July Wrap Up

   Life I've read almost as many books this year as I read in the past two years combined.  Back to uni! The new semester is going pretty well, and I'm loving my new timetable. I watched some more TV. I watched Harlots with the family and binged Black Sails, which were...

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Micro Reviews: July

In which I review the books I've finished reading this month in one sentence. Covers link to Goodreads.     Daughters of Time edited by Mary Hoffman A short but shallow anthology about cool historical British women.  Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield I...

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The good, the bad, and the ugly: Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield

Homer's style has gone out of fashion. The good The title - who wouldn't want to read Last of the Amazons? It's about the Attic War, a lesser known Greek myth that's very similar to the Trojan War. We know that the Amazons can't win against the Athenians, but it's still...

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