Finished Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
I didn’t realise second half will also feature Iran and the life after revolution. A very interesting look at part of recent history I knew nothing about. Highly recommended if you don’t mind graphic novels and memoirs.
Bingo squares: Banned Book - hard mode, Set in war
Also read Old Man’s War by John Scalzi.
This is my second book by Scalzi and he is reaching status of my favourite author. It’s an easy to read space, military sci-fi. Another highly recommended book for sci-fi fans.
Bingo squares: Set in war, Stepping Up, Late to the Party
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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I’m a regular subscriber to the Folio Society so when they started promoing Piranesi, I was intrigued… not enough to drop $90 on THEIR edition, but enough to check out a less expensive version. 😉
https://www.foliosociety.com/usa/fiction/piranesi
It’s a strange book… very metaphorical. I’m not sure what to make of it yet. The protagonist, Piranesi, exists in a series of marble hallways filled with statues and they have been there several years.
They have memory lapses and have been documenting everything in a series of notebooks. There is one other living person, whom they call “The Other” and the skeletal remains of 13 other people.
The hallways exist on three floors, a lower level, open to the sea, where Piranesi can fish in order to survive, an upper level, open to the sky, where rain water collects, and a middle level isolated from the tides below and the storms above, that is habitable.
It’s not a BAD read, but definitely not for everyone. Reminds me a lot of experimental 1950s stage plays like Samuel Beckett or Harold Pinter.
I had a similar reading experience but may have enjoyed it a bit more than you. It’s a very strange and quiet book.
And thank you for pointing me towards the Folio Society. Those printings are amazing!