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AroundTheBookWorld
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I‘ve decided when I visit an indie bookstore for the first time I‘m going to see if they have blind date with a book and get one as a souvenir from that book shop. 📚
#TheGirlWhoFellBeneathTheSea #AxieOh #book #books #BlindDateWithABook #IndieBookstores #bookrecommendation #bookrecommendations #bookreport #bookreports #bookreview #bookreviews #bookriot #Fantasy #YoungAdult #Romance #Mythology #Fiction Retellings #YoungAdultFantasy #Audiobook 💟💟

dabbe What a lovely idea and memory of each store! 🤩🤩🤩 2d
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marleed
Ariadne | Jennifer Saint
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Pickpick

I was a math major, but my favorite, most remembered, and markedly difficult class was in the English Dept - Mythology, taught by a phenomenal PhD storyteller. This book took me right back to that classroom. Upon finishing, I read GR reviews noting it failed a strong feminism POV. That may be true, but I chuckled because I didn‘t think to read for that perspective. I was just back in that long ago classroom.

July #BookSpin Cat: Fantasy

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Robin of Sherwood | Richard Carpenter
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"'What a paragon of virtue you are, Gisburne,' laughed the Sheriff. 'I'm really most impressed. If she'd tried to bewitch me, I think I'd have been inclined to let her.' Gisburne reddened but kept silent." (page 71)

As I read this, I could see and hear Nickolas Grace and Robert Addie in the television series so vividly in my mind.

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Pickpick

i spent most of the book getting stressed out because senior year is just terrifying like even reading about it stressed me out. percabeth moments had me SOBBING because they're adorable, that has and never will change. and percy sheningans with grover. it was a different type of fun watching percy go through everyday life while juggling quests on the side. especially since uncle rick's emphasizing growing up/leaving home (this just hurt me)

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DebinHawaii
Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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#CoverLove

There is more than one #Snake on the cover of our current read for #SheSaid 🐍

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💚🖤 4d
Eggs 💚🐍🖤 4d
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Twainy
Sunbringer: A Novel | Hannah Kaner
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Mehso-so

Why are 29 people waiting for this in my Libby APP? It was OK. If you liked the first book you‘ll probably like this one also. I liked Godkiller a bit more.

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Graywacke
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Mehso-so

I‘m sorry Gawain poet, I didn‘t totally get along with your Arthurian poetic epic, and your pagan green knight in his games with the temptation of your hero. I tried to read your original language, and appreciate your alliteration (and rhyme). Alas, I prefer the French Lais, and, dare I say, your contemporary, Chaucer, and his joy of life collection. Please forgive.

ShelleyBooksie Gorgeous kitty! 5d
dabbe Excellent review. And 🖤🐾🖤! 5d
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Anoukeboek
Lies We Sing to the Sea | Sarah Underwood
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Pickpick

My heart is shattered. From the beginning it was stated how it all would end, and yet the deaths left me in dripping tears. I loved the romance. I loved the subplots. I loved this story more than I had imagined. Who cares if it didn't follow the history completely. This is the way I want to be sucked into a story and for it to leave me in scars. I never want to read anything else, for this book has forever fullfilled me.
(audiobook)

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Stone Blind: A Novel | Natalie Haynes
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Karisa I‘m enjoying this quite a bit. Feels like it is going by so fast. It has me wanting to look up more about Medusa and the Gorgons because this retelling is so different than the one I know. I love the spin on Perseus, too funny. I‘m listening on audiobook because I love hearing this author narrate. She puts so much life into her characters! Her book A Thousand Ships is amazing too. 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Karisa I just picked up her Pandora‘s Jar to get a bit more backstory. It was on kindle unlimited for free reading, and is supposed to be non-fiction. Apparently many of the myths we learned are watered down versions of the originals that were more female centric, reducing them to side characters and wives. So I thought I‘d check it out. It wouldn‘t surprise me though, we know there is a world of difference between other myths through the⤵️ 5d
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ the ages from say Grims Tales or Hans Christian Anderson to Disney (edited) 5d
vlwelser Perseus is such a tool. But I think that's the point. The one whose story I don't know is actually Andromeda and I'm still curious there. I love the writing in this, the random side character perspectives, the latest being the snakes. 5d
vlwelser I need to look up Pandora's Jar and give it a listen. But my queue is absurd rn. 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa …actually Litsy has it listed as Fiction too. 🤷‍♀️ we will see 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I see the second half of the tag list never posted…. Let me try again… 5d
MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I also got Pandora‘s Jar from my library to read once we‘re done with this one. 5d
MallenNC I really like the writing of this retelling. I am excited to finish it but I‘ll also be a little sad to be done. I‘m already feeling sad for Medusa. 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Ok then…be that way 😂 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC anyway…after a posting snafu…I feel bad for her too, and if you know the myth at all you know it‘s not a happy ending for her…which makes it worse 🫤 5d
MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Yes knowing how it ends has given a sense of dread throughout as I‘m reading the book. It shows how much a difference providing POV makes bc I don‘t remember thinking much about Medusa at all when reading the myth in school 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa So the work of a good author ✍️ 5d
KathyWheeler I never thought much about Medusa while I was learning about Greek mythology or watching Clash of the Titans. This book made me think about her. 5d
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Kimzey
Man and His Symbols | Carl Gustav Jung
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 🛞 👏🏻 6d
Kimzey Thanks, @Eggs ! 6d
Ddzmini Love the cover 👀🥰 6d
Kimzey @Ddzmini Thanks, me too! ❤️ 5d
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