#lore Olympus vol three

[aesthetic-solar-space]

This webtoon turned professionally published graphic novels are beyond beautiful artistically. that said with the beauty comes the ugly, and in this series some harder and darker topics are talked about. There is an authors note/trigger warnings page in the front, but if you feel like that's not enough information or that you aren't in the right head space, do not feel bad about taking a step back.

Overall I have now read all three of the officially published and bounded volumes which equals out to roughly 75 webtoon episodes, and 25 episodes per volume.

Lore Olympus Vol. One by Rachel Smythe, 384 pages, published November 2nd 2021 - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

It was also winner of Goodreads choice 2021 for graphic novel.

Lore Olympus Vol. Two by Rachel Smythe, 368 pages, published July 5th 2022 - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

It is currently a nominee for Goodreads choice 2022 for graphic novel.

Lore Olympus Vol. Three by Rachel Smythe, 384 pages, published October 11th 2022 - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Instead of talking about each of these amazing volumes separately I want to talk about it more as a whole. This collection of Persephone and Hades story has been an ongoing publication on Webtoon since March of 2018. Since then Rachel has given us three bind-up, won or been nominated for many awards, talked about a television adaptation - all the while continuing to write and draw and publish more. To her I want to say that I am inspired and proud of you! These stories have given me a fun look at the Greek myths as well as a way to tie mental health and trauma into everyday lives (even those of gods and goddesses). Thank you for creating this world @usedbandaid , and I can't wait to see more!!!

[franticvampirereads]

June has been interesting, I’ve read some great books and some just okay ones and I had a DNF. So it’s been a bit of a grab bag this month, but that’s okay! Here’s what I read:

Prince’s Gambit 5⭐️ {review}

Three Meant To Be 4⭐️ {review}

Fence: Rise 4⭐️ {review}

For The Fans-DNF @ page 30 {vague reasoning why}

The Alpha’s Son 3.25⭐️ (changed rating) {review}

Lore Olympus vol 1 5 ⭐️ {review}

Washed Up With A Kraken 3.5 ⭐️ {review}

That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon -currently reading

On The Run -currently reading

My favorite books this month were Prince’s Gambit and Lore Olympus. Both were so good that I just couldn’t put them down.

[godzilla-reads]

And with this final day I contemplate the end to February and celebrate the entrance into March (and hopefully Spring).

In February 2023 I read 16 books, bringing my yearly total to 36! My top three reads of Feb. have golden stars beside them.

Here’s the wrap-up!

⭐️ Ironside by Holly Black

💙 The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

💕 Lore Olympus Vol. 1 by Rachel Smythe

🐊 My Buddy, Killer Croc by Sara Farizan and Nicoletta Baldari

💛 The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

🦜 Eric by Terry Pratchett

🦋 Monotone Blue by Nagabe

🕊️ Pulling the Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker

⭐️ A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

🐉 The Book of the Dragon by Ciruelo Cabral

🍓 Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market by Omar Rayyan

⭐️ Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

🎼 Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

⚔️ Once Upon a Time There Was a Very… Slack Wyrm: His First Book by Joshua Wright

🌊 Little Lost Dragon by Wayne Anderson

❤️ How to be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery

[sssammich]

Tag Game

Tagged by @fazedlight and @fyonahmacnally

Three ships: Having been a shipper for like 2 decades idk if I can just pick, so FOR NOW (and now only), I'll be picking the ones that I'm writing for currently. so that's: supercorp, bumbleby, and mayakuro. literally three different ships and fandoms and dynamics but i am a sucker and so here we are

First ship ever: like ever ever in the history of ever? i mean technically pink and red ranger would have to take this one

Last song: Jealous by Lennon Stella

Last movie: Bottoms! i giggled and i guffawed during the correct times

Currently reading: i'm busy so you get three: 1) for work, it's emergent strategy by adrienne maree brown 2) for not work, it's lore olympus webcomic novel vol 1 by rachel smythe and 3) for brain rot, it's once again: unsentimental by foxbones (sloane caldwell/riley bennett happiest season rare pair)

Currently playing: i JUST started baldur's gate and also i continue to play my Path to Nowhere gacha game

Currently watching: i do not watch things i am criminally bad at it so i just don't

Currently consuming: lavender earl gray iced latte with oat milk *right now*

Currently craving: a nap

People I’d like to know better: lmaoo uh many of the people i would tag have already been tagged so just vibe with me it's fine (also if u don't wanna u don't gotta it's all good!) @waknatious @foibles-fables @snowydragonscave @midnightechoes alright ok that's it well done team thanks for playing byeeee

