![]() Read at your own pace, create new threads at your leisure, and have fun. The selected book of the month will have a schedule but you don't have to observe the schedule. ![]() There are specific channels for the monthly selections as well. Feel free to discuss anything in that server. We have started a Discord server for additional discussion. If you believe your post was removed in error, please contact the mods! Each book is read over the course of a month, typically with one or two check-ins each week posted by a mod.Ĭan I post about other books? Most activity is for books selected (by vote) for the current month, but you can post about any previous selection anytime.ĭon't post about other topics until you read the FAQ if you post about a random book we delete your post. Discussion schedules are posted shortly thereafter. Winners are posted a week or so before the end of the month. The book with the most upvotes is selected for the next month's read. ![]() Anyone can suggest a book to read (you DON'T have to lead the discussions if you suggest a book - the mods will do that!). How do we pick books? About halfway through each month, we create a thread for suggestions for the next month's read. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The authorities regard Erich’s compassionate actions as betrayal because they put the security of Switzerland at risk. Switzerland was neutral during the war, but under the very real threat of invasion by Germany they conceded to some demands including refusing entry to Jews. She is bitter about his dead father Erich, who held a senior position in the police department until it was discovered that he had been falsifying documents to allow Jewish refugees to stay in the country. Part One, (which corresponds to the exposition in sonata form) is set in a minor town in postwar Switzerland where we meet Gustav, a sober, rather prim little boy who lives with an unloving mother Emilie in reduced circumstances. In The Gustav Sonata she achieves it with an undemanding first section, which blossoms into something more complex as the novel progresses. Rose Tremain is one of those rare writers who can write literary fiction and yet be a bestseller. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kathy Kelly – Kathy credits investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill with raising her consciousness about weaponized drones. She is the clerk of the demilitarization committee for the Resistance Center for Peace and Justice in Northampton, MA. She is a 2017 graduate of the Smith College School for Social Work, where she wrote her master’s thesis on veterans’ stories of substance use, recovery, and moral injury. Chelsea is a graduate of Yale Divinity School, where she also participated in drone war protest. In October of 2012, after graduating from Hampshire, Chelsea joined the CODEPINK peace delegation to Pakistan, protesting US drone attacks and bearing witness to the stories of Pakistanis negatively impacted by drone attacks in their communities, many who lost loved ones in indiscriminate attacks. ![]() While an undergraduate student at Hampshire College, she wrote her senior thesis on how the Obama administration mobilized the mainstream press and interpreted international law to promote and perpetuate US drone assassination. ![]() The Ban Killer Drones campaign has been launched in large part through the efforts of, in alphabetical order:Ĭhelsea Faria – Chelsea has been an active opponent of US drone warfare when she became outraged when uncovering the calculated attempts of the Obama Administration to keep its realities hidden from the American public. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems that Bethany Waites, a local TV journalist, was about to crack a huge tax avoidance scheme when her car went over a cliff 10 years ago. ![]() As this installment opens, the four septuagenarian members of the club-former MI6 agent Elizabeth Best, retired nurse Joyce Meadowcroft, psychiatrist Ibrahim Arif, and longtime union organizer Ron Ritchie-are investigating another murder from their cold-case files. The first two have been bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic, and Steven Spielberg has bought the movie rights if you haven't read the earlier books, The Thursday Murder Club (2020) and The Man Who Died Twice (2021), it would be a good idea to go back and start at the beginning. ![]() This is the third book in real-life British TV celebrity Osman's delightful series of mysteries set at Coopers Chase, a bucolic English retirement community. The Thursday Murder Club gets into another spot of bother, this time involving some British television celebrities, a Russian former spy, and an international money launderer-among others. ![]() ![]() Because of this, he ask that she revise the original Cinderella tale in order to prove her story-telling skill and receive approval to write her own stories. However, this publisher did not like the story of Pure Trance as it differed a lot from mainstream comics at the time. The story behind this is that after the release of Pure Trance, Mizuno was approached by a Kinokuniya publisher who was interested in working with her because of her unique style. ![]() Her art has a decidedly pop-art and psychedelic flair, and a sizable proportion of her published work is colored, rather than the black and white format typical of most Japanese comics.Ī part of Mizuno's oeuvre revolves around fairy tales, showing titles such as Cinderalla, Princess Mermaid and Hansel&Gretel. Mizuno has stated that her work is influenced by shōjo manga works this influence is exhibited through her use of bright colorization and the large eyes she provides for her characters. ![]() However, Mizuno has stated that she does not feel comfortable about those terms, as she doesn't want to label her work with words because it keeps changing and is influenced by many different genres. Mizuno's drawing style, which mixes childish sweetness and cuteness with terror and erotica, has often been termed a Gothic kawaii or kawaii noir style. Her drawing style is often termed as Gothic kawaii or kawaii noir style. Junko Mizuno ( 水野純子, Mizuno Junko) is a Japanese manga artist. ![]() ![]() " a typical story of an American family and town-the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city. Today The Magnificent Ambersons is best known through the 1942 Orson Welles movie, but as the critic Stanley Kauffmann noted, "It is high time that appear again, to stand outside the force of Welles's genius, confident in its own right." " The Magnificent Ambersons is perhaps Tarkington's best novel," judged Van Wyck Brooks. ![]() Eclipsed by a new breed of developers, financiers, and manufacturers, this pampered scion begins his gradual descent from the midwestern aristocracy to the working class. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington's great historical drama is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family's magnificence. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The sixth sub-series, A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018) details the return of a lost Clan as well as a troublesome group of outsiders. The fifth sub-series, Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015) details the formation of the Clans. The third sub-series, Power of Three (2007–2009), centers around three prophesied cats with extraordinary powers, and the fourth sub-series, Omen of the Stars (2009–2012) details said cats using their powers to defeat evil spirit cats. Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006) continues with a focus on the next generation of cats, and chronicles the four Clans' journey to a new home. ![]() It details the adventures of a "kittypet" ( housecat) named Rusty who joins ThunderClan, one of the warrior cat clans who inhabit the forest. The first, Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, was published from 2003 to 2004. There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. ![]() ![]() Through the character of Hawkeye, Cooper raises lasting questions about the practises of the American frontier and the eclipse of the indigenous cultures. Cooper's novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes, treachery and brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists and the native peoples. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister 'Indian runner', they find help in the person of Hawkeye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. ![]() Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. ![]() ![]() Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. ![]() ![]() ![]() But it’s Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH’s driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. ![]() By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. It’s 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. "Horowitz delivers an entertainment sure to please James Bond fans.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The heart of any good thriller is the plot, and…Horowitz doesn’t disappoint.” - New York Times Book Review Blockbuster author Anthony Horowitz delivers a riveting and stylish take on literary legend James Bond (authorized by the Ian Fleming Estate) with a story that unfolds in the 1950s-and is the first new Bond novel to feature recently discovered original material by Ian Fleming. ![]() ![]() Maggie keeps Ridge updated on her adventures, but he can’t help but worry, even as Sydney grows more and more suspicious about their friendship. When she comes across an old list of things she wanted to do “maybe one of these days,” Maggie decides to live life to the fullest and accomplish these dreams. But as the two of them navigate this freedom, Warren and Bridgette’s relationship is as tumultuous as ever, and Maggie grapples with her illness. ![]() Ridge and Sydney are thrilled to finally be together guilt-free. What is more important? Friendship, loyalty, or love? ![]() From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends with Us-the long-awaited finale to the bestselling Maybe Someday series returns with all the characters you fell in love with. ![]() |