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My favorite fairytale right now is The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and my favorite character is the (often nameless) Prince. In some of the older variants he is "the old soldier". The story is about a dozen dancing princesses who are driving their father into penury by constantly wearing out a dozen pairs of shoes every night, to the point where the King has no choice but to lock them up in their bedroom at day's end. Still they somehow are able to wear out their shoes every evening. He offers the hand of any of his princesses to the man who figures out how they are doing this.
The old soldier or prince character, through a mixture of luck and cunning, is able to figure out that every night the girls disappear through a trap door which takes them to a Fairy Ball. They dance the night away and return worn out (shoes, too!) every morning. I love this fairytale even though it seems a bit senseless and without a lesson, because it gives other storytellers free license to imagine a bigger theme and character development, as well as romance, with the fairytale as the framework.
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Blog: The Librarian Writer (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: Debut Author Challenge, Entwined, Heather Dixon, book review, Add a tag Title: EntwinedAuthor: Heather DixonPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublication Date: March 29, 2011ISBN-13: 9780062001030480 pp.Reading copy from local libraryThere's romance and then there's Romance. Lower case "r" romance is what most people think of when they think of the word, which is pretty much anything the new Old Spice guy offers you in one of his commercials. (You know, walks on the beach,
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Blog: Book Binge (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap) JacketFlap tags: Entwined, Heather Dixon, Twelve Dancing Princesses, Butter Cake, White Cake, YA, Book Reviews, Uncategorized, Fairy Tale, Young Adult, Book Review, Add a tag
 Although Entwined is a retelling of the twelve dancing princesses, it stands on its own as an enchanting story, a fairy tale romance with unique elements of magic and suspense. Dixon’s story threads are at first golden and whisper light, but as the novel unwinds, the author weaves in darker tones. When Azalea and her royal sisters discover a magicked passageway, they all become entangled in a moonlit snare. Night after night, they return to Keeper’s Pavillion to dance. But Keeper, their mysteriously handsome host, is not all he appears to be. For Azalea, a touch of silver reveals the frightening truth about blood oaths and curses–her castle, her kingdom, and her life are all in danger.
Dixon has a special knack for subtle characterization and gorgeous detail. Azalea is no cookie cutter Princess Royale–she’s resourceful and delightfully headstrong, the caring eldest sibling to her motherless sisters. Along with protagonist, many of the other principal players evolve as Azalea’s perceptions change. Page by page, the reader comes to love Lord Bradford (the Princess Royale’s swoonworthy suitor) Mr. Pudding (an elderly servant), Lord Teddie (a surprising and silly visitor) and even grim Fairweller (the handsome, but sober minded Prime Minister). The dynamics between all players change as the plot thickens–the relationship between Azalea and her estranged royal father is especially poignant. The texture of these relationships makes the novel feel all the more satisfying and complete.
I reccommend ENTWINED for anyone with a weakness for rich, well drawn fairy tales. This one’s an absolutely lovely debut.
Hungry for more? Like Azalea’s mother, I enjoy a rich, moist white cake. This recipe is delicious, the same one I use for basic layer and strawberry shortcakes.
Binge!
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So actually the 12 dancing princesses is one of my favorite fairy tales and Princess of the Midnight Ball is probably my favorite retailing ever so I'm so excited that you have it as one of the options!!!
My favorite fairy tale is Hansel and Gretel. My favorite re-telling (so far) is Beastly. I haven't read a lot of them yet. Thanks for the giveaway!
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My favourite faerie tale is The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen . . . but it doesn't seem to have any retellings. (No wonder! It's one of the more depressing ones. LOL!)
I do like the six short retellings of Rumpelstiltskin that Vivian Vande Velde presents in The Rumpelstiltskin Problem. They're very playful, very different twists on the familiar story--but what I like best about them is that none of them are trying to be a "definitive" retelling. (That would be Disney-sized hubris, which I've learned to dislike in Disney adaptations.)
Thanks for the giveaway! =)
My favorite is probably Sleeping Beauty, but there are so many good ones. My favorite retelling is Daughter of the Forest.
My favorite fairy tale is Little Mermaid. :) I love Jackson Pearce's retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in Sisters Red. :)
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How have I only ever read one of these?! I'm adding them all to my summer reading list!
I don't know what my favourite fairytale is, but my favourite retelling is A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan- I adore it!
