What Sam's reading in May

Well, this should feel a little familiar. And yet, with its unique combination of elements: unique.

Unbroken, from what I can tell from reviews, is not just a story about World War II, but about a man. Part P.O.W., part Odysseus, part runner, and part Pi (remember Life of Pi?),  Zamperini promises to be a very rich character to read about.

I've recently read a few other books that make this description of Unbroken seem weirdly similar: Life of Pi, Born to Run, and (okay, not that recently) The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. 

(Incidentally, did you know that "The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Society" movie is being made with Kate Winslet starring? If that's not a clincher, I don't know how else to sell it!)

Anyway, back to topic. Unbroken seems to have a lot of  deeply original episodes for being a story about the much-written-about World War II.

I'm usually not gung-ho for biographical or historical type books.  The appeal of reading for me is more about The Escape. You know. From life, from stress, from troubles, from boredom.

But, yes, occasionally I do find biographical books that are intriguing enough to trigger this same sort of Escape effect. So I'm going to read it. So there.