofford

<a whisper in the dark // louisa may alcott

moby dick // herman melville

~the phantom tollbooth // horton juster

~harriet the spy // louise fitzhugh

~dear mr. henshaw // beverly cleary

~bud, not buddy // christopher paul curtis

~el deafo // cece bell

<the foreigner // sarah orne jewett

<at the hermitage // e. levi brown

<the little room // madeline yale wynne

<desiree’s baby // kate chopin

<the yellow wall-paper // charlotte perkins gilman

<the house that was not // elia wilkinson peattie

<the eyes // edith wharton

the way of kings // brandon sanderson

the sun also rises // ernest hemingway

*angels in america // tony kushner

nature poem // tommy pico

under the feet of jesus // helena viramontes

*the taming of the shrew // shakespeare

*a midsummer night’s dream // shakespeare

heart of darkness // joseph conrad

*othello // shakespeare

*romeo and juliet // shakespeare

*sir thomas more // shakespeare, et al

*twelfth night // shakespeare

*the merchant of venice // shakespeare

*hamlet // shakespeare

<sanctuary // nella larsen

the wonderful adventures of mrs. seacole in many lands // mary seacole

kim // rudyard kipling

things fall apart // chinua achebe

<the courter // salman rushdie

<the lion and the jewel // wole soyinka

<a small place // jamaica kincaide

[lornaslibrary]

Fantasy

Last week I asked you to recommend your favourite fantasy books. These are all the books that were recommended!!

Bold = the books I’ve read * = the books I personally would recommend + = want to read/on my TBR

Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1), by Leigh Bardugo *

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1), by Leigh Bardugo *

King of Scars (The Nikolai Duology #1), by Leigh Bardugo +

Girls Made of Snow and Glass, Melissa Bashardoust +

Range of Ghosts (Eternal Sky #1), by Elizabeth Bear

Chime, by Franny Billingsley

Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1), by Kendare Blake

The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury

Ninth Grade Slays (The Chronicles of Vladimir Todd #1), by Heather Brewer

The Wolf in the Whale, by Jordanna Max Brodsky

Our Bloody Pearl (These Traitorous Tides #1), by D. N. Bryn *

A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1), by Sebastien de Castell

Traitor’s Blade (Greatcoats #1), by Sebastien de Castell +

The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1), S.A. Chakraborty +

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

To Kill a Kingdom, by Alexandra Christo *

The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1), by Rin Chupeco +

The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1), by Cassandra Clare & Holly Black

The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper

London Falling (Shadow Police #1), by Paul Cornell

The Fire Within (The Last Dragon Chronicles #1), by Chris D’Lacey

The King’s Bastard (King Rolen’s Kin #1), by Rowena Cory Daniells

Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1), by Nicholas Eames

We Hunt the Flame (Sand of Arawiya #1), by Hafsah Faizal

Bitter Greens, by Kate Forsyth

The Skylark’s Song (The Skylark Saga #1), by J. M. Frey

The Untold Turn (The Accidental Turn #1), by J.M. Frey

Neverwhere (London Below #1), by Neil Gaiman

The Written (Emaneska #1), by Ben Galley

The Sentinel Mage (The Cursed Kingdoms #1), by Emily Gee

The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern #1), by Shannon Hale

Seraphina (Seraphina #1), by Rachel Hartman +

Assassin’s Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy #1), by Robin Hobb

Fool’s Gold (The Dragon Lords #1), by Jon Hollins

The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey

Wintersong (Wintersong #1), by S. Jae-Jones

The Traitor God (Age of Tyranny #1), by Cameron Johnston

Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle #1), by Diana Wynne Jones

The Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm #1), by Diana Wynne Jones

Fires of the Faithful (Eliana’s Song #1), by Naomi Kritzer

The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis

Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening (Monstress #1), by Marjorie M. Liu and  Sana Takeda +

Ash, by Malinda Lo *

First Watch (The Fifth Ward #1), by Dale Lucas

Down Among the Stick and Bones (Wayward Children #2), by Seanan McGuire +

Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire +

Chalice, by Robin McKinley

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1), by Sarah J. Maas

Blood’s Pride (Shattered Kingdoms #1), by Evie Manieri

Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1), by Melina Marchetta

Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood #1), by Juliet Marillier

