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Showing posts with label Greek mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek mythology. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

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 With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer—naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie.


But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain—and his entire nefarious empire—out.

Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay.

I'll give it a "meh"

pages: 342



Percy Jackson, modern-day son of Poseidon, is just trying to get through high school. After saving the world multiple times by battling monsters, Titans, and giants, Percy is now settling in at Alternative High School in New York, where he hopes to finally have a normal senior year.

Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him yet. Poseidon breaks the bad news that if Percy expects to get into New Rome University, he will have to fulfill three quests in order to earn the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus.

It was glorious and pure fun!
Pages: 268

Monday, April 10, 2023

Arch-Conspirator by Veronica Roth

So it's a retelling of Antigone, but it's set in the distant future.
112 Pages

Friday, July 22, 2022

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

The plant magic.
The philosophers stone.
Also very sapphic. 
320 Pages

Friday, March 25, 2022

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

It's the Greek retelling(ish) with magic and witches for me. 
And the inheriting a relatives house in upstate New York and having a witchy garden, and growing poisons.
Do the glasses make me think of Mirabel....yes
384 Pages

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

So I didn't know the story going in, and like... I'm glad that I didn't because we all know how I feel about knowing endings.
320 Pages

Friday, December 3, 2021

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

It's a little disorientating for Percy Jackson to discover he's a demigod (the son of a mortal and Greek god or goddess) after his math teacher, a Fury in disguise, attempts to kill him. He is sent to Camp Half-Blood with the other demigods to train with the wise centaur Chiron and a sullen Dionysus, who has angered Zeus. When he discovers the existence of a prophecy which presumably involves him, Percy and his friends embark on several quests to save Olympus.    

Books 1-5 in the series. 1,737 pages.


Friday, October 1, 2021

Troy by Stephen Fry

Troy by Stephen Fry

A retelling of the founding and fall of Troy, including the kidnapping of Helen and the Trojan War, and complete with Fry’s signature dry wit in the footnotes.


432 pages.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
 Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

By Rick Riordan

Pages: 1,737

A fun YA series that brings mythology into the present day. I originally started to re-read them to follow along with a book club podcast, but could not stop until I had finished the entire series. The pacing is great with little to no filler in the plot lines and the writing is full of witty one-liners The story follows Percy, who we learn is a demigod (the child of a Greek god or goddess and a human) after his math teacher turns into a Fury of the Underworld and tries to kill him. He then heads to a summer camp for demigods called Camp Half-Blood run by none other than Chiron the Centaur, and the god Dionysus who is there as punishment by Zeus. Cue a Great Prophecy and a Titan lord slowly rising from his prison in the depths of Tartarus and our group of demigods are charged with a series of quests to save the world, arguing the whole way there. Grover pretty much sums up the whole experience, "“Well … sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It’s our floor.”

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

A companion to author Stephen Fry’s Mythos exploring the adventurous heroes of Greek myth, from Jason and the Argo to Bellerophon and Pegasus.

415 pages.

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

A modern retelling of the Greek myths, featuring the Titans, Zeus and the Olympians, and more, with the occasional dry comment from the author.

416 pages.

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT ARTEMIS
"I was born knowing how to do three things: how to breathe, how to dream, and how to love you" bro. Just. Marry me right now.
I love this boy. I love him so much.
I'm here for the boys. And Lore.
Also this whole concept. slaps. 
480 Pages

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair

Persephone...babe...just...speak...use your words. use your communication skills. I just wanna go off about how communication in relationships are hecka important and even if you uncomfy or it's hard you should just like...jump in the ice water and talk about the things so that we don't do the whole there's a secret and I came to the wrong conclusions. 
I will continue to mix this up with Lore Olympus even though they different....Nightclub. Remember the nightclub....
Ok so yeah now I remember the scenes....they just.... children...please....
Hades is just doing his best.
415 Pages

Friday, May 14, 2021

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

What do you mean he's only 12?! He's not speaking like a 12 year old?
"made us children again" child you are 14. calm down.
....This is going to hurt isn't it.
Bro don't do it. 
Ok but Patroclus is older than Achilles....
Insert all the uncomfortable laughter because I know things about the Odyssey and the Trojan War....
Achilles...hon....
Patroclus is too good for this world and no one deserves him (at least this version of him)
Briseis always be right.
I still love Hector. He doing his best. 
What do you mean he's only 12?!? What the frick
416 Pages

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Circe by Madeline Miller

Odysseus whyyyyyy. Buddy. I get it. Circe deserves the world but so does Penelope.
kajfdkslfjklasdfkljfkldas;fj Ok so I can get behind the last ship. And the Daedalus ship...
The writing's super pretty
The shout out to Achilles....I see you
416 Pages

Thursday, November 5, 2020

The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

......so it got a little preachy about mental illness, but also like....it's for the kids. and I appreciate that books are actually talking about healthy coping mechanisms, and about manipulative and verbally abusive relationships and how awful that can be. 
"Sometimes you have to let someone else pay [the price]"....so like....don't talk to me about how with mental illness you have to allow people to help you and take burdens of their own volition.
Mt. Dew.....it does indeed do those things...unless you combine them with Starbucks and chocolate within a very short time period or have that all built up in your system.....We're just going to forget freshman year of college.
So I have feelings about my babies. with all their cameos. Percy is too good for this world. 
416 Pages 

Monday, October 5, 2020

Circe by Madeline Miller

 

"In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves."

This novel fleshes out the mythical character of Circe. We only see her very briefly in a couple of Greek myths so I really enjoyed seeing her interact with her fellow immortals and some of the more famous mortals and delve into her emotions and motivations. 

Pages: 393

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

The Trials of Apollo: Book Four: The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan

FRAAAAAAANK. I love him so much.
Oh my gosh, Tyson. I love Tyson.. and Ella.
Reyna is a queen.
I do and always will love Apollo's narrating style.
448 Pages

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The Trials of Apollo: Book Three: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan

So I loved getting to see more of my babies...
Leo. I love him. Piper. Heart eyes. Jason. Cinnamon roll.
There's a vine "Let's go get some tater tots" which is a mood.
I didn't know Houyhnhnms were going to show up.
Apollo character growth.
464 Pages

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The Trials of Apollo: Book Two: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

I love Leo.
Insert "Let's go get some tater tots" vine.
HTTYD "A Chief protects his own"
So now this feels like the finale of Fullmetal Alchemist, with Apollo being Greed...
Ok but bringing back my babies. Heart eyes
Griffins are precious and deserve the world.
I love Apollo's narrative style.
464 Pages

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Circe by Madeline Miller

CirceCirce by Madeline Miller
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was glorious. Miller is a goddess. I enjoyed every single word.

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