I have a lot of favourite fairytales...I kind of love 'em all (or most of them :P), but I do really love Snow White. I could say that my favourite retelling of Snow White is in Once Upon a Time...I just love how bad@ss she is in that show! I also really enjoyed Sidney White. It was a really interesting rendition of it. I don't think I've ever actually read a retelling of Snow White though...I seriously NEED to! haha Like Maidenveil though, I really enjoy Jackson Pearce's retellings. She does an amazing job at reinventing the tales, and also with connecting them. I'm really looking forward to her next book which is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, called Fathomless. :D
I've not read many retellings. But my favourite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast and I really enjoyed Beastly. I liked how they used modern technology in the classic story. Really well done.
My favourite in Cinderella and my fave retelling is Cinder. Nice giveaway.
I have a lot of fairy tale stories which are of my favorites, such as Peter Pan (oh how I wish I could go to Neverland!), or Disney's Princess Anastasia (love the soundtrack!), plus Sophie and Howl from Howl's Moving Castle (I read the book and watched the movie! Fantastic!) As for favorite retelling, I honestly don't know, I haven't read many of them :D
So many, but if I pick one it would have to be Three Little Pigs!
I love Sleeping Beauty and Beastly.
My favorite fairytale is Cinderella :)
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My favorite is Cinderella! She begins so lonely but then get determined and finally she's happy. And she's got all these animals helping her!
My favorite retelling is Jackson Pearce's Sweetly. It's a modern version of Hansel and Gretel
The Little Mermaid. I grew up with her. :D
My favourite fairytales were Sleeping Beauty and the Twelve Dancing Princesses. My favourite retelling would be Princess of the Midnight Ball and it's sequel, Princess of Glass! :)
I really like Ella Enchanted and Beauty and the Beast. I don't have an absolute favourite though.
As for retelling, Cinder, Tangled (the film!) and I also loved Shadows on the Moon by Zoë Marriott.
My favorite fairy tale is Aladin and my favorite retelling is of Rapunzel: Tangled :)
I love HEART'S BLOOD by Juliet Marillier. It's inspired by BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - my favorite.
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My favourite fairytale is Beauty and the Beast, and my favourite retelling is Cinder by Marissa Meyer :)
My Favorite is Cinderella,so right now I would say Cinder.
I love the story of Beauty and Beast and lesson of beauty being only skin deep. My favorite retelling would have to be Beastly by Alex Finn it really gave you the POVs of both the Beast and the Beauty.
I've loved The Little Mermaid ever since I was little. :)
I love Ariel's Little Mermaid!
Thanks for a fabulous giveaway! I'm also a Little Mermaid fan. I remember seeing the Disney movie in theaters when I was 8? and was a mermaid from there on :)
I love love love Beauty by Robin McKinley. I've probably read it 20 times.
My favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. I have been wanting to read Cinder but have not got it yet.
My favorite is Sleeping Beauty, but I don't know of any retellings of it.
My favorite fairy tale is the Little Mermaid. I haven't read many fairy tale retellings, but I do like Beauty by Robin McKinley.
Thanks for the giveaway! :)
My favorite fairy tale is "Snow White and Rose Red". My favorite retelling of a fairy tale is Entwined by Heather Dixon
I love the 12 Dancing Princesses! See what I wrote about them at http://thebookbug-hogan.blogspot.com/2012/04/fairy-tale-giveaway-hop.html
Thanks for the giveaway! My favorite tale to read is the "Six Swans," though my favorite retellings are those in the Once Upon a Time series and Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the Forest.
My favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast and my favorite retelling is Cinder!
My favorite is Sleeping Beauty. Thanks for having this giveaway.
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My favorite fairy tale is the matchstick girl. I love the book cinder, though.
Not read any of the retellings but Hansel and Gretel was always my favourite fairy tale as a kid.
I love almost all fairy tales, but my most favorite is Beauty and the Beast. I have not read a retelling of that story that I did not love, there are way to many of them to name XD
Honestly I haven't read any real retellings. Hoijng to win some and be able to answer that question :)
Love Cinderella, and the new retelling Cinder too.
My favorite fairy tales are Snow-White and Rose-Red, and The Six Swans. I've loved most retellings of fairy tales that I've seen or read.
My Fave is Cinderella. I haven't read a retelling yet
Favorite fairytale is Sleeping Beauty and favorite retelling is Cinder
Thanks for the giveaway! My favorite is Beauty and the Beast. The only retelling I've read is Red Riding Hood. I really liked it!
I loved Cinderella. I don't know that I've ever read a fairy-tale retelling!
I don't have just one favorite fairy tale. One of my favorites is Little Red Riding Hood and my favorite retelling so far isn't a book it's the show Once Upon a Time. It is seriously amazing!
I love Beauty and the Beast
I think my all-time favorite Fairytale is The Beauty & the Beast and Cinderella as a close second. I do not read many retellings yet, but I loved Beastly by Alex Flinn ^^
Favorite Fairytale: The Wild Swans
Favorite Retelling: the Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Great giveaway and my favorite fairytale and retelling is Cinderella!
Favorite Fairytale: Beauty and the Beast
Favorite Retelling: Haven't read any yet :(
My favorite fairy tale is The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, but my favorite retelling would have to be Cinder by Marissa Meyer.
My favorite fairytale would probably be Beauty and the Beast. My favorite retelling would be Ella Enchanted, which is a retelling of Cinderella.
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My favorite is Aladdin. My favorite retelling is Tangled.
my favorite fairy tale is little red riding hood or hansel and gretel. my favorite retelling would be the on the tv show once upon a time. i love how they're retelling all of the old fairy tales and all in a world together.
My favorite fairytale is Beauty and the Beast - because it is not only about romance, but also about redemption, and not relying on outwards appearances. Although it is NOT a YA book, but a work of contemporary fiction, my favorite re-telling is in the form of a very unknown, yet fantastic book by author Neil M Campbell called "The Advent of Lena: A Tale of Beauty and the Beast". It is a beautifully written book, where the pages are turned, and the beauty lies with the man, but the real beauty of the novel is Lena. It is definitely worth a read.
Beauty & The Beast is my favorite fairy tale and my favorite retelling of it is probably Beastly by Alex Flinn. Actually all of her retellings are amazing.
My favorite fairy tale is Snow White, and my favorite retelling is 'Beastly' by Alex Flinn.
Snow White/Beastly
I too like 12 Dancing Princesses.
my fave retelling is Entwined by Heather Dixon
I like 12 Dancing Princesses... but i havent read the book yet...
I just watch the Barbie version, but i Loved it
My favorite is the new version of Red Riding Hood.
Favorite of all time Cinderella....
I think my favorite re-telling is Wicked by Gregory Maguire.
Beauty & The Beast is my favorite fairy tale. I think I haven't read any fairy tale retelling yet but I like the blurb on Beastly. Definitely going to read that one.
Cinderella is my favourite. I haven't read any retelling though. I long to read Entwined. Thanks for the giveaway! :-)
Beauty and the Beast and Beastly. :)
I love Cinderella, but I can't remember if I've ever read retelling fairy tale.
My favourite fairytale is Swan Lake and my favourite retelling is probably Deerskin by Robin McKinley, even though it's quick a dark book.
My favorite tale is Cinderella and favorite retelling is Beastly by Alex Flinn.
My favourite fairytale is The beauty and the beast while my favourite retellinf id Sisters Red!:)
Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairy tale. As for favorite retelling, I haven't read that kind of book till now. Hope I'll read Entwined. :) Thanks! :)
Fave fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty my fave retelling is Tangled I make my son watch it over and over!
My favorite Fairy Tale is the original Sleeping Beauty. Favorite retelling is Dysney's Little Mermaid because the ending is HEA.
Original: Beauty and the beast.
Favorite retelling: difficult! I read a lot of them, but I did love Jessica Day George a lot.
My favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast. I don't have a favorite retelling yet.
My favourite is Snow White and I dint read any reteling.
My favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast, and my favorite re-tellings are the 500 Kingdoms books by Mercedes Lackey.
My favorite fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty and my favorite retelling is probably the Disney Aladdin from the tale of AliBaba and the Fourty Thieves.
Well, I love Rumpelstiltskin ever since and I'm loving the show Once Upon a Time's take on it, with all the fracture fairytales and revisionist stories. :D
The Goose Girl is so great, both the original and the retelling by Shannon Hale.
My favourite tale is Beauty and the Beast.
i love fantaghiro - a great story
Sleeping beauty is my favorte. Retelling Little Mermaid
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Alice In Wonderland is definitely my favorite.
Ah! 12 Dancing Princesses is my favorite FT. My fav. Dineyfied versions are Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast.