[megsbooklr]

Summer 2023 Reading Plans

(June - August)

Novels & Novellas

finish reading Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo ✅

read His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle ✅

read The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle ✅

read Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov ✅

read Babel by R.F. Kuang ❌

read Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson ❌

read Osamu Dazai's Entrance Exam by Kafka Asagiri ✅

read The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo ✅

read The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz ✅

read The Three Monarchs by Anthony Horowitz ✅

read Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz ✅

read Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie N. Holmberg ✅

Manga

read Sachi-iro no One Room by Hakuri ✅

read Sachi-iro no One Room Gaiden: Seikai no Meitantei by Hakuri ✅

read Orange by Ichigo Takano ❌

read Holmes of Kyoto ch. 1-48 by Mai Mochizuki & Ichiha Akizuki ✅

finish reading Aoharu x Kikanjuu by NAOE ✅

read Bungo Stray Dogs vol. 23 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa ✅

read Moriarty the Patriot vol. 15 by Ryosuke Takeuchi & Hikaru Miyoshi ✅

read The Summer Hikaru Died vol. 1-2 by Mokumokuren ✅

start reading The Case Study of Vanitas by Jun Mochizuki ✅

start reading The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao ✅

start reading Spy x Family by Tatsuyi Endo ✅

start reading My Happy Marriage by Akumi Agitogi & Rito Kohsaka ❌

start reading Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata ✅

start reading Gokurakugai by Yuto Sano ✅

read Summer Ghost by Otsuichi, Yoshi Inomi, Loundraw ✅

start reading Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest by Aki Irie ✅

start reading Horimiya by HERO & Daisuke Hagiwara ✅

Fanfiction

read I Was Screaming Your Name Through The Radio by ElectricSplatter ❌

re-read Reprise III by elfpen ✅

catch up with Reprise IV by elfpen ❌

Webtoons

keep reading Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe ✅

keep reading Return of the Mad Demon by JP & Ihy, Yu Jin ✅

Webnovels

keep reading The Snake and the Crane by Chichi ✅

read the Extras of MDZS ✅

read Stars of Chaos vol. 1 by priest ❌

read Heaven Official's Blessing vol. 6 by MXTX ✅

read Liu Yao by priest ▶️

read Thousand Autumns vol. 2 by Meng Xi Shi ✅

Other

read The Nature of Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien ❌

read Aiglos vol. 25 ❌

[luckymoonly]

Thank you very much @preludianstaves for the tag!💙

1. Three Ships: Wangxian, Nielan, Xuanxue

2. Earliest ship: Wolfstar (I was writing for them on FF.net at 14)

3. Last Song: The Skye boat song (Craig Duncan instrumental version)

4. Last Movie: Home Alone

5. Currently reading: Lore Olympus vol 2 and Loveless by Alice Oseman

6. Currently Watching: Love between fairy and the devil, anything from Garrett Watts or Watcher on Youtube

7. Currently Consuming: nothing. I still have some baby weight to get rid of.🥲

8. Currently Craving: chips. Oh no, Crispers.🥺

Now tagging @stardustweare88 ,@makecableboyfriendoffical @forrestcat @wheeloffortune-design if you feel like answering these.💙

[mimsier]

#readinthenewyear - progress so far x2

update readathon progess

free space: joined a bunch of storygraph challenges + engaged in a little retail therapy, buying another set of strange the dreamer books

snap some pics (sent in dms)

reread a favorite: rat queens vol. 1 & 2

share 2023 anticipated reads

🎉 that’s three bingos baby 🎉

it’s been a pretty chill few days. I’ve had the time to read, just not the energy to do as much as I wanted since I’m still a bit sick. today is especially nice because I’m home alone which is its own tiny energy booster

I’m going to gif for a while to catch up on requests and source blog stuff, and I think I’ll listen to the world’s worst assistant by sona movsesian while I do and then read vol.1 of lore olympus

[emergencysurvivalkit]

Three ships: Caleb/Essek/Molly (critical role), Beau/Jester/Yasha (also critical role), and Jon/Martin (the Magnus archives) [also Sir Damian/Rylla/Lord Aram is a new favourite, I love triads at the minute]

First ship: gods no idea, probably from Buffy. Buffy/Angel -> Buffy/Faith though Willow/Tara obviously too

Last song: Low Budget Horror by RedHook

Last movie: The Eyes of Tammy Faye I think? Or the Banshees of Inisherin, think I watched both in one day

