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Tyrant of Rome (Cato and Macro #24)
Tyrant of Rome (Cato and Macro #24)
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Entry number 24 in Simon Scarrow's long running Cato and Macro series, set largely in and around Rome in the time of Nero.

Yes, that Nero.

the one who (famously) "fiddled while Rome burnt".

And, indeed, a fire in Rome plays a pivotal role in this, with Cato put in charge of the much-maligned urban cohorts by a fickle Nero and appointing (the now supposedly retired) Macro as his second-in-command.

If you've read any of the previous books you'll - largely - know what to expect, although -as Cato has now moved up in society - we're moving away from the wars of the earlier novels into more political (but just as, if not more so) dangerous waters.
  
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
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Convenience Store Woman
By Sayaka Murata
⭐️⭐️

Meet Keiko.

Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years.

Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married.

But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store...

This was a strange strange little book. I guess it shows one thing that no matter how different we are someone always has a place and who cares if it doesn’t fit into “normal “ society. I don’t even know if i liked it or not!