Heart’s Blood, by Juliet Marillier

The Summoner (Chronicles of the Necromancer #1), by Gail Z. Martin

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1), by George R.R. Martin

The Orphan Queen (The Orphan Queen #1), by Jodi Meadows

Veiled Intentions (The Dragon’s Blade #2), by Michael R. Miller

The Philosopher’s Flight, by Tom Miller 

Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees +

Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire #1), by Natasha Ngan +

Sabriel (The Old Kingdom #1), by Garth Nix

Uprooted, Naomi Novik 

Here, There Be Dragons (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geograpica #1), by James A. Owen

Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1), by Christopher Paolini

East (East #1), by Edith Pattou

The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1), by Mary E. Pearson

Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson

Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors #1), by Andrew Rowe

Carry On (Simon Snow #1), by Rainbow Rowell

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter #1), by J.K. Rowling *

The Final Empire (Mistborn #1), Brandon Sanderson

A Living Nightmare (Cirque du Freak #1), by Darren Shan *

The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon

Tantalize (Tantalize #1), by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Chronicles of Ixia, by Maria V Snyder +

The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater

Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1), by Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1), by Maggie Stiefvater

Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1), by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl 

Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1), by Laini Taylor *

Empire in Black and Gold (Shadows of the Apt #1), by Adrian Tchaikovsky  

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien  

The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1), by Jessica Townsend 

Dragon Weather (The Obsidian Chronicles #1), by Lawrence Watt-Evans

The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1), by Brent Weeks  

The Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura #1), by Martha Wells

The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde

A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde 

Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicle #1), Patricia C. Wrede

[the-forest-library]

Best Reads of 2018: Fiction

East - Edith Pattou

Deerskin - Robin McKinley

The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery

Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

Hattie Big Sky - Kirby Larson

In Other Lands - Sarah Rees Brennan

Babe - Dick King Smith

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder

[weirdletter]

American Gothic Short Stories, edited by Monika Elbert, Flame Tree Publishing, 2019. Info: flametreepublishing.com.

With handsome young men who never grow old, and the strangest of relatives appearing from dark corridors and long shadows, the frenzied imagination of the American Gothic is a fertile theme for this next anthology in the Gothic fantasy short story series. As with other titles in the series, new short fiction complements the work of classic authors.

Featuring: Foreword by Monika Elbert “Stone Baby” by Terri Bruce “The Tomb-Herd” by Ramsey Campbell “The Dark Presser” by E.E.W. Christman “Graveyards Full” by Maxx Fidalgo “Old Homeplace” by Joshua Hiles “In the Domain of Doctor Baldwin” by Russell James “Baby Girl” by Clayton Kroh “Viola’s Second Husband” by Sean Logan “The Outsiders in the Hawthorne Tomb” by Madison McSweeney “Big, Bad” by Lynette Mejía “Gothic American” by Joe Nazare “In the Bleak” by Wendy Nikel “In the Country” by Christi Nogle “Baby Teeth” by Lina Rather “Bibliosmia” by M. Regan “Water Witch” by Rebecca Ring “Ring of Teeth” by Mike Robinson “Approaching Lavender” by Lucy A. Snyder “Amazing Patsy” by Valerie B. Williams “The Hollow Tree” by Nemma Wollenfang

These contemporary authors will appear alongside the following classic and essential writers: Gertrude Atherton, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Brockden Brown, George Washington Cable, Charles W. Chesnutt, Kate Chopin, Ralph Adams Cram, Stephen Crane, Emma Dawson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ellen Glasgow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Shirley Jackson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Grace King, H.P. Lovecraft, Herman Melville, W.C. Morrow, Flannery O'Connor, Edgar Allan Poe, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Clark Ashton Smith, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Wharton, Madeline Yale Wynne.

