After graduating college (only took me 10 years) I noticed I was still triggered by all of the back to school ads that pop up in the fall.. wish we could just be excited to learn instead of dreading the insane amount of work that comes with it
Haha, in Ireland most adults still for years after taking the state exams before entering universities have nightmares over it. We all have our academic traumas
The Greek gods never stuck until I read stories like Circe that wove the myths together in relation to a main character, having that center point to refer to really helped me
So happy I stumbled across Noelle's channel. Especially with all the craziness in the world. Her voice is so soothing it calms my ass down when I'm panicking about my last semester. Wishing you a great next few semesters. (Hopefully as stress-free as possible!)
That’s what I told myself when I graduated in May after three rough semesters online… and I’m already sad I won’t be going back to attend classes in the fall lol.
Noelle, your feelings about going back to school are totally valid! I always felt super anxious about the start of a new semester and really felt like grad school dragged on. There are lots of emotional and motivational ebbs and flows. Take it as it comes. You’ll make it through. ❤️
I'm sorry you're stressed over school, Noelle :( You got this though girl. Just take it week by week. You can only do your best and we've seen from other vids that you're killing it and you CAN and WILL finish your program. If you need to put vlogging aside to lessen your load, then do it. We'll be here when you get back! School is gruelling but just pace yourself. Your 170K subscribers are cheering you on! Do your best, boo xxoo
If you’re looking for really good mythology books, Stephen Fry’s books are fantastic! The myths are super accessible and he does a really great job showing how a lot of them are interwoven and how fun/sad they can be
The Silence of the Girls is one of my favorites!! I read it almost immediately after I read The Song of Achilles and it's so interesting to see how different authors interpret his character because the difference was HUGE!
Noelle, I love when you share about the anxieties surrounding school. It makes me feel so normal knowing that other people think of their lives in terms. semesters, and "how many books can I read before my life is taken over by required reading again?".....So Thank you for your transparency and real-ness. Bless.
Jean Menzies, of the channel Bookish Thoughts, has several videos for recommendations for books on mythology and classic Greek literature. She also published her own book on the topic, as that is her area of study.
Noelle I would highly recommend Pandora's Jar: Women in Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes. It's a retelling of many of the myths through a female perspective and accounts for their absence in modern retellings! 💕
The little school tangent you did in the beginning spoke to me on another level. I have two more semesters of class and then a year of rotations. I feel so burnt out already. I am trying to read as much as possible before school starts too! We can do it! Sending all the luck and love your way!
I received an arc of BWWAY via my job at a bookstore, and I really enjoyed it. For me, Normal People remains my favourite because I related most to those characters. However, BWWAY is such a good portrayal of life in your mid-late twenties. I feel like everyone’s favourite Sally Rooney is determined by the characters you relate to most: particularly as the books are driven by character rather than plot.
Noelle, your positive energy just shines through so strongly!! Even when I am not in the mood for reading much I come to your videos because you give so much joy to me! 🥰❤️
In the Persephone and Hades retelling, I think the best is "Hadestown" the musical, because the original myth isn't that long its paired up with the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, not only is the music beautiful but the both myths are interwoven so well that it creates a complete and satisfying story.
For your mythology project, I would really recommend Anne Carson's The Autobiography of Red which is like a long poem/short novel retelling of the 'monster' Geryon and Hercules as a very interesting and emotionally unique story of love and trauma and coming of age. It floored me when I read it!
Noelle, I want you to know that I read the Hating Game because of you and it literally changed my life lmao... I used to exclusively read fantasy and I was in this horrible book slump for months, and then I read the hating game and I have read 6 other books that were in the same vein as it in the past month. Thank you!
I have 2 semesters of graduate school left too and watching your videos has made me feel supported through my school journey! Thank you for providing such wonderful content ❤️
I loooooved The Chosen & the Beautiful but it’s definitely polarizing due to the writing style, as well as the initial veerrry slow pace. Nghi Vo chose to slowly unfold Jordan’s story as well as the parallels to and layers added on The Great Gatsby, but as someone who enjoys analyzing themes it worked incredibly well! I’d also recommend Vo’s two novellas to literally anyone, her writing is so BEAUTIFUL. Light fantasy in an imperial Asian inspired setting with sapphic themes and a nonbinary main character, who is a traveling scholar collecting stories of the empire.
