Next month, I will be partaking in Foxes and Fairytales’ Mythothon. Although I have selected books for all the challenges, I am sceptical that I will be able to read them all. Here we go!
Zeus: King of the Gods, God of the Sky ⚡
Read a book at least 400 pages long
A Dance with Dragons: Dreams and Dust
George R.R. Martin
Hera: Queen of the Gods, Goddess of Marriage, Mothers and Families 💍
Read a book about royalty
Princess behaving Badly
Linda Rodríguez McRobbie
Hebe: Goddess of Eternal Youth 👧
Read a Middle Grade or Young Adult book
The Monstrous Child
Franchesca Simon
Poseidon: God of the Sea 🌊
Read a book which features the sea – mermaids, pirates, surfers etc
To Kill A Kingdom
Alexandra Christo
Hermes: God of Travellers and Thieves 🗺️
Read a book set in a country not your own
Insurgent
Veronica Roth
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love and Beauty 💘
Read a book with a beautiful cover
Twelve Kings
Bradley Beaulieu
The Hydra: Multiheaded Serpent 🐲🐲🐲
Read a book with more than one POV
This is where it ends
Iris: Goddess of the Rainbow 🌈
Read a book with your favourite colour on the cover or in the title.
Allegiant
Veronica Roth
Ancient Greece 🏛️
Read a book set in the past
Alex and Eliza
Mellisa De La Cruz
Hestia: Goddess of the Hearth 🔥
Read the first book in a series
Lady Midnight
Cassandra Claire
Dionysus: God of Wine 🍷
Celebrate this year by reading a 2018 release
Crimes of Grindelwald
J.K. Rowling
Achilles and Patroclus 👨❤️💋👨
Read a book with an LGBT+ protagonist
Every Heart A Doorway
Seanan McGuire
Free Choice 📖
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
Homer 👴
Read a retelling (of a myth, fairy tale, classic novel etc.)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Hephaestus: God of Fire and Smiths🌋
Read a book with a disabled character
Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith
Ares: God of War 💣
Read a book with a compelling antagonist or a written from the villain’s POV
Dance with Dragons: After the Feast
George R.R. Martin
Echidna: Mother of Monsters 😈
Read a book about monsters – dragons, zombies, serial killers etc
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Newt Scamander
Herakles 💪
Read a popular book (define ‘popular’ as you wish)
Divergent
Veronica Roth
Gaia: Primordial Earth Goddess 🌎
Read a book which was published at least 5 years ago
Tales of Beedle the Bard
J.K. Rowling
Artemis: Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt 🌙
Read a book with an animal on the cover or in the title
The Cuckoo’s Calling
Robert Galbraith
Athena: Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy and Crafts 🦉
Read a book that’s not the first in the series
Lord of Shadows
Cassandra Claire
Persephone: Goddess of the Underworld and Springtime 🌻
Read a book which is less than 200 pages
Quidditch Through the Ages
Apollo: God of Prophesy, Plague and Poetry ☀️
Read a collection of poetry or short stories
Four
Veronica Roth
Hades: God of the Underworld and Riches 💀
Read a book which you got for free (library, from a friend, ARC, Kindle offer etc.)
List of 13
E.A. Comisky
Demeter: Goddess of Agriculture 🌾
Read a book with a nature word in the title – e.g. leaf, wind, flower etc.
Silkworm
Robert Galbraith