I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Homer’s famous epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, we follow various men who go to war, face …
Tag: mythology
Top 10 Books I Read in 2020
Honestly, good riddance, 2020. Despite this year being utterly insane and pretty much terrible for so many reasons, I managed to read quite a bit. Never has the word “escapism” meant quite so much to me. I still tend to read a few genres most—fantasy, mythology, young adult—but I also tried some new things. I …
Book Review | Great Goddesses
Ah, mythology, I’ll always love you. In the poetry collection Great Goddesses, poet Nikita Gill examines, reinterprets, and re-frames the lives—both mortal and immortal—of Greek mythology, particularly those of the women. She gives a fresh perspective on these familiar tales, giving the often-sidelined women of the epics a chance to shine and tell their own …
Book Review | The Tower of Nero
Me, reading and enjoying a book by Rick Riordan? Unheard of! Wait, no it’s not. In The Tower of Nero, the final installment in the Trials of Apollo series, Lester (once the god Apollo) and Meg McCaffrey have made their way back across the United States, on their way to New York, where they will …
Top 10 Books I Read in 2019
I’ve read so much this year, and I’m quite proud of myself for it. I may still gravitate toward the same few genres (young adult, fantasy, and mythology), but I also got a bit out of my comfort zone by delving into more graphic novels and a few nonfiction books too. Narrowing down my top …