Thanks for turning me on to A Shark In The Time of Saviors. I listened to it and loved it. The audio was excellent and the Hawaiian lore and setting was a perfect summer read.
if you haven’t read lore olympus on webtoon, it’s about to come out as a physical graphic novel and i super recommend you read it! it’s also a hades and persephone retelling and the artwork is so cute! (you can also just read it on webtoon if you don’t wanna wait haha)
I bought Greek Mythology by Liv Albert b/c of this video and holy crap it’s gorgeous! 😍 As someone who loves reading Mythology retelling, I’m glad to have this as a pocket guide. I also got Mythos by Fry and WHAT A STUNNER. Most influential video by far this year! And also now listening to Liv Albert’s podcast. Over the moon!
ur videos are always so much fun! I’m planning to start the acotar series this month along with 1Q84 which is so huge I’m not sure I’ll be able to read other books. So excited for ‘the henna wars’ and ‘Felix ever after’ !!
Noelle I love your videos! I make sure to watch each one, sometimes multiple times. I'm so excited, I found The Hating Game and Such a Fun Age at my library bookstore! I can't wait to start reading them.
I've been huge on ancient Greece and ancient Greek retellings for years. _A Thousand Ships_ is by far the best of all the books you've got on your Greek-themed TBR this month--the others are fantastic too though! When I started it, I was a little overwhelmed by some of the names in the book because they're all female perspectives in a male-dominated canon. But if you feel overwhelmed too, there's a dramatic personae that literally saved my brain when I read this book earlier this year! I hope you love them all 💕
Wow, sounds like you have some great books lined up for August! Glad to hear about new releases coming from Sally Rooney and Paula Hawkins. Your book group picks sound great, too! Good luck with grad school this semester!
beautiful world where are you is SO good! i think you might enjoy it more than her others bc it’s a lot more mature in both the characters and the themes
I read the silence of the girls last your on a recommendation from my Ancient Greek literature professor and from what I can remember I really enjoyed it! It was also nice to see some creative liberty with characters who the author had written into the Iliad.
Oooouuu girl I'm so excited for you picking up A Touch of Darkness! I read all three plus A Game of Fate in a single month. So propulsive and steamy 🌶️
I'm in grad school as well - For nursing. The only scheduled breaks for me are the week of Christmas and New Years (I can add a break in if I want, otherwise my classes run back to back). I have soooo many books on my list to read (my bookcases are over filled - lol) and I just ordered 7 more books today 😆 currently reading Reset and You Are a Badass.
I started school last monday, and I also have just two semesters left and I want it to be DONE already, so big mood Noelle Also, when you were talking about the Greek Myth books I thought about some Percy Jackson books, and like, I know you dont do fantasy, so I'm not going to recommend you any of the series, but there are two books "narrated" by Percy in which he explains some myths: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, I think you would like them because I've also heard Let's Talk About Myths Baby and I think how the book it's written has this similar style of not being super serious and having some narrator commentary, and they are illustrated too!
Hi Noelle, for your Greek Mythology project, I would recommend checking out Stepheb Fry's books. Only listened to Mythos but it was great, he is a great narrator too. 😊
My Greek Mythology book arrived last week. I honestly bought it for the artwork. I studied Greek & Roman Civilisation in college so I didn't need it for that purpose but would recommend it for people looking to expand their mythology knowledge. I have read too many of the modern Greek & Roman myth retellings, mainly the ones centring around the female figures. The Silence of Girls is one of the best retellings and Pat Barker did such a good job at showing the Trojan War myth through the female gaze. She has a new book out now (or maybe soonish) and it will be an instant buy for me (Sorry for the mythology appreciation ramblings!)
I’m on a two year master’s programme and by the sounds of it, I felt the exact same way as you this time last year (I.e. not really wanting to go back.) I had a much better year this year, really enjoyed my modules and although I am looking forward to it being over, I feel loads more positive about it than I did. Sorry if that’s not helpful, just thought I’d share and hope it is better than you think right now ☺️
A Touch of Darkness is one of my next audiobooks! I currently listen to one book and read a phyiscal book at once, and that's gonna be an audiobook and I'm exciiiited for it. Also... I went back for an undergrad and I have 3-4 semesters left and ugh I feel you
Would you say that a Touch of A Darkness reproduces models of toxic masculinity? E.g. is it a romance in the same way that 50 shades of grey or any Colleen hoover is?
totally just jumping on here and i'm not sure how u feel about comics but Lore Olympus is a modern retelling of Persephone and Hades and its AMAZING!!! (you can find it on webtoon!)
