#manicmonday #letterL @CBee
📚Lore by Alexandra Bracken, The Last Olymian by Rick Riordan & Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
💻C.S. Lewis
🎥The Last Samurai, the Legend of Korra (avatar), the leftovers, love and monsters, love actually
🎶linkin park Lord Huron
🎼Ludens by bring me the horizon, lights up by Harry styles, lydia by highly suspect
pickA tentative “pick” for me. While I thought this was imaginative and original, I just didn‘t love it as much as I expected too. I wasn‘t necessarily put off by all the violence, but it seemed that that bad guys always died and the good guys miraculously and mysteriously survived. I know it‘s a YA book, but based on the gore and violence, I expected more consequences to the characters‘ actions, I guess.
pickA wonderful “retelling” of Greek mythology! Wow. The plot of this book with its twists and turn kept me riveted page after page. (I didn‘t guess the twist nor did I figure out the true meaning of the poem until the end). I thought this book was wonderfully creative (especially the blood lines) and a refreshingly modern perspective of Greek lore. I wish this was a series because I would have loved to read more.
My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (4.5/5)
pickThis was an OwlCrate book, and until I picked it up to read, I thought it was a Medusa retelling.
It is not. Instead, it‘s an urban fantasy that pits the descendants of Greek Heroes against 8 of the Gods in a cycle known as the Argon.
I found it mostly enjoyable, but would not recommend to newbies to Greek mythology. At the minimum, look up the meaning of kleos and timê before reading.
Borderline so-so and pick.
#booked2022 #greekretelling
Happy Friday! Maya is at a friend‘s house this weekend, Dr Hubby is on a solo retreat in the mountains for some well-earned R&R.
Which means I have the house to myself! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Let the weekend of reading begin! 📚
#catsoflitsy #kittensoflitsy #MonaLisa (Mona pictured)
Flying through the tagged book while keeping a close eye on #HelloKittty. She had surgery to remove 2 lumps yesterday, one a mast cell skin cancer, the other hopefully just an abscess. Initial biopsy on the 2nd lump was ok but vet sending to pathology to make sure.
It‘s been a hard year. Lost #Isabel in April and two close friends unexpectedly in May and June. Another friend dx with an aggressive breast cancer started chemo last week. ⬇️
I finished by book club book for the month. I loved this book and read it In a few days! I would definitely recommend it.
Nails check. Cat on lap check. Book , Lore on lap check. Haven‘t been on in a while but I‘ve been reading. This book is so good. I just get into so many that I need to finish this . I‘ll get there. #nailnight #siamesecats #lore #alexandrabracken #sundaynightreading
pickI loved this book! So many plot twists, with clever foreshadowing that I can see when I look back. Amazing, dynamic characters. Lessons on fate and forgiveness. Just amazing all around.
pickNot only did I manage a #BookSpinBingo this month but I also managed to get my #BookSpin for January read — Lore! This was a great Greek mythology read that had been on my #TBR for awhile. I enjoyed the relationships surrounding Lore herself and how the story unfolded.
It's #roll100 time!
I'm looking forward to Lore so I can't wait to get that pick crossed off. I've been reading The Borden Murders off and on for about two years now so I either finish it this month or to the donation bin it goes! I have a feeling it's going to be unhauled either way, to be honest #ItsTime
@PuddleJumper
pickI'm giving this a pick, but kind of a lukewarm one... I enjoyed it, but never felt a real emotional connection to the characters. I did like the narrator of the audiobook though. It wasn't bad, but I had hoped for more...
so-soI'm not sure how I feel about this one. I did feel compelled to read it, I wanted to know how it ended but I can't say that I'd read another by this author. It took a little while to get into it and then I saw the twists coming, it could also easily be shorter and cut out a lot that slowed it up . Entertaining enough to be worth finishing but that's as far as I'd go.
bailedAlexandra Bracken is an amazing writer. No doubt about that. This book is written beautifully! And the concept is great! The problem I had was pacing and feeling any connection to these characters. I also had a strangely hard time to read into it, despite liking it at first. So in the end, I couldn‘t keep my head in it and decided to abandon it.
pickThis is another one where I'm calling it a pick, but by a narrow margin. It almost lost me once, but I pushed on and enjoyed it overall. I think I just had some difficulty relating to the main character at times. Still, the plot was certainly interesting and threw me for a loop once or twice.
