Tag: the penelopiad

• Focus On: Retellings of The Odyssey

  Ever since I stumbled across Madeline Miller’s brilliant retelling of The Iliad (The Song of Achilles), I’ve been on the hunt for updated versions of The Odyssey.

  alexandrap529

  October 24, 2013

  Book Review, Books, Focus On

  focus on, francesca lia block, love in the time of global warming, margaret atwood, the penelopiad

• Book Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

  The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Rating:  5/5 Every once in a while a book comes along and takes your breath away. If you’re very lucky, you stumble across a gem with fully developed characters, beautiful prose, and an engaging story. The Song of Achilles is that book. I’d fallen in love with the idea of…

  alexandrap529

  July 26, 2013

  Book Review, Books

  book review, geraldine brooks, grendel, madeline miller, margaret atwood, mrs dalloway, the hours, the iliad, the odyssey, the penelopiad, the song of achilles, virginia woolf, wide sargasso sea