Silence of the girls really let me down cause I thought it’d be all about the girls but it was more about Achilles. A thousand ships was pretty much what I wanted from silence of the girls 😂 A touch of darkness is a pretty cool romance very romancey
You gots this!! I feels you because I also start my Master's courses this month and I'm just hoping my children can leave me alone an hour at a time to do homework 🤣🤣. You have a good TBR. Your first book seems very interesting.
another great book about greek mythology, particularly the roles of women in mythology is Great Goddesses by nikita gill. it’s mostly poetry but there are a few stories that feel more like short stories and i highly recommend it.
I loved The Silence of the Girls! I was put off by Greek myth retellings after I read Circe as I really did not like that book so I was so surprised when I loved The Silence of the Girls. Pat Barker has a new Greek myth retelling coming out this year so if you like this one I’d definitely recommend you check out her others! Like you I don’t know much about the history of Greek myths so thanks for the podcast and book recs; I’ll be sure to check those out. Good luck with going back to school, you’re almost done!
Hello there, new sub aaaand... Greek! Really excited to see you so into Greek mythology! Since you just started learning about all the ancient Greek myths, I think you should find and read about the story of the Argonaut expedition, starting from how the Golden Fleece came to be, up until the tragic love story of Jason and Medea. I think you'd really be into it :)
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After graduating college (only took me 10 years) I noticed I was still triggered by all of the back to school ads that pop up in the fall.. wish we could just be excited to learn instead of dreading the insane amount of work that comes with it
Haha, in Ireland most adults still for years after taking the state exams before entering universities have nightmares over it. We all have our academic traumas
Know the feeling 🤯
Exactly. I'm going back to college in October and after a whole year of online school... Let's say "terrified" is an euphemism.
Even when I’m not in school (I.e., during the summer), I’m still thinking I have upcoming deadlines 😰
The Greek gods never stuck until I read stories like Circe that wove the myths together in relation to a main character, having that center point to refer to really helped me
Noelle is the elder sister I have always wanted lol
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is a little anxious about the school year starting in a few weeks
Best of luck with your classes Noelle 😁
So happy I stumbled across Noelle's channel. Especially with all the craziness in the world. Her voice is so soothing it calms my ass down when I'm panicking about my last semester. Wishing you a great next few semesters. (Hopefully as stress-free as possible!)
Touch of Darkness was originally on wattpad, and yes it reads like a wattpad. That’s all I’ll say about that.
Noooooo😂
Shit. I literally just bought it 🤦♀️
@@beckyhanaver4275 My friends and I read it as part of our little bookclub. I read it as fast as I could so I could hurry up and just finish it lol 💀
No wonder I read it in a night...
truly, i was disappointed...
I have 2 semesters left of my undergrad and I feel the same way about just being ready to be done. Academic burn out it’s real. We can do it!
That’s what I told myself when I graduated in May after three rough semesters online… and I’m already sad I won’t be going back to attend classes in the fall lol.
You really should check out Stephen Fry's "Mythos", "Heroes" and "Troy" in your Greeck mythology quest. He's BRILLIANT!
I was going to recommend him as well! I paired the books with the audiobooks and that was just amazing :-)
Yes!! The audiobooks are excellent!
@@carolinevs5731 so did I👌🔥
I'm reading "Heroes" right now and I already know that I wanna read the others!
Noelle, your feelings about going back to school are totally valid! I always felt super anxious about the start of a new semester and really felt like grad school dragged on. There are lots of emotional and motivational ebbs and flows. Take it as it comes. You’ll make it through. ❤️
the braids!! such a cute look on you noelle :")
I'm sorry you're stressed over school, Noelle :( You got this though girl. Just take it week by week. You can only do your best and we've seen from other vids that you're killing it and you CAN and WILL finish your program. If you need to put vlogging aside to lessen your load, then do it. We'll be here when you get back! School is gruelling but just pace yourself. Your 170K subscribers are cheering you on! Do your best, boo xxoo
If you want a greek mythology breakdown you should DEFINITELY read Mythos and Heroes by Stephen Fry. Such good reads
Or have him read it to you ;)
It's really good to have in the background as an audiobook. You don't even have to commit to it, you can just listen to one chapter when you like it.
Noelle's videos can lift up our mood A N Y T I M E. ✨
If you’re looking for really good mythology books, Stephen Fry’s books are fantastic! The myths are super accessible and he does a really great job showing how a lot of them are interwoven and how fun/sad they can be
THE BACKGROUND!!! THE QUALITY OF THIS VIDEO!!! CHEF’S FUCJCJCJUCKING KISS!!! 💖💖😩
The Silence of the Girls is one of my favorites!! I read it almost immediately after I read The Song of Achilles and it's so interesting to see how different authors interpret his character because the difference was HUGE!
