pickAs always with a compilation, some chapters were better than others, but there was a pleasing continuity to it all. If you‘re a classics nerd, I highly recommend this. Starting from Odysseus and Penelope‘s wedding and the elopement of Paris and Helen, and ending with Aeneas‘ flight from burning Troy, this covers the whole run. Some surprising events are between chapters, but it all works.
I learned I love Kate Quinn when I read some of her books for #authoramonth. I had borrowed from the library A Year of Ravens that month and it ended up a favorite for the year. So when I saw it and this book about Troy when I was at Changing Hands in Phoenix in August, I had to buy both!
I‘m trying to read the tagged because it‘s due back to the library and I‘ll be out of town for a week so I have to get it back later to finish, but then #DannyBoy said, “Mama, snuggles,” and put his paws in my hand 🥲
#catsofLitsy
Dammit, new books display at the library got me again. I need to finish Know My Name and Not My Type before I can start on these, plus I have two others I started ages ago that keep getting bumped because they‘re mine. Oh, and an audiobook.
I need more time to read. And concentration, definitely.
pickI did not think it was as beautifully/lyrically written as Miller's Song of Achilles, but it did deserve the Booker Award. Is it okay to contradict myself? It is written from the perspective of Trojan women who, as spoils, were enslaved to and raped by the men who killed their families. Very evocative and very well needed. I wish I had noted who included this book in last week's #SundayFunDay. It was an outstanding read, and I thank you.
#WeeklyForecast
Also, Whispers from the Shadows (Christian Fiction-Roseanna White and Tilt (Emma Pattee
pickJune‘s book club choice is a Greek mythology retelling from the perspective of Briseis, a Queen in Troy taken as a prize for Achilles towards the end of the Trojan war. I enjoyed learning about the war and time period and I think it‘ll make a fun discussion next week. This is the first of a trilogy so I may pick up the audio for the rest of the series.
pickThe Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy 1), by Pat Barker (2018)
Premise: The last days of the Trojan War told through the eyes of Briseis, the enslaved former princess of a Trojan ally whose theft by Agamemnon set off the events of the *Iliad*.
Review: The Greek myth retelling fad got old very quickly for me, but this is one of the best. Cont.
pickHonestly, going to the library is bringing me such joy! This is another library book that I've finished and it was really good. I've been super tired and grumpy as last couple of days and going to the library today just really perked me up ❤️
