Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Celtic Mythology...

Many cultures have their own versions of mythology. What's the point of this statement? I LOVE it. Actually, to be quite specific, I'm VERY fond of Greek Mythology. I've been reading about it for as far back as I can remember and it's always just fascinated me.

In fact, though my own novel is not strictly based on mythology, later along in the story you may see a lot of mythology referenced in it.

I've also been reading a lot of Rick Riordan recently. I've read his Percy Jackson series before and loved it and I find myself re-reading it over and over again due to the unique way in which he brings all my favorite stories of mythology together in his unique YA book series. I've also read his new series, the Kane Chronicles which is based more in Egyptian mythology which I'm not at all familiar with but it's something I'm enjoying learning more about and I'm nerdily finding myself having FUN doing research on it.

Recently I started reading his new Camp Half-Blood series that starts with the book "The Lost Hero" and it's integrating the Roman mythology, which while very similar to Greek has it's big differences as well and I'm simply loving how he pulls it all together. I can't imagine a more imaginatively put together book series involving so closely the original characters of Mythology that I'm familiar with and love while at the same time he's updated it and made the gods modern which takes some serious skill to pull all that off in one story.

If you haven't checked out his series or if you have any Mythology interest at all, I encourage you to read his. It may be YA but I find the humor in the books refreshing and the characters are very real and connectible and you can't help but just be engrossed in the story.

Sherrilyn Kenyon is another one that bases a large part of her writing of the Dark-Hunter series on Mythology and I can't get enough of her books. Good thing she's not done writing them.

I'm also a huge fan of the writings of Homer and other Greek writers of the very, very long ago past. True, their writing is at times a struggle to read and understand and follow but I love the challenge and love reading about the stories in their original form, it's a challenge and hey, I never back down from one.

The gods and goddesses of mythology are such an intricate work of art and I can't help but be fascinated by them. One of my favorite Disney movies to this day is still Hercules. Yes, I push it on my kids to watch often just so I can watch it. Troy is another one of my all time favorite movies (and not just because Brad Pitt is gorgeous, which is most certainly true) and even Pirates of the Caribbean with it's association with Calypso(not to mention my illegal love of all things Johnny Depp). I even love the cheesy, horrible effects of the old, old movies about the Greek Mythology stories. Yeah, I'm a geek.

I also have tattoo's on both my wrists with Greek writing on them.

So, here's my point...go read some Greek Mythology!! It's amazing...and also, if you have any books based on or including Greek Mythology in them...please, rec away to me, I'd love to read them.

And guess what else...it's meet an author Monday...go blog hopping! You can start with mine on blogger...

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