Can I read The Silence of the Girls without knowing much about mythology? I’ve read a few Percy Jackson books but that’s all.
@@naz2388 For sure!! I think it might feel even more tense and interesting if you don’t really have prior knowledge of the story :)
I love her voice especially how she says words that begin with the letter G
Noelle, I love when you share about the anxieties surrounding school. It makes me feel so normal knowing that other people think of their lives in terms. semesters, and "how many books can I read before my life is taken over by required reading again?".....So Thank you for your transparency and real-ness. Bless.
i seriously can't wait for ur sally rooney review
Jean Menzies, of the channel Bookish Thoughts, has several videos for recommendations for books on mythology and classic Greek literature. She also published her own book on the topic, as that is her area of study.
I love her channel. She is great!
As a diehard Percy Jackson kid, I'm thrilled out of my mind to hear about your Greek mythology picks so I can read them!
the term “evelyn’s husband” really powered up my fight or flight
Noelle I would highly recommend Pandora's Jar: Women in Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes. It's a retelling of many of the myths through a female perspective and accounts for their absence in modern retellings! 💕
The little school tangent you did in the beginning spoke to me on another level. I have two more semesters of class and then a year of rotations. I feel so burnt out already. I am trying to read as much as possible before school starts too! We can do it! Sending all the luck and love your way!
I would really love to read some Egyptian myths in the style of Circe and the like, if anyone has any recs!
The Kane Chronicles was my intro to Egyptian mythology, they're middle grade and so good and fun, full of adventure!
@@francescakyanda9182 Shout out to Rick Riordan for teaching an entire generation about mythology 🙌🏼
@@nicky7738 the reading generation at least 😜
I received an arc of BWWAY via my job at a bookstore, and I really enjoyed it. For me, Normal People remains my favourite because I related most to those characters. However, BWWAY is such a good portrayal of life in your mid-late twenties. I feel like everyone’s favourite Sally Rooney is determined by the characters you relate to most: particularly as the books are driven by character rather than plot.
A Thousand Ships is a masterpiece. Very Circe vibes and some of the scenes have stayed with me even till now!
Noelle, your positive energy just shines through so strongly!! Even when I am not in the mood for reading much I come to your videos because you give so much joy to me! 🥰❤️
In the Persephone and Hades retelling, I think the best is "Hadestown" the musical, because the original myth isn't that long its paired up with the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, not only is the music beautiful but the both myths are interwoven so well that it creates a complete and satisfying story.
A touch of darkness is SO SO GOOD!!! Looking forward to your feeling about it!!
I totally agree that the thousand ships audiobook is awesome, I love that Natalie Haynes is the narrator,,
this is my favorite background angle!!
For your mythology project, I would really recommend Anne Carson's The Autobiography of Red which is like a long poem/short novel retelling of the 'monster' Geryon and Hercules as a very interesting and emotionally unique story of love and trauma and coming of age. It floored me when I read it!
I loved the audiobook for The Silence of the Girls. That voice❤️.
Noelle, I want you to know that I read the Hating Game because of you and it literally changed my life lmao... I used to exclusively read fantasy and I was in this horrible book slump for months, and then I read the hating game and I have read 6 other books that were in the same vein as it in the past month. Thank you!
I have 2 semesters of graduate school left too and watching your videos has made me feel supported through my school journey! Thank you for providing such wonderful content ❤️
I loooooved The Chosen & the Beautiful but it’s definitely polarizing due to the writing style, as well as the initial veerrry slow pace. Nghi Vo chose to slowly unfold Jordan’s story as well as the parallels to and layers added on The Great Gatsby, but as someone who enjoys analyzing themes it worked incredibly well!
I’d also recommend Vo’s two novellas to literally anyone, her writing is so BEAUTIFUL. Light fantasy in an imperial Asian inspired setting with sapphic themes and a nonbinary main character, who is a traveling scholar collecting stories of the empire.
Thanks for turning me on to A Shark In The Time of Saviors. I listened to it and loved it. The audio was excellent and the Hawaiian lore and setting was a perfect summer read.
