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Dream Angus was the first book that I read by Alexander McCall Smith & now I know why so many people rave about his writing. In this book he weaves traditional stories about Angus, the Celtic God of Dreams, with a modern retelling of the same tale. This book has superb storytelling & left me wanting to not only read more books by Alexander McCall Smith but also more stories about Angus.

Jeanette Winterson's Weight is a retelling of the Atlas & Heracles myth with the main narration coming from Atlas. This myth is told in typical Winterson style that expolores boundaries, choice, & how one deals with the consequences of those choices. I read this book in one sitting and then had to start over & read it immediately again.

While many have heard of Odysseus not many have heard of Penelope, Odysseus' wife & cousin of Helen of Troy. In The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood flips the tale of The Odysseus by telling it through Penelope's eyes as she tries to raise a willful son, keep unwanted suitors from taking over the palace, & relies on her maids to get through the many years that her husband is away. Atwood structures her retelling of this myth like a Classic Greek Tragedy with the maids acting as the chorus.