Sunday, September 1, 2019

Re-reads, Reading Plans, & Retellings ~ Noel likes the letter ''R''


It's been a while loves!


 I've posted a book tour or a book review once in a while, but that's been it for a bit... for those of you wondering why I moved last weekend and have been settling in!
 Now I'm having to get used to busier mornings, and sometimes busy evenings as well- my schedule is definitely getting fuller. ๐Ÿ˜…


How have you all been doing??


I've been stopping by to check your posts when I can also please keep Grace's family in your prayers, for those who don't know she was a lovely and kind blogger who passed away recently.
I figured I'd share some things to keep you guys updated! ๐Ÿ’› It seems I've been liking the letter ''R'' lately...

I've been re-reading quite a bit this year, and I made plans to re-read some more books soon as well! 

- Enchanted Forest by Emory R. Frie (the next in the series is out, so I need to recap)

- Lovestruck by Kate Watson (this one isn't technically as re-read as I never finished, but it's on the list)

- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (I FINALLY read Siege and Storm this past month for a buddy read, and discovered that I just wanted to go back to book one where we had more of the Darkling *sighs*)

- Dream A Little Dream by Kiersten Gier (I actually hope to re-read this whole series, but we're starting with a small goal lol)
  I realized it's been for-bloody-ever since I shared any Reading Plans with you guys!!

So in August, I finished:





And My Reading Plans for the Fall are:



- Read as many retellings as I can (scroll down)

- Read as many sequels as I can

- Finish as many series or get as far in as I can


September ~ October ~ November TBR:






These are all reads I plan to get into for the fall!! I'll have a different TBR for winter though ;)








My List of Retellings to read by the end of 2019!!


What's I've read so far and progress for the 2019 Retelling Reading Challenge_

๐•ญ๐–Š๐–†๐–š๐–™๐–ž ๐–†๐–“๐–‰ ๐–™๐–๐–Š ๐•ญ๐–Š๐–†๐–˜๐–™ A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
๐•พ๐–Š๐–™ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–† ๐•ฑ๐–”๐–—๐–Š๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–“ ๐•ฎ๐–”๐–š๐–“๐–™๐–—๐–ž Bewitched In Oz by Laura J. Burns
๐–‚๐–”๐–“๐–‰๐–Š๐–—๐–‘๐–†๐–“๐–‰ Through The Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter
๐•พ๐–™๐–†๐–“๐–‰๐–†๐–‘๐–”๐–“๐–Š The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson
๐•ฌ๐–œ๐–†๐–—๐–‰-๐–œ๐–Ž๐–“๐–“๐–Ž๐–“๐–Œ
๐–”๐–“๐–Š ๐–œ๐–”๐–—๐–‰ ๐–™๐–Ž๐–™๐–‘๐–Š
๐•ญ๐–—๐–”๐–“๐–™๐–Š ๐–”๐–— ๐•ฌ๐–š๐–˜๐–™๐–Š๐–“ Austenland by Shannon Hale
๐•น๐–†๐–™๐–Ž๐–›๐–Š ๐•ฌ๐–’๐–Š๐–—๐–Ž๐–ˆ๐–†๐–“
2019 ๐•ฝ๐–Š๐–‘๐–Š๐–†๐–˜๐–Š
๐•ฐ๐–Œ๐–ž๐–•๐–™๐–Ž๐–†๐–“
๐•ฒ๐–—๐–Š๐–Š๐–
๐•ฏ๐–Š๐–‡๐–š๐–™
๐•น๐–”๐–—๐–˜๐–Š
๐•ฌ๐–˜๐–Ž๐–†๐–“
๐•ด๐–“๐–‰๐–Ž๐–Š Enchanted Forest by Emory R. Frie
๐•พ๐–๐–†๐–๐–Š๐–˜๐–•๐–Š๐–†๐–—๐–Š
๐•ฝ๐–š๐–˜๐–˜๐–Ž๐–†๐–“
๐–‚๐–Š๐–†๐–•๐–“ ๐–”๐–“ ๐–ˆ๐–”๐–›๐–Š๐–—
๐•ป๐–Š๐–™๐–Š๐–— ๐•ป๐–†๐–“ Wendy Darling Vol. 1 Stars by Colleen Oakes
500+ ๐–•๐–†๐–Œ๐–Š๐–˜
๐–˜๐–Š๐–™ ๐–Ž๐–“ ๐–˜๐–•๐–†๐–ˆ๐–Š
๐–’๐–Ž๐–‰๐–‰๐–‘๐–Š ๐–Š๐–†๐–˜๐–™๐–Š๐–—๐–“ The Wrath and The Dawn by Renรฉe Ahdieh
10+ ๐–ž๐–Š๐–†๐–—๐–˜ ๐–”๐–‘๐–‰ Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
๐•ญ๐–—๐–”๐–™๐–๐–Š๐–—๐–˜ ๐•ฒ๐–—๐–Ž๐–’๐–’ The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson

