Once Upon a Time III

Every the third consecutive year Carl is hosting the Once Upon a Time challenge. It’s one of my favorite challenges. In case you don’t know,

Once Upon a Time is the celebration of the transformative power of literature, specifically those books which can be categorized under the headings of fantasy, fairy tale, folklore, and mythology. For the third year in a row it is my great pleasure to host this challenge, which begins Saturday, March 21st and ends Friday, June 2oth.

This year I’m participating in Quest the Third, which requires reading five books and a June reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I’m also doing the Short Story Weekend.

Here’s a list of my potential reads:

1. Tender Morsels – Margo Lanagan
2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare
3. Wild Magic- Cat Weatherill
4. The Dark Hills Divide – Patrick Carman
5. The Book of the Unknown – Jonathon Keats
6. Peter Pan – J.M. Barrie
7. Tigerheart – Peter David
8. Fables series – Bill Willingham
9. The Bloody Chamber – Angela Carter
10. Nights at the Circus – Angela Carter
11. The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafron
12. Nocturnes – John O’Connolly
13. The Eyre Affair – Jasper Fforde
14. A Curse Dark as Gold – Elizabeth C. Bunce
15. Hansel and Gretel- Cynthia Rylant
16. Death with Interruptions – Jose Saramago
17. The War of the Worlds – H.G. Wells
18. Perfume – Patrick Suskind

Wish me luck! Are you joining this challenge?

Edit: I’m adding more books

1. The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
2. Black Swan, White Raven edited by Ellen Datlow