Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

This episode we’re discussing Piranesi by Susanna Clarke! Major spoiler warning for this episode as we talk about a lot of various plot points! (Though we don’t reveal everything.) There’s an extra spoiler siren immediately before we start diving into the plot in depth.

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Media We Mentioned

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (buy it from our store)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV series) (Wikipedia)
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• SCP-3008 (Ikea)
  • SCP-087 (stairs that go down forever)
  • SCP Foundation (Wikipedia)
• BLAME! Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
• Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde
• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Links, Articles, and Things

• Book Talk Live with McArthur Public Library (featuring Matthew!)
  • It’s not up on podcast places yet, but we’ll let you know!
• Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021
• Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
• Episode 083 - The Fifth Season
• Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
• Italian Emergency Alert System (YouTube)
• Censor Beep
• Cornice (Wikipedia)
• Walking simulators (Wikipedia)
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Wikipedia)
  • Imaginary Prisons (Wikipedia)

15 Self Help books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers’ advisory. All of the lists can be found here.

• Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
• Walking In Your Power: Lessons from the Grandmothers by Barbara Derrick
• Get Over 'I Got It': How to Stop Playing Superwoman, Get Support, and Remember That Having It All Doesn’t Mean Doing It All Alone by Elayne Fluker
• Writing into the Wound: Understanding trauma, truth, and language by Roxane Gay
• It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage by Arlan Hamilton
• Good Vibes, Good Life: How Self-Love Is the Key to Unlocking Your Greatness by Vex King
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
• Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty
• How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh
• Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley
• The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
• Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagamese
• Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward
• Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul by Najwa Zebian

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Join us again on Tuesday, October 5th we’ll be discussing the genre of Erotica!

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