Watching Noelle's videos inspires me to pick up books more :)
I was so hoping you'd read Karin Slaughter's new book in August lol Im so thrilled about it. Loved the video ☺️
Silence of the girls is amazing! I’m currently reading Women of Troy (the second one) and it’s SO GOOD
if you haven’t read lore olympus on webtoon, it’s about to come out as a physical graphic novel and i super recommend you read it! it’s also a hades and persephone retelling and the artwork is so cute! (you can also just read it on webtoon if you don’t wanna wait haha)
I bought Greek Mythology by Liv Albert b/c of this video and holy crap it’s gorgeous! 😍 As someone who loves reading Mythology retelling, I’m glad to have this as a pocket guide. I also got Mythos by Fry and WHAT A STUNNER. Most influential video by far this year!
And also now listening to Liv Albert’s podcast. Over the moon!
The highlight of every week is your videos❤️❤️
I feel ready to be done with grad school too! Have fun with these reads before the semester starts! :)
I also have sooo many Greek mythology books on my August TBR. I can’t wait to see what books I can show in my Wrap up at the end of the month🥰🐝
I’m halfway through The Other Black Girl right now and I really enjoy it
ur videos are always so much fun!
I’m planning to start the acotar series this month along with 1Q84 which is so huge I’m not sure I’ll be able to read other books. So excited for ‘the henna wars’ and ‘Felix ever after’ !!
Noelle I love your videos! I make sure to watch each one, sometimes multiple times. I'm so excited, I found The Hating Game and Such a Fun Age at my library bookstore! I can't wait to start reading them.
Miss you Noelle! Hope you and your pup(s👀) are doing well!
I'm taking a class on greek mythology this coming semester so this couldn't have been more perfect😭
Sounds great
your videos make me feel like im just sitting down talking to my bestie about books. i love it and you girly :)
Noellleeee, I miss your reading vlogs!!!! I want to see 40 minutes of youuuu😅🤓
I've been huge on ancient Greece and ancient Greek retellings for years. _A Thousand Ships_ is by far the best of all the books you've got on your Greek-themed TBR this month--the others are fantastic too though! When I started it, I was a little overwhelmed by some of the names in the book because they're all female perspectives in a male-dominated canon. But if you feel overwhelmed too, there's a dramatic personae that literally saved my brain when I read this book earlier this year! I hope you love them all 💕
I missed the little joke at the beginning. Please Noelle don't stop telling us jokes!
Percy Jackson gave me most of my Greek mythology knowledge in middle school. I was obsessed
I'm so glad you seem to be feeling better than you had been a little while ago. 🥰
The camera quality is ✨exceptional✨ and the hair is so cute.
don't know how no one has recommended mythology by edith hamilton yet, it's a great introduction to greek mythology
Ojhh I love "let's talk about myths baby!" I didn't know there was a book out!
this is my senior year before I start grad school so I feel ya girly!! happy reading 💛
pandora’s jar is really great for a general overhaul of woman characters in greek mythology
Wow, sounds like you have some great books lined up for August! Glad to hear about new releases coming from Sally Rooney and Paula Hawkins. Your book group picks sound great, too! Good luck with grad school this semester!
beautiful world where are you is SO good! i think you might enjoy it more than her others bc it’s a lot more mature in both the characters and the themes
A slow fire burning sounds amazing! 🙌🏼
Your hair in these past vids has been A+
I read the silence of the girls last your on a recommendation from my Ancient Greek literature professor and from what I can remember I really enjoyed it! It was also nice to see some creative liberty with characters who the author had written into the Iliad.
About to start grad school after being out of school for 4 years and I’m definitely right there with ya on back to school dread/anxiety…. 😅
LOLLL relate so much with the school thing. Trying to hang on but WOW does it take alot of strength.
Watching your July wrap up now and I get your August tbr!!! Dream come true.
a touch of darkness is kinda confusing but is very very hot
Oooouuu girl I'm so excited for you picking up A Touch of Darkness! I read all three plus A Game of Fate in a single month. So propulsive and steamy 🌶️
I'm here for the charming nervous laughter. Lol 🙌🤣
I'm in grad school as well - For nursing. The only scheduled breaks for me are the week of Christmas and New Years (I can add a break in if I want, otherwise my classes run back to back). I have soooo many books on my list to read (my bookcases are over filled - lol) and I just ordered 7 more books today 😆 currently reading Reset and You Are a Badass.
Good to know regarding the new Rooney - I was going to avoid it because I didn't love her other books, but may give it a chance!
