Hooked on Books discussion

Duration: May - July

In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: Σειρήν Seirēn; Greek plural: Σειρῆνες Seirēnes) were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli.

Aglaope (Αγλαόπη) or Aglaophonos (Αγλαόφωνος) or Aglaopheme (Αγλαοφήμη)("with lambent voice"). A daughter of Achelous and Melpomene.

Tasks:
1. Sirens were the companions of young Persephone. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
2. The Sirens were called the Muses of the lower world. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)
3. The term "siren song" refers to an appeal that is hard to resist. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.
4. They are mantic creatures like the Sphinx with whom they have much in common, knowing both the past and the future". Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future.
5. Once he hears to his heart's content, sails on, a wiser man. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.
6. Sirens were believed to combine women and birds in various ways. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.



Leucosia (Λευκοσία). Her name was given to the island opposite to the Sirenuss cape. Her body was found on the shore of Poseidonia.

Tasks:
1. Sirens were fated to live only until the mortals who heard their songs were able to pass by them. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
2. The first-century Roman historian Pliny the Elder discounted Sirens as pure fable. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
3. Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
4. Sirens charm men by their song, and, having first lulled them to sleep, tear them to pieces. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. The so-called "Siren of Canosa" from Italy was said to accompany the dead among grave goods in a burial. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Some guiding the dead on the after-life journey. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.



Ligeia (Λιγεία). She was found ashore of Terina (Ancient City) in Bruttium.

Tasks:
1. The Greeks imagine that 'there were three Sirens, part virgins, part birds,' with wings and claws. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. One of them sang, another played the flute, the third the lyre. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. The theme of perilous mythical female creatures seeking to seduce men with their beautiful singing is repeated in the Danish ballad known as "Elvehøj", in which the singers are Elves. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Some post-Homeric authors state that the Sirens were fated to die if someone heard their singing and escaped them. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
5. It is also said that Hera, queen of the gods, persuaded the Sirens to enter a singing contest with the Muses. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Out of their anguish from losing the competition, Sirens turned white and fell into the sea. Read a book with white and blue cover.



Molpe (Μολπή). A daughter of Achelous and Melpomene.

Tasks:
1. Siren's had wings and claws because Love flies and wounds. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
2. They are said to have stayed in the waves because a wave created Venus. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
3. Sirens - voice and sight alike deal destruction and death. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Sirens - her glance is that of the fabled basilisk. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Sirens continued to be used as a symbol for the dangerous temptation embodied by women regularly throughout Christian art of the medieval era. Read a book with set in Medieval Era. Medieval Era Fiction
6. Melpomene; She is often represented with a tragic mask. Read a book with a mask on the cover.
Gorgeous Mask on the Cover



Parthenope (Παρθενόπη). Her tomb was presented in Naples and called "constraction of sirens".

Tasks:
1. Sirens are from Greek Mythology. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess. Hades & Persephone, Best Books about Mythology, Oh My Gods & Goddesses
2. Parthenope (Greek: Παρθενόπη) was one of the Sirens in Greek mythology. Her name means "Maiden-voiced". Read a book with a title that starts with P.
3. All over the island of the Faiakes there were bones of sailors who weren't able to resist the Sirens' divine melody. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
4. Sailors used to plug their ears with beeswax. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
5. First you will come to the Sirens who enchant all who come near them. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Homer tells the story of Odysseus—also known as Ulysses—a respected warrior who is returning home, to the island of Ithaca, from the Trojan War. It’s a war the hero never wants to fight in the first place. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.



Peisinoe (Πεισινόη) or Peisithoe (Πεισιθόη). A daughter of Achelous and Melpomene.

