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Kiwidragonnerd
The Burning Maze | Rick Riordan
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was PHENOMENAL! It was packed with backstory, lore, character development, comedy, and tragedy. I can‘t even say much more other than the fact that I LOVED IT. The definition of a 5-star book in my opinion. March was actually a huge reading slump for me, and I didn‘t even get through this book until today (apr 2). But this book would‘ve been my pick for #readingbracket2025 even if it wasn‘t the only book I read that month.

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rwmg
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Percy Jackson journeys to the Bermuda Triangle in a quest for the Golden Fleece.

Another enthralling adventure. I hope it's not the last we see of Tyson.

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Hooked_on_books
The Children of Jocasta | Natalie Haynes
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I don‘t usually like Greek myth retellings, though I‘ve had some luck with some of Haynes‘s books and I liked this one, too. I didn‘t read the description and actually didn‘t realize who Jocasta was until about halfway through, which was fun.

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Robotswithpersonality
Medea | Blandine Le Callet
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I think I've changed my mind about pursuing further Medea adaptations. While the original tale is enduring and memorable, it is also very dark. This version does its best to present flawed humanity more than supernatural/godly influences, but that presents even more starkly the limitations placed on Medea - while she has violent impulses, she also is at the mercy of any number of political machinations and the realities of being a woman 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? in ancient times. This retelling attempts to be a little more favourable to the protagonist in some of the framing/context for certain actions, but in the end Medea knows exactly what she's done and has to live with it. A play length exploration of this myth is mercifully brief, a 300 page graphic novel is about as long a time as I'd want to spend in this headspace. A full written novel would be too long. 4d
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 I can definitely still see pursuing feminist scholarship analyzing the story though, the various ways to break it down, examine the choices and symbolism, could make for some fascinating non-fiction reading.

⚠️ableism, gore, nudity, murder, animal death, bigotry, misogyny
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Robotswithpersonality
Medea | Blandine Le Callet
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Damn.

Texreader Yikes! 5d
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Susanita
Circe | Madeline Miller
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Yes! Madeline Miller was friendly and approachable at my local indie bookstore. #sundayfunday

TheKidUpstairs Always glad to hear positive stories about authors I love! She's so great. I hope she is able to write again soon. 1w
BookmarkTavern We love to hear positive stories about authors! Thanks for sharing! 1w
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CBee
Lore Olympus: Volume One | Rachel Smythe
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A reread for me, as I stopped reading the WEBTOON a year or so ago (I think) and have some catching up to do! Love this series. #TBRtarot

Bookpearl I love this series! I‘m on volume seven. 2w
CBee @Bookpearl I was reading it faithfully on WEBTOON but got really behind - I‘m not even sure where I left off. Decided to just start over from the beginning! Such a great series 😊 2w
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MsRadioSilence
A Touch of Darkness | Scarlett St Clair
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Well that was…something. I think I prefer Katee Robert‘s Hades x Persephone retelling, since this one dragged for the last two hours of the audiobook. If these two would just, idk, talk? to each other? So many of their issues would‘ve been resolved. Also, Persephone is 21. Like human 21. And Hades is literally millions of years old. No thanks, my curiosity is satiated, I won‘t be continuing this series.

1.5 stars | #romance

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Sofi_P13
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En mi escuela nos ponen a leer un libro por mes, y este libro me impresionó, tiene una historia buena, personajes desarrollados, y una redacción entendible que hace que te adentres más en el libro, pero en los capítulos pasan cosas que hacen que te distraigas un poco del tema central.
Recomiendo este libro para personas entre 9 - 15 años.

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MeJeMiller
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Definitely not my favorite but definitely liked the ending and knowing more about Sally. She‘s my favorite mom. Don‘t tell the other moms.