Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Feyre is a young human girl who hunts in the forest that she lives in to feed her two older sisters, Nesta and Elain, and her crippled father. One day, she goes into the forest and kills a wolf. After she has sold its pelt, she is ambushedContinue reading “2021 Book #74 – A Court of Thorns and Roses”
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2021 Book #61 – A Thousand Ships
Medium – Book About the Book – Natalie Haynes tells the story of Troy from the point of view of the women involved. She uses women, girls and goddesses to paint a picture of the campaign and its aftermath, from both the point of view of the Greeks and Trojans and other interested parties. EachContinue reading “2021 Book #61 – A Thousand Ships”
2021 Book #45 – The Children of Jocasta
Medium – Book About the Book – This story tells the tale of two different women, who are often overlooked in Greek history/myth. The first is Jocasta, the wife and (eek) mother of Oedipus, whose story is told in the third person. The second is Ismene, her daughter /grand-daughter, whose story is told in theContinue reading “2021 Book #45 – The Children of Jocasta”
Book #20 – The Merry Spinster
Prompt – A book written by a trans or non-binary author. Medium – Book About the Book – Daniel Mallory Ortberg re-imagines a series of classical ‘bedtime stories’ as dark and slightly creepy tales. The stories include psychological horror, emotional upset and feminist additions to create new plots and twists to some of the mostContinue reading “Book #20 – The Merry Spinster”
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