Fairy tale: The farmer's clever daughter.
Retelling: Cinder by Marissa Meyer (based on, you guessed, Cinderella).
Fairytale: East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Retelling: Beastly, Cloaked, or any from the ONce UPon a Time Series
My favorite fairy tale is Peter Pan!
My favorite retelling is Petals and Thorns by Jennier Paris
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the princess and the frog
retelling - I don't have one...yet!
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Cinderella and Cinder ;)
Favorite fairy tale would be Beauty and the Beast and favorite retelling would be Ella Enchanted
I love Beauty and The Beast and my fave retelling is Beastly
Favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast, but my current favorite retelling is Cinder.
One of my old favorites is the Little Mermaid. My favorite retelling (so far, I haven't read many) is Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan. It is a retelling of Snow White and Rose Red.
My favourite is Beauty and the Beast. As for fairytale retelling, it's Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce.
My favourite fairy tale is probably Beauty and the Beast. So far I have not had the chance to read any fairy tale retellings, so I'm really looking forward to the possibility to win in this wonderful giveaway:)
My favorite fairy-tale is The snow queen by Hans Christian Andersen, I don't know if are there a retelling about his fairy-tales but I love Beastly very much.
My favourite fairy tale is Red Riding Hood and retelling is Beastly. Thank you for the giveaway!
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All time my favorite fairytale is Beauty and the Beast...love that story!! :)) or Red Riding Hood
My favorite fairytale is Little Red Riding Hood and my favorite retelling is Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce.
Beauty and the Beast, and my favorite retelling is Beauty by Robin McKinley.
I love Sleeping Beauty and my favorite retelling is Spindle's End by Robin McKinley!
Beauty and the Beast and Beastly
Fav fairy tale(s) are The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. The best retelling is Beastly :)
I love the cinderella story and all renditions of it... the basis of the story is very moving to me
Sleeping Beauty and Beastly. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Beauty and the Beast and The Healer's Apprentice.
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I love, love, love The Goose Girl. Shannon Hale retells it fantastically:) Great book choices- thanks for the chance!
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my favorite fairy tale is Cinderella and the best retelling would be "Cinder" by Marissa Meyer
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Sleeping Beauty. I loved the Disney movie with her pretty hair. I also just think it is an awesome story and I always felt kind of bad for the fairy who wasn't invited. Hurt her feelings. Thanks for the chance to win!
beauty and the beast - beauty by robin mckinley.
My favorite fairytale would be The Little Mermaid, however my favorite retelling would have to be Beastly by Alex Flinn
My fav fairy tale is Snow White, but my fav retelling is Cinder.
My favorite is Hansel and Gretel, but I have not come across many retellings. Thanks!
My favorite fairytale is East of the Sun and West of the Moon. The retelling is probably "East" by Edith Pattou, although "Ice" by Sarah Beth Durst and "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow" by Jessica Day George are also amazing adaptations.
Beauty and the Beast, and my favorite retelling of it is Robin McKinley's "Beauty".
i love snow white. Fortunately i've never read retelling fairy tale :)
I love Beauty and the Beast. When I was little I can remember my dad watching the TV version with Ron Pearlman, and Linda Hamilton.
I love so many but Snow White, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella have always been my favourites. I'm reading Slumber right now which is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, I'm loving it so far!
My favorite fairytale is Beauty and the Beast. I love that one.
My favorite fairytale is Snow White and retelling...that would be Beastly by Alex Flinn.
Thank you for the giveaway:)
Cinderella and for retelling Gregory MacGuires version
My favourite fairytale was beauty and the beast and I love Cinder!
I love Cinderella and I'm really enjoying Cinder so far.
I love Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and The Beast story. But i haven't read fairylales retelling yet.
My favorite Fairy Tale is "Cinderella" and favorite retelling is "Cinder",for now. :)
Thanks for the international giveaway!!
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My favorite fairy tale is Thousand Furs, but my favorite retelling is Beauty by Robin McKinley (of the Beauty and the Beast tale). Thanks!
I love Beauty and the Beast but Cybele's Secret is my favorite retelling! :)
My favorite fairytale is Beauty and the Beast but my favorite retelling is Wildwood Dancing!
My favorite fairy tale is The Little Mermaid. My favorite retelling is Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce :D
I love Cinderella...I don't have a favorite retelling.