Mythic Fiction discussion

The Last Guardian of Everness by John C. Wright

Mists of Everness by John C. Wright

I read The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. The setting is pre-Saxon England with mythical creatures, knights, pixies, good monks and bad monks, ogres, and a dragon. The area is surrounded by a mist that causes personal and collective memory loss. Against this backdrop, Axl and Beatrice, an elderly couple, set off on a quest for find their son.
The novel is not really about pre-Saxon England. I think it is a meditation on memory--its efficacy, and the role it plays to foster or impede reconciliation on a personal and/or collective level.
An amazing novel.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished Circe by Madeline Miller. I found the portrayal of Circe disappointing and unlike the Circe of the Odyssey.
My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Dragon's Ring by Dave Freer

Dog and Dragon by Dave Freer

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast

I read that years ago! One of my absolute favorite series, I highly recommend the other books in it!

Parker wrote: "I read that years ago! One of my absolute favorite series, I highly recommend the other books in it!"

I thought it was just going to be dumb romance, but I was pleasantly surprised when it actually had plot, characters to fall in love with...and some romance, lol.

Recursion by Marion G. Harmon

I finally wrote up my review of Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.

My review
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Frost Fever by Jonathan Moeller

Rebel Fist by Jonathan Moeller

Tom by Dave Freer

Tomb Howl by Jonathan Moeller

The Sea Queen

Hammer Break by Jonathan Moeller

Blood Cast by Jonathan Moeller

Last Judge by Jonathan Moeller

Knight In Medieval England 1000-1400 by Peter R. Coss

Sky Hammer by Jonathan Moeller

Chivalry in Medieval England by Nigel Saul

The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Vol. 1 by Kisetsu Morita

Superluminary by John C. Wright

The Ginger Star byLeigh Brackett

The Hounds of Skaith byLeigh Brackett

The Reavers of Skaith by Leigh Brackett

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Good Deeds Gone Unpunished by Rich Burlew

Russia Under the Old Regime by Richard Pipes

The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien

Kings and Wizards by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis.

Finished Till we have Faces by C.S. Lewis. Lewis uses the myth of Cupid and Psyche as a vehicle to explore human love and love for the divine. Can be read as an allegory.

My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Mage Fall by Jonathan Moeller

Creating Characters: How to Build Story People by Dwight V. Swain

Little Red Rodent Hood by Ursula Vernon

The Idea of the Labyrinth: from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages by Penelope Reed Doob

Women in the Days of the Cathedrals by Régine Pernoud

I finished The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley. Very loosely based on Beowulf, it takes place in and around a gated community.
I had some issues with the constant shifts, but the novel is compelling and raises some interesting questions.
My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker. It is a retelling of the Iliad mostly in the voice of Briseis, Achilles' concubine. I thought Part 1 was very strong, but Parts 2 and 3 were pretty much a basic retelling of the events in the epic.

My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

The Shadow Prison by Jonathan Moeller

The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton

Child of the Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Flames by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Blood by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Storm by Jonathan Moeller

Ghost in the Stone by Jonathan Moeller

Let Sleeping Dragons Lie by Garth Nix and Sean Williams