Odd ones on the left.
Author: Bonnie Garmus
Rating: 5/5
Elizabeth Zott is a chemist-turned-reluctant-star of the cooking show Supper at Six. Through the cooking show, she hopes to challenge the assumptions society holds about women and what they are capable of.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Roxane Gay
Rating: 5/5
A memoir about how a gang rape seeded a need to use food to build a fortress around herself.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Jennifer Saint
Rating: 4/5
Ariadne, Princess of Crete, has only known life inside the kingdom. Every year, the city of Athens sends fourteen youths to be shoved into the labyrinth where Ariadne’s half-brother, the Minotaur, resides. Then one year, Theseus, the prince himself, decides to take things into his own hands and Ariadne’s life is changed forever.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Natalie Haynes
Rating: 3/5
Calliope, the muse, narrates stories of the Trojan War from the women’s POV for an unnamed poet, talking about Helen of Troy, Hecabe, Penelope, Oenone and Briseis.
Spoilers ahead.
Author: Madeline Miller
Rating: 5/5
Circe, daughter of Helios, has always been different. She learns that she does possess witchcraft and, for this, is exiled to an island.
Spoilers ahead.
Dear Santa Claus,
Every year, everyone tries to tell me you aren’t real. Just when I start believing everyone, I go ahead and watch Rise of the Guardians and my belief is rekindled. Since you’re Santa Claus, you should already know what I want without my having to name them all. However, for the past six years, you’ve mysteriously disappeared hanging me out to dry. Not cool.
But I’ll forgive you if you make these things happen.
Earnestly Eccentric 