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The Word Exchange

April 7, 2014

word exchange

A meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem) is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture." A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, debut, dystopia, science fiction

On Such a Full Sea

February 4, 2014

on such a full sea

People often write of singers or actors with such amazing voices it would be a pleasure to listen to them read the phone book. For the written word Chang-rae Lee is such a person. His words and the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, dystopia, Riverhead Books, science fiction

Lexicon: A Novel

October 23, 2013

lexicon

There is no introduction in Max Barry’s novel  Lexicon. From page one where two men have inserted a needle into another man’s eye in an airport bathroom the reader is flung hard into a wholly ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, dystopia, mystery, science fiction

The Bone Season

August 30, 2013

Boene Season

The last time I read a YA book, I was a young adult. OK, not true, I read Hunger Games, but who didn’t? I saw The Bone Season at Book Expo America and thought I’d give it a try, partly because it ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Bloomsbury, debut, dystopia, fantasy, London, science fiction, young adult

11/22/63 by Stephen King

July 11, 2012

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  Writing a review about a Stephen King book feels almost as daunting and futile as deciding to climb Everest. What is left to say that hasn’t been said by professional reviewers the world ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 20th century, book clubs, history, pop culture, science fiction, Scribner

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