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Norse Mythology

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Author: Neil Gaiman Read: 1/7/2019 Pages: 304 Rating: 5   Format: audio   Response: From the author that brought you American Gods... which I have not read. I was a little nervous about reading this book because of a couple of reasons. I've taken mythology classes in college, and I was worried that the book was going to be structured like a textbook. Long, boring, and descriptive. With this I was proved wrong on all counts. The book isn't very long compared to some of the other books that I read, so when I saw it was only 6 hours long, it was like Christmas was happening again for me. Gaiman used his imagination to add dialog into the stories making them more entertaining. He also started from the beginning and continued it to Ragnarok. There was a clear path that he followed, which was wonderful. I was also skeptical of it being an aud...

January Bingo Update 1

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Here's my first update for January Bingo!  So far I've gotten through Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman for the Popsugar challenge 2019, Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan for book with over 1 million ratings and admin/mod favorite. I also just today finished Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin for a book that's older than you. I'm going to try to knock out Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon done by the end of the month but we shall see. I also want to get a couple more read including: Stolen by Kelly Armstrong for shape shifting character Homecoming by Kass Morgan for science fiction