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Happy birthday, yhlee! May the next year bring even more fooding and hanging out watching murderous musicals and pilots with PTSD.

Anderson, M.T. - The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: The Pox Party

First of all, if you don't know anything about this book, I would suggest reading it just like that. If you do know the premise, it doesn't spoil the book at all, as the book is brilliant, but I think the extra frisson of discovery would be awesome. I'm still a little sad that I saw the Library of Congress categories the book was in when I checked it out on the library catalogue.

Second: read this. It's a look into 18th-century science and the American Revolutionary War and a critique of that war. It's also a brilliant pastiche of letters and diaries and, of course, Octavian's diary. Also, just in case you were confused like I was, it's definitely not about Roman senators. It's also much more than all the elements above, but saying what it is would be ruining the surprise.

( Spoilers for the book )

Links:
- buymeaclue's review (spoilers)
- minnow1212's review (spoilers)
- tenemet's review (no spoilers)