{"id":6352,"date":"2016-03-20T01:35:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T06:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6352"},"modified":"2016-03-20T01:41:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T06:41:19","slug":"upon-time-reading-challenge-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6352","title":{"rendered":"once upon a time reading challenge x"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/out10ishere200.jpg\" alt=\"Once upon a Time Reading Challenge X\" align=left hspace=10 vspace=5 width=150 \/>Every spring, Carl hosts a reading event, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com\/once-upon-a-time-x\">Once Upon a Time<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This year marks the tenth year of the challenge, and I&#8217;m excited to participate once again. I&#8217;m even eager to review the books, which I&#8217;ve been remiss about the last couple years. I&#8217;ve found Quest the First is the best fit for me, so I&#8217;ll be reading five books that fit into the fantasy, fairy tale, folklore, or mythology genres.<\/p>\n<p>While I reserve the right to change my mind about my choices or to add a secondary quest (which offer the options to read <em>A Midsummer&#8217;s Night Dream<\/em> or short stories, play games, or watch tv or movies within these genres), right now, these are the books I&#8217;m considering reading (you saw some of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=6343\">the other day<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Carry On<\/em> by Rainbow Rowell:<\/strong> A Harry Potteresque school with a cast of characters that includes a chosen one, ghosts, and an evil nemesis, who may also be a vampire.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong><em>Court of Fives<\/em> by Kate Elliott:<\/strong> Apparently, it&#8217;s Little Women meets courtly fantasy. It got good buzz in my Twitter timeline when it came out. I&#8217;ve had it out from the library and it either needs to get read soon or go back to them.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong><em>An Ember in the Ashes<\/em> by Sabaa Tahir: <\/strong>Another book I&#8217;ve had out from the library for ages. Sarah &#038; I caught part of the author&#8217;s talk at last fall&#8217;s National Book Festival. I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s my style (one of the main characters is a soldier), but I ought to at least read a few chapters to find out and return it if it&#8217;s not.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong><em>Echo<\/em> by Pam Mu\u00c3\u00b1oz Ryan:<\/strong> A Newbery Honor book from this past year that features a magical harmonica. Do we really need to know any more?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong><em>The Library at Mount Char<\/em> by Scott Hawkins:<\/strong> A lot of people have classified this one as horror (Jenn? What do you think? Is it overly intense?), so it might be an early exiter for me, but it features a library and a Zeus-like character<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong><em>Unnatural Creatures<\/em> edited by Neil Gaiman:<\/strong> Short stories about magical creatures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m noticing several of the books I&#8217;ve selected sound awfully intense, which hasn&#8217;t been my speed recently. Only time will tell whether I jettison all of the stressful reads in favor of some of the gentler fantasy I have on my shelves and my online queue (and in that list from the other day).<\/p>\n<p>Have you read anything recently you&#8217;d recommend that falls into these categories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every spring, Carl hosts a reading event, Once Upon a Time. This year marks the tenth year of the challenge, and I&#8217;m excited to participate once again. I&#8217;m even eager to review the books, which I&#8217;ve been remiss about the last couple years. 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