[yourgirlsarchived]

Bullets && Babies/Keeping up with the Wilsons timeline

Sorcha wakes up in the late 80s

Sorcha meets Wade in ‘89

Wade and Sorcha get married in ‘89/’90

Jemma Hayley born 30 June 1990

Malcolm Phillip born 31 May 1991

Steve & Sharon get married date unknown 

July 4th 1991 Charlotte Rogers born to  Sharon

March 15 1992 Mark Rogers born to Sharon

January 2 1993 Wynne born to Vilotta

Althea Samantha born 8 Sept 1993

Natasha Margaret & Timothy Cian born 30 August 1994

September 14 1994 Daniel & Autumn born to Sharon

Summer 1995 Heleth destroyed survivors come to earth

Gabriel Howard Born 25 Dec 1999

Antonia Sarah born 18 January 2003

June 2008 Jemma & Mal Graduate

Hunter Winston born to Jemma 31 July 2009 

June 2012 - Natasha, Althea, & Timothy graduate, Antonia skips to grade 5

2013 Antonia skips to grade eight, Jemma graduates from Annapolis & receives commission

2014 Hunter enters Kindergarten, Natasha complete technical school

June 2015 Gabriel graduates, Natasha enters Suny Buffalo

2018 Antonia Graduates, enters UoM

2019 Natasha earns Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering, enters MIT

Edith Abihilin born 27 Feb 2022, Antonia earns dual Bachelors of Public Relations and Sociology, enters post-grad studies at GWU

2023 Natasha earns Masters of Mechanical Engineering, enters correspondence course with San Diego U for PhD in Engineering Sciences (Mech + Aerospace)

2024 Antonia earns Masters of Communication management

15 September 2025 Avery Rogers born to Sharon,  Natasha is officially Dr. Natasha Rogers-Wilson

June 2026 Hunter graduates high school

[kinesiologic]

2018 Reading Challenge: October Update

The oldest book on your to-read list: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones

A favourite book from primary school: The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

A favourite book from intermediate school: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

A favourite book from middle school: East by Edith Pattou

A favourite book from high school: The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

A favourite book from undergrad: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

A favourite book from Master’s: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

A favourite book from PhD: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

A favourite book from post-doc:

A Nordic noir: The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

A novel based on a real person: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

A book set in a country that fascinates you: City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

A book about a villain or superhero: 1984 by George Orwell

A book about death or grief: Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke

A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: To Kill a Mockingbird by (Nelle) Harper Lee

A book of poetry: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

A book that is also a stage play or musical: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

A book about feminism: A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan

A ghost story: City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

A borrowed book: What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

A book about or involving a sport: Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by John Krakauer

A book by a local author: Linger, Still by Aislinn Hunter

A book with your favourite colour in the title

A book with alliteration in the title: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A true crime  

A book about time travel: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

A book on a topic that you know nothing about

A book with a weather element in the title

A book set at sea

A book with an animal in the title: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

A book you own but haven’t read yet: The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas

A book with song lyrics in the title

A book about or set on Hallowe'en: The Bone Mother by David Demchuk

A book with characters who are twins: Winter of the Gods by Jordana Max Brodsky  

A book mentioned in another book: Harry Potter by JK Rowling (Mentioned in #19 and #39; and last year’s read: Heart and Brain)

A book that intimidates/scares you  

A childhood classic you've never read: Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

A book published in 2018: A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

A past GoodReads Choice Award winner: The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

A book set in the decade you were born

A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to

A book with an ugly cover: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

A book that involves a bookstore or library

A bestseller from the year you graduated high school

A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place

A book tied to your ancestry: Second Space by Czesław Miłosz

A "big thinking" book: Wenjack by Joseph Boyden

An allegory

A microhistory: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

A book about a problem facing society today: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté

A book recommended by someone else: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh * Recommended by the clerk at the London Review Bookshop

Even more books ...

Chile and Easter Island by Lonely Planet 

Great Britain by Lonely Planet

Dragonbane by Sherrilyn Kenon

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas  

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas  

Men of the Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong

Beast by Paul Kingsnorth

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

The Map and the Clock edited by Carol Anne Duffy and Gillian Clarke

The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot

The Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein

Richard II   by William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part I   by William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part II by William Shakespeare

Henry V by William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part I by William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part III by William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Richard III by William Shakespeare

The Inviting Life by Laura Calder

Octopussy by Ian Fleming

The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Healthy-ish by Lindsay Maitland Hunt

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness 

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness 

Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness

Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

Managing Chronic Pain: Therapist Manual by John D. Otis

Managing Chronic Pain: Patient Workbook by John D. Otis

Learning ACT by Jason B. Luoma, Steven C. Hayes, & Robyn D. Walser

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association

[fantastic-nonsense]

My Incomplete Fairy Tale Retellings Recs List

I compiled some of these for a friend who wanted to know, and decided to make a more complete list for posterity. This is by no means either a complete list or even a complete list of all of the fairy tale-based media that I’ve read and enjoyed, just what I could think off off the top of my head and looking through my bookshelves/Kindle shelves/Amazon lists.

