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Fiction

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5. I've just started a non-fiction book, but one based on fictionalized folklore and myth:

Sun Jan 8, 2023, 02:12 PM

Jan 2023

The Heroine with 1001 Faces by Maria Tatar

Joseph Campbell's curious problem concerning history's heros: He apparently minimized the feminine force of women...the hero-ines! Hope you can read the link and its not behind a subscription paywall!

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/maria-tatar-heroine-1001-faces/619494/

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What Fiction are you reading this week, January 8, 2023? [View all] hermetic Jan 2023 OP

I am back with the Sisterhood and Men of the Sisterhood! yellowdogintexas Jan 2023 #1

It's hard, I know hermetic Jan 2023 #3

The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsten Manning northoftheborder Jan 2023 #2

That sounds really moving hermetic Jan 2023 #4

Marple The King of Prussia Jan 2023 #6

Alrighty then... hermetic Jan 2023 #7

Still reading "The Winner" by David Baldacci Jeebo Jan 2023 #8

I remember that one hermetic Jan 2023 #9

Just started "Swan Peak" by James Lee Burke. joshdawg Jan 2023 #11

That sure sounds good hermetic Jan 2023 #12

My mom kept telling me to read the Robicheaux books yellowdogintexas Jan 2023 #14

"The Family Upstairs" by Lisa Jewell. CrispyQ Jan 2023 #13