Tasks:
1. Odyssey; The good ship glides across a calm and grey sea toward an island of sloping meadows, golden in the sun. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. They sit beside the ocean, combing their long golden hair and singing to passing sailors. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
3. The ship speeds forward and soon the song of the Sirens is an echo of an echo. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport.
4. Eurylochus unbinds his grateful captain, Odysseus, who has now come to his senses. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates or a book with the title starting with E.
5. Against these mermaids Circe had warned Odysseus, and he repeated her warnings to his men. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind. Sea Creatures
6. Anthropologists explain the Asian image as a soul-bird—i.e., a winged ghost that stole the living to share its fate. In that respect the Sirens had affinities with the Harpies. Read a book with ghosts or harpies. Ghost Stories, Winged Heros & Heroines

Completed: 36/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
Carabosse and the Spindle Spell
2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)

3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.

4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future.
Forest of Scarlet
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.

6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.


Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
Wolf Claw
2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
A Matter of Honor
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.

4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
Murder Most Persuasive
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.

6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.
Dead in the Water

Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.

2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.

4. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.

6. Read a book with white and blue cover.


Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
The Beast and the Enchantress
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
Submarine Rendezvous
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
Winter
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.

5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
Gothel and the Maiden Prince
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.


Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
The Life of Saint Paul
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
Pearls of Salt and Sacrifice
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.

4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.

5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.

6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.
The Sultan and the Storyteller

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.

2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.

3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport.

4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
Empire of Shadows
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
Mistress of All Evil
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen

Claire
Jayme(theghostreader)
Richard
Caraina
Deanna

may- july

0/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)
3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.
4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future.
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.
6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.

Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.

Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.

Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport.
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.

may- july Sirens Song

12/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
2. Read a book with
colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)

3. Read a book with an
irresistible cover, that calls to you.
4. Read a book with
Witches/Fae/or
anything/anyone with the
ability to see the future.
Bone Crossed completed 5/ 31/25
Fae in the story
5. Read a book with
ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.

6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers
on the cover.

Completed 5/3/25

Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
2. Read a book from the
historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
completed
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or
graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.


Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
Closer to the Chest
Completed 07/13/25
6. Read a book with white and blue cover. 07/13/25

Completed 6/11/25
Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.
6/26/25

Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.

5/17/25
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
completed 07/27/25

6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
completed 6/7/25
3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book.
Magical/mythological or just regular transport.
6/16/25
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
Sleeping Murderby Agatha Christie
Completed 5/7/25/
My copy has a ship on the cover.
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
6. Read a book with ghosts
Redoubt
07/19/25
Mentions ghosts in MC's past.

HOB - Siren's Song Greek Mythology Challenge

✅ Total: 57/57

Aglaope
1. Title - letters of PERSEPHONE
14/6 - Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy: Wisdom from Aang to Zuko, Johan De Smedt - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Cover - colourful
8/5 - , André Darlington - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Cover - calls to me
11/5 - , Julia Ravey - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Plot - witches
16/5 - The Magic of Shapeshifting, Rosalyn Greene - ⭐️
5. Cover - beach
7/5 - , Brian Long - ⭐️⭐️
6. Cover - blue
9/5 - , Robert Anthony - ⭐️⭐️
7. Cover - woman
8/5 - , Meg Greene - ⭐️
8. Cover - bird
19/5 - , Axel Smith - ⭐️⭐️
9. Cover - feathers
29/5 - , John M. Marzluff - ⭐️⭐️

