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Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist (if you could make authors write about these things you would. Could be a specific type of character, an issue tackled, a time period, a certain plot, etc.)
Philippa
- I am yet to find but would totally read a YA book that contained a ballet academy, ghosts or something paranormal and was a period piece. Sounds terrible but I would totally gobble it up!!
Hannah
- I want a novel version of American McGee’s Alice. A steampunk, dark fantasy Alice in Wonderland.
- I also want to see more metamorphosis. Always loved the idea of people turning into animals/weird things, beyond simple “shapeshifting”. Want to see more of this!
Angelya
- Dragons if a story has dragons, I’m in!
Natasha
- In “The Penelopiad’, Margaret Atwood explores the Odessy from the perspective of Odysseus’s long-suffering wife Penelope. I love well-known stories that are told from a minor character’s perspective. It would be amazing if she wrote a version of The Iliad from Helen-of-Troy POV (another Homer companion piece).
- I also enjoy origin stories (like ‘Wicked’ – how the Wicked Witch of the West became so nasty – although I thought the musical was way better then the book!), and would enjoy to see more of these, beautifully written for adults.
- A YA novel that did not have a love triangle! (Only joking!)
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Natasha
Natasha lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and son. She is a self confessed bibliophile who enjoys literature and adult fiction. She also loves travelling and aims to visit 40 countries by the time she is 40 (current count 36).
Lanaia
I would totally read steampunk Alice in Wonderland 😀 and books with dragons, of course! or any other mythological creatures, like griffins, chimeras..I’m always on the lookout for those 🙂
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Kami
Dragons! Yes! That made my list as well.
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Angelya
I’m a shameless Dragon addict xD
Hannah
Me too! *points at avatar’s lap* 😉
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leydylaura
That is one great and interesting wishlist!
Check our TTT of this week.
Leydy @ OUaT & Redcarpetendings
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Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Nice list, ladies!
Angelya: I love dragons too! I see one of you read Seraphina. Have you read Anne McCaffrey’s Pern novels? And I just discovered Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series this year – alternate-history fantasy with dragons in the Napoleonic Wars.
Hannah: Have you read ‘Splintered’? It plays with the Alice in Wonderland story in a way you might like, even if it’s not steampunk.
Angelya
Yes, I think a few of us have read Seraphina – one of my favorites 🙂 I’m really looking forward to book 2! and yes I have read the Pern series, actually it’s the main reason I love Dragon stories so much 🙂 in fact I was thinking recently it might be time for a re-read soon. Temeraire was recommended to me recently but haven’t got to those yet- thanks for the reminder!
Hannah
I haven’t yet, need to get a hold of it! There are a couple out there that I need to get a hold of. None are quite what I’m after but I’ll gobble up anything Alice! 😀 But doesn’t have to be steampunk. So long as it’s dark, gothic, and creepy.
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Angelya
I dunno about you but I always thought the original Alice story was pretty bloody creepy!
Kim @ The Avid Reader
Uh, now I super want to read a dark, steampunk Alice in Wonderland! I hope some authors are reading these posts! 😉
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Hannah
It’s something I always intended to write, actually, but haven’t gotten around to it. >.< Think I need to actually read Alice in Wonderland first. Haha. Hannah recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist
Hannah
By the way, Philippa: A Breath of Frost! Regency setting, YA paranormal romance with Witches and ghosts and things. 😀
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Philippa
I will have to check it out Hannah! The ballet is the thing I’m really into atm, probably too many kiddy ballet classes plus I just watched black swan which was intense 🙂
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Ellie
Not quite the same but Atwood is writing a version of The Tempest! I can’t wait for that. It’s part of a project (from Hogarth books I think, part of Random House) for well known authors to re-write Shakespeares plays as novels.
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Natasha
Oooohh Yay! How exciting. Thanks for letting me know Ellie, I will definitely keep my eye on that project. My TBR list grows by the day 🙂
Ashfa
Anything with dragons is bound to be fantastic!!!