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The gang is doin a lil island hopping. They almost get eaten by a giantess (I think?). Then they barge in on a woman living alone in the woods, who turns them into pigs. Ody manages to get a secret potion that makes him impervious to her charms and pig-binding spell. She lets them go, but first makes them go to the land of the dead.

Book 9: after leaving Troy, Ody & co. go to the island of the lotus eaters, where half of his men get high and join a cult? Meanwhile, Ody & co. check out the cave of the Cyclops, where they just help themselves to all his fancy goat cheeses. But Cyclops finds them and eats them for snacks. Ody gets Cy drunk and blinds him and then they escape via goats. Cy asks Poseidon to punish Ody, and Poseidon’s like BET.

Book 8: Odysseus eats dinner at the local King’s house, where the entertainer be strumming his pain with his fingers, singing his life with his words. So the King is like, uh, why you crying friend? And Oddy is like, sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a boatload of entitled men.

Book 6: in which Athena saves Odysseus from Poseidon’s wrath and safely shipwrecks him on an island. Book 7: I have lost the plot. But maybe the king of the island wants Odysseus to stay and marry one of his daughters. And Athena plays every other minor character in the crowd.

Book 5: Zeus sends Hermes to Calypso, telling her that while kidnapping Odysseus is all in good fun, it’s time to let him go back home to his wife. To which she says, fine…but he can only leave in a raft. Odysseus is like wtf? And Calypso says, thems the rules, but here’s a new wardrobe and let’s fuck for the road. Poseidon finds Odysseus and says fuck that dude and tries to kill him with a storm.

Book 1-3: Odysseus is being held captive by Calypso. Meanwhile, his wife Penelope is plagued by suitors, who say Odysseus is prolly dead & she should get over him by marrying one of them. To which she says, yeah, sure, but let me finish this death shroud first, so all this thread don’t go to waste. His son TC can’t get no respect & is taking a boat to go look for his father before he agrees to a new step-daddy.

As the Count reads through Montaigne, I feel his struggles viscerally. Take your own advice, and pick up the pace, Townes.

Carter is an absolute man boob.

I’m ready for a good challenge already.

Why is this so slow?

Sloooow burn

Strumming my pain with his fingers...

This is gonna hit a little too close to home, but hoping for some perspective and inspiration

I've opened the windows of my mind to let the universe in, and it came a-callin' today! Alexa, please play "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townsend.

Feeling a little called out. It's time for me to harvest the power of the universe and manifest my muthafuckin DESTINY like the bad boss bitch that I am.

If you're looking for tips on how to improve your writing, you'll have to wait until about 40% in and satisfy yourself on the usual crumbs of no adverbs and for the love of God, do not under any circumstance use the passive voice.

Biggest wow moment so far was to find out that he was in a band with Barbara Kingsolver and Amy Tan, to whom he dedicated this book.

So far, this is not the Sarina Bowen writing I've come to know and love. It's not bad, but tame?

There's nothing like listening to two teenagers bravely laugh (and cry) in the face of their impending death, while you simultaneously sob about your own life's much pettier problems.

I think there's too much fucked up shit going on in the world to read about people doing fucked up shit in the name of science.

Are we supposed to like Billy? Asking for a friend.

A bit difficult to follow in audiobook

Where can I find me a Beau?

Not my typical read when it comes to millionaires, but I guess I'll give it a go.

These characters are B-A-N-A-N-A-S

This one is full of giggles it is.