Leucosia
10. Char - immortal
10/5 - Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On, Kristin Russo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Angel is a vampire
11. MPG - history
9/5 - Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World, Helen Czerski - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. Cover - weapon
2/6 - , William Weir - ⭐️⭐️
13. MC - kick-ass heroine
15/5 - Mother Teresa: A Biography, Meg Greene - ⭐️⭐️
14. Set - Italy
12/5 - A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors, Anthony Blond - ⭐️⭐️
15. Char - Italian
10/6 - Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus, John Haywood - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci" p.309
16. Cover - graveyard/tomb
21/6 - , Peter Ross - ⭐️⭐️
17. Title - 'dead'
12/6 - The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense, Adam Sharp - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ligeia
18. Cover - claws
10/5 - , Kathy Hoopmann - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
19. Cover - 3 people
11/5 - , Howell Raines - ⭐️⭐️
20. Author - initials in SANG
14/5 - A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions, Stephen "Steve-O" Glover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
21. Author - initials in FLUTE
6/5 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
22. Author - initials in LYRE
15/5 - Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams, Robert Englund - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. Cover - mythical creature
23/5 - , Devdutt Pattanaik - ⭐️⭐️
24. Plot - char dies
10/5 - Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"He told me that Mother had died." p.133
25. MC - queen
20/5 - Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen, Amrou Al-Kadhi - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. Cover - queen
12/5 - , David Hilliam - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
27. Cover - crown
11/5 - , Gustavus Hindman Miller - ⭐️⭐️
28. Cover - white & blue
13/5 - , John C. Maxwell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Molpe
29. Plot - 'happily ever after' ending
31/5 - The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara, Édith Blais - ⭐️⭐️
30. Title - letters of VENUS
17/5 - Exploring Maya Ritual Caves: Dark Secrets from the Maya Underworld, Stanislav Chladek - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
31. MPG - war
20/5 - A State of Blood: The Inside Story of Idi Amin, Henry Kyemba - ⭐️⭐️
32. Cover - eyes
14/5 - , Pete Townshend - ⭐️⭐️
33. Cover - green
9/5 - , Edward Humes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. Set - Medieval era
1/6 - Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country, Simon Winder - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
843 AD
35. Cover - mask
22/5 - , Jill A. Stoddard - ⭐️⭐️

Parthenope
36. Set - Greece
20/6 - Lonely Planet Greece, Simon Richmond - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. Plot - Greek gods
15/5 - All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths, Jean Menzies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
38. Title - starts with P
16/5 - Pink: The History of a Color, Michel Pastoureau - ⭐️⭐️
39. Cover - bones
21/6 - , Brian Switek - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
40. Title - 'bones'
20/6 - The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World, David K. Randall - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
41. Author - initials in BONES
6/5 - Hide and Seek: The Psychology of Self-Deception, Neel Burton - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
42. Cover - black
13/5 - , Perry Zurn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
43. Cover - yellow
11/5 - , Lawrence Anthony - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
44. Cover - black & yellow
7/5 - , Doug Hill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
45. Cover - forest
19/5 - , Biruté M.F. Galdikas - ⭐️⭐️
46. Plot - angels
14/6 - A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal about America 2 volumes , Sharon Packer MD - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Dean (has) mindset in which he acknowledges that evil exists and can manifest in solid form to a position where he accepts God, Heaven, and angels also exist and that in fighting evil he is doing God’s work." p.194
47. Plot - demons
26/5 - The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Various - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Inanna handed him over to the demons" p.332
48. Plot - vampires
10/5 - Energy Magick of the Vampyre: Secret Techniques for Personal Power and Manifestation, Don Webb - ⭐️⭐️

Peisinoe
49. Cover - island
1/6 - , John Keahey - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
50. Cover - grey
17/5 - , Winifred Conkling - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
51. Cover - woman with long hair
13/5 - , Owen Elliot-Kugell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
52. Cover - transportation
10/5 - , Ted Simon - ⭐️
53. Cover - boat
8/5 - , Shanna Hogan - ⭐️⭐️
54. Plot - pirates
23/5 - The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World, Arthur Herman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Frisian pirate dens along the North Sea coast" p.32
55. Title - starts with E
6/5 - Encyclopedia of Garden Plants for Every Location: Featuring More Than 3,000 Plants, D.K. Publishing - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
56. Plot - sea creatures
27/5 - Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World, Peter Godfrey-Smith - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The path of this book is often on land and among trees, but with forays back to the sea, where it all started." p.16
57. Plot - ghosts
2/6 - Haunted Highways: Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, And Supernatural Sightings, Tom Ogden - ⭐️

Siren's Song Greek Mythology Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Completed: 17/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title. XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness - Cody Rigsby
2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours) Savannah Breeze - Mary Kay Andrews 5/4/25
3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.
4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future. The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater 5/13/25
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover. Something Blue - Emily Giffin 5/1/25
6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover. Smile Like You Mean It - Willow Hadley 5/9/25

Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed. Mrs. Wiggins - Mary Monroe 5/2/25
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series. When I'm Dead - Hannah Morrissey 5/7/25

Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name. Love, Eternally - Morgan O'Neill 5/2/25
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Read a book where a character dies in the book. The Unlucky Ones - Hannah Morrissey 5/8/25
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.

Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending. Let Me Love You - Alexandria House 5/2/25
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again - Lysa TerKeurst 5/6/25
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting. Half a King - Joe Abercrombie 5/14/25
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover. Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood 5/12/25
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P. Private Rio - James Patterson 5/8/25
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover. Spring Flowers, Spring Frost - Ismail Kadare 5/8/25
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport. A Gate at the Stairs - Lorrie Moore 5/13/25
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E. Every Crooked Nanny - Kathy Hogan Trocheck 5/5/25
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.

Siren's Song Greek Mythology Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Completed: 0/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)
3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.
4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future.
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.
6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.

Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.

Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.

Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport.
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.

Tasks:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
✅2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)
Where the Axe Is Buried
✅3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.
The Gray House
4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future.
✅5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.
Whale Fall
✅6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.
A Sky Full of Dragons

Tasks:
✅1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
The Ashfire King
✅2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History
✅3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
The Rage of Dragons
✅4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
The Dark Tower
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.

Tasks:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
✅3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
The Last Dragon on Mars
✅4. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
Dust
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.

Tasks:
✅1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf
✅2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
In Universes
✅3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
The Antidote
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era. Medieval Era Fiction
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

Tasks:
✅1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
The Republic
Hades & Persephone, Best Books about Mythology, Oh My Gods & Goddesses
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
✅3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
Atlas Alone
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.

Tasks:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
✅3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport.
Demon Copperhead
✅4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates or a book with the title starting with E.
Executive Orders
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
✅6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.
The Reformatory

Siren's Song Greek Mythology Challenge
Duration: May 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Completed: 0/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)
3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you.
4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future.
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.
6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.

Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed.
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover.
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series.

Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Read a book where a character dies in the book.
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.

Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending.
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones.
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport.
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.

Siren's Song Greek Mythology Challenge
Duration: May - July
Progress: 0/36

**Will backdate May books before challenge ends

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours) ~ ~ 06/07
3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you. ~ ~ 06/15
4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future. ~ Walking in a Witchy Wonderland ~ 06/02
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover. ~ ~ 06/04
6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover. ~ by Aurora Rose Reynolds ~ woman on cover ~ 06/01

Leucosia:
(view spoiler)[
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life. ~ Dead Reckoning ~ 07/02
2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed. ~ The Queer Principles of Kit Webb ~ 06/10
3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover. ~ ~ 06/15
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine. ~ Blood Games ~ 06/16
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover. ~ Call Me By Your Name ~ set in Italy ~ 06/13
6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series. ~ Dead Ever After ~ 07/03 (hide spoiler)]

Ligeia:
1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover.
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
4. Read a book where a character dies in the book. ~ Nero ~ Nero & crew kills rival ~ 06/06
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.

Molpe:
1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending. ~ Great Big Beautiful Life ~ 06/07
2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series.
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover. ~ by Lauren Layne
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.

Parthenope:
(view spoiler)[1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess. ~ The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco ~ mostly in Greece ~ 06/17
2. Read a book with a title that starts with P.
Pride Mates ~ 07/05
3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones. ~ 07/24
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
~ 07/16
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover. ~ ~ 07/03
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.
Dark Needs at Night's Edge ~ vampire warriors ~ 07/15 (hide spoiler)]

Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover. ~ Dance Upon The Air ~ 06/11
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover. ~ ~ 06/04
3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport. ~ ~ 06/12
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind. ~ Deadlocked ~ 07/02
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.

may- july

Books: 13/36

Aglaope:
1. Read a book with the letters from Persephone any where in the title.
✅2. Read a book with colourful cover. (At least 3 different colours)-Keep Me-5/4/25
✅3. Read a book with an irresistible cover, that calls to you-Praise-6/1/25
✅4. Read a book with Witches/Fae/or anything/anyone with the ability to see the future-Crush6/7/25
5. Read a book with ocean/beach on the cover or blue cover.
6. Read a book with a woman or bird or feathers on the cover.



