We’re back with another Top 5 Saturday! I might’ve missed last week’s topic but I will come back to it at some point 🙂 Just in case you don’t know Top 5 Saturday is a weekly meme created by Mandy @ Devouring Books and it’s where we list the top five books (they can be books on your TBR, favourite books, books you loved/hated) based on the week’s topic. You can see the upcoming schedule at the end of my post 🙂 This week’s topic is: books inspired by mythology!
I have to be honest and say that while I know of many of the popular myths, specifically Greek and Norse, I don’t really know them in great detail. But Mythology is a topic that has always sparked my interest and I’m always up for getting my hands on more books inspired by myths! I have quite a few on my TBR that I’m hoping to read sometime in the… near future? *so many books, so little time*
I adore these Big Ideas Simply Explained books! I randomly found The Mythology Book when I was actually looking for The Literature Book but the shiny gold cover held me captive. Obviously, I left the bookstore with it in tow! This is a ‘coffee table’ book that I’d happily flip through over time.
I recently added Odd and the Frost Giants to my physical shelves when I went on a mini-Gaiman-book-buying spree towards the end of last year. It’s a fairly short MG read inspired by the Norse mythology that Gaiman frequently incorporates into his stories. It looks like it’ll be a fun read 😍
I’ve had the Mythos audiobook downloaded for a while now, and while I love learning more about the Greek gods, 99% of the reason I downloaded it is because it’s narrated by Stephen Fry. There’s something about his voice that’s so soothing and makes me feel like everything’s going to be alright 😂
Okay, but can we talk about the beauty that is the cover of Gods of Jade and Shadow?! As if that wasn’t enough of a selling point for me, but the blurb sounded too good to pass up. I haven’t read many books with Mexican folklore but I’m definitely keen to learn more about the Mayan gods!
I came across Gods Behaving Badly when doing a random search for this prompt and it sounds pretty interesting! Gods working day jobs living in modern day London? Sign me up!
Upcoming Schedule:
02 Feb 2020: Dystopian books08 Feb 2020: Mental Illness15 Feb 2020: Books about Mermaids22 Feb 2020: Books about spies- 29 Feb 2020: Books inspired by mythology
Do you like reading books about spies? Let me know below if you have any favourites or recommendations!
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Gods Behaving Badly sounds really good. Just added it to my own TBR. Nice topic and some good choices for it.🙂
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The title alone was enough to pique my interest and then after reading the blurb I was like yep, chucking this on the endless TBR! 🤣
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Great picks! Have you read Gods of Jade and Shadow yet cause that book is amazing 😊
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Noo, I haven’t yet. All of these are on my TBR and I can’t read them. I’ve heard really good things about Gods of Jade and Shadow 😀
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Oooooh another opportunity for me to have an unpopular opinion 🎉🎉🎉 I hated mythos sooooo much! And I’m such a Greek mythology geek …but I couldn’t get on board with the narrative style. It felt very uninspired to me and a bit on the preachy side 🙈🙈🙈🙈
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Oh no!!! LOL I’m curious to see what you mean now with the narrative style. Sorry to hear that you hated it so much 😢
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You know I’m difficult though 🙈😂
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S’alright. We all like what we like and all that wonderful jazz! 😉 Hahaha
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AAAh these all look so awesome! I need to read them all, whoops, TBR just grew in size 😂
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Haha this happens to me on a weekly basis! Happy reading 😉
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I keep hearing about Gods of Jade and Shadow!!
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Same! Plus that cover is so gorgeous I can’t resist 😂 I hope the inside is just as lovely!
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Love the covers for these!
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Thanks Joanna 😀 I do too! Especially the one for Gods of Jade and Shadow ❤
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I still need to get to Gods of Jade and Shadow. It’s been sitting on my shelf for way too long. I was recommended Mythos, and I definitely need to get to it.
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I know what you mean! Most of these have been sitting on my shelf for way too long 🙈 Why are there always so many books and just never enough time?! Lol
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