Novels:

Ella Enchanted and its companion novel Fairest, Gail Carson Levine (Cinderella and Snow White, respectively)

The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Gail Carson Levine (original story, but fairy-tale inspired)

tbh, practically anything Levine’s ever written treads into fairy tale territory; I also highly recommend Ever and the Fairy Dust trilogy

Just Ella, Margaret Peterson Haddix (Cinderella)

Ash, Malinda Lo (Cinderella)

East/North Child, Edith Pattou (East of the Sun and West of the Moon)

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, Jessica Day George (East of the Sun and West of the Moon)

Ice, Sarah Beth Dunst (East of the Sun and West of the Moon)

The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer (Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White)

Spindle’s End, Robin McKinley (Sleeping Beauty)

Robin McKinley literally made a name for herself writing fairy tale retellings (tbh she's probably the most famous writer of fairy tale-based stories for adults). Pick up any random book by her, and there’s about an 80/20 chance it’s a fairy tale retelling. I especially recommend The Hero and the Crown, Beauty (Beauty and the Beast), and Deerskin (Donkeyskin/Catskin)

Book of a Thousand Days, Shannon Hale (Maid Maleen)

The Books of Bayern, starting with The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale (The Goose Girl)

Howl’s Moving Castle trilogy, Diana Wynne Jones (an original story, but with obvious use of fairy tale tropes, conventions, and language)

Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones (Tam Lin)

Tithe, Holly Black (Tam Lin)

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin (based on Chinese mythology and folklore)

The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden (Vasilisa the Beautiful)

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Genevieve Valentine (The Twelve Dancing Princesses)

The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden and The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice, Catherynne M. Valente (of ‘The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland’ fame)

Deathless, Catherynne Valente (The Death of Koschei the Deathless)

Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, Karen Foxlee (The Snow Queen)

Firebird, Mercedes Lackey (The Golden Bird/The Firebird)

The Black Swan, Mercedes Lackey (Swan Lake)

Mercedes Lackey is another author who tends to end up writing fairy tales even when she’s not writing fairy tales

Uprooted, Naomi Novik (an original book, but very obviously rooted in Eastern European/Russian fairy tales)

Daughter of the Forest, Juliet Marillier (The Six Swans/The Wild Swans)

Tiger Lily, Jodi Lynn Anderson (Peter Pan)

Peter and the Starcatchers series, Dave Perry and Ridley Peterson (Peter Pan)

The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley (ok so technically this one’s not based on a fairy tale as it’s Arthurian legend from the point of view of the women involved, specifically Guinevere and Morgan/Morgana, but it’s so good I couldn’t bear to leave it off the list)

Short Story Anthologies (retellings and original tales included):

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, Angela Carter (I recommend the 75th Anniversary Edition)

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, Kate Bernheimer

features retellings such as Michael Cunningham’s “The Wild Swans”, Neil Gaiman’s “Orange”, John Updike’s “Bluebeard in Ireland”, and Karen Joy Fowler’s “Halfway People”

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins, by Emma Donoghue 

The Victorian Fairy Tale Book, Michael Patrick Hearn

The Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald

The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales, edited by Alison Lurie

includes Nathaniel’s Hawthorne’s “Feathertop”, George MacDonald’s “The Light Princess”, Oscar Wilde’s “The Selfish Giant”, Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Song of the Morrow”, Kenneth Grahame’s “The Reluctant Dragon”, H.G. Well’s “The Magic Shop”, Angela Carter’s “The Courtship of Mr. Lyon”, and Jane Yolen’s “The River Maid”

I cannot impress on everyone how amazing this anthology is. If you only get one book on this list, this would be a good one to get