Leucosia:
1. Read a book with an immortal; i.e; vampires/elves/any supernatural creature with prolonged life.
✅2. Read a book from the historical genre. Steampunk is allowed-Phantasma-5/29/25
✅3. Read a book with a weapon on the cover-Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet-5/18/25
4. Read a book with a kick-ass heroine.
5. Read a book set in Italy/character is Italian/or graveyard/tomb on the cover.
✅6. Read a book with the word Dead in the title or series-Dead and Gone-5/6/25



Ligeia:
✅1. Read a book with claws on the cover or 3 people on the cover-Colters' Woman-5/4/25
2. Read a book with letters from Sang, Flute & Lyre in the title or authors name.
3. Read a book with a mythical creature on the cover.
✅4. Read a book where a character dies in the book-Cold Fury-5/12/25
5. Read a book where there is a queen in the book/ is a main character/ queen/crown on the cover.
6. Read a book with white and blue cover.



Molpe:
✅1. Read a book with a HEA - Happily Ever After ending-Deep End-6/14/25
✅2. Read a book with letters from Venus in the title or the series-Butcher & Blackbird (Ruinous Love series)-5/27/25
3. Read a book with war. Any kind. Supernatural, human or just a group fighting.
4. Read a book with eyes on the cover or a book with green cover.
5. Read a book with set in Medieval Era.
6. Read a book with a mask on the cover.



Parthenope:
1. Read a book set in Greece or with Greek Gods or Goddess.
✅2. Read a book with a title that starts with P-The Paradise Problem-5/11/25
✅3. Read a book with bones on the cover, in the title/series, or the authors initials are found in the word Bones-Lights Out-5/5/25
4. Read a book with black or yellow or black and yellow cover.
5. Read a book with a forest on the cover.
6. Read a book with Supernatural warriors. Angels, demons, Vampires. Any supernatural being who is a warrior.



Peisinoe:
1. Read a book with an island on the cover or a grey cover.
2. Read a book with a woman with long hair on the cover.
✅3. Read a book with any type of transportation on the cover or in the book. Magical/mythological or just regular transport-Firestorm6/8/25
4. Read a book with a ship/boat on the cover, or the book has pirates, or a book with the title starting with E.
5. Read a book with sea dwelling creatures or changelings/shifters of any kind.
6. Read a book with ghosts or harpies.

Finished

✅ Total: 57/57

Aglaope
1. Title - letters of PERSEPHONE
14/6 - Avatar: The Last Airbender and Philosophy: Wisdom from Aang to Zuko, Johan De Smedt - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Cover - colourful
8/5 - , André Darlington - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Cover - calls to me
11/5 - , Julia Ravey - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Plot - witches
16/5 - The Magic of Shapeshifting, Rosalyn Greene - ⭐️
5. Cover - beach
7/5 - , Brian Long - ⭐️⭐️
6. Cover - blue
9/5 - , Robert Anthony - ⭐️⭐️
7. Cover - woman
8/5 - , Meg Greene - ⭐️
8. Cover - bird
19/5 - , Axel Smith - ⭐️⭐️
9. Cover - feathers
29/5 - , John M. Marzluff - ⭐️⭐️