Currently reading: The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon, Piranesi by Susanna Clark, and Sandman vol 1 (I need variety xD )

Currently watching: Neverafter on dimension20 (and dirty laundry to calm down)

Currently consuming: The Penumbra Podcast (relistening to Juno and listening to the Second Citadel for the first time), the Murderbot Diaries feel like consuming cause I just need another as soon as I finish, Malevolent the podcast and Critical Role. Oh and Lore Olympus for a change from my usual horror/scifi. Also copious amounts of coffee, like so much

Currently craving: Second Citadel stories of how my favourite monster Triad is doing, more critical role episodes because arghhh need, and more time for playing DnD. Craving DnD IRL especially but it's so much harder to organise. Also forever craving a sequel to Nimona by Nate Stevenson 😭

@femgineerasolution @acemartinblackwood @booknerdcaleb @librarianlirael sorry for random tags >.< Only know like two people I'm mutuals of

Thank you @queerinyellow I love doing things like this!

3 ships: Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Jarthur-qpr (Malevolent), Jonmartin (The Magnus Archives)

First Ever Ship: Violet and Duncan (Dunclet) from A series of unfortunate events (specifically the show)

Last song: evermore by Taylor Swift? I cant remember lmao. It might have been a Queen song

Last Movie: Summerland

Currently Reading: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistion; The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

Currently Watching: 1899, The Magicians, New Girl, Greys Anatomy, The Last of Us

Currently Consuming: in terms of media...mostly podcasts: Welcome to Night Vale, woe.begone, King Falls AM, The Amelia Project, The White Vault...I'm also obsessed with looking at fanart, especially of Malevolent. And I've started reading fanfic for the first time, it's pretty fun

Currently Craving: Garlic Butter Noodles :]

9 people you want to know better: (no pressure of course, I know some of you already 👀!) @eyes-sheep-song @eyeldritch @nightvale-is-gay @staellaris @averysaurus @brokenrecordofahuman @fivehargreaves @threearmsally @mrfroag

(I'm gonna add 2 more) @stobotnik @hello-from-the-night-archives

[rattlethereads]

Three books I Read in August and September Readathons

This month was a slow month, I was going insane without school and work, and now I am only going crazy- I started school yesterday. And my new job starts on the 19th! So, again, a very slow month for me in the reading department.

Anyway, without further ado, let's get to those three books!

Lore Olympus Vol 1. by Rachel Smythe- okay I was not happy with this graphic novel. First of all, there was a scene in the book that border lined on attempted rape for me... and I was not here for it. So, I will not be finishing this series and honestly, I don't even want to recap it. If you don't mind those things then go ahead and read it, but I know for some, they cannot read that. And I did not see anything or hear anything about trigger warnings- that may have been my fault for not looking deeper. But I am here to let it be known now.

Paper Girls Vol. 1 by Brian Vaughan- this was a re-read for me, so I am not going to spend much time on this, but it is now a tv series and I had to re-read it before watching the show. And I am glad I did, I understood it more reading it again and I see how close and different it is to the show. I love it. I don't remember how far I got with the issues but I am going to gobble them all up now.

Pretty Little Liars- Sara Shepard- I read this for my Fully Booked Reading Challenge and I never read it after watching the show from the first to the last episode. I am glad I did not. The book itself is horrible. The writing was not there for me and the characters were not there for me. It was basically like the first half of episode one....in the first book. I just hated everything about it, but I wanted it off my checklist so I choked it down. Maybe the more I think about it. the more my slow reading month might have had something to do with the books I was reading (except PG). I feel extra mean writing this, but I was definitely not happy with these two reading options. Thankfully I finished them and can mark them off the prompt list.

Currently reading- The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey for the number in the title of the Fully Booked Reading Challenge.

[pixelcurious]

Books read in June 2022

Only three books, but I also binged on web comics and I'm counting them because it's my list and I do what I want.

Norse Mythology, Vol 2. I read Vol. 1 earlier this year. Graphic novel, good art.

Prime Deceptions, Valerie Valdes. Also a sequel to a book I read a couple months ago. Fun space opera, very fanfic-y, nothing deep but it was enjoyable.

Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman. This edition has some additional material that was originally edited out, but it's been too long since I first read it so I didn't notice any difference. Also included a short story featuring the Marquis, which I really enjoyed.

Two of the comics I binged are on Webtoon. The premise of Fluidum is everyone is born with two bodies, male and female, and they have to choose a permanent gender by their 21st birthday. This seems to be an easy, natural choice for most people. But the protagonist, Jesse, wants to remain fluid, and as the story unfolds, we see that they are not alone. Some people are pressured to choose, or have the choice entirely taken from them. There are also conspiracies, relationship drama, and other stuff going on.

