Myths

My book group met last week to talk about "The Myth of You and Me," by Leah Stewart. Compared to the other two books we have read, this was kind of a disappointment. It's the story of two women who were best friends in high school and college, until something happens (exactly what is not revealed until the end) to end the friendship. Several years later, one of them reaches out to try to repair things. The book follows two plot lines: Will they reunite, and what drove them apart in the first place? The book was well-written enough to keep my attention as events unfolded, but there was not much originality to the story. (Turns out one of them slept with the other's boyfriend—yawn.) Anyway, it was an OK book, but I wouldn't recommend it very enthusiastically.

Our next book will be about myths of a different kind—Greek myths. We are reading "The Penelopiad," by Margaret Atwood, a retelling of the Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus' wife, Penelope. Hopefully I will like that one better :)