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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Just began Claire North (Catherine Webb)'s Ithaca. Narrated by Catrin Walker-Booth.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I certainly will. It's been quite enjoyable so far (though I've only just started). I've found the narrator to be excellent, and I like the pacing and thoroughness of the writing.
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This finally came up for me on OverDrive. While I like the book, I disagree on the narrator who I find to be expressionless much of the time and off in the rest. Shortly after I started I was considering switching to text; her pronunciation of Telemachus might be the proverbial straw. Highly irritating. But I’ll stick with it for a bit more, as it serves a purpose (listening in bed).
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I hope you will let us know what you think of it. I've decided I'd like to sample a couple of the recent retellings of Greek myths; I am planning to first revisit Bulfinch's Mythology as a foundation.
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Retelling of Greek myths appeals to me a lot in the abstract, but there are a lot of IMO duds out there. Although there are some I greatly enjoyed, I’ve DNFed several highly praised ones. I’ve been thinking of starting a thread in the Reading Recommendations forum; I’ll get around to it today.
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Originally Posted by Tarana
Just finished Circe by Madeline Miller. Excellent book and Perdita Weeks was a wonderful narrator.
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Agree! This was one of the good ones. I DNFed her
Song of Achilles, though.