I AM HERE FOR WEDNESDAY ADDAMS BRAID NOELLE
I absolutely love A Touch of Darkness, its amazing. It is modern day, but still have the magic of ancient greek!
I started school last monday, and I also have just two semesters left and I want it to be DONE already, so big mood Noelle
Also, when you were talking about the Greek Myth books I thought about some Percy Jackson books, and like, I know you dont do fantasy, so I'm not going to recommend you any of the series, but there are two books "narrated" by Percy in which he explains some myths: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods and Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, I think you would like them because I've also heard Let's Talk About Myths Baby and I think how the book it's written has this similar style of not being super serious and having some narrator commentary, and they are illustrated too!
Hi Noelle, for your Greek Mythology project, I would recommend checking out Stepheb Fry's books. Only listened to Mythos but it was great, he is a great narrator too. 😊
My Greek Mythology book arrived last week. I honestly bought it for the artwork. I studied Greek & Roman Civilisation in college so I didn't need it for that purpose but would recommend it for people looking to expand their mythology knowledge. I have read too many of the modern Greek & Roman myth retellings, mainly the ones centring around the female figures. The Silence of Girls is one of the best retellings and Pat Barker did such a good job at showing the Trojan War myth through the female gaze. She has a new book out now (or maybe soonish) and it will be an instant buy for me
(Sorry for the mythology appreciation ramblings!)
Gurl I love your hair😍 kinda making me want bangs for real. Everyone has bangs now, I want in
The best thing of my day!!
I’m on a two year master’s programme and by the sounds of it, I felt the exact same way as you this time last year (I.e. not really wanting to go back.) I had a much better year this year, really enjoyed my modules and although I am looking forward to it being over, I feel loads more positive about it than I did. Sorry if that’s not helpful, just thought I’d share and hope it is better than you think right now ☺️
I listened to A Thousand Ships last month and loved it. The Silence of the Girls sounds great too!
I'm so glad to be done with school. Don't miss it at all.
A Touch of Darkness is one of my next audiobooks! I currently listen to one book and read a phyiscal book at once, and that's gonna be an audiobook and I'm exciiiited for it. Also... I went back for an undergrad and I have 3-4 semesters left and ugh I feel you
Would you say that a Touch of A Darkness reproduces models of toxic masculinity? E.g. is it a romance in the same way that 50 shades of grey or any Colleen hoover is?
@@user-qu8zs7vs1x I haven’t read it yet but hopefully someone who has will be able to help you
My exams finish in like 4 days and im so ready to get back into reading aaaahhhh this video makes excited enough
my oh my this title is relatable!!
totally just jumping on here and i'm not sure how u feel about comics but Lore Olympus is a modern retelling of Persephone and Hades and its AMAZING!!! (you can find it on webtoon!)
the silence of the girls is great
Silence of the girls really let me down cause I thought it’d be all about the girls but it was more about Achilles. A thousand ships was pretty much what I wanted from silence of the girls 😂 A touch of darkness is a pretty cool romance very romancey
I absolutely adore you, Noelle! I love your videos so much! Cannot wait to see your next vlog, as I currently LIVE for your content ♥️
I'm reading the Kiss Quotient because of your love of it. I have less than 100 pages to go. Then I'll be reading The Husbands.
You gots this!! I feels you because I also start my Master's courses this month and I'm just hoping my children can leave me alone an hour at a time to do homework 🤣🤣. You have a good TBR. Your first book seems very interesting.
another great book about greek mythology, particularly the roles of women in mythology is Great Goddesses by nikita gill. it’s mostly poetry but there are a few stories that feel more like short stories and i highly recommend it.
Starting my first semester of grad school this month! Pretty freaked but also excited! Love your content btw!
I will say knowing the story of Achilles before reading The Song of Achilles almost made it worse because I knew how the story would end.
i loved the echo wife!!
I loved The Silence of the Girls! I was put off by Greek myth retellings after I read Circe as I really did not like that book so I was so surprised when I loved The Silence of the Girls. Pat Barker has a new Greek myth retelling coming out this year so if you like this one I’d definitely recommend you check out her others! Like you I don’t know much about the history of Greek myths so thanks for the podcast and book recs; I’ll be sure to check those out. Good luck with going back to school, you’re almost done!
Hello there, new sub aaaand... Greek! Really excited to see you so into Greek mythology! Since you just started learning about all the ancient Greek myths, I think you should find and read about the story of the Argonaut expedition, starting from how the Golden Fleece came to be, up until the tragic love story of Jason and Medea. I think you'd really be into it :)