Teaser Tuesday – The Odyssey

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too […]

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Now Reading The Odyssey

For the second book in my journey in ancient Greek literature, I’ll be tackling the second part of Homer’s books, The Odyssey.  I’m reading the hard cover Barnes and Noble classic version of the book.  Here’s what the inside cover states: The Odyssey, Homer’s gorgeous sprawling epic, is widely considered to be the gold standard […]

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My Thoughts On The Iliad

I have completed the first of four books in my journey of ancient Greek literature.  I must say, I’ve enjoyed Homer’s The Iliad much more than I thought I would.  It’s no secret that I don’t enjoy poetry very much, but I was very surprised to see The Iliad didn’t read like a poem. The […]

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Teaser Tuesday – Iliad #2

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too […]

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Teaser Tuesday – The Iliad

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too […]

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Now Reading The Iliad

I have a confession to make.  I wasn’t able to complete my reading of Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield.  Between home improvement projects I’ve been working on, I got a bit away from it, and when I went back to it, I simply wasn’t feeling it.  I’ve decided to put it down for a bit and […]

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