Other Retellings Read So Far:

Heir by Addison Carmichael

Princess of the Wild Swans by Diane Zahler

Never Ever by Sara Saedi

The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson

The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Total Progress: _16/22



 So this was my kind-of wrap up to let you guys know what I recently read and I'm doing next!

 And I have several book reviews I need to get out for you guys lol ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜ฌ




How has your August been? Are you excited for the fall months to finally be here??


Have a lovely day and thanks for reading loves!!
~Books with Noel

18 comments:

  1. My plan for the rest of this year is certainly to catch up with or finish as many series as I can. My new challenge went up today for that purpose! I'm happy that summer is sort of over and look forward to a bit of cooler weather! Good luck with your retellings challenge!

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    1. Thank you chuckles!! :D I can't wait for the cooler weather to be here- I'm not much of a summer person. I figured I should at least try to finish some series instead of only getting into new ones lol!

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  2. Good luck with the rest of your reading challenges, it seems like you are on the right track! My plans for the rest of the year... just try to read in general tbh. I have kinda given up on my reading challenge and am just focusing on finishing the books I have recently bought.

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    1. For a little over a week I read absolutely nothing and didn't pick up a book at all :( But I got more studying and homework done so it was a fair trade lol!

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  3. I love the idea of retellings, but since I read contemporaries (almost exclusively), it seems like they are all Austen retellings. (I really liked Austenland, BTW)

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    1. Yes, Austenland was great!! I want try and read the Lizzie Bennet diaries, I think they're a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
      Ah, I've been trying to read more contemporaries this year- that happens to be my least read genre!

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  4. Have fun reading Fangirl! I'd love to know your thoughts on it, I've been wanting to read it for such a long time now. Also, I totally understand you plans to finish sequels/series. The amount of first books/half of series I have on my bookshelves are ridiculous!

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    1. Yess!! I've started so many new series, and I still need to finish so many lol!! xD
      I'll definitely share my thoughts on Fangirl once I read it, I've heard so much about it!! <3

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  5. Glad your move went well and you've read some great books! This has definitely been my year for reading as well, so many fabulous four and five star reads, I love it!

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    1. Yes, I've discovered so many great reads this year!! <3

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  6. Oh yay, I hope your move went well! I know how stressful that can be. I also really need to read The Treatment! I don't know why I put that series down. I loved Finale so I hope you did too!

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    1. Thank you, it went great! I loved Finale, and The Treatment was awesome too!!

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  7. It was so sad to hear about Grace.

    I liked Fangirl, and ooh One Dark Throne. I'm looking forward to the last book of that series!

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  8. I still think about Grace. Devastating.

    Moving can take a lot of work! Glad to hear you're settling in. I still need to read Fangirl. I've had a copy for forever. :)

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    1. It's so sad :(

      Thank you, I don't know when I'll force myself to stop procrastinating and read Fangirl lol!

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  9. I had a pretty good reading month in both quality and quantity so yay! It took me a while to get back on track after my move.

    I was scrolling through DM's the other day and a convo with Grace popped up and it's still so hard to accept.

    Karen @ For What It's Worth

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    1. It was so sudden and it's still very sad to think about :(

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