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!