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The Odyssey (; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, Attic Greek: [o.dýs.sej.ja]) is one of two major ancient …
Started the Fagels translation which my friend tells me is pretty canonical but that she has taught the Fitzgerald translation, so i'm double fisting audiobooks and comparing while i wait for my hard copy of the Emily Wilson translation.
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New …
I wish i owned the version with this cover! recommended this to a friend, thought i would reread to see if I liked it as much as i used to. I do. I definitely a message story and anti-colonialism is in the forefront. It's short and reads like a parable.
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet …
trying out this translation. on audiobook. narrated by Ian McKellen
Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal …
i've avoided Ulysses because it seemed like a book people read just to say they had read it and i was bored with modernist stream of consciousness things. but after a steady diet of linear storytelling in the past year, maybe i'm ready to float through the layered sentences and rabbit hole references. i'm finally part of a reading group (my first, which i am failing at spectacularly). it may take me all year so i'll have to adjust my reading goal again
An affectional look violence, caste, toxic masculinity and imperialism. (how many books can be described this way?)
Stephen King's second novel,'Salem's Lot, is the story of a mundane town under siege from …
i'm a halloween tourist in 1970's New England cultural economy.
Mary Thorne, orphaned (and illegitimate) niece of Dr. Thorne, has long been a favorite at …
Some of Trollope's character names are a bit on the nose, but as the incompetent rival and foil to the titular Dr Thorne, Dr. Fillgrave is genius.
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and …
Since it's World Octopus Day, I think you should read this book. It's about very intelligent octopusses.
12th-century Shrewsbury monks go to Wales to recover a 7th-century saint’s relics, and meet opposition …
Started 3 or 4 worthy books in the past few weeks but my ADHD has been raging and I haven’t been able to get a foothold in any of them. Came across this on my feed (thanks SallyStrange@bookwyrm.social!) and was able to snag the audio book. So far it’s delightful. Turns out I’m a sucker for Middle English murder mysteries. Another great book I would never have been aware of but for Bookwyrm.
2020 Reprint of the 1922 Edition. "An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed became …
Getting nostalgic vibes when my digital audiobook reminds me to flip the cassette every half hour or so. even comes with tape hiss (a bonus!)
Written as a sequel to "The Warden", this is the second book of the Barsetshire …
Any time i'm feeling a bit down or adrift, it's 'start another Trollope novel'. thank you Mr Trollope for being so prolific.
Library hack: if you get use your mom's suburban library account, the wait times for some books goes from 78 weeks to 0.
I guess i'm back on my bullshit
