A perfect Sunday with...Alethea Kontis
Sushi, Lonely and Great Gods, and Dolly Parton's America
Every week, a top writer, artist or creator reveals how they’d fill their perfect Sunday, sharing their favourite comfort reads, movies, food… anything that would make their weekend great.
Today it’s the turn of Enchanted author, Alethea Kontis.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… brunch
Sushi. I hate breakfast food in America, no one ever makes my eggs right, but sushi is appropriate any time. I’m a big fan of Asian breakfast.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… read
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Every. Single. Time.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… comic
It’s an older comic, but I loved John Byrne’s Next Men.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… movie
My go-to will always be The Princess Bride.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… TV binge
Goblin. Titled in English as Guardian: The Lonely and Great God. It’s the best K-drama of all time. Gong Yoo is my future husband. Lee Dong-Wook is the love of my life.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… podcast
Dolly Parton’s America. Because Dolly is the QUEEN. I lived in Tennessee for 10 years, we all worship at the altar of Saint Dolly.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… album
That’s so hard! It absolutely has to be a tie! Capture the Flag by Vanner and The Rose’s Dual.
Alethea’s perfect Sunday… treat
Home-made Tiramisu. That someone took the time to make. Absolute Perfection.
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis is out now from Alethea Kontis.
Sunday Woodcutter is the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter. Not only does that come with an enormous family, but the things she writes in her journal also have a tendency to come true. When Sunday meets a frog in the Enchanted Wood who asks about her stories, the two develop a unique and precious friendship that quickly deepens into something quite magical.
One night, Sunday kisses her frog goodbye and leaves, not realizing that her love has transformed him back into Rumbold—rebellious crown prince of Arilland and a man Sunday’s family despises. The prince returns to his castle and announces a royal ball, inviting every eligible young woman in the country. Rumbold hopes to make Sunday fall in love with him as the man he is and not the frog he was.
Sunday does feel a strange, strong attraction to this prince she barely knows. But what other twisted secrets might lie hidden in his past…and hers?
ALETHEA KONTIS is a storm chaser, adventurer, and New York Times bestselling author. She has received the Scribe Award, the Garden State Teen Book Award, and is a two-time winner of the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award. She was twice nominated for both the Andre Norton Nebula and Dragon Award. Alethea also narrates stories for multiple award-winning online magazines, contributes book reviews to NPR, and does freelance work for Writing the Other. Born in Vermont, Alethea currently resides on the Space Coast of Florida where she watches K-dramas with her teddy bear, Charlie. Together they are ARMY, VVS, and Black Roses.