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Hi, it’s been a while since there was a BookChat, so I threw this together literally this afternoon. It’s barely better than a rough draft, but it’s a BookChat. Seeing lots of talk about Eurovision, and it made me think of books about that and other...
by anotherdemocrat
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I woke up to that guy on the radio, that “disc jockey” guy, talking in his fast way that kind of went up and down and was almost like singing, but not really. Dad had gotten David and I a “clock radio” to help us wake up for school in the morning,...
by leftyparent
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Good evening, everyone. Here are my picks sifted from the hundreds of new books published this week
Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War , by Jon ...
by DebtorsPrison
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No new review this week, as people seem to be interested in other things. But there are many novels coming out this week that could provide respite and reflection away from our existential crises (...
by bookgirl
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I do not understand why I enjoyed The Mimicking of Known Succeses. � The plot hinges on information you are not presented with until near the point at which that information becomes the solution. �...
by angryea
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I started off on a tangent last week , trying to put the final volume of Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer Series in context before considering the book itself. Fortunately, I stopped before plunging down ...
by DrLori
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The Pinochet coup in Chile laid the groundwork for Friedmanite political, military, and economic coups, including systematic torture and murder, in dozens of countries for decades, up to and ...
by Mokurai
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n WAYR? , I note what I’m reading and comment...you note what you are reading and comment. Occasionally, I may add a section or a link related to books…
I am reading:
Slow Horses by ...
by Chitown Kev
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All Daily Kos fiction writers are welcomed to post chapters and excerpts as comments in the FictionWorksInprogress threads. At the top of those comments, use the header format button to embiggen the title of the work in progress from which your...
by mettle fatigue
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Donald Maass is the founder of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. He handles hundreds of manuscripts each year and has sold more than 150 novels per year to major publishers. He’s a literary agent, ...
by Aashirs nani
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