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Butterfinger
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I did not think it was as beautifully/lyrically written as Miller's Song of Achilles, but it did deserve the Booker Award. Is it okay to contradict myself? It is written from the perspective of Trojan women who, as spoils, were enslaved to and raped by the men who killed their families. Very evocative and very well needed. I wish I had noted who included this book in last week's #SundayFunDay. It was an outstanding read, and I thank you.

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MamaGina
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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“But this is the women‘s war, just as much as it is the men‘s, and the poet will look upon their pain - the pain of the women who have always been relegated to the edges of the story, victims of men, survivors of men, slaves of men - and he will tell it, or he will tell nothing at all. They have waited long enough for their turn.”
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Deblovestoread
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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The last few years have been full of wonderful mythology retellings. Here are three I loved with the tagged being a 5 🌟 read!

@BookmarkTavern

Scochrane26 I liked all of these, too. I read Stone Blind most recently, & I think that‘s my fave of the 3. 1w
BookmarkTavern I really need to get to A Thousand Ships! I loved Pandora‘s Jar. Thanks for posting! 1w
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Cortg
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June‘s book club choice is a Greek mythology retelling from the perspective of Briseis, a Queen in Troy taken as a prize for Achilles towards the end of the Trojan war. I enjoyed learning about the war and time period and I think it‘ll make a fun discussion next week. This is the first of a trilogy so I may pick up the audio for the rest of the series.

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Mattsbookaday
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The Women of Troy (Women of Troy 2), by Pat Barker (2021)
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Premise: As the victorious Greek armies are stranded by impossible winds and tensions rise in the camps, the enslaved women of Troy ponder what comes.

Review: I was blown away by the first book in this series, and the sequel did not disappoint. Cont.

Mattsbookaday Once again we‘re in the mind of Briseis; but now she has a tenuous position of power over women she had once counted as friends. The depiction of the rapidly deteriorating mood in the Greek camps is compelling in its own right. This is a great triumph and I will be reading book 3 as quickly as I can!

Bookish Pair: For a glimpse at what Penelope was doing while all this was going on, Margaret Atwood‘s *Penelopiad* (2005)
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Astroneman
Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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longbottomlk
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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I‘m loving it so far

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Jehonzy
Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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„Sing Muse, he said. Now do you hear me? I sang“ ~ Muse of epic poetry

Haynes spoke through Calliope and gave a voice to the broken women of Troy. It was nice to read the voice of the women in this war, I can only recommend it.

#mythology #greek #haynes #emotional

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bekakins
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Super interesting retelling of the period between the sack of Troy & the Greeks returning home… a part of the myth I don‘t believe I‘ve ever read about in this much detail. Loved it! Plus #bookspin lost for Jan (how on earth is it 2025 tomorrow?!?)

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 7mo
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Sargar114
A Thousand Ships | Natalie Haynes
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Tagged my second favorite book (in both brackets). It was surprisingly beautifully told story of the Trojan war by the woman who lives and survived it. Was so impressed. Also a solid final four in this one. #readingbracket2024 @CSeydel

TheBookHippie I loved A Thousand Ships. I read the ARC many moons ago! 7mo
CSeydel Great bracket! 7mo
Librarybelle This was a really good book! I was surprised bow much I liked it! 7mo
Sargar114 @Librarybelle I agree, very surprising. I kind of snuck up on me how much I ended up liking it. @TheBookHippie it‘s so good! 7mo
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