retellings Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/retellings/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:29:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg retellings Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/retellings/ 32 32 38398750 Lady Tremaine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/lady-tremaine/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/lady-tremaine/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:57:44 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19558 The wicked stepmother has been a mainstay in fiction since before the Brothers Grimm became grim. No fairy tale was complete without one, but the one in Cinderella was particularly vicious and cruel. So easy to hate. Maybe too easy? Author Rachel Hochhauser decides to remedy that in her novel, Lady Tremaine. This is not […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/lady-tremaine/feed/ 0 19558 The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:53:02 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18801 If you’ve read the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice or seen the movie you know that Lydia Bennet was one of the most annoying little sisters in the fictional world, nearly bringing down her family’s reputation with her foolish behavior and hasty decisions. But what if there was more to her than that? Melinda […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch/feed/ 0 18801 Hera by Jennifer Saint https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/hera-by-jennifer-saint/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/hera-by-jennifer-saint/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 07:30:38 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18639   Jennifer Saint’s new novel, Hera is novel about the queen of all Greek mythology. Or to be more precise, the long-suffering wife of king of the gods, Zeus. The novel opens when the Olympians defeat the Titans, the ancient gods who appeared out of Chaos to rule the world. Zeus and Hera are brother […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/09/hera-by-jennifer-saint/feed/ 0 18639 James by Percival Everett https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/03/james-by-percival-everett/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/03/james-by-percival-everett/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:01:03 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18302 I remember almost nothing about the plot of Huckleberry Finn, except it involved a young boy and a slave running away to save their lives and entailed rafting on the Mississippi river. As a Black man author Percival Everett remembered the tale all too well and decided this American ‘classic’ needed to be rewritten. Instead […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/03/james-by-percival-everett/feed/ 6 18302 Medea by Eilish Quin https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/02/medea-by-eilish-quin/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/02/medea-by-eilish-quin/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 08:27:38 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18225 There are some criminal court cases where the defense attorney cannot argue their client’s innocence because guilt is so clear. Other ways of mitigating the evidence must be found. Author Eilish Quin successfully adopts the same strategy in her debut novel, Medea, about one of Greek mythology’s most despised women. A woman who killed her […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/02/medea-by-eilish-quin/feed/ 0 18225 My 8 Favorite Books of 2023 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/my-8-favorite-books-of-2023/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/my-8-favorite-books-of-2023/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:20:54 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18102   Finally! Let’s talk reading again, specifically my favorite books of 2023 so we can move onto what lies ahead in 2024. It was an interesting year in that I don’t remember another time when I had this many 5-star nonfiction books. I’m not even sure I’ve ever read so much great nonfiction in one […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/01/my-8-favorite-books-of-2023/feed/ 12 18102 Atalanta by Jennifer Saint https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/atalanta-by-jennifer-saint/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/atalanta-by-jennifer-saint/#respond Thu, 25 May 2023 07:02:16 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17576 How much Greek mythology is too much? Apparently, there is no limit so far. I loved Jennifer Saint’s last novel, Elektra, so knew I wanted to read her latest, Atalanta. Especially because this is a character about whom I know nothing, except she’s a Greek princess who is the only woman to sail with Jason […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/atalanta-by-jennifer-saint/feed/ 0 17576 Clytemnestra: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/clytemnestra-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/clytemnestra-a-novel/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 07:22:14 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17540 I may be struggling with my new release reading recently, but Greek mythology retellings continue to make me all kinds of happy. Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati is my latest favorite, a bold portrayal of a woman known only as the vengeful wife of Agamemnon, the King who won the war with Troy. The other ‘facts’ of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/05/clytemnestra-a-novel/feed/ 0 17540 Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/02/stone-blind-by-natalie-haynes/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/02/stone-blind-by-natalie-haynes/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:09:58 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17284 How wonderful to start the week with a book I loved so much I’m ready to read it again. Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is her latest foray into the retelling of famous Greek myths from a female perspective. In this case it is the fearsome Medusa, known as one of the most terrifying monsters in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/02/stone-blind-by-natalie-haynes/feed/ 0 17284 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:30:29 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17086 Barbara Kingsolver is back with Demon Copperhead, a serpentine tour-de-force set in the southern Appalachian Mountains. A modern-day David Copperfield, the novel follows Damon Fields from his ignominious birth in a trailer to a single, teenage mother doped out of her mind, all the way through his teens. It’s not a journey for the faint […]

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