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Piranesi | Susanna Clarke

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ChaoticMissAdventures Ohh such good lists! Clarks Piranesi is one of my all time favorites. And Great &Valdin was one of my top reads this year, I hope you can get to it soon! Thanks for playing! ,📚 2d

Deblovestoread Love your choices! Kingsolver has some fantastic books out there. 2d

Lesliereadsalot I‘ve had Demon Copperhead sitting here for over a year! @Deblovestoread 2d

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Kazzie

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Loved! Rereading, and it was exciting as the first time. Such a lovely human - and a reminder to savour the joy

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BallroomsOfMars

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I listened to the audiobook a couple of years ago. Re-experiencing the story in words was no less wondrous and surprising: seeing how Piranesi punctuates his text, capitalises every word relating to the House. I love how startling some of the details are (meeting the People), how truly sublime some of the descriptions, how shocking the bleedthrough between worlds is despite manifesting in items as mundane as a white gel-pen, a plastic bowl. 1/2

BallroomsOfMars It‘s a relatively short and simple story, though I think if it was expanded in any way, put under greater scrutiny, the logic of the narrative would fall apart. My sceptical mind was still back there, ready to take issue, but within the bounds of the narrative it never became more than a background hum. A mosquito on the other side of a screened window. 2/2 1mo

TrishB Great review 👍🏻 1mo

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ladym30

Piranesi | Susanna Clarke

Up next!❤️

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Mrs_B

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I talked my way in to a “fantasy” exhibit at the British Library a few weeks ago and I was delighted to find that they had borrowed Susannah Clarke‘s original drawings of the halls in Piranesi. Absolutely fascinating how she planned it all out!

TrishB I went to this exhibition too- it was amazing! 9mo

Mrs_B I didn‘t realise it was on, I just happened to be passing and saw the sign. It was technically sold out but managed to talk them into squeezing me in. So glad I did!!! @TrishB (edited) 9mo

IuliaC Amazing! 9mo

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

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My February #WrapUp

I think my reading slump is over 🎊🎉
Took long enough (October 23 to mid February 24) 😱
Think this was the longest time I've ever gone without reading.

MemoirsForMe Yay! Glad you‘re over your slump! 🎉📚🎉📚 10mo

Yuki_Onna So glad for you it's over! Reading slumps are tough.😵 10mo

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

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4½✨

Such a strange, unique, brilliant little story.
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute I sent with Piranesi.

Will be on the lookout for Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

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Doppoetry

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I don't really know how to rate this. This was definitely a very unique experience and I have to give the author credit for composing such a dream-like novel, but I also feel a bit cheated because this was advertised as a fantasy novel, but it comes off more sci-fi.

It's very fascinating but also an enigma.

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