The Starlit Wood, edited by Dominik Parisien

includes Garth Nix’s “Penny for a Match, Sister?” (The Little Match Girl), Marjorie Liu’s “The Briar and the Rose” (Sleeping Beauty), and Naomi Novik’s “Spinning Silver” (Rumplestiltskin)

Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (graphic novel collection)

Silver Birch, Blood Moon, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

actually, all of Ellen Datlow’s retelling anthology series is really great: Snow White, Blood Red; Black Heart, Ivory Bones; Black Thorn, White Rose; Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears; and Black Swan, White Raven are the others

together, the anthology series features authors as diverse and wide-ranging as Neil Gaiman, Robin McKinley, Angela Carter, Tanith Lee, Joyce Carol Oates, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen, Nancy Kress, Melanie Tem, Roger Zelazny, Gene Wolfe, Susana Clarke, Nalo Hopkinson, Tim Wynne-Jones, and Anne Bishop 

Bone Swans: Stories, C.S.E. Cooney

Fairy Tales in Popular Culture, Martin Hallett

includes Neil Gaiman’s “Snow, Glass, Apples” (featuring Vampire!Snow White) and Robin McKinley’s “The Princess and the Frog”

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer, Tanith Lee

Don’t Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England, edited by Jack Zipes

Illustrated Tales/Comics/Webcomics:

Fables, Bill Willingham (aka, what Once Upon a Time should have been...yeah I'm not bitter at all)

The Sleeper and the Spindle, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell

Sandman Saga, Neil Gaiman

The Books of Magic, Neil Gaiman

Monstress, Marjorie Liu

Cinder and Ashe, Gerry Conway and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

The Legend of Bold Riley, Leia Weathington

Namesake, an absolutely fantastic webcomic based on a variety of fairy tales and fairy tale fantasy series (most notably the Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland)

Valor Anthology (a comic-based anthology of fairy-tale retellings; LBGT+ friendly)

Instructions, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Charles Vess

Also, a special shout-out to P.J. Lynch's illustrated version of ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon’, and really all of the fairy tales books that Lynch illustrates. They're beautiful.

Anthologies of Actual Tales:

The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Anthologies)

The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola to the Brothers Grimm (Norton Critical Editions)

The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Josef Scharl (Pantheon Fairy Tale Library)

The entire Pantheon Fairy Tale Library (Norweigan Folktales, Russian Folktales, Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies, Japanese Tales, Latin American Folktales, and African Folktales, among several others)

The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition, translated by Jack Zipes Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, by Phillip Pullman  

The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Literary Classics Collection)

Hans Christian Andersen’s Classic Fairy Tales Omnibus (Barnes and Noble Edition)

I’m going to be honest; complete HCA anthologies are hard as hell to find (unlike the Brothers Grimm) and my copy isn’t in print anymore, so I don’t know if the previous two suggestions are actually “complete” or not. Of the various collections I found, I’d go with either of the two I just mentioned or the ‘Annotated Hans Christian Andersen’ book, mentioned below

Andrew Lang’s Colored Fairy Books (excepting the Blue Fairy Book, which is a collection of popular fairy tales, each book contains tales loosely grouped by geographic location); probably one of the most well-known and comprehensive collections of fairy tales 

Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World, Kathleen Ragan

I'm a big fan of the various "Annotated" Fairy Tale collections, like the Annotated Brothers Grimm, Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, and Annotated Hans Christen Andersen, though I don't always agree with the editorializing. It's a whole series.

On that note, look for book collections put together and/or edited by Maria Tatar and Jack Zipes. They're the two most prominent fairy tale scholars at the moment and basically have an unofficial duopoly on the fairy tale academic criticism market.

There are a ton more, but this is a good solid starting list. Go forth and enjoy fairy tales!

