Oh, no! That was another one that I wanted to explore. :( So, within a matter or days you've saved me from this one and from the Achilles one. Thank you!!
I have to order The Odyssey at my local bookstore. I can´t wait to read it :D.
I think I will read The Red Parts next. Somehow I´m in a true crime kind of mood. Plus it´s short, which means I can start Around the World in Eighty Days over the weekend. I want to watch a musical which is based on this novel by Jules Verne. Plus your review made me really want to read that one :)
I'm not too deterred though because it was sold to me as being very sarcastically written, so I'm prepared for the snark. But I do hope it's not too over the top.
I would give it a try :). If you don´t like the writing in the first two chapters, you don´t need to read any further. The rest of the book is in a similar vein.
"The Annie Year" by Stephanie Wilbur Ash, Atwood´s "Oryx and Crake" (maybe not the best choice at the moment) or "The Red Parts" by Maggie Nelson.
Or I might be rereading one of my favorites (Cloud Atlas or The Great Gatsby)
The last couple of weeks my reading has been all over the place. It´s awful (loved, loved, loved the Iliad, though).
Re-reads sound like a good idea. Of all of the FSF's, Gatsby is the only one I really liked - I haven't read Tender is the Night, yet, tho.
As for Homer, well isn't it just great that there is a "sequel" to the Iliad? ;D
I think I will read The Red Parts next. Somehow I´m in a true crime kind of mood. Plus it´s short, which means I can start Around the World in Eighty Days over the weekend. I want to watch a musical which is based on this novel by Jules Verne. Plus your review made me really want to read that one :)
I'm not too deterred though because it was sold to me as being very sarcastically written, so I'm prepared for the snark. But I do hope it's not too over the top.