by Adam Pelletier and Addison Thornton
Addison and Adam Book Blog Week 4
Joyland by Stephen King is a mystery crime novel about a man named Devin Jones who takes a summer job at a funpark named Joyland, as an attempt to recover from a heartbreak. Based in North Carolina, a fortune teller tells him about a few people he’ll meet, which have to deal with a series of unsolved murders around the park.
Devin is told to work at the ferris wheel of the park, while simultaneously taking a personal attempt at solving the murder cases.
The book is overall good but it can be hard to follow at some points. It’s another one of the three books in King’s hard case crime series, “The Colorado Kid.”
Other books I would recommend:
- The Institute
- The Colorado Kid
- The Langoliers
- Thinner
Circe is a mythological fiction novel written by Madeline Miller. Unlike her popular novel, The Song of Achilles, this novel focuses on the life of a goddess and witch who was exiled to an island for an indefinite amount of time. This goddess goes by the name of Circe. As the ruler and only resident of the island Aeaea, the story goes through her experiences with others and how she grows her power as an immortal witch.
The story begins with her life before her banishment and her relationships with her parents, Helios and Perse, and her siblings. Throughout her childhood she was treated terribly by her siblings and her mother claiming there was nothing special about her. One day something changes and she meets a man. From there, nothing will ever be the same.
Circe is a wonderful novel about one of the most powerful women in Greek mythology and how she came to be remembered for centuries. Full of feminism and hardship, this novel is a beautiful retelling of a story not talked about enough.
Other books similar to this:
- Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
- Medusa’s Sisters by Lauren J. A. Bear
- Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
- The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
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