pickLove a retelling of Greek myth! I really enjoyed this interpretation of the Iliad (and a bit before/after) primarily from the POV of Briseis. I‘m not sure how I felt about a book positioned as giving women a voice having some chapters from Achilles POV though. A good #roll100 choice though!
so-soUnico libro di Baricco che non mi ha fatto impazzire. Completamente differente dal suo soluto stile, forse avevo io dele aspettative differenti
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Country: A Novel by Michael Hughes
📖 Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (I collect editions of Tess and this is my 30th)
#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans
so-soI like the Odyssey more than the Iliad. So maybe that‘s part of this, but the author is more trope then man. He tells you that he brings the Iliad with him when he travels and it never fails to move him to tears. I‘m picturing him on Southwest Airlines between a overtired toddler and their parent assuring them “It‘s okay! It‘s just…Achilles!” And sobbing.
Today's audiobook project has been painting this owlbear miniature for my Dungeons and Dragons campaign. He's very small, so it was a challenge to get in all the details I wanted, but overall, I'm happy with the result. Owlbears are my favorite fantasy creatures, and I think more books should use them. Forget dragons, owlbears are the future! 😁
Bonus: This is one of my favorite Greek historical fiction books.
#audiocrafting #dnd
pickFor anyone who is at all interested in Homer, this book is an absolute treasure trove. I wish it had been around when I was studying the Iliad and Odyssey thirty years (😳) ago. An unexpected bonus was how lyrically AN writes about sailing and the sea. Just gorgeous. It briefly made me as nostalgic as Odysseus yearning for his Ithaca! 😉
I was torn between two books this month but went with the one I have thought about more than once since finishing it. #readingbracket2023
This has the best opening I've read in a long time. So great!
pickFrom queen to prize of war given to Achilles, the man who helped slaughter her family Briseis gives voice to a perspective of the Trojan war not told before. The concubines well versed in the brutality of war as they cater to the warriors, nursing their wounds and warming their beds, caring only about survival and not glory or victory. Another book that took me too long to get to because I really liked it.
