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When someone is that calm in a crisis, either they don’t know what’s happening, or you don’t.

The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley

October 19, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Suffering doesn’t make people good or noble. A little bit gives them perspective. A lot turns them cruel, and too much – you get a murder or a marvel, and neither of those are really people any more. ― Natasha Pulley, The Hymn to Dionysus His duty was hurting him, and this is the medicine, and the only reason you think that’s unreasonable is that your duty has hurt you much more, there never was medicine for you, and you don’t see why other people […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ancient Greece, cbr17bingo, Depression, duty, greek myths, hearing impaired, lgbtq characters, military, Natasha Pulley, ptsd, queer romance, Slavery, suicidal ideation, Troy

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ancient Greece, cbr17bingo, Depression, duty, greek myths, hearing impaired, lgbtq characters, military, Natasha Pulley, ptsd, queer romance, Slavery, suicidal ideation, Troy ·
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“The hearts of men are alike wherever you go. The rest is scenery.”

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

January 26, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In the midst of the Peloponnesian War, more than 7000 Athenian prisoners of war are left to rot in Syracuse’s quarries – except a select few whom unemployed Syracusan potters Lampo and Gelon decide will be perfect to mount a pair of plays by the great tragic playwright Euripides. You might have to reread that premise. It’s a pretty whacky one, though some mild trawling of Wikipedia later revealed to me that allegedly some Athenian prisoners in Sicily did buy their freedom by reciting Euripides […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Ancient Greece, ARC, Ferdia Lennon, historical fiction, humor, Italy, literary fiction, NetGalley

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Ancient Greece, ARC, Ferdia Lennon, historical fiction, humor, Italy, literary fiction, NetGalley ·
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What can I say that hasn’t already been said?

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

September 27, 2024 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

The Story: the narrator (Richard, although his name is used so rarely that I kept forgetting what it was) leaves an unhappy existence in California to attend the small, private Hampden College in Vermont. There, he decides to study Greek under an enigmatic professor, Julian, alongside a small, elitist group of other Classics students: cold and intellectual Henry, anxious hypochondriac Francis, twins Charles and Camilla (I wish I could find descriptors for these other than “twin,” but unfortunately they’re both very thinly drawn), and Bunny, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history

Ellesfena's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ancient Greece, college life, Donna Tartt, murder, New England, secret history ·
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From Thor to Monkey Kings

Arthur and the Golden Rope: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

Kai and the Monkey King: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

Leo and the Gorgon's Curse: Brownstone's Mythical Collection by Joe Todd-Stanton

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Joe Todd-Stanton has a four (so far) book series about the Brownstone family. They are adventurous children who have amazing times being heroes. The narrator is Professor Brownstone, a Brownstone descendent, and his vaults of books and artifacts. Well they don’t tell the story, but they help us find the stories, as each piece is linked to one of his ancestors and each has its own wonderful, far-out story to tell. The first in the series is Arthur and the Golden Rope: Brownstone’s Mythical Collection. Arthur […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: Ancient China, Ancient Greece, China, egypt, family, folklore, Iceland, Joe Todd-Stanton, mythology, Viking

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:261 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: Ancient China, Ancient Greece, China, egypt, family, folklore, Iceland, Joe Todd-Stanton, mythology, Viking ·
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