Stealing Athena: Part Three - The Journey Home

[Sara W]

Please discuss Part Three: The Journey Home here.

[Leah]

Well, I"m almost done with the book and still unsure of how i feel about it. It took me awhile to properly get into it and I usually know by this point in the book whether I like it or not but this one confounds me. I do think it's pretty brilliant how the author connected Apasia and Mary but that's the only thing I"m really impressed with. I would like to read up on Mary to find out how much of this book is fact though, because it'd be fascinating to find out that most of it's true.

[Sara W]

I thought the author did a good job connecting Apasia and Mary as well.

I understand what you mean about being unsure about how you feel about the book - I've been having that feeling about most of the books I've been reading lately for some reason. I don't know if it's the books, or the fact that I'm reading them on the Kindle, or what the deal is. I think I'm going to take time off from my other book club (ha ha, not this group - I love reading with this group!) and start reading some more Jean Plaidy or Sharon Kay Penman or some author that I love.

I would be interested in reading a non-fiction book about Mary and Elgin as well. I just found the following on Amazon which seems interesting:

Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin