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My gardening hasn‘t ended but my book did, thankfully this was waiting on my Libby shelf. I am thoroughly enjoying this retell of the Greek and Trojan throw down, laughing out loud at everyone being mad at the ‘Spartan Whore‘ who started it all #ittakestwototango truthfully Helen didn‘t like to be alone 🙄

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New month, new book for #LiteraryCrew ! This month, we head to the Trojan War era. Read at your own pace throughout the month. I‘ll check in periodically and will post discussion questions on June 30th.

If you would like to be added or removed from the tag list, let me know! #BuddyRead

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My library had it and I‘m a sucker for Greek history/mythology so we made a family trip, #literarycrew

New month, new book for #LiteraryCrew ! This month, we head to the Trojan War era. Read at your own pace throughout the month. I‘ll check in periodically and will post discussion questions on June 30th.

If you would like to be added or removed from the tag list, let me know! #BuddyRead

Join the #literarycrew June #buddyread hosted by @librarybelle. Original post : https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2736579

We‘re going way back in time for June‘s selection, #LiteraryCrew participants!

The Trojan War from the female perspective? Sounds like a great #BuddyRead !

Read A Thousand Ships at your own pace throughout June, and discussion questions will be posted June 30th. I will post periodic checkins throughout the month.

All are welcome! Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list!

Happy World Book Day!

"He loses his wife so he stirs up an army to bring her back to him, costing countless lives and creating countless widows, orphans and slaves. Oenone loses her husband and she raises their son. Which of those is the more heroic act?"

“A war does not ignore half the people whose lives it touches. So why do we?” — This book was fantastic! A feminist retelling of the women of Troy after the war. The book is told through Calliope giving inspiration to a poet. But Calliope makes it clear to the poet that the only story she will give him is the women‘s story as everyone already knows the mens story. 5/5🌟

Listened to this one over audio, read by the author. I really loved this retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of women. I probably should have pulled out one of our mythology books or googled (a physical copy would have been helpful to keep track of everyone). Nevertheless less, still interesting & engaging. It just might (might) make me take out copies of books from college of Greek & Roman history. #bookspin

The story of the downfall of Troy in a nutshell. Although I had a vague idea of things (the war, Helen, Achilles, the Trojan horse etc) I wasn't sure of events & who had fought on which side, so reading an 'accessible to newbies' version such as this one is a good introduction. It's written in Fry's distinctive droll style but I find it impossible to say I enjoyed reading it mainly because all the characters are just so...awful. (continued)