2014 Retellings + Reading Challenge

Hosted by The Nighttime Novelist.

Rules/Information

• The challenge will run from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. I will post a wrap-up post at the end of each month with a link to my retelling review(s) for that month. Each retelling read MUST be reviewed in some way.
• Novel-length (150+ pages) fiction only
• No more than 2 re-reads
• All formats allowed
• Anyone can join at any time in the year, although books read prior to joining do not count.
• You don’t have to have a blog to join; reviewing on Goodreads or Amazon is fine as long as everybody can see it.
• Books don’t have to be stated in advance; it’s up to you!
• ARC’s are fine, but try to read some that aren’t new releases.
• Retellings can be anything from a contemporary version of a Shakespeare play to an interpretation of Sleeping Beauty. As long as there is evidence it is a retelling of some kind, it will most likely count. But you can’t just start reading a random book and go, “Oh! This sort of reminds me of blankety-blank.” There must be some sort of statement that this is based on a prior work.
• The retelling can have an oral origin. Not all legends/myths were traditionally written down, but if it’s a legitimate story, it works. For example, most Native American folklore was not written, but a retelling of some Iroquois tale is perfectly valid.

Levels

• Easy: 1-5 books
• Not So Easy: 6-12 books
• I Like A Challenge: 13-19 books
• I Eat Easy for Breakfast: 20+