From the Bookshelf of Nothing But Reading Challenges…

The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Start date: April 2, 2014

Finish date: April 30, 2014

Why we're reading this: Scifi/Fantasy BOM.
For discussion CLICK HERE!…more
[close] Scifi/Fantasy BOM.
For discussion CLICK HERE!

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Dec 23, 2009 Amelia rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, own-a-copy, historical, fantasy-aficionado, first-book-in-series, 2012, reviewed, climb-that-mountain-high, pub1980-1989

So..., this is another Arthurian retelling. It's been done before this and it has been done again since this one was written. This one, though, focuses on the women in the legend.

I have decided that I would much rather have been a woman from Avalon than one of the women in Arthur's court. I guess it's the idea of being educated and being more in tune with nature and the natural world that draws me more to this. Plus the whole idea of women being evil in their nature really, really annoys me.

I'v ...more

Like · see review

Jul 16, 2008 Jen rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-books, 2016

I loved the first 3 books within this book. The final book was a bit tedious, but did have a fairly satisfying ending. Davina Porter rocks as a narrator, which made this an easy 50 hours of listening. :) This is the first Avalon/Prince Arthur book that I've read, and I'm already trying to figure out what I should read next in this genre. ...more

Like · see review