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My favorite retelling is definitely Sky Without Stars  which was a stunning book based off of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. As I was reading the book, I noticed so many similarities between the two and this got me wondering, how alike are these two books? Well here is some stuff I noticed while reading Sky Without Stars. Right off the bat, I noticed that the Renards reminded me of the Thenardiers. Heck, Madame Renard was even called "the master of the house"(bottom of page 22). I would also like to point out that Chatine went under the alias, Theo Renard. That name and the name Thenardier consist of mostly the same letters.  Marcellus was undoubtedly based off of Marius. Not only do their names sound alike but both boys are extremely wealthy in a time when most are poor and living on the streets. Both also have a military background, Marculles being the grandson of the general, preparing to follow in his footsteps while Marius fought with the Students of the ABC. Alouette...

I love Les Miserables and since I recently reviewed Sky Without Stars , I think it's the perfect time for some Les Mis  book recs! If you don't know what the story is about you can check out my book recommendations for act 1 . Do You Hear The People Sing? Unbirthday  by Liz Braswell In Unbirthday,  Alice rallies up all the Wonderland natives to rebel against the Queen of Heats. She could have been singing "Do You Hear the People Sing" the whole time and it would have made perfect sense. Synopsis: What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late? Alice may not be like every other girl in Kenxford, and she's perfectly fine with that. While her sister may concern herself with boys and rallies, Alice has much more important matters on her hands. Such as Wonderland. Eleven years after visiting the curious land, Alice gets an urgent message from some of its inhabitants. Wonderland is in peril, and Alice is very very late. Javert At The Barricade Sophia...

      A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat is a remaining of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Set in a beautiful Thai setting, this book took me on an amazing journey. So I decided, as I read, I would annotate it to see how it compared it to Les Mis. Now, I haven't read Les Mis but I've seen the musical a dozen times(maybe even more) and we studied Les Mis in French class too so I think I'm pretty prepared. There's also a huge chunk of the book missing annotations because I got lost in the story. So I guess this is kind of like a book talk for A Wish in the Dark because it has some tiny spoilers but nothing too major that will give away a plot twist. Heres the link to my review through:  A Wish in the Dark Review   So I'm just focusing on the similarities.  Pong wants to work for the Goviner VS under the alias Monsier Madeleine, Jean Valjean was the mayor of Maontreuil-sur-Mer.  Nok had two younger sisters VS Cosette grew up an inn wi...

  So if you didn't know already, every month on the third Tuesday, I compare books to musicals. It kind of like "If this song was a book it would be this one". This is the first post that I'm doing in the Musicals! series. I am only doing Act 1 because the musical is much longer than normal ones. I will post Act 2 in April. This will probably be the same case for musicals that are really long such as Hamilton.   I love Les Mis so much. I remember watching it endless times when I was younger. It is my favorite movie. When I was younger, my brother and I would run around singing all the songs. When we studied it in French earlier this year, I was overjoyed. We got to watch the movie (which took a week in class to finish) and there were many moments when I almost busted out singing along. Unfortunately, most of my classmates had to be jerks and talk the WHOLE TIME! The girl who sat behind me was terrible. She criticized everything! I'm getting a little off-topic...