The Color of Earth, The Color of Water, and The Color of Heaven are the three books that make up this trilogy. The story is about two women, Ehwa, and her early widowed mother. The series follows Ehwa from age 7, when she first starts to realize her gender, through her growing sense of sexuality and first crushes, to her falling in love and getting married at age 18. Parallel to Ehwa’s story is her mother’s, who after 3 years of being alone, has her own feelings reawakened by the arrival of a traveling pictographer. The Color of… Trilogy By Kim Dong Hwa Publisher: First Second Age Rating: 16+ Genre: Drama Price: $16.95/ea Rating: Buy These Books The story is set in Turn-of-the-Century Korea, in the countryside. It is a time and place where most of the men are farmers and are valued more than women. A very chauvinistic attitude prevails throughout most of the series, which both Ehwa and her mother must endure. Ehwa is first introduced to this by the boys she see’s having a peeing contest, and who tell her that anyone who doesn’t have a gachoo (penis), is deformed. Ehwa’s mother has to deal with it…
Here’s where it all starts: the beginning of the everything–the world, the gods, and even humanity. Mighty Kronos, the most terrifying of all the Titans, reigns as the unchallenged tyrant of the cosmos… until his son, the god Zeus, stands up and takes on his own father in a battle intense enough to shatter the universe! Who will emerge triumphant? By George O’Connor Publisher: First Second Age Rating: All Ages Genre: Action/Mythology Price: $9.99 Rating: Buy This Book A recent re-watching of the classic Clash of the Titans has inspired me to write this review. I’ve been in love with mythology since I was first introduced to the Greek myths in the 5th Grade. They were my gateway to other mythologies, such as Norse and Egyptian. Now, the Greek myths are getting a face lift of sorts. They are being retold in the way they were meant to be told; as tales of action and adventure, with monsters to be fought and maidens to be rescued. Zeus: King of the Gods tells the tale of not just Zeus’ beginnings, but also of the world and the Olympian gods themselves. The Greek gods are like the original superheroes. They possess super…