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Circe
In the halls of Helios, a Titan's daughter is born with a thin mortal voice and none of the golden shine her family prizes. Scorned, Circe finds a craft the gods insist should not exist: witchcraft, worked from herbs that grew where divine blood once fell. Exile to the island of Aiaia is meant to be a punishment. Instead it becomes a life — lions at the door, a loom, unwelcome ships, and the long work of becoming someone the stories never bothered to understand. Madeline Miller's epic follows one woman through centuries of gods, mortals, and the question of whether power is worth the isolation it costs.
“I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.”
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Circe Printables
Get the full printable pack on Etsy, or print individual pages from Bingo, Discussion Questions, and Hosting.
Die-cut stickers
A sticker sheet of lions, herbs, a lion-prowed boat, and a tiny island shoreline — journal extras, not spoilers.
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Favorite quote cards
Blank cards for the line that stayed: make another world, a mortal voice, or a constellation of a visit.
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Reading tracker
Start date, finish date, and a pages-read tracker for a novel that covers centuries in a mortal number of sittings.
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Book club invite
Printable invite with the make-another-world hook and meeting details.
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Review sheet
Likes/dislikes scorecard for Circe, Odysseus, the ending, and whether isolation reads as punishment or a room of one's own.
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Aiaia visitor log
One-page joke ledger for the surprise touch — name, mortal or immortal, staying or passing through.
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