Circe by Madeline Miller is her second novel, and is in a similar vein to her first book, The Song of Achilles, though quite different in plot and tone. Circe retells certain myths from the nymph Circe’s point of view, featuring various figures from ancient stories we know well. The plot traces the events of …
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Top 10 Books I Read in 2018
It's the end of the year, which always seems to be a time for looking back and looking forward. So I thought I'd reflect on what I read this year. I've been trying to read more nonfiction lately, as well as delve into books I might not usually pick up. I did manage both those …
Book Review | The Song of Achilles
Looking back, I should have known this book would be devastating. Especially considering how much I love mythology, I should have seen it coming, how emotionally invested I got. In fact, I spent most of the evening after I finished the book texting my friend in all caps about this novel. So yeah. You could …
Book Review | 9 From the Nine Worlds (ARC)
I'm on a huge Riordan kick the last few days, but... I don't particularly care. I really love him, okay? It just happened that all these reviews got posted back-to-back. There will be different authors soon, I promise. Anyway. I got an advance reader's copy (ARC) of 9 From the Nine Worlds. As this means …
Book Review | The Ship of the Dead
I first read The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan in June 2018, and this review was originally posted on my Goodreads account then. Some minor edits have been made to this review. I admit it. I, a twentysomething college graduate, am a little bit obsessed with a book series intended for middle-schoolers. And …
Righter of Words 