[winsonsaw2003]

Looking for a descendants of Major Charles Porteous(1776-1816)

Major Porteous were served in 20th Bengal Native Infantry regiment and were posted to Malacca in 1800'S. He married Elizabeth Rawstorne of Penwortham Priory,Lancashire and had 7 seven children.His issue:- i)Isabella Helen Porteous(1803-)married James Hay,20th Bengal Native Infantry Regiment. ii) Sophia Mary Porteous(1804-1842) iii) Charles Porteous(1806-1885 )married 1st Elizabeth Mary Stewart(born Johnston) & 2nd Emma Lyster.His issue:- ai)Charles Alexander Porteous(1842- ) married Hester Grace Savage.His issue:- bi) Charles Adolphus Porteous (1865- ). bii))Hester Voilet Porteous (1868-1911) married Phillip Macklin Flannery.Their issue:- ci) Minnie Voilet Flannery(1887-1920) married 1stly James Brown & 2ndly Andrew Earnest Francis Greene.Their issue:- di) Elaine Greene (1900-?) dii) Kathleen Mary Macklin Greene (1904-?) married Francis Patrick Murphy. Their issue:- ei) Colin Lawrence Murphy (1928-1988) married Joyce Maud Bennett.His issue:- di) Wendy Margaret Macklin Murphy married Peter Thomas Butler.Their issue:- ei) Celia Amy Macklin Butler eii) Patrick Thomas Macklin Butler dii) David Charles Macklin Murphy. eii) Edmund Trevor Murphy married Margaret Mary Flannery. f) Mitchell Stanley Murphy married?. eiii) Noel Clifford Murphy married 1s Honor Geraldine Laura Wynne married 1stly Honor Geraldine Laura Wynne,2ndly Rita Ann Witte and 3rdly Evelyn Joyce Sheasby. fi) Ronald Clifford Murphy married Jane Ann Halpern. fii) Clifford Edward Murphy married Kim Louise Harrison.His issue:- gi) Joseph Edward Murphy. gii) Luke Harrison Murphy. fiii) Rachel Ann Murphy married 1stly Clifford Scott Edmonds and 2ndly Neil Wakefield. gi) Jessica Ann Edmonds. gii) Harrison Scott Edmonds. fiv) Sarah Ann Murphy(1977-2014) married Jamie Alain George Finn.Their issue:- gi) Jamie Patrick Noel Finn. eiv) Patricia Kay Murphy (1938-1940) diii) Mary Hester Greene (1906-?) div) Maisie Greene (1906-?) married Arthur Worsley .Their issue:- ei) ? Greene married ?.His issue:- fi) Trevor Greene (1959-?) married Roselaine Vassou .His issue:- gi) Joanne Esperine . cii) Philip Macklin Flannery(1891-?) married Mabel Cecilia Hayter.His issue:- di) Reginald Kevin Flannery(1929-?). dii) Ivan Macklin Flannery(1933-1996). diii) Margaret Mary Flannery(1935-?). div) Peter Macklin Flannery(1936-?). biii)Gertrude Henrietta Porteous (1872-) biv)) Harold Malcolm Porteous (1874 -). bv) Arthur Edgar Porteous (1876-). bvi) Edith Beatrice Maud Porteous (1881 -). aii)Elizabeth Mary Porteous(1845-1865) Unmarried. aiii)John Porteous(1846) aiv)Henrietta Adeline Porteous (1850) av)Adela Sophia Porteous (1851 - ). avi)Edward Anthony Porteous (1852-1860) avii) Lawrence Stratford Porteous (1854) aviii) Ida Adeline Porteous (1856) aix)Agnes Emma Porteous (1857-1917) married Howard Benjamin Finch.Their issue:- bi) Henry Wingfield Finch(1885-1917) married Gladys Mabel Slade. bii)Arthur Howard Leicester Finch (1887-1944). biii) Rev.Charles Edward Oscar Finch(1889-1983) married Winifred Mary Fisher.His issue:- ci) Richard Michael Finch(1919-) married Mary E.M. Leech.His issue:- di) Richard A Finch(1948-?). cii) W.A.Finch. ciii) Jocelyn Mary Finch(1922-2012) married Patrick Rawlence.Their issue:- di) Hilary C Rawlence(1949-?) married ? Hardy. dii) Robert M Rawlence(1952-?) diii) Loveday Bridget Rawlence(1956-?) div) Phillipa H Rawlence(1960-?) married Andrew J Pyper. biv) Samuel William Swainson Finch (1891-1892). ax)Clara Isabel Porteous (1860-1872) axi) Henry Stratford Porteous(1862-1948) married 1st Fanny Riley and 2ndly Sarah Eleanor Kuhtze.His issue:- ci) Charles Vivian Porteous (1885-1962) married Ellinor Jessie Hemingway. di) Jean Edith Porteous (1922 -)married 1st Raymond Albert Patterson and 2ndly Herbert Fergusson Lillicrap. ei) Raewyn eii) Vivienne eiii) Christine eiv) Doug ev) Graeme L. dii) David Ian Porteous(1925 -1979) married ? Anderson.His issue:- ei)Lynda Porteous (1950 - ). eii) David Charles Porteous (1957-1983) diii)Mervyn Ronald Porteous(1929-1984). cii)William Lyster Porteous (1886-1972) married Mabel Alice Wilds.His issue:- di)Harold Lyster Joseph Porteous (1918-2007) married Anne Elizabeth Lethbridge. ciii) Myrtle Louise Porteous (1892-1968). civ) Agnes Milly Porteous (1894-1988) married Thomas Mugridge.Their issue:- di) Alice Porteous Mugridge (1921-1995) married William Israel Moeraki Baker. dii)Thomas Stratford Mugridge(1925-2006) diii) Hugh Ronald Mugridge (1929-1994) div) George Stephen Mugridge(1936-1998) cv)Grace Trist Riley Porteous married Samuel Robert Young. Their issue:- di) Grace Fanny Young(1921-?) married George Edwin Barlow.Their issue:- ei) Loraine Grace Barlow (1952-1986). dii) Robert Henry Young (1927-2005) married ? Slope. diii) ? Young married ? White. div) ? Young married Majory Joan Walker. dv) ? Young married Carylon. iv)Elizabeth Ann Porteous(1809- ) married Capt.William Innes,12th Bengal Infantry v)William Henry Alexander Moir Porteous(1810 -) married Cecilia Dozey. vi) Frederic Edward Porteous (1812-1848 ) vii) Cecilia Sarah Bell Porteous(1815-) married 1st Arthur Ogilvie and 2ndly Lestock Boileau.Their issue:- ai) Arthur Alexander Porteous Ogilvie (1846-1847). aii) Henry Alexander Porteous Boileau(1854-1895) married Letitia Adolpina Cranenburg.She married 1stly to Francis Edward Pereira. Please contact me at - winsonsaw20032000@yahoo.com

