As you may already know, there’s an excellent project just kicking off this month, hosted by a slew of lovely ladies, although my particular classic is being hosted by Alyssa @ Books Take You Places. Classics Retold is a super fun opportunity for bloggers to pick one classic tale from LITERALLY any time period and genre and read or watch a bunch of different retellings. Then, we get to blog about it and get all fangirly. It was really no contest for me AT ALL to choose the baddest BAMF of them all, King Arthur. Here’s what I’m hoping to discuss for my King Arthur Classics Retold project!
I’m pretty familiar with the King Arthur legend, but I love it so much that I don’t think I could ever get enough of it. And despite knowing the major points of the story, I’ve never read any definitive texts. I have read several retellings already, but I found a few that were new to me, as well as a classic that is HUGE but fun–go figure!
I don’t have a schedule for when I’m going to be reviewing these because, one, I haven’t actually FINISHED THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING–it’s seriously large, I’m not even kidding–and, two, I’m still in the middle of finishing a few others, but my plans are to read these books (or as much of them as I can) and then talk about what I liked about them, what I didn’t, and how they differ.
THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T.H.White
THE WINTER OF MAGIC’S RETURN by Pamela F. Service
THE WINTER PRINCE by Elizabeth Wein
SONG OF THE SPARROW by Lisa Ann Sandell (VERSE. Not usually my thing, but for King Arthur, I’ll do anything.)
I’m pretty stoked about these movies and TV show. In fact, this is the one part of my Classics Retold project that I’m nearly finished with. I’ve been a Merlin superfan for a while now, but still need to watch the last five episodes. The Sword in the Stone is a Disney version of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, and I’ve watched it already and there’s lots of similarities between it and the little bit of the book I’ve read already. And I’ve already watched Avalon High, the Disney movie version of Meg Cabot’s book of the same name. Woot!
Because King Arthur goodness just isn’t limited to books and movies. I’m going to dig up some fangirly goodies for you (and me).
I’m so excited to be taking part in this project, friends. The prospect of immersing myself in King Arthur ANYTHING is excellent indeed, and I can’t wait to share ALL THE THINGS with you!
I love King Arthur stories, so I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts on these! I’ve been meaning to read The Once and Future King for a while now, but, as you said, it’s a HUGE book and I haven’t had the motivation. Perhaps your posts will inspire me. It sounds like you’re set with your books, but you should totally read The Mists of Avalon at some point. It’s King Arthur told from the perspective of the women, which is so cool.
I love when you shout out ALL THE THINGS. Also I am have a le poo day and this just made me smile SO HUGELY!! I love your graphics and I can’t wait to watch you fangirl. I also need to watch Merlin…like ASAP. I think I will put it on my list of things to do once it is too cold to leave my bed 🙂
Song of the Sparrow is quite good (and because it’s verse, it moves FAST-I finished it much faster than I expected.) And of course I have a soft spot for anything Disney so I adore The Sword in the Stone especially the wizard duel between Merlin and Mim (also favorite part in the book from White.)
I have been looking forward to this project for so long. I can’t wait to see all your reviews on everything!