Lore Olympus, also on Webtoon, is a romance based on Greek mythology, mostly Persephone and Hades. There are some issues with it but eh. I mostly like it because the art's pretty. Content warning for themes of trauma and rape (I didn't find it triggering but ymmv).

Lastly, I read Joe vs Elan School, based on the author's experiences at a horrifically abusive school for troubled teens, and how he coped after getting out. To be honest I had to skim through a lot of the school abuse stuff. It's really intense.

I read elsewhere that he used false names for some of the people involved, for legal reasons, and also used some experiences of his fellow students, so it's sort of a composite and slightly fictionalized. I have no reason to doubt the overall truth of his account at all though. I know the "troubled teen" industry is rife with abuse, and having worked in related fields I've heard some horror stories.

Anyway I may or may not continue with this one as it updates because it really is a mindfuck and I don't need that right now.

[comicsalternative]

Episode 303: Our Favorite Comics of 2018

Time Codes:

00:01:28 - Introduction

00:03:49 - Context, and a few statistics

00:10:41 - Our favorite comics of 2018, part 1

00:40:03 - Our honorable mentions, part 1

00:54:46 - Our favorite comics of 2018, part 2

01:29:23 - Our honorable mentions, part 2

01:47:47 - Our favorite comics of 2018, part 3

02:08:23 - Wrapping up our favorites

02:11:19 - Contact us

It's that time again! It's the end of the year, their very last weekly review episode of 2018, and so the Two Guys are ready to share what they consider to be their favorite comics of the past twelve months. This is Sterg's first time doing this, but he successfully steps up to the plate to reveal what he considers his 10 favorites of 2018. And Derek does the same.

Before that, though, they go over a few statistics from the past year. Over the course of 2018 -- at least up until the time of the recording of this end-of-the-year show -- The Comics Alternativereleased a total of 171 episodes of the podcast. Of that number, 55 were interviews, 10 were webcomics shows, 11 manga episodes, 10 from the Euro comics series, 6 were young reader shows, 16 on-location episodes, and 1 special. (And since Sterg and Derek recorded this "Favorites" episode, there have been at least three other shows for the current year, an on-location, a webcomic, and a Euro comics show. Maybe a manga episode will go up before the new year, as well?)

But of much more importance are the various titles that both Sterg and Derek picked as this year's favorites. Each chooses, in no particular order, what he considers to be his 10 favorites of 2018:

Sterg's Top 10 of 2018

Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman- Box Brown (First Second)

Wytches: Bad Egg Halloween Special- Scott Snyder and Jock (Image Comics)

The Nib- various, edited by Matt Bors

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World- Penelope Bagieu (First Second)

Blammo#10- Noah Van Sciver (Kilgore Books and Comics)

Coyote Doggirl- Lisa Hanawalt (Drawn and Quarterly)

Tom the Dancing Bug- Ruben Bolling

Lore Olympus- Rachel Smythe (Webtoon)

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction - Jarett Krosoczka (Graphix/Scholastic)

  Derek's Top 10 of 2018

Motor Girl Omnibus/Strangers in Paradise XXV - Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)

Hasib and the Queen of Serpents: A Tale of a Thousand and One Nights - David B. (NBM Publishing)

Live/Work- Pat Palermo (AdHouse Books)

Sabrina- Nick Drnaso (Drawn and Quarterly)

The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987- Riad Sattouf (Metropolitan Books)

The Winner- Karl Stevens (Retrofit/Big Planet)

Young Frances- Hartley Lin (AdHouse Books)

Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, Vols. 1-3 - Inio Asano (VIZ Media)

Berlin - Jason Lutes (Drawn and Quarterly)

The New World: Comics from Mauretania- Chris Reynolds (New York Review Comics)

The Honorable Mentions…These Titles Almost, but Just Didn’t Quite, Make It onto Each Guy's List

For Sterg

Bezoar#3- various

Now - various, edited by Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Nancy - Olivia Jaimes

Baseline Blvd- Emi Gennis (Kilgore Comics and Press)

Tyler Cross: Black Rock- Fabien Nury and Bruno (Hard Case Crime/Titan Books)

On a Sunbeam- Tillie Walden (First Second)

Black Hammer- Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston (Dark Horse Comics)

I Am Young- M. Dean (Fantagraphics)

For Derek

One Dirty Tree- Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)

Come Again- Nate Powell (Topshelf/IDW Publishing)

The Troublemakers- Baron Yoshimoto (Retrofit/Big Planet)

Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman- Box Brown (First Second)

Mister Miracle- Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC Comics)

Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Edition- Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press/Dark Horse Books)

The Lie and How We Told It- Tommi Parish (Fantagraphics)

Gideon Falls- Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image Comics)

Slum Wolf- Tadao Tsuge (New York Review Comics)

Alchemilla- Sara Volta

    Check out this episode!

