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BOOK REVIEW: Alcestis by Katharine Beutner

Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing Alcestis by Katharine Beutner. This book was first released in 2010, and it won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction in 2011 and was a finalist for both the BSFS Compton Crook Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction. Visit the author’s website here. Poor Alcestis. Brave Alcestis. Strong Alcestis. Poor, for having a husband that does not deserve her. Brave, for accepting a fate that was not her own. And strong, for having the will to face such a fate where others (Admetus)…

Aug 11, 2021
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BOOK REVIEW: Circe by Madeline Miller

Hi everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I will review Circe by Madeline Miller. At a later date, I will also review The Song of Achilles, by the same author. Like all my reviews, this one too has spoilers. Circe by Madeline Miller was first published on April 10th, 2018, and it has become a critically acclaimed novel since then, winning, for example, the 2018 Book of the Year Award allotted by the Book of the Month subscription book box service and the 2019 Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction in the Indies Choice Book Awards…

Aug 2, 2021
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