Mythic Fiction discussion

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Moss Roberts

The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics by Edward H. Schafer

The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

I read another re-telling of a myth. This time it was Ithaca: A Novel of Homer's Odyssey by Patrick Dillon, told mostly from Telemachus' perspective.
Disappointing--mainly because of inconsistencies and inaccuracies.

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

Religions of India in Practice by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Changeling by William Ritter

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline K. Ogburn

Somewhither by John C. Wright

I've got a couple of books out of the library at the moment. This week I'm going to start The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan. I'm really loving his Greek Mythology inspired series'.

I feel like I should have picked these books up years ago. They are so good.

Religions of China in Practice by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Monster Hunter Guardian by Larry Correia and Sarah A. Hoyt

moonstruck by Dannika Dark

Dungeon Samurai Volume 1: Kamikaze by Kit Sun Cheah

The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore by Michael Dylan Foster

Ghost in the Vault by Jonathan Moeller

Seisen by Kit Sun Cheah

Come, Seeling Night by Daniel Humphreys

Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales by Howard Schwartz

Angel Mage by Garth Nix

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Bad Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Case Files of Erik Rugar by Misha Burnett

Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales by Howard Schwartz

Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes by Carla Hoch

Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews by C.S. Lewis

Just finished Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad Dry, witty and sardonic. Told from the point of view of Penelope (long-suffering wife of Odysseus) who stayed at home while her husband was fighting in the seige of Troy and then taking a very roundabout route home. She is dead and talking from the really dull Ancient Greek afterlife. The narrative is split up by a darkly comic chorus of hanged maidservants.

Latin American Folktales by John Bierhorst

I'm curious about this book (I'm interested in Brazilian mythology and folktales). How's it going.

It's interesting. the review will be up in a couple of days. The stories are from all over.

Reviewed here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Mary wrote: "Reviewed here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thanks!

Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters by Emily Roberson

Utterly Dwarfed by Rich Burlew

Cloak of Wolves by Jonathan Moeller

Blood of Ambrose by James Enge

The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods by Antonin Sertillanges

Undeading Bells by Drew Hayes

The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman

The Natural History of Unicorns by Chris Lavers

Ordination by Daniel M. Ford

Terrors of Pangaea by John C. Wright

The Ball and the Cross by G.K. Chesterton

The Last Human by Lee Bacon

Ghost in the Council by Jonathan Moeller

Company of Strangers by Melissa McShane

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth by John C. Wright