[franticvampirereads]

Happy Pride month! My tbr for June is filled with so many queer books that I’ve been saving and I can’t wait to dive into them! Here’s my reading plan:

Prince’s Gambit -currently reading

Three Meant To Be -currently reading

Fence: Rise

The Alpha’s Son

For The Fans

That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon

Lore Olympus vol 1

Washed Up With A Kraken

Street Magic

Here’s to a great pride month!! 😊📚

[megsbooklr]

Summer Reading 2023: July

A quick summary of what I was able to read in July!

Finished:

A Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The last one! I liked that in this collection we're back to cases that don't necessarily involve murder ^^ It also features the moment between Sherlock and Watson (as well as one of Sherlock's most savage replies to Watson's attempt at reasoning, to balance things up xD). And I was really happy to realize what was going on in Thor Bridge and Lion's Mane quicker than Sherlock did, lol :D

The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

(The "official" Sherlock Holmes novel penned by a different author)

It. Was. Amazing!!! The prose truly felt as if it was written by Doctor Watson, long into his retirement. The story is a tangled one, involving not just one but two cases, many lies, much cruelty, a huge scandal and conspiracy, elusive foes... and equally elusive temporary allies :D I loved it! It can be easily incorporated into the canon.

The Three Monarchs by Anthony Horowitz

(The "official" short Sherlock Holmes story penned by a different author)

I'd say it's nothing very remarkable, but it's just like canon short stories and it reminded me of the one with plaster busts, but the resolution was completely different :) so it was an okay read.

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Got it as a graduation present from my lab - and finally had the time to read it :) I loved it, it was an easy to read and compelling story with twists that I didn't even anticipate. I'd like to read the other books in the series too!

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

After watching the TV series a few years ago, I wanted to read the original novel. Finally I did! The plot and characters were quite different from the drama ones, but both versions worked for me. The book is much slower and focuses more on the heroine herself, as well as the detailed descriptions of both the real world and the afterlife. And Erlang was a fantastic character in the book ^^

Sachiiro no One Room by Hakuri

The last volume of the manga made me cry uncontrollably for quite some time... (and this reaction of mine scared me a little, ngl :)) Wow, what a journey it was. Read it if you can stomach stories about child abuse.

The Summer Hikaru Died vol. 1-2 by Mokumokuren

It's a slice-of-life horror BL manga. Not mu usual go-to genres :D so I did not really plan to read this series... but I checked out a few chapters and decided to give it a chance, since I wasn't that much scared by the horror part. Indeed, so far it's been a really interesting, slightly spooky story! But apparently there's a lot of it still ahead of us.

Moriarty the Patriot vol. 15 by Ryosuke Takeuchi & Hikaru Miyoshi

This volume begins telling the story of what happened after the Moriarty Plan had been realized. I'm re-reading the whole series (this time in my native tongue) but I'm still as emotional about certain scenes as I was when seeing them for the first time :')

BSD vol. 23 by Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa

The battles between Kenji and Tecchou as well as Fukuchi and Fukuzawa (and their backstory!), Aya and Bram's attempts of escape, the Mersault Game (famous chapter 101)... I loved it ^^

The extra chapters of MDZS by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

I read them all except for the incense burner one (I don't need... this, lol). I rather liked most of them, especially the investigative ones ^^

Half-Way There:

Aoharu x Machinegun by NAOE

I read up till the first round of the TGC, so just a few more volumes to go ^^

The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga, Nekokurage, Itsuki Nanao

I caught up with the first seven volumes. I love this manga so much! A historical slice-of-life/investigative series with two unhinged (in different ways) main characters :D

Just started:

Death Note and Spy x Family :)

Up-to-Date With:

The Snake and the Crane

Lore Olympus

Return of the Mad Demon

Holmes of Kyoto by Mai Mochizuki & Ichiha Akizuki (up to chapter 48) I'm in love with this series! A modern slice-of-life with art and antiques and some investigations ^^ I hope the manga goes on, if not, I've gotta invest myself into light novels.... :)