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Greek Mythology retellings I want to read

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.

This week is a genre freebie so I’m going with Mythology Retellings I Want To Read

Margaret Atwood – The Penelopiad
Pat Barker – The Silence of the Girls
Susanna Clarke – Piranesi
Stephen Fry – Mythos
Natalie Haynes – Pandora’s Jar


Claire Heywood – The Shadow Of Perseus
Luna McNamara – Psyche & Eros
Madeline Miller – Circe
Jennifer Saint – Ariadne
Scarlett St. Claire – A Touch Of Darkness

stacking the shelves

Stacking The Shelves #8

Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Reading Reality all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

I picked up two Kindle books this week:

Ilona Andrews – Magic Bites
Kerrigan Byrne & Cynthia St. Aubin – Nevermore Bookstore

I checked 6 books out of the library:

Cecilia Ahern – Freckles
Susanna Clarke – Piranesi
Terry Deary – Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England
Paula Hawkins – The Girl On The Train
James Lovegrove – The Age Of Ra
Meik Wiking – The Little Book of Hygge

I borrowed one book from Li:

Susanna Clarke – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

My reading goals for the coming week look something a little like:
Finish Andrea Penrose – Murder At Kensington Palace (currently at 60%)
Finish Natalie J Case – Thanátou (currently at 68%)
Finish Meg-John Barker – Queer: A Graphic History (currently at 51%)
Continue Matthew Reilly – Temple (currently at 29%)
Start Meik Wiking – The Little Book Of Hygge

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Desert Island Books

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. Create your own Top Ten list that fits that topic – putting your unique spin on it if you want. Everyone is welcome to join but please link back to The Artsy Reader Girl in your own Top Ten Tuesday post.

This week’s topic isn’t inspiring me (I’m a no-crossovers kinda fandom llama), so I’m picking one from the archives: Books I’d Want On a Desert Island

I figured I’d want a good combination of books I know I’ll enjoy, long-ass books, and books I’ve been meaning to get around to reading but for some reason never have. And so this gives us:

Jean M Auel – Clan Of The Cave Bear
Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Mists of Avalon
Susanna Clarke – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Ken Follet – The Pillars Of The Earth
Belinda Jones – On The Road To Mr Right


Stephen King – The Stand
Sharon Kay Penman – The Sunne in Splendour
Anne Rice – The Lives Of the Mayfair Witches
Anne Rice – Queen Of The Damned
Samantha Shannon – Priory Of The Orange Tree

(I’m also assuming that the shipping container with the rest of the books in series’ have been wrecked with me on my desert island)

What books would you take on a desert island?