Litsy

February 2023 Reads. Average Rating: 4.4 stars #harrypotter #shehulk #addielarue #mythos #norsemythology #kinglear #theraven #women #afatalcrossing #uglystepsister #Frankenstein

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swynn

The Disciples of Cthulhu | Edward P. Berglund

so-so

(1976) It's a collection of nine stories by different authors, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's weird stories about ancient gods and monsters. It's a bit of a disappointment: a few stories are duds, and even the ones I liked suffer from mannered prose that I assume was intended to imitate Lovecraft's. Still the stories by Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell, and Walter DeBill made it worthwhile.

This was my #BookSpin for April.
@TheAromaofBooks

charl08 Those look well read! 2y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y

swynn @charl08 They're mostly harvested from used bookstores. I ain't picky. 😁 2y

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swynn

The Disciples of Cthulhu | Edward P. Berglund

Well, it's another #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin and another pairing of two very different books. I'm not sure what a mashup would look like, but I wouldn't be surprised if Tim Powers already had a treatment sitting in a notebook somewhere.

Thanks for doing this again, @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Good luck!! 2y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Lol, I guess if I had just checked your feed I wouldn‘t have had to ask the question on your other post. 🤦‍♀️🤣 2y

swynn @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm No worries. Nice to know others are watching! 😄 2y

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yoavshai

The Crawling Chaos | Howard Phillips Lovecraft

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 176.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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GingerAntics

Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece | Stephen Fry

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This was an absolute pleasure to listen to. I greatly enjoyed the references to Neil Gaiman (another lover of mythology) and Percy Jackson (who brought many to mythology for the first time), really turning this into a version of these myths for everyone. The etymological tidbits throughout are good fun. I quite enjoyed Fry‘s appendices at the end, adding a little nonfiction to the mix.
#StephenFry #Mythos #audiobook

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