The holidays mean both more travel, as pictured, and less time to read, unfortunately.
However, I did start reading Lore by Alexandra Bracken and it seems interesting thus far. I'm just hoping I'll have a bit more time to read it this week.
pickThis was a super fun audiobook, and I have no regrets about squeezing it in between my planned books this month.
Why I loved it:
-That cover!
-MC Lore is a badass and not annoying about it.
-Greek mythology successfully made modern urban fantasy.
-Action-packed, violent, twisty, and sexy.
-YA that didn‘t make my eyes roll.
-A great, diverse cast of characters.
-Excellent narration.
-Again, that cover!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pick“Wow that sounds like a great book but maybe I should wait until it comes out in paperback to save some money.” - me, two weeks before I caved and bought it anyway. Of course I picked another Greek myth book! I enjoyed the storyline, the discussion of gender inequality in myth, and a more diverse cast of characters than I expected. I feel like the idea behind the novel could have led to a series, but I also think it‘s best this is a standalone.
I don‘t normally do this but I am just getting a little past the half way mark reading this and I am #hooked and don‘t want it to end. #Lore is ok #bad@as woman. Trust me and #read this ASAP!!!! #alexandrabracken has a way with words and her writing is spectacular. #LitsyLove
so-soY‘all I‘m giving this a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating. It was slow to start, and could seriously be 90-100 pages shorter. Lore is an interesting character and I‘m a sucker for Greek mythological elements but this one just didn‘t fully deliver like I wanted it to.
Got my hurricane books ready! We are where that dot is located. Here we go! 🙏
pickThis one took me a bit to get into but switching to audio helped. In the end I did enjoy it. It's a very unique spin on Greek mythology in the modern world. It's also super action-packed. The hardest part was keeping straight all the names of the gods and houses of descendants.
pickThis book is full of action, twists and turn, quite enjoyable. Although important to establish the "Lore", I felt the book was a little long.The characters were not fleshed out, could not really connect to any but would still suggest to go for it.It has enough action and a good story to keep you interested.If you love Greek mythology, do try this one out!!
pickThis book is fantastic! In the beginning, I felt like I had already heard the story (which I probably have) but then this Greek mythological story took on another ending altogether lol. I love the characters! All of them. I wondered if it was going to be a series but I'm sure that it isn't now. I think it would make a very good movie. I give it 5/5🍪
Picked up this beauty a few weeks back with Penelope and Ashley. We managed to see an escaped pet hamster get captured. Never a dull moment with those two around.
pickThis book was a nice fast-paced reimagining of the Greek pantheon interacting with mortals. I have kept my last month‘s #bookspin board going for my own personal satisfaction. I am not as cool as you guys with your blackouts! (You all are amazing.)
pickI really enjoyed this take on the Greek gods and goddesses. I didn‘t want to stop reading which to me means it was a good book. 😆 #bookspinbingo
This may sound silly, but I haven‘t had a work place of my own in a long time, so I got carried away with decorating. I plan to get to work on some #litsylove and watch some anime tonight!
pickOk. I get why this is a so-so for some (it could have been 100 pages shorter tbh) but it was definitely a pick for me! 🐍🛡
IMO, this book is totally underrated!
Gritty, violent, action packed, main character is a raged fueled badass, ATHENA, bloodlines of ancient Hero‘s warring over the power of Gods, new and old, all set in a modern NYC setting.. I mean.. come on!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 loved it!
[June #bookspin]
Ok so I‘m only about 40% into LORE, my June #bookspin pick. I‘ve had a busy month and didn‘t get much reading done BUT I am starting to really get into the story now and I‘m hoping I‘ll finish it in the next couple days.
My doublebookspin ended up being a DNF and I did not make a bingo (I used up all the FREE spaces tho) lol pathetic🤦🏻♀️ I have a feeling July will be better tho
so-soThis had all the ingredients of being a cracking read: classical mythology (which I love), action, and only a sprinkling of romance, but the finished book is somehow less than the sum of its parts. Saying that, it wasn't a bad read and there was quite a lot to enjoy, I can't quite put my finger on why it didn't work as well as it should have, there was just something vital missing for me. 3⭐
so-so#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #AmongTheGods @AkashaVampie
This was close to a pick. It's full of violence, revenge, secrets, and action. Lore made a great main character, but some of the other characters felt too one-dimensional.
I loved that this explored the darker sides of Greek Mythology though.
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