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Taliesin | Stephen R Lawhead

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3.5 Stars • Taliesin, the first book in Stephen R. Lawhead‘s Pendragon Cycle, blends Arthurian legend with Atlantis myth. Charis, an Atlantean princess, survives her homeland‘s destruction and meets Taliesin, a prophetic Celtic bard, in post-Roman Britain. Their romance, set against cultural upheaval, births Merlin and sets the stage for Arthur‘s rise.

#Taliesin #ThePendragonCycle #StephenRLawhead #Bookish #suvataReads

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Graywacke

Le Morte Darthur, Or, The Hoole Book of Kyng Arthur and of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism | Sir Thomas Malory

I know my Wharton buddies are waiting, but first I must allow Sir Thomas Malory to overlepyth a whyle. Then later dearest Edith and WWi and the end of her world. Morning all, from Houston.

dabbe 🫂🫂🫂 2w

Ruthiella Good Morrow to Thee! 😅 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit Good morning from Cypress! 😁 2w

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Graywacke @dabbe ok. I had to google the emoji. I kept seeing 🎥, not hugs. Thanks! 🙏 2w

Graywacke @Ruthiella Good morrow 🙂 2w

Graywacke @CindyMyLifeIsLit i‘m actually in Cypress! And my wife teaches as a cy-fair ISD high school. So there is a chance you have come across her. 🙂 (i obviously don‘t know what high schools you work at, or even if they‘re cy-fair.) 2w

dabbe @Graywacke Not only did I have to google it, I had to ask on Litsy, and someone had to take a bigger pic of it so I could see it! 🤣 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit @graywacke Wow! What a small world! I have taught at Langham, Bridgeland, and JV. I was the librarian for two wonderful years at JV before that went away 😞. I retired and am subbing now. (edited) 2w

Graywacke @dabbe 🤣 2w

Graywacke @CindyMyLifeIsLit right. Small world. My wife is at Cy-Creek and teaches art. She misses the single-school librarians. 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit They had an AMAZING librarian! She is a good friend of mine, but she retired when they went multi-school. She didn‘t want any part of that! 2w

Graywacke @CindyMyLifeIsLit yes. My wife misses her a lot. 2w

AshleyHoss820 I took an Arthurian Literature course one year and we read this in about 4 days. I loved every minute! 2w

Graywacke @AshleyHoss820 four days?!! It‘s like 6 minutes a page for me. 😳 It‘s pure fun and entertaining ridiculousness, though 2w

AshleyHoss820 @Graywacke Yes! It was a wild experience! My copy looks a fright! 🤣🤣 But yes, fun, entertaining, and ridiculous! I personally enjoyed Tennyson‘s Arthurian poems the best!

Idylls of the King

Graywacke @AshleyHoss820 I‘ll look into that. I‘m haven‘t pursued Tennyson. Thanks 1w

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The Shadowed Land: A Novel | Signe Pike

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While still good, the 3rd book in The Lost Queen Series, I didn't find as good as the first two. The Shadowed Land took us on a journey with Angharad, as she continues to develop as a Wisdom Keeper, and Artur, who follows in his father's footsteps. Languoreth and Lailoken still are prominent in the book. This one wasn't as long as the other two, either. I reread the first two books, since it had been a few years since I read them, before I ⬇️

MonicaLoves2Read ⬆️ read this one. Now, I have to wait until the Fall of 2027 for the next book. Of course, I will have to reread the 3 before it, before I read it, which is okay since I love this series.

When reading this series, you can tell Pike put in a lot of hardwork and a lot of time doing research. She gives you a chance to travel back to 540 to 584 Scotland. My TBR grew also, because she listed some books in her note I would like to read concerning Artur.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w

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By Force Alone | Lavie Tidhar

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Take every Arthurian myth in one, blend it with the grit and grim of Trainspotting and Fight Club, strip away all notions of chivalry and romance, add a hefty dose of otherworldly-ness and you might find yourself inside this novel. It's certainly unlike any take on King Arthur I've read before. If you're looking for a raw remixed retelling of an ancient tale this should be on your list, but if you're an Arthurian purist, this may not be for you.

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La Morte D'Arthur: The History of King Arthur | Sir Thomas Malory

Chat, I think I need more King Arthur books. 😂

Yes, I do know I need Oathbound.

Ruthiella I see the Mary Stewart books! I need to re-read the first three and then finish off the series. 2mo

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shanaqui @Clare-Dragonfly Am I being called in to give recommendations, ahaha? Without going into the scholarly/niche ones...

- Sarah Zettel's Camelot books
- Phyllis Ann Karr's Idylls of the Queen
- Cherith Baldry's Exiled from Camelot
- Patricia Terry & Samuel N. Rosenberg's Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles
- Jo Walton's Sulien books (kind of)
- Bernard Cornwell's The Winter King trilogy

And probably more that aren't popping into mind... 2mo

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BookmarkTavern @shanaqui Please go into the scholarly niche ones! I love the Arthurian legends and would be ecstatic to grow my collection. 💖💖 Thank you for the recommendations! (edited) 2mo

shanaqui @BookmarkTavern Well, the most obvious ones are The Mabinogion, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (I like Simon Armitage's translation), Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Chretien de Troyes' stuff, Robert de Boron's Grail Cycle, the Vulgate Cycle (but this tends to be spendy to get your hands on)...

More niche is Heinrich von dem Türlin's Diu Crône, which is good for Gawain lovers. 2mo

shanaqui There's more I can't think of right now, I can probably dig out my dissertation's bibliography sometime. 😁 2mo

BookmarkTavern @shanaqui Awesome suggestions! Thank you so much! Also, Arthurian dissertation? 👀👀👀 What was your dissertation on? (edited) 2mo

shanaqui @BookmarkTavern Portrayals of Sir Cei from the Mabinogion into modern Arthuriana (hence some of my Kay-centric titles above like Idylls of the Queen and Exiled from Camelot!). 😁

Oh, and a fun one I remembered: Le Roman de Silence, 'cause it includes Merlin. There's a modern retelling, The Story of Silence, by Alex Myers -- I remember liking it. 2mo

BookmarkTavern @shanaqui That sounds absolutely fascinating! I read The Story of Silence and really enjoyed it! 2mo

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