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A to Z Book Rec Tag

Thank you to @heretherebebooks for tagging me and sorry this is so late

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Blue Castle, The by L. M. Montgomery

Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones

Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise and Sarah M. Klise

Enchanted Castle, The by Edith Nesbit

Fear No Evil by Natan Sharansky

Goose Girl, The by Shannon Hale

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

I Love You Like a Tomato by Marie Giordano

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park

K, why aren’t you reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson?

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Magyk by Angie Sage

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Outsiders, The by S.E. Hinton

Princess in the Pigpen, The by Jane Resh Thomas

Questioning why you haven’t read Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey

Rest of Us Just Live Here, The by Patrick Ness

Star and the Sword, The by Pamela Melnikoff

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Vets Might Fly by James Herriot

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

X actly what do you think you’re doing not reading Dealing With Dragons by Patricia Wrede?

Y don’t you check out Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry?

Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld

I think this has been done by practically everyone, but if you haven’t done it please feel yourself tagged!

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A-Z Book Recommendations

I was tagged by @deadpoetsmusings.  Thank you!  I have a feeling this won’t be easy...

And We Stay - Jenny Hubbard

Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver

Chime - Franny Billingsley

Deerskin - Robin McKinley

East - Edith Pattou

Fingersmith - Sarah Waters

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones

If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio

Just One Day - Gayle Forman

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

The Long Walk - Stephen King

My Cousin Rachel - Daphne Du Maurier

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Paperweight - Meg Haston

Trickster’s Queen - Tamora Pierce  

The Royal We - Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte

Under Rose-Tainted Skies - Louise Gornall

Villette - Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

xxxHolic - Clamp

So Yesterday - Scott Westerfeld

Z - I’ve got nothing.

And as expected, this was fun but incredibly difficult.  The ones I had the most trouble with were K, Q, Y, and Z, which you can probably tell since two of them don’t actually start with the letters and I couldn’t even find anything for Z.  So my plan for the rest of the year is to read some books starting with those letters haha.

I tag @lizziethereader @librarianlirael and anyone else who wants to do this.