Leucosia
10. Char - immortal
10/5 - Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On, Kristin Russo - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Angel is a vampire
11. MPG - history
9/5 - Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World, Helen Czerski - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. Cover - weapon
2/6 - , William Weir - ⭐️⭐️
13. MC - kick-ass heroine
15/5 - Mother Teresa: A Biography, Meg Greene - ⭐️⭐️
14. Set - Italy
12/5 - A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors, Anthony Blond - ⭐️⭐️
15. Char - Italian
10/6 - Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus, John Haywood - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci" p.309
16. Cover - graveyard/tomb
21/6 - , Peter Ross - ⭐️⭐️
17. Title - 'dead'
12/6 - The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense, Adam Sharp - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ligeia
18. Cover - claws
10/5 - , Kathy Hoopmann - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
19. Cover - 3 people
11/5 - , Howell Raines - ⭐️⭐️
20. Author - initials in SANG
14/5 - A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions, Stephen "Steve-O" Glover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
21. Author - initials in FLUTE
6/5 - It Happened in France: A Renowned Journalist's Account of Life Under the Occupation 1940–1944, Francois Eliet - ⭐️⭐️
22. Author - initials in LYRE
15/5 - Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams, Robert Englund - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
23. Cover - mythical creature
23/5 - , Devdutt Pattanaik - ⭐️⭐️
24. Plot - char dies
10/5 - Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"He told me that Mother had died." p.133
25. MC - queen
20/5 - Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen, Amrou Al-Kadhi - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. Cover - queen
12/5 - , David Hilliam - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
27. Cover - crown
11/5 - , Gustavus Hindman Miller - ⭐️⭐️
28. Cover - white & blue
13/5 - , John C. Maxwell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Molpe
29. Plot - 'happily ever after' ending
31/5 - The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara, Édith Blais - ⭐️⭐️
30. Title - letters of VENUS
17/5 - Exploring Maya Ritual Caves: Dark Secrets from the Maya Underworld, Stanislav Chladek - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
31. MPG - war
20/5 - A State of Blood: The Inside Story of Idi Amin, Henry Kyemba - ⭐️⭐️
32. Cover - eyes
14/5 - , Pete Townshend - ⭐️⭐️
33. Cover - green
9/5 - , Edward Humes - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. Set - Medieval era
1/6 - Lotharingia: A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country, Simon Winder - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
843 AD
35. Cover - mask
22/5 - , Jill A. Stoddard - ⭐️⭐️

Parthenope
36. Set - Greece
20/6 - Lonely Planet Greece, Simon Richmond - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. Plot - Greek gods
15/5 - All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths, Jean Menzies - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
38. Title - starts with P
16/5 - Pink: The History of a Color, Michel Pastoureau - ⭐️⭐️
39. Cover - bones
21/6 - , Brian Switek - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
40. Title - 'bones'
20/6 - The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World, David K. Randall - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
41. Author - initials in BONES
6/5 - Hide and Seek: The Psychology of Self-Deception, Neel Burton - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
42. Cover - black
13/5 - , Perry Zurn - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
43. Cover - yellow
11/5 - , Lawrence Anthony - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
44. Cover - black & yellow
7/5 - , Doug Hill - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
45. Cover - forest
19/5 - , Biruté M.F. Galdikas - ⭐️⭐️
46. Plot - angels
14/6 - A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal about America 2 volumes , Sharon Packer MD - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Dean (has) mindset in which he acknowledges that evil exists and can manifest in solid form to a position where he accepts God, Heaven, and angels also exist and that in fighting evil he is doing God’s work." p.194
47. Plot - demons
26/5 - The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, Various - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Inanna handed him over to the demons" p.332
48. Plot - vampires
10/5 - Energy Magick of the Vampyre: Secret Techniques for Personal Power and Manifestation, Don Webb - ⭐️⭐️

Peisinoe
49. Cover - island
1/6 - , John Keahey - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
50. Cover - grey
17/5 - , Winifred Conkling - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
51. Cover - woman with long hair
13/5 - , Owen Elliot-Kugell - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
52. Cover - transportation
10/5 - , Ted Simon - ⭐️
53. Cover - boat
8/5 - , Shanna Hogan - ⭐️⭐️
54. Plot - pirates
23/5 - The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World, Arthur Herman - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Frisian pirate dens along the North Sea coast" p.32
55. Title - starts with E
6/5 - Encyclopedia of Garden Plants for Every Location: Featuring More Than 3,000 Plants, D.K. Publishing - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
56. Plot - sea creatures
27/5 - Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World, Peter Godfrey-Smith - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
"The path of this book is often on land and among trees, but with forays back to the sea, where it all started." p.16
57. Plot - ghosts
2/6 - Haunted Highways: Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, And Supernatural Sightings, Tom Ogden - ⭐️

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