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Judith Starkston
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Achilles’s Horses & Cover Reveal of Achilles’s Wife
Animals, especially cute ones, can steal the show, but they also bring light to our hearts–and I think we all need that. So here’s a story about Achilles’s horses for my Achilles’s Wife cover reveal post.
Nearing Extinction
Skyros horse at Mourios FarmWhen my husband and I traveled to the Greek island of Skyros to research my upcoming novel, Achilles’s Wife, we visited Mourios Farm where they r
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| This is a memoir of resilience and perseverance. When Lally Pia was a few months old, born in Sri Lanka, her father sought out a fortune teller to learn what life would hold for his daughter. The priest in Shiva’s temple told the adoring father, “You ...more | |
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| Set in 1922 Los Angeles, The Romanov Impostor portrays a “what if” story. What if Anastasia Romanov and her sisters survived? In this alternate history, Anastasia has remade herself as Ana Marlowe and now works for a movie studio reading scripts, or ...more | |
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November 2015 Nominations - Mythology HF
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“The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of surprise. I never know what is coming next. The phrase that sounds in the head changes when it appears on the page. Then I start probing it with a pen, finding new meanings. Sometimes I burst out laughing at what is happening as I twist and turn sentences. Strange business, all in all. One never gets to the end of it. That’s why I go on, I suppose. To see what the next sentences I write will be.”
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Nila wrote: "Hello -Thanks for the offer of friendship. I'm happy to be with you.
Not only did I enjoy your review of "Naughty in Nice," I bought it with the audio. Many thanks for introducing me to another ..."
I enjoy Rhys Bowen's Molly Murphy series the best, so you can always give that series a try when you run out of Georgie ones.
Hello -Thanks for the offer of friendship. I'm happy to be with you.
Not only did I enjoy your review of "Naughty in Nice," I bought it with the audio. Many thanks for introducing me to another author who is new to me.
Thanks again, Nila
Marquise wrote: "Hello, Mrs Starkston! Thank you very much for your friendship request! I'll be delighted to follow your reviews as well, and hope to read your own book on Troy as soon as I can. :)"Thank you! If you have trouble finding a copy, try through my website. It's temporarily out of print, although there are usually used copies around. But I have plenty and you can buy it via my website. Not the easiest arrangement and hopefully not necessary for much longer, but such is life in publishing today. I look forward to hearing what you've enjoyed reading.
Judith
Hello, Mrs Starkston! Thank you very much for your friendship request! I'll be delighted to follow your reviews as well, and hope to read your own book on Troy as soon as I can. :)
Majenta wrote: "Hello, Judith! Thanks for contacting me, Friend Request Accepted! Congratulations on your books. I hope you are well and will have a great week ahead. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. B..."Thank you! I look forward to "seeing" you around Goodreads.
Hello, Judith! Thanks for contacting me, Friend Request Accepted! Congratulations on your books. I hope you are well and will have a great week ahead. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
amomentsilence wrote: "Thanks for friending me! :) TBH, it was your review that inspired me to want to read the book (The Song of Achilles) in the first place! I'm also very interested in reading your Hand of Fire as well."Glad to know my reviews help readers and good books connect.
Thanks for friending me! :) TBH, it was your review that inspired me to want to read the book (The Song of Achilles) in the first place! I'm also very interested in reading your Hand of Fire as well.
Ashley wrote: "hi Judith, thanks for the add! Your Hand of Fire book sounds like a great read as well :) looking forward to talking hist-fic with you!"Thanks so much. See you around Goodreads.
hi Judith, thanks for the add! Your Hand of Fire book sounds like a great read as well :) looking forward to talking hist-fic with you!
Raychylle wrote: "Hello, thank you very much for adding me... Lovely to meet you here on Goodreads... Good luck on your book... I'm looking forward to reading it.."Thanks so much!
Shilpa wrote: "Thank you for the invite :) And best wishes for your book. I'm sure it will be fantastic!"I look forward to your recommendations. I'll let my goodreads friends know when my book is out. Not for a bit
Thank you for the invite :) And best wishes for your book. I'm sure it will be fantastic!
April wrote: "I'm glad you decided to invite! I look forward to discussing books with you in future as I thoroughly enjoyed your review of Song of Achilles, it was fantastic."That review has more likes than any other I've put up. I guess it really hit a universal response to the book. I also love the topic--the Iliad, Achilles, Briseis. I'm in the process of getting my own book set within the Iliad published, so it's near and dear to me.
I'm glad you decided to invite! I look forward to discussing books with you in future as I thoroughly enjoyed your review of Song of Achilles, it was fantastic.
Enjoy your weekend and whatever you do and wherever you go, I hope it puts a smile on your face.
Kris wrote: "Hey, Judy. Good to connect here.Kris
Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery"
Hi, what a pleasant reversal--to meet a real, face-to-face, non-virtual friend on Goodreads. Hope the back is all better and the glorious October weather is making you smile.
Judy
Hey, Judy. Good to connect here.Kris
Kris Neri
Magical Alienation: A Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery
Jeannie and Louis wrote: "Judith, How lovely to meet you here on Goodreads. I, too, enjoy the classics and have been enjoying learning about great artists recently.Have a safe and happy autumn of reading/writing."
Thanks so much. Happy reading to you also.
