Status Updates From Glorious Exploits

oh my god… are they going to kill this child

Okay what happens when you put two theater kids in Greece

Not sure why this book is promoted as a.o. hilarious, imo a disservice as I didn't find it funny - but it was deeply profound

I have got to say this book gives me a real giggle it should not work at all and yet! God I love the Irish

Still lots of fun!!

Never knew I’d read a book set during the Peloponnesian War, much less love it, but it’s true: I am reading and loving this book!

Lots of fun so far!

'most people believe in the myths 'cause we attach them to real places, and it adds to what's already there, but with gelon, it's the contrary. he believes in what's right in front of him through the stories we tell.'

'"it's poetry we're doing," he whispers. "it wouldn't mean a thing if it were easy."'

'gelon heads straight for homer's chair. a rickety piece of shit the blind bard is reported to have sat on during a visit to syracuse a few hundred years back. it's stuck in the corner, a bronze inscription above that reads homer's chair. is it homer's chair? well, there are many homer's chairs scattered across syracuse and can they all be homer's chair? why not? the arse is capricious and does not wed for life.'

"He was crying, but he was chewing too" nunca tan real 😔✊️

Going against all my survival instincts and listening to Sam Martin

Hmmm, I’m not enjoying this as much as everyone else seems to

It’s hope that makes us afraid, and I remind myself that a man should be grateful for his fears, ‘cause it means he has something to lose and to win.

There was dignity even in the worst that could happen under this sky, and I felt less alone.

Reading this for book club…

“You don’t rob a man of his suffering,” says Gelon quietly. “That’s his.”

Loving it so far

i smell a 5* incoming

Not as good as I wanted it to be...

Picked up the print from the library and doing a combined reading with the audio. Making a world of difference. Some how the audio alone was not holding my attention.

Really engrossing.

Instantly nuts

Really hoping to love this! Rec'd by someone who rated this their top read of the year, it's outside my usual thing and excited to try it.

Lampo es un personaje tan burdo que le estoy cogiendo una especie de cariño incómodo. Me tiene desconcertada la forma de narrar del autor, lo que me parece mega divertido.

fun so far

I don’t hate you. How could I? Even though I know you came to make us slaves. I can’t hate you. I believe any city that gave us those plays has something worth saving.

not sure if I will continue on audio. Very difficult to understand what is being said and many characters. I feel i'm missing too much and not enjoying.

this is just a real pain (jesse eisenberg, 2024)

That escalated fast