Reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. It, and couple of others, were recommended here recently, and is somewhat of a new genre for me, memoir / biography in graphic novel format, graphic memoir?

Got the omnibus edition, "The Complete Persepolis", it's a pretty interesting read. It's about young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979, at least the first volume, after that it's about her life after that.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I did specifically like the MC for Nettle and Bone because while she was plucky heroine, she was also like ... pragmatic middle aged woman which I like and don't feel is quite so common.

Edit to add: I went ahead and looked it up. She's maybe not quite middle aged being 30, but she feels at least more mature than lots of MCs.

[–] dresden@discuss.online 1 points 2 days ago

Pragmatic middle aged woman as heroine in fantasy? What is happening here!?

[–] misericordiae@literature.cafe 2 points 2 days ago

True! Agreed. Hemlock & Silver's MC is also pragmatic and middle-aged, btw, which is nice.