Judith, How lovely to meet you here on Goodreads. I, too, enjoy the classics and have been enjoying learning about great artists recently.Have a safe and happy autumn of reading/writing.
Hannah wrote: "Hi Judith, thanks for the friend request! Great to know someone else with a love of classical history. ^_^"I definitely love classical history
Hi Judith, thanks for the friend request! Great to know someone else with a love of classical history. ^_^
Kirsty wrote: "Hi Judith. Thank you for the friend request. :)"See you around Goodreads.
Ben wrote: "Thanks for your friend request, Judith!"See you around Goodreads.
Rachelle wrote: "Judith, I cannot wait to read your book. I've thought about Briseis also. I also went to Cornell and took some classes on Mycenaean Greek culture and the ancient world. I never got into the Classic..."There certainly are! I'll have to look for your book on Michal.
Judith, I cannot wait to read your book. I've thought about Briseis also. I also went to Cornell and took some classes on Mycenaean Greek culture and the ancient world. I never got into the Classics, but whenever I come across an ignored woman, I wonder what life was like for her. That's how I ended up writing about Michal--a misunderstood, forgotten footnote in the life of the great King David. Fortunately for us writers there are a lot of ignored, unsung women in history.
hi Judith, thanks for the friend invite. I look forward to books, discussions and friendship with you!
Cindy wrote: "Hi Judith,Glad to meet you. Look forward to following your reading as well.
You are in one of my favorite places--Phoenix!!
~C"
Not so many people choose Phoenix as one of their favorite places. Desert and heat can be an acquired taste.
Hi Judith,Glad to meet you. Look forward to following your reading as well.
You are in one of my favorite places--Phoenix!!
~C
Thank you for the friend add, Judith. Looking forward to following your reads and excellent reviews.Deborah J Ledford
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Elomari wrote: "Thanks for the friend request Judith. Hope we can exchange reviews.""See" you around Goodreads!
Hi Judith,Thanks for sending a friend request to this mystery author on Goodreads! I hope you will put my books, A Real Basket Case, To Hell in a Handbasket, Deadly Currents, and my upcoming May release, Wicked Eddies, on your to-read list. If you'd like to enter a contest for free mystery books, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ .
- Beth
wfpoppet wrote: "Thank you for the friend request, Judith. I'm looking forward to following your reading, too. I've already enjoyed reading some of your thoughtful book reviews!"Thanks! This is a great website. I've found out about so many books I would never have come across.
MoonGlitter wrote: "Thanks so much for the friend request! I'm looking forward to following your readings as well!"It will be fun to see you around Goodreads!
Thanks so much for the friend request! I'm looking forward to following your readings as well!
Dear Judith,Thank you for your kind note and I am glad we were able to connect on Goodreads.
Clark wrote: "Judith, Thank you for the friend request. Since it's based on your reading my comments about The Alchemist, have you read it? If so, what did you think. I know it's very popular among many people."I haven't read it, but I followed his blog for a while (phenomenally successful, that was why I was checking it out) and I could see where your comments might arise. It's probably one of those books I should check out, but buried underneath piles of them as I am, I confess I probably won't get to it!
Judith, Thank you for the friend request. Since it's based on your reading my comments about The Alchemist, have you read it? If so, what did you think. I know it's very popular among many people.
Thank you for the friend invite, Judith. Look forward to discussing our choice of books.
Cheryl wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Judith. I'd like to follow your reading as well."Thanks! I'll see your around Goodreads!
Thanks for the friend request, Judith. I'd like to follow your reading as well.
Diana wrote: "Thanks for friending me Judith. I noticed your focus on the Iliad and I wonder if you've read Tasha Alexander's series Lady Julia Grey? Her Victorian heroine discovers her own intellect and falls i..."I haven't read the Tasha Alexander series. Sounds very interesting. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thanks for friending me Judith. I noticed your focus on the Iliad and I wonder if you've read Tasha Alexander's series Lady Julia Grey? Her Victorian heroine discovers her own intellect and falls in love with her dead husband through her study of Greek classics. Forgive me if you'll listed it as read somewhere, you've got quite the collection on your bookshelves and I'm still learning to navigate the site. You have marvelous books on your TBR list!
Thanks for the friend invite Judith. I see we're both fans of PD James. I'm going to go through your shelves to see what I can pick up from you :-)
A. wrote: "Hi Judith and thanks for the friendship. I can't wait to be more active at Goodreads-but while I write it's difficult. I see that your area of expertise is more Hellenistic? That’s where I lack the..."I sympathize with the sentiment that there's too much to learn and so little time. Good luck with the travels through history!
Hi Judith and thanks for the friendship. I can't wait to be more active at Goodreads-but while I write it's difficult. I see that your area of expertise is more Hellenistic? That’s where I lack the most -haven't gotten around to it as I am slowly making my way through Akkadian and Sumerian history -which is my first love. After that it's Biblical era, which eventually I will run into Hellenism. There is so much and so little time :)
Alyssamaria wrote: "Hi Judith! I just started this site yesterday so bare with me while I get things up :) I never did reviews or things for a book discussion, but it should be fun! I actually got hooked with finding ..."You'll have fun! I know the feeling of getting the old favorites out to list on Goodreads. That was lots of fun.
