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rachelsbrittain

The Odyssey | Homer

5am flight fuel

ChaoticMissAdventures I hope you are going somewhere fun. 5 am flights make me want to cry. 3d

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Pogue

Beowolf | Anonymous

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday

My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote

dabbe You are an epic lover! 🤩 What choices! Do you prefer BEOWULF in prose or poetry? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 1w

Pogue @dabbe for Beowulf poetry, for Canterbury Tales I prefer it in Middle English. 1w

dabbe @Pogue Middle English? Consider me #gobsmacked on that one! I prefer the BEOWULF poetry, too. 🤗 7d

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Doppoetry

The Aeneid of Virgil | Virgil

so-so

This could have been a really interesting spiritual successor (at the time) to Homer, but this read more like Roman Empire propaganda than an original work.

Virgil does have *some* original ideas and portrayals of the characters and events in the overall story, but it still feels like you're better off reading the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Doppoetry Not to say that this *isn't* an important work, it very much is, but I suppose I came into this expecting a more interesting epic poem about heroism and perseverance, and not just veiled “Guys the emperor is a really cool guy, and everything will be okay with him in charge.“ type thing.

No wonder Virgil tried to wipe it from existence, it's a bit *too* on the nose. 1w

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dabbe

The Odyssey | Homer

#poetrymatters
#wag
@TheSpineView

For me, the saddest passage in this epic poem.

TheSpineView That is sad. 😥 2w

dabbe @TheSpineView It'd get me every time I taught it. 😭 2w

kspenmoll Totally. So poignant. 2w

dabbe @kspenmoll Argo is probably the only character I totally cared about, too! 😂 2w

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BarkingMadRead

Lark Rise to Candleford - Trilogy: Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green | Flora Thompson

Ch 17: 230 pages in and NOW we get a storyline? #laurasoriginstory #uglyduckling #peoplearemean #andletsnotforgetpattyandhershotgunwedding #andofcourseweendwiththepig #wheresfernwhenyouneedher #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @librarybelle @cuilin @eeclayton @ruthiella @alldebooks @thearomaofbooks @barbarajean @willaful @dabbe @annececilie 2w

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @quietjenn @crinoline_laphroaig @jacqmac @julieclair @deblovestoread @vansa @bklover @samanne @kao @covertocovergirl @tineke 2w

Cuilin I used to think that the hashtags were just fun and quirky and now I‘m so glad for the recapping because I forget what I read two hours ago. I could blame a book without a plot but I actually think it‘s me. lol 2w

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BarkingMadRead @cuilin #ifeelthisinmysoul I had to go back and confirm patty‘s name, I thought it was Peg 🤣🙈 2w

AllDebooks @Cuilin no, it's me too. Lol 😅 2w

dabbe @Cuilin Nope, it's the lack of plot. I do the exact same thing. I've been skimming a lot, too. A while back one of the chapters was called “Farming“, and I just skimmed and thought “Oh, with a moo moo there, and an oink oink there ... Old McDonald had a farm ... chapter over. 🙄 2w

Bookwormjillk It‘s me too! I know I read this but all I remember is the pig 😂 2w

willaful The book did it just to prove me wrong! 😂 2w

mcctrish @dabbe I‘m laughing at that Old MacDonald reference out loud 2w

mcctrish With no intent to sound sacrilegious, this book reminds me of the Bible 🤣🤣 this second book is just a different apostle‘s take on the Lark Rise to Boredom 2w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish #epic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2w

dabbe @mcctrish Lark Rise to Randomness, too! 🤩😂🤗 2w

dabbe @mcctrish I aim to please! 🤩😂😘 2w

Bklover @dabbe 😂😂😂 Between you and @BarkingMadRead ‘s hashtags I am still finding myself completely entertained! 😂😘 2w

eeclayton I really admire your patience, I haven't been able to pick up the book since I finished chapter 7. I guess it's officially a DNF now. 2w

dabbe @Bklover Nobody does 'em better than @BarkingMadRead! She keeps all of us sane and laughing! 🤩😂😘 2w

BarkingMadRead @dabbe awwwwwww thanks #imheretohelp 2w

dabbe @BarkingMadRead 🩶🖤🩶 2w

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AnishaInkspill

Aeneid | Virgil

#SundayFunday @bookmarktavern

definitely with something in mind, I can't browse, it's no good for me, 😂 😂 if I did, I'd come out with the whole store .

Mind you, that doesn't work either, I have 3 translations of The Aeneid, and let's not even get to how many versions of Frankenstein or Romo and Juliet I have - ummm, 7 for the first and 5 for the second, so yeah, no browsing for me 😂

BookmarkTavern I sympathize completely! I have 9 copies of Dracula. 🧛🏻 Thanks for sharing! 2mo

AnnCrystal 📚🛍️📚🛍️📚👏😂 #1 is a true hazard! 2mo

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AnishaInkspill

The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander | Homer

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

This is one of the many which I have, along with the Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green. Before I had discovered these books, I did not know that they were around to make these old works an easier read. At first, they were tough but the extras that these books come with, really helped, it's been amazing, I'm reading books that I always thought would be out of my reach, I am truly grateful to these books.

BookmarkTavern Wonderful pick! Thank you for sharing! 2mo

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Dilara

The Man in the Panther's Skin | Shota Rustaveli

Medieval Georgian epic poem with much adventure, fighting, passion and intense male friendship (see miniature above). All set further east than what I am used to: Arabia, India, Persia, Central Asia and Cathay (China). An international classic!
#Georgia #UnescoRepresentativeWork
public domain pic from Wikimedia

Dilara Also, Georgia is voting today and things are a bit tense. Fingers crossed that things don't escalate...
ETA: To clarify, I mean the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region, formerly part of the USSR. (edited) 3mo

nanuska_153 From my experiences in Georgia they tend to be so intense that you don't know when "homo" and when "no homo" ? 3mo

Dilara @nanuska_153 😂All feelings are turned up to 11 in this book but I'd just assumed it was because of the form - epic poetry - not the local culture... (edited) 3mo

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Ladygodiva7

The Complete Wheel of Time | Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

😂

bthegood perfect 😂 3mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Odyssey | Homer

so-so

There was definitely some skimming in this reread. I still got out of it what I wanted: to reacquaint myself with the plot beats and characters so I'm better prepared for any recent retellings that catch my eye; to remind myself that the further from modern sensibilities, the less likely I am to enjoy a literary classic. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? A pity I can't read it in its original Greek with its famed rhythm, as much as I can credit Emily Wilson, the translator of my edition, for presenting the narrative in natural language-feeling English while also fitting the verse into iambic pentameter, this does mean the sentence structure is truncated, it's a little stilted to read/read aloud. 4mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 It doesn't help that based on a lot of different reading about Ancient Greece/Greek myths in university, I remember summarized events chronologically, which is not the way they're recounted in the Odyssey, a little frustrating to wade through! Just my natural impatience coming to bite